Image of Pilgrimage-Pilgrimage as a Liminoid Phenomenon

"Liminality is not only transition but also potentiality, not only 'going to be' but also 'what may be'." Liminality varies from each person and religion. Religions like Christianity define liminality as traveling to a sacred site or holy shrine that is a long distance from their current location. Turner explains how all sites of pilgrimage have one thing in common, they are all places of miracles whether they happened in the past or are happening right now. He also writes that pilgrimage is exteriorized mysticism. Furthermore, it is meant to "get out, go forth, to a far holy place approved by all." Pilgrimage is liminal. It is the transition from where you reside to the sacred site or holy shrine you plan to arrive at.