Year: 1984 Source: Journal of Psychohistory, v.11, no.3, (Winter 1984), p.383-393 SIEC No: 19860765

The Jonestown mass suicide is viewed from the perspective of dream condensation. The settlement was seen as a condensed version of the American experience played out over a few months. The settlement began wdith a mixture of immigrants with a utopion vision that gradually deteriorated because of sex, drugs, greed & preoccupation with self. Jones appeared to have regressed & become psychotic. His leadership near the end was described as punitive, narcissistic & paranoid to the extreme. (NBB)