Lane describes the difference between habitat and habitus. He basically says that habitat simply the environment that we are in. It is just a background that we are walking through. Habitat is the world around us that we don't really focus on, it's just there. Habitus is quite different in that it is experienced on a different level of consciousness. Much like communitas, habitus is experienced where community and social structure is not. Those searching for a religious or transcendent experience must be in the realm of habitus to truly encounter it. It is harder to experience such a place in the modern society that we live in today because it is harder to evade society and social classes. Once liminality is achieved and one is away from modern day distraction, habitus can be encountered on a more personal level. In this environment, one can be there natural self, not having to conform to what others around them look like or how they act. I would really like to make an effort to escape from society for a day, maybe a week, and to experience habitus for myself.
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