The crux of Emile Durkheim's Elementary Forms of Religious Life lies in the concept of collective effervescence, or mutually shared feelings of emotion. Through a hermeneutic approach, Durkheim investigates the reflexivity of social organization, the balance between form and content and the immense cooperation in collective representations. In his work, society is the structure of humanity and gives it meaning, while religion serves as a tool to explain it. Since society existed before the individual, it is necessary to understand the collective mind before we can grasp the concept of the individual. However, one component seems to be missing from his social theory: what underlies society in terms of rituals and rites? Only when this element materializes can the individual be understood in relation to the collective consciousness. One of the many possibilities is the often overlooked influence of emotions. What is the connection between social functions and emotions? Perhaps emotions reify social solidarity through a collective consciousness. Durkheim postulates the idea that society shares a bilateral relationship with emotional experiences, since the emotions of collective effervescence derive from society but also produce and maintain the social construct. Durkheim states that emotions are the basis of society and describes their ephemeral nature to emphasize that social encounters must constantly be held to sustain society. Analyzing Durkheim's study of the primitive Warramunga tribe, one can see that emotions are at the root of corroboree. On the fourth day of the religious ceremony honoring the Wollonqua serpent, participants “move their bodies…giving an echoing cry in a heightened state of arousal” (219). Char...... at the center of the card ...... only society, but also embody the connection of the individual with the collective. By paralleling the emotions and the sacred, Durkheim reveals the reasoning behind the churinga in society. Emotional experiences are the basis of society and provide the sustenance necessary to maintain social cohesion. Social feelings of reverence create the group bonds that bind the individual to society. Now that the relationship between emotions and society has been explained, the question arises of how this relationship applies to life today. Can society function even without the primitive rites of corroboria? Have corroborations disappeared from modern times or have they simply manifested themselves in new forms, such as sporting events and raves? In any case, the emotional aspect of humanity cannot be overlooked, because it represents the glue that holds society together.