Communitasse is a connection to other people around you while you are in the liminal state. The bonds that are formed in the liminal state are much different to those formed outside of it. It occurs only where social structure is not. To reach liminality one must first separate and leave society behind.
In Turner's book, Image and Pilgrimage in Christian Culture, he discusses liminality and how we perceive others while we are in the liminal state. When we are in a state of liminality, the word "you" has no borders and can't be defined. We can experience another person as a "you" during the liminal state because we understand that they are forever a mystery, forever becoming and happening continuously. Other times when we don't focus on having a genuine relationship with someone they become simply "he" or "she" meaning that they have boundaries. We don't make the connection of "communitasse" while we are outside liminality. Unfortunately, when we experience the liminal state cannot be controlled so we must make the most of it when it occurs.
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