The difficulties of comprehension of human consciousness as integral property of immortal soul in the context of modern neurotechnologies

This article is devoted to the question of human consciousness in the context of modern neurotechnologies. This problem is considered by the author in the light of the Orthodox teaching about the soul. Analyzing the main questions of this topic, the author presents various opinions and definitions of the concept of human consciousness in the scientific and practical field, during which he notes complete inconsistency and lack of specificity regarding the nature of subjective psychological reality. In contrast, the author presents statements of saint fathers of the Church and Orthodox authors regarding the essence of human consciousness and its relationship with the bodily nature of man. The author notes the consensus of views of saint fathers of the Golden age and the fathers of the last centuries in the questions of the anthropology. On the basis of the patristic tradition, a comment is given regarding modern scientific and technological progress, which seeks to explore the human consciousness with the subsequent possibility of reproducing subjective psychological reality on a technical carrier