ABSTRACT
This chapter attempts to weave together the historical material as introduced in Chapter 3, including the socio-economic and political instabilities of 1960s Egypt, with the “inner-world” factors represented by the common themes and symbols extracted from eyewitness published accounts. The first part of the interpretation aimed to determine whether the Zeitoun visions had a psychological case for a causal basis, or emotional tension, based on a situation of collective distress. Following this examination, three sets of explanations are identified proposed by eyewitnesses and bystanders and the underlying anxieties associated with the explanations. The second part of the interpretation examines whether the political environment under the Nasser regime may have created an imbalance between the masculine and feminine elements of the coniunctio oppositorum. The chapter concludes by posing the question whether integration and synthesis of the feminine mediating symbol of the Marian apparitions had occurred, especially since the mass visions of the Virgin Mary in Egypt continued to take place in the early 21st century.
