# Brahma — The Book of Jade character guide

> Brahma in The Book of Jade by David Park Barnitz.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** great Brahma

**First appearance:** 0003-part-i-ashtoreth

## Who they are

The Hindu creator god, invoked as a symbolic presence in the text.

## Relationships

### [the Absolute](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_book_of_jade_se/characters/the_absolute)

_psychological_

Brahma is a manifestation or aspect of the Absolute, the creator principle within the ultimate reality.

### [Lo](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_book_of_jade_se/characters/lo)

_psychological_

Brahma is a cosmic guide or principle that Lo encounters on the spiritual journey toward the Absolute.

## In the story

### [The Book of Jade](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_book_of_jade_se/chapters/the-book-of-jade)

Invoked as a deity in the context of exotic escapism.

### [Prelude](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_book_of_jade_se/chapters/prelude)

Referenced as dead; the speaker once proved Brahm is not, but now wishes he were.

### [Fragments](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_book_of_jade_se/chapters/part-ii-fragments)

Identified with the Absolute, but depicted as ignorant and rotting, endlessly repeating 'Brahma, great Brahma!'

### [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_book_of_jade_se/chapters/part-ii-ii)

Claimed by the Absolute as its identity, but the claim is shown to be hollow and repetitive.

### [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_book_of_jade_se/chapters/part-ii-iii)

Referenced as part of the Hindu cosmology the speaker passes through, comparing the self to a drop sinking into the sea.

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