I'd like to go a little further than Tantric;
e·thos
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–noun
1.Sociology. the fundamental character or spirit of a culture; the underlying sentiment that informs the beliefs, customs, or practices of a group or society; dominant assumptions of a people or period: In the Greek ethos the individual was highly valued.
2.the character or disposition of a community, group, person, etc.
3.the moral element in dramatic literature that determines a character's action rather than his or her thought or emotion.