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Yoga Psychology and Modern Psychological Theories
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There are two physiological theories advanced by two writers of the present day who seek to explain the psychonic system in terms of modern thought: The theory advanced by Sir John Woodroffe and Pramathanath Mukhopadhyaya on the one hand and Dr. Vasant Rele on the other. Dr. Rele's theory is on the lines of neural explanation and is worthy of study as it gives excellent cues as to a future theory of Nadis and chakras.
1.The theory of Dr. Rele:
Dr. Rele holds in his work on *Mysterious Kundalini, that Kundalini is the right vagus nerve and the physiological nervous plexuses are the chakras and the several nerves can be identified with the Nadis described by the two books Satcakra Nirupana and the Mahanirvanatantra. "All explanations about this (kundalini sakti) though learned, could as well apply to the autonomic nervous system" he says (P-34). The static or anabolic power is the para-sympathetic portion of it and the Dynamic or Katabolic power is the sympathetic portion of it. "The Vagus, pneumogastric or tenth cranial nerve, as we know, is developed from the hind brain and has a more extensive distribution than any of the other cranial nerves.
The notes on Endocrinology were brought up-to-date by Dr. V. S. R. Murthy, S. V. University College, Tirupati.
*Mysterious Kundalini: vasant Rele: Bombay Halliburtons Hand-book of Physiology Ch.XVI P-171
"It arises with other cranial nerves (ninth and eleventh) from the grey matter in the floor of the fourth ventricle, where it is attached by eight or ten filaments to the Medulla Oblongata in the groove between the olive and restiform body. The nerve as it emerges from the jugular foramen at the