Ground Zero: Jerusalem, Holy War, and Collective Insanity

Jerry Kroth

Jan 2012 · Genotype

About this ebook

A dramatic look at how three fanatic religious movements and the lunacy of territoriality are pushing this region closer and closer to the precipice of nuclear annihilation.

Ratings and reviews

Jerry Kroth's Ground Zero not only convincingly describes the insane unconscious forces that produce Islamic terrorism, it is one of very few books that takes seriously the real desire of leaders like Akhadinejhad to give nuclear weapons to enough terrorists around the world to produce a final globe-cleansing holocaust. . . The need for Islamists to carry out their prophecies so they will fuse with their redeemer is real and reasonably likely which makes Kroth's book crucial for Israeli and American politicians today. —Lloyd deMause, Editor The Journal of Psychohistory An absolutely riveting psychological analysis of the most explosive conflict on earth. I especially liked the discussion of the territorial imperative which I’ve never heard developed about the Arab/Israeli conflict previously. Incredibly readable, but scary too! —M.S. Forrest, Ph.D., psychotherapist, Santa Barbara . . . I like to think of myself as informed and yet the information that I took from Ground Zero was not only new but overwhelming. I had no idea that such a tinderbox of destructive potential for the world was under the aegis of completely deluded groups. It is like giving gasoline and matches to circus clowns on LSD. We tend to give a pass to religious movements thinking that faith is a good thing. But fundamental faith is so blinded by its own tautological dynamics that even mass death is acceptable on the stage of mythological fulfillment. What I was able to take from this book was a clear, well written explanation of the contemporary and frightening significance of an ancient area of dispute. Will I sleep easier? No, but if I hear disturbing sounds outside my window in the morning, I will know why. —Steve Stelle, author of On Shaky Ground A provocative work that looks beyond the headlines, Jerry Kroth offers a thoughtful view of the ongoing tragedy that continues in the Middle East. In so doing, he challenges the perspective that has dominated the conversation so very long. —Jeff Kisling, Ph.D., clinical psychotherapist, Palo Alto This is the most important book of our age. Every American politician, congressman and senator, should be required to read this. It is frightening, and yet it doesn’t try to be. It simply tries to tell us objectively and clearly about a reality which we are either ignoring or misperceiving. —Line Jensen, Copenhagen

Frightening. Absolutely knocked my socks off. So much going on. So much we don't know. A very important work. Five stars! Greenspan

About the author

Jerry Kroth, Ph.D. is an Associate Professor Emeritus in the graduate counseling psychology program at Santa Clara University in California.  His academic assignments have included courses in psychotherapy and personality theory, dreamwork, and research methods.  Dr. Kroth has an abiding therapeutic interest in working with dreams, personal oracles, and the applications of dream theory to psychohistory and collective psychology.  Jerry has been a member of the International Psychohistorical Association since 1983.

  

Dr. Kroth’s twelve prior books were in the areas of counseling psychology, child sexual abuse, learning disorders, metapsychology, transpersonal psychology, and research methodology. In addition he has written and presented over seventy-five papers on anxiety, child development, mass psychology, synchronicity, experimental studies of the dream process, the psychology of propaganda and collective psychology. Professor Kroth lives in California with his wife and two daughters. He maintains a website: collectivepsych.com

His most recent books are listed below:

• Conspiracy in Camelot: the complete history of the assassination of John Fitzgerald Kennedy 

• Psyche’s Exile: an empirical odyssey in search of the soul. 

• The Lindbergh kidnapping: mobs, mass psychology, and myth. 

• Aliens and Man: a synopsis of facts and beliefs. 

• Omens and Oracles: collective psychology in the nuclear age.