The Impact of Prenatal Psychology on Society and Culture

As a result of the research conducted by prenatal psychology into
psychological and emotional experiences before and during birth, a whole new dimension has been added to
our life-history. We are now able to recognise that human cultural artefacts and activities have to some extent
always expressed prenatal and perinatal feelings and by doing so have familiarised us with an alien world by
allowing us to “rediscover” the microcosm of our prenatal life in the macrocosm of the world. This is illustrated
using several examples, such as the mythical ideas about kings (prenatal feeling of power), the holy trees
(placenta) and the holy chambers (uterine space), among others.