A Taboo (n.) is a tension between fear and desire, a tension which is the essence of social life, binding humans together through a fear of, but also a fascination for the sacred object.
Taboo (n.) is in a dichotomous pair with transgression that mirrors the profane world (that recognizes taboos) and the sacred world (in which limited acts of transgression are practiced).
A Taboo (n.) is instituted only to be transgressed, the transgression gives us anguish and re-establishes the taboo.
Taboo (n.) is not conscious when it is being observing. In the act of violating it, one feels the anguish of mind without which the taboo could not exist.
A Taboo (n.) binds people together through fear of its transgression on the one hand, and on the other, a fascination and desire to transgress.