In fact, we pay doctors great amounts of money to play this role to come charging in on the white horse, wearing the white coat, to make us well again. This type of collective belief is called an archetype. The hero archetype shows up in many other areas of our lives also. According to Carl Jung, archetypes are created out of the collective belief systems held by society. Archetypes are handed down generation after generation, for they are actually flows of energy we identify with.
Archetypes add energy to the drama of our lives.
We choose these streams of energy and allow them to fuel our dramas by identifying with them. We can turn anyone we believe to be a power and authority figure into the hero archetype. The only thing necessary is that we have admiration for the individual, deeming him or her more worthy than we are, having some incredible power to protect us or solve our problems if need be survival issues again. As society evolves, so does the archetypal energy we co-create. New archetypal energies emerge.