 Crowds and societies should be distinguished from communities. Whereas crowds are characterized by mental contagion and societies by interlocked experiences (often based on instrumental considerations), members of communities share experiences. For instance, when two parents stand beside the dead body of their child, they mourn together and, thereby, share their experience of mourning (Scheler 1923: 23f). One of the elements that sets experiential sharing apart from the previous two forms of sociality is the sense of us that infuses the life of the community members and that grounds solidary behavior among them. Communal or collective experiences are lived through as ours by the group members and that is why these members are prone to mutual help and support.