Episode 8 - Jerusalem Syndrome

In the early 19th century the city of Jerusalem was awash with apocalyptic American cowboys, Russian peasant hermits and famous book authors (like the guy who wrote Moby Dick) all in search of religious redemption and revival in the Kingdom of Heaven city. Instead they found a crumbling, donkey trampled, Middle Eastern backwater filled with pistol carrying monks and ferocious Bedouin tribes. The devastating disappointment that soon followed was known as 'Jerusalem Syndrome'- an over inflated vision of the cities magical properties that for some caused a complete mental collapse, others a spiritual awakening rooted and absolute evangelical clarity. Both America and Europe were gripped with a mania focusing on the city of Jerusalem that continues to this very day. PLUS Seb receives a chilling warning before his wedding day, Jake plunges into Seaweed Capitalism and the boys discuss whether traveling around America could just be a great experiment in mindfulness. WARNING- There i...