Is There a Risk of Ideological Possession in Western History?

There are multiple directions that we can take this discussion, because it's so relevant to so much of what we experience. That they're multiple ways we can take thus the battery ia, half the batteries running low. Maybe we can relate what we were just discussing to two areas in particular. So one is the degree to which we should take our religious or mythological formulations that are the product of thousands of years of evolution seriously and or literally. And the second point that i want to get to is a the risk of ideological possession in today's political climate.