Madness Mania [ TRUSTED ]

And then came the music.

And for one glorious, terrifying week, Mulberry Lane believed him. Until the men in white coats came—not for Arthur, but for the mayor, who had started painting the fire hydrants to look like strawberries.

2. The Historical "Madness": Early Modern England and Beyond

The word finds its origins in the Greek μανία , which historically did not carry the purely negative weight of modern mental illness.

In Ancient Greece, Plato and others viewed mania as a "god-sent blessing". It was categorized into four types: prophetic, initiatory, poetic, and erotic.