Rite of Passage
Definition
The structural-articulation of the broader-tradition's formal-rites marking developmental-thresholds. Rite of Passage names the broader contemplative-tradition's articulation of formal-ceremonial-rites that mark structurally-significant developmental-thresholds; the broader Netist articulation reads Rite of Passage as foundational ceremonial-architecture supporting practitioner-development.
Literal meaning
The structural-articulation of formal-rites marking developmental-thresholds. Rite of Passage articulates the broader-tradition's recognition of structurally-significant developmental-events that warrant formal-ceremonial-articulation.
Esoteric meaning
Rite of Passage articulates the structural-feature that the broader contemplative-tradition has recognized as *the formal-ceremonial-articulation of developmental-thresholds*. The structural-recognition is that practitioner-development includes structurally-significant thresholds that warrant formal-rite; the broader Initiation, Naming Ceremony, Thread Binding, Veil Passage, and broader rite articulations all operate as Rite of Passage at the developmental-articulation.
Allegorical meaning
A specific-formal-ceremonial-articulation marking structurally-significant developmental-thresholds: the rite operates as formal-recognition of developmental-event, the structural-features support broader-engagement with the threshold, and the structural-recognition is that the formal-rite supports developmental-arc that informal-articulation alone cannot match.
Extended meaning
Rite of Passage articulates several specific structural-features: (1) The rite-architecture operates across multiple developmental-thresholds; the broader Rite of Entry, initiation-rites, life-stage rites, and broader ceremonies all operate as Rites of Passage; (2) Rite of Passage integrates with the broader Threshold Guardians principle; the gating-articulation operates through Rite of Passage at the formal-articulation; (3) The articulation aligns with the broader Anthropological articulation by Arnold van Gennep; the *Rites of Passage* (1909) articulation supports cross-tradition recognition of rite-architecture; (4) Rite of Passage supports the broader Living Tradition articulation; the broader-tradition's continuing-development operates through Rites of Passage at the institutional-articulation. The relationship to *Initiation*, *Rite of Entry*, *Threshold Guardians*, *Naming Ceremony*, *Thread Binding*, *Veil Passage*, *Living Tradition*, *Way of Return*, *Atūm*, and the broader ceremony articulations is structural.
*Rite of Passage* articulates the formal-ceremonial-architecture. The article complements *Initiation*, *Rite of Entry*, *Threshold Guardians*, *Naming Ceremony*, *Thread Binding*, *Veil Passage*, *Living Tradition*, *Way of Return*, *Atūm*, and the broader ceremony articulations.
Usage
A practitioner encounters Rite of Passage at developmentally-significant thresholds throughout the broader Way of Return.
Ritual usage
All formal-rites engage Rite of Passage articulation. The broader ceremonial-architecture operates through Rite of Passage at structurally-significant developmental-thresholds.
Comparative tradition
Arnold van Gennep's *Rites of Passage* (1909) anthropological-articulation. Victor Turner's *The Ritual Process* extending van Gennep's articulation. The various tradition-specific articulations of rite-of-passage.
Science correspondence
The contemporary anthropology and ritual-studies research on rite-of-passage articulation.