"We have a tendency to want to swing into various dominances. Right now the idea of the stiffening of the cynics, that these very traditional interpretations of our values are kind of trying to become more rigid, more narrow minded, more stand-offish, more unpleasant. This inflexible, violent resurgence of control is a way that we resist the internal conflict of creating an amalgam where remarkably different people can all live in the same town with good will; and so our capacities fall into the unconscious and of course then we get swept away."
Joseph R. Lee
This also made me think of another very fine word called alchemical.
Have a great rest of your weekend
Dave
