That explains why so many victims of trauma find refuge in stern religious ideology: It provides a safe haven for them. The negative side of this refuge is that they become prisoners of their own trauma and hence cannot realize that they do not hold the keys to free themselves from their own imprisonment; ironically, the dark Self does. Examined through the lens of Kalsched’s theory, theocalypsis is a state of encapsulation of the personal spirit within a world of illusion that serves to prevent it from re-experiencing a traumatic reality and all its consequences
