Limina, thresholds, more on spaces-between & their importance

March 3rd, 2019 by Charles Cameron

There are two things to note here. One is that liminality is a *humility* device, the other is that is creates a strong sense of bonding which Turner calls *communitas*: in one case, the Marine’s esprit de corps, in the other quite literally a monastic community. Part of what is so fascinating here is the (otherwise not necessarily obvious) insight that humility and community are closely related.

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earlier Zenpundit posts on liminality and borders, among them:

  • Liminality II: the serious part

  • Of border crossings, and the pilgrimage to Arbaeen in Karbala

  • Violence at three borders, naturally it’s a pattern

  • Borders, limina and unity

  • Borders as metaphors and membranes

  • McCabe and Melber, bright lines and fuzzy borders

  • Walls. Christianity & poetry. And nations, identities & borders

    • But go back to that first post, Liminality II: the serious part, and read the whole thing. The story of the USS Topeka, SSN-754 alone is worth the effort..

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