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A ritual is more than a habit or routine. In ritual studies, it is often understood as a structured, symbolic, repeated, or intentional sequence of action that “sets apart” ordinary time and gives meaning to transition, emotion, memory, identity, and belonging. Classic ritual theory describes rites of passage as having three movements: separation, liminality/threshold, and reincorporation. A helpful frame for therapy, retreat work, grief, endings, identity shifts, and new beg