EPISODE · Sep 30, 2025 · 29 MIN
S2 Ep113. The Archetypes. Part 10. The millenarian movements of the Middle Ages
from The Quest: Vision in an Age of Crisis. Jungian Psychotherapy · host Alan Mulhern
The apocalypse isn't just an ancient myth, but an archetype, a pattern that still shapes our world. The same emotional and psychological forces that drove medieval peasants to embark on doomed crusades or to whip themselves in public, are the very forces driving political movements today. The archetypal forces that drove these millenarian movements are very much present in the politics of the Western world at this moment.
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The apocalypse isn’t just an ancient myth, but an archetype, a pattern that still shapes our world. The same emotional and psychological forces that drove medieval peasants to embark on doomed crusades or to whip themselves in public, are the very forces driving political movements today. The archetypal forces that drove these millenarian movements are very much present in the politics of the Western world at this moment.
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S2 Ep113. The Archetypes. Part 10. The millenarian movements of the Middle Ages
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