Catharsis

CR101 Radio - Podcast Network · May 19, 2026 · 11m

Catharsis is the belief that health personal or social comes through the uninhibited expression of inner impulses. Originating in Greek tragedy, it was later moralized by Christians but eventually reverted to its pagan meaning: purging through violence, sexuality, or emotional release rather than moral restoration.

In modern times, catharsis has justified revolutionary violence, sexual permissiveness, artistic degeneration, and Freudian psychology, all of which treat repression not sin as the problem. Evil is not restrained or redeemed but “vented,” whether through riots, psychodrama, occult…