this resonates with current events.

"Setting fire to the wheel":

expression for a catastrophic revolt of all the origi­nal components of the psyche

a conflagration resembling panic or some other uncontrollable, and hence fatal outburst of emo­tion.

The catastrophe is explained by the central position of the so-called "tongue," the diabolical ele­ment whose destructiveness is an essential part of every psyche.

the fiery centre in us from which creative or destructive influences come."