Archetype of the Apocalypse: A Jungian Study of the Book of Revelation

According to Edward Edinger, we are in the midst of a monumental cultural change that will end the world as we know it. This is the result of the increasingly powerful force of our collective unconscious, the Apocalypse archetype. This archetype manifests itself through various signs: the drama of international relations, the breakdown of social structure, and the widening gap between political, ethnic, religious, and socioeconomic groups, in science fiction and New Age books, TV, and movies. The public's preoccupation with natural disasters and the rise of religious cults and survivalist sects are other indicators. In ten chapters Edinger analyzes the Book of Revelation from this Jungian perspective. Case histories include David Koresh and the Heaven's Gate cult.