Messiah complex

Byzantine mosaic image of Jesus of Nazareth, a widely recognizable messiah figure.

The messiah complex is a mental state in which a person believes they are a messiah or prophet and will save or redeem people in a religious endeavour.[1][2] The term can also refer to a state of mind in which an individual believes that they are responsible for saving others.

  1. ^ "Messiah Complex Psychology". flowpsychology.com. 11 February 2014. Archived from the original on 21 March 2014. Retrieved 25 July 2015.
  2. ^ Kelsey, Darren (2017). Media and Affective Mythologies: Discourse, Archetypes and Ideology in Contemporary Politics. Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan. p. 155. ISBN 978-3319607580.