liminal
    the threshold
transitional
    change in social status
        birth
        naming
            on survival of new born
            recognition of noteworthy action
        adulthood
            female
                on first menstruation
            male
                age group
            not everyone survives
        graduation
        marriage
        parenthood
        grandparenthood
        divorce
        social group
            fraternal orders
    entry into a profession
        craft
            apprentice
            journeyman
            master
        healing
            Ojibwa Midewiwin
            Iroquois False Face society
            AMA
        military
            warrior
                Green Beret
                Navy Seals
            guardian / police
    religious membership
        layman
        priest / religious specialist
    elder [see Elders]
    death [see Death, Dying & Grief]
initiation
    into the abyss
        return to chaos / death / end of one mode of being
    recreation of the world / rebirth / entering a new mode of experience
    initiation into an age [group]
    initiation into a mystery [group]
    initiation into a more advanced religious status
        quest or call
process of initiation
    old paradigm / state of existence
    preparation of sacred ground - return to the dream time
    separation /segregation / isolation
    focus / ordeals / tests
    identification / instruction
    initiation
        experience / revelation
    grounding
    re-integration
    new paradigm / state of existence
failed rites of passage
    gang membership
    groups that endorse or tacitly approve of unethical behavior [see Value Systems]
        Ku Klux Klan or KKK
        neo-nazi
rituals [see Ritual & Theater]
 
The Courage to Love: Principles and Practices of Self-Relations Psychotherapy
    - Stephen Gilligan  
Rites and Symbols of Initiation: The Mysteries of Birth and Rebirth - Mircea Eliade
Ritual: Power, Healing and Community - Malidoma Patrice Some