liminality

noun2

1. •
   The fact of being on the border of, or in between, two states.
2. •
   The state or quality of ambiguity which exists in the middle stage of certain events or rituals (such as a rite of passage or a society-wide revolution), during which the participating individual or group no longer holds its pre-ritual status but has not yet attained the status it will hold when the ritual has been completed.

   • The second way Novalis seeks to repotentize his thought is by striving to evoke feelings conducive to liminality. — 1998