The Hindu-Aryan Theory on Evolution and Involution

About this book

Evolution and involution describe two directions of cosmic change in Tirumangalum Chrishna Rajan Iyengar's philosophical scheme. Development moves outward into form and returns towards its supposed source.

The author joins terms drawn from Indian traditions to the intellectual debates of his own era about matter, life and consciousness. His system should be read as a historical interpretation, without assuming that it represents Hindu philosophy as a whole. The effort to place creation and withdrawal within one rhythm is the book's central ambition. Every emergence carries the possibility of a return.