redirecting

ne	redirecting convert something from the domain of the feared to the domain of the useful

negative thinking > achieving negative goals > redirecting

Converting something from the domain of the uncontrolled (and therefore feared) to the controlled (and therefore useful).

Technology
and power Perhaps the most powerful myth of technology is that of Prometheus: stealing the secret of fire and giving it to mankind. In modern times, the forms of technology that arouse the greatest emotion are those that attempt to steal additional secrets from nature: nuclear energy and genetic engineering.
When the powerful forces of nature - fire, lightening, waterfalls, volcanos, genetics - can be captured and tamed, they may bring benefit to mankind, or to selected portions of mankind. Whereas the ancients worshipped these forces as Gods, we can see them as patent opportunities.

Alchemy One of the principles of alchemy is the conversion of base metal into gold. This also serves as a spiritual metaphor.

Waste not,
want not Mould becomes penicillin. Technology develops to make use of its own waste products. Trash becomes art.
Petroleum spirit used to be a waste product of the oil industry. This influenced the development of the motorcar: engine designers wanted to exploit the cheap availability of this particular type of hydrocarbon. Thus, in more ways than one, the petrol-driven motorcar was fueled by the oil industry and its economics.

Sublimation negative thinking > examples > sublimation

Ridicule Humour often works by redirecting anxiety into laughter.

Castration How to turn a parasite into a slave: (enemy becomes eunoch).

Technology and power	Perhaps the most powerful myth of technology is that of Prometheus: stealing the secret of fire and giving it to mankind. In modern times, the forms of technology that arouse the greatest emotion are those that attempt to steal additional secrets from nature: nuclear energy and genetic engineering. When the powerful forces of nature - fire, lightening, waterfalls, volcanos, genetics - can be captured and tamed, they may bring benefit to mankind, or to selected portions of mankind. Whereas the ancients worshipped these forces as Gods, we can see them as patent opportunities.
Alchemy	One of the principles of alchemy is the conversion of base metal into gold. This also serves as a spiritual metaphor.
Waste not, want not	Mould becomes penicillin. Technology develops to make use of its own waste products. Trash becomes art. Petroleum spirit used to be a waste product of the oil industry. This influenced the development of the motorcar: engine designers wanted to exploit the cheap availability of this particular type of hydrocarbon. Thus, in more ways than one, the petrol-driven motorcar was fueled by the oil industry and its economics.
Sublimation	negative thinking > examples > sublimation
Ridicule	Humour often works by redirecting anxiety into laughter.
Castration	How to turn a parasite into a slave: (enemy becomes eunoch).