10.07.2023 - By jon atack, family & friends
A look at group psychosis, mass sociogenic illness, and the folie a plusiers with the eminent social psychiatrist Dr Steven Moffic. How groups can come to share absurd fantasies that can lead to atrocities. Recorded on 9/11 and especially relevant to the events of that day in 2001. Truth and Reconciliation and how music can help to integrate disparate communities.
links:
The Tulip Craze:
A Smithsonian article
and an entertaining video series
Braver Angels
The Heroic Imagination project
Coltrane Resolution
Spike's Note: I just couldn't bring myself to put in the photo I found of Louis Armstrong advertising the laxative mentioned. If you really want to see it, then search "Louis Armstrong Swiss Kriss Laxative" and you'll find it soon enough. And now *your* search history has that in it. You're welcome.