ABSTRACT
Many writers within feminism have argued for the need for a spirituality that makes visible women's experience. Joann Wolski Conn, in one of the earliest works on feminist spirituality, argues that any reconstruction of feminist spirituality must take account of women's experiences. Women's experience of paid employment is one of the areas in which few rituals exist. For some women in this research, part of the context for their rituals is the recognition that as single and childless women, they do not conform to patriarchal stereotypes. The ritual enactment itself is often described by the women in terms of letting go and moving on; an acknowledgement of the past, and looking to a new future. The liminal, or threshold, moment in these rituals, however, while it is evident in some, is less clearly-defined. In Jackie's re-naming ritual, the movement from one room to the other suggested the symbolism of the threshold, which became very powerful.
