I've been working on a personal research hypothesis I call “Programmed Archetypal Incarnation” (PAI).
It explores how symbolic saturation (media, myth, AI narratives) may cause certain individuals to involuntarily ‘incarnate’ mythological archetypes, potentially leading to dissociative or psychotic episodes.

This isn’t religious woo or a call for conspiracy theories. It’s an attempt to build a **symbolic and narrative framework** to understand how modern informational overload might trigger identity collapse in some individuals — particularly those already fragile or in liminal states of consciousness.

The paper mixes:
– cultural narrative theory
– phenomenological psychiatry
– symbolic analysis (Jung, Eliade, Jaspers)
– ethical and technological implications (AI, media feedback loops)

Preprint here :
https://zenodo.org/record/15670247

Curious to hear what you guys think.
Is there precedent for formal symbolic contamination theories in cognitive science or semiotics?
Would love pointers / critiques / counter-arguments.