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SATANIC PANIC: The Archetypal Slanderer and False Memory Syndrome
What drives us to seek meaning in the shadows, and how do we discern the real from the imagined when fear and faith converge?
The rise of the Satanic Panic in the 1980s drew upon ancient archetypal fears of evil embedded in the collective unconscious, merging with societal stressors like the emergence of fundamentalist Christianity in American politics and women’s increased participation in the workforce with the resultant rise of daycare use. The archetype of the Devil as slanderer can capture a community. Even as they are prompted to accuse others of devilish behavior, they themselves are…
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