liminal
    - 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
    elder [see Elders]
    death [see Death, Dying & Grief]
initiation
    the abyss
    return to chaos / death / end of a mode of being
    recreation of the world / rebirth / 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]
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