Mass Histeria • Mass histeria is the spontaneous manifestation of the same or similar hysterical physical symptonms by more than one person • Also known as collective hysteria, group hysteria, or collective obsessional behavior, or epidemic hysteria • A common manifestation of mass hysteria occurs when a group of people believe they are suffering from a similar disease or ailment
Mass HisteriaMass histeria is the spontaneous manifestation of
the same or similar hysterical physical symptonms by more than one
personAlso known as collective hysteria, group hysteria, or
collective obsessional behavior, or epidemic hysteriaA common
manifestation of mass hysteria occurs when a group of people
believe they are suffering from a similar disease or ailment
1Characteristic2Example of mass histeria: Hindu Milk MiracleThe
Hindu milk miracle was a phenomenon considered by many Hindus as a
miracle which occurred on September 21, 1995. Before dawn, a Hindu
worshiper at a temple in south New Delhi made an offering of milk
to a statue of Lord Ganesha. When a spoonful of milk from the bowl
was held up to the trunk of the statue, the liquid was seen to
disappear, apparently taken in by the idol. Word of the event
spread quickly, and by mid-morning it was found that statues of the
entire Hindu pantheon in temples all over North India were taking
in milk. A small number of temples outside of India reported the
effect continuing for several more days, but no further reports
were made after the beginning of October. Skeptics hold the
incident to be an example of mass hysteria, and when reports of the
Monkey-man of New Delhi (item 3) began to appear in 2001, many
newspapers harked back to the event.Video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfRoJxv3nbY 3
