The Biological Basis of Religion and Genius

An extremely concise essay on Kundalini as the mechanism responsible for the evolution of the human race. The awakening of this psycho-physiological mechanism through the techniques of Yoga or other suitable disciplines, the author believes, produces a scientifically measurable biochemical essence that is responsible for the phenomena of genius, creativity, inspiration, the religious impulse and revelation. The book contains a lengthy introduction by the internationally respected astrophysicist Dr. Carl Friedrich Freiherr von Weizsacker, Director of the Max Planck Institute for Life Sciences in Germany.

Table of Contents

Introduction by Carl Friedrich von Weiszacker

1. The Shortfall of Religion
2. The Error of Science
3. Evolution is the Answer
4. The Mechanism of Evolution
5. The Divine Possibilities in Man

Excerpt

The purport of this work is that there is a specific psychosomatic power center in man, and that it is by the action of this center that human evolution has proceeded so far.This Divine organ is naturally active in born sages, mystics, prophets, and all men of genius and can be roused to activity with appropriate methods in those already advanced on the path of evolution. This power center, known in India by the name of Kundalini, has been used for the attainment of higher consciousness from times immemorial. In fact, there is every reason to believe that the extraordinary exuberance of religious genius in India in the Vedic Age-which was never surpassed in any subsequent epoch-was due to an intimate knowledge of this mighty mechanism, coupled with a social order more in harmony with evolutionary laws. The existence of the power center and methods to rouse it were known in almost all ancient cultures of Asia, Europe, America, and even in Africa.I believe that a voluntary arousal of Kundalini, under satisfactory conditions and observed by competent investigators, can furnish unquestionable proof of the existence of this center in the body and its capacity to bestow psychic gifts, genius, and cosmic consciousness.

94 pages, 5 ¼" x 8 ¼", paperback.