The Mirage of Truth
a podcast on Dark Religion. also available on Spotify: Jungiantholgy
"Two Jungian analysts discuss fundamentalism, shadow, and a new way forward.
George Didier and Vlado Šolc, authors of the book Dark Religion: Fundamentalism from the Perspective of Jungian Psychology,
join Patricia Martin for a conversation about the psychology of religion as a destructive force and
why it is important to understand the shadow side of fundamentalism."
https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/jungianthology-radio/id912158581
"I began to ask other questions about religion because religion is so transformative and powerful. How do people become so condemning, righteous, rigid, narrow in their beliefs?
How does religion become almost truncated for them?
thought it was an opportunity to really explore that element of fundamentalism
so prominent in our culture today.”
From Jungianthology Radio: Jung in the World | Fundamentalism’s Dark Side: A Jungian View with George Didier & Vladislav Šolc, Feb 5, 2024
"fundamentalism is a negative reaction.
It wants to go back and find security and retreat in the past and hold on to the values because the
fundamentalists seem to be most afraid that big science and tradition is going to be lost because it's going to be replaced by big science and secular rationalism.
So they, I think more than anything, are very scared of losing what gives them meaning, what gives them purpose in life."
@holon42 I sometimes think Jesus looks at many Christian* Fundamentalists, sighs and says, "Oh! You of such *little* faith!"
If our faith were just a tiny bit bigger, we'd not be so threatened by new ideas.
indeed. faith in the ongoing process of sanctification, so to speak.
as a species, we are still growing. for me, creation is an ongoing developmental process, transformative.