Sublime

Historically, Rites of Passage were used to mark and give meaning to a person’s transition from one status to another. The transition we’re marking is the shift from dependency to autonomy, from reliant child to responsible adult. In the transition ritual, sacred wisdom was passed on by a tribal elder.

distinct changes—a before and after. The changes are final and fixed: in a rite of passage there is no going back. Rites of passage absolutely restructure our lives. We are not the same after such an experience.

Jeremiah 15:5). It also is used to bless the dying with a charge to “go to your ancestors” (Genesis 15:15; see 1 Kings 2:6) and as a promise of safe passage and safe conduct (see Judges 18:6; Psalm

Ta-Nehisi Coates: “The defining feature of being drafted into the Black race [is] the inescapable robbery of time.”

rites of passage tend to decimate social systems and webs of support. And because we all have gifts to share in

At the end of this term, apprentices would have to pass a master test, or produce a master work, to prove their level of skill. Once passed, they were now elevated to the rank of journeymen and could travel wherever there was work, practicing the craft.

Amazing grace! how sweet the sound, That saved a wretch like me! I once was lost, but now am found, Was blind, but now I see. Thro’ many dangers, toils, and snares, I have already come; ’Tis grace hath bro't me safe thus far, And grace will lead me home.

The Seeker arrived at the U.S. Coast Guard Station in Manasquan Inlet at about ten P.M. Each man aboard the boat was taken inside and asked to write an account of the incident, then was released.

Rites of passage involve movement through four phases, marked by the crossing of four distinct thresholds: