Thanks for sharing, Sir.  You'll find more here than you were expecting, guaranteed!  Your "collective consciousness" comment really grabbed my attention; I think that when groups of people get together for a common purpose, a "group mind" is created; a mind is created that is more than the sum of the individual minds involved.  Group minds become more powerful as the individual consciousnesses become more powerful; I've noticed that when consciousness-expanding practices such as meditation, yoga, or conscious psychedelic use are involved, the group mind can become very powerful indeed.  I got this idea from reading a founding (and most brilliant) systems theorist by the name of Gregory Bateson.  Welcome to the Nexus.