Maier C
Z Psychosom Med Psychoanal. 1986;32(1):89-93.
Native myths are rekindled in the Melanesian cargo cult, the process in many cases being activated by some prophecy made by a psychotic cult leader. Indeed, the cargo cult brings about a feeling of solidarity for the natives involved going beyond the strict tribal boundaries. The culturally determined content of the cult leader's psychosis primary focuses on a grandiose sense of mission of a religious and political kind.
美拉尼西亚货物崇拜重新唤起了本土神话,在许多情况下,这一过程是由一位患有精神病的邪教领袖所做的某些预言引发的。事实上,货物崇拜为相关的原住民带来了一种团结感,这种团结感超越了严格的部落界限。邪教领袖精神病态中由文化决定的内容主要集中在一种宗教和政治层面的宏大使命感上。