Abstract: The subject of the research is ritual practices and their role in liminal and crisis situations of society and human existence in general. The author examines such aspects of the topic as the place of crises in existence and development of the world, society and human and lilminality as a form of crisis states and rituals as the means of adaptation to liminal states and protection of negative consequences of crises. Fusu focuses on the importance of rituals for supporting the integral sense of Self concept and social solidarity in the society. The article is based on the psychoanalytical approach. As an alternative, the author also applies the analytical and philosophical paradigm and uses comparative method, analysis and synthesis. The author's special contribution are caused by the fact that the author analyzes the role of rituals for an individual and society in situations of crisis and liminality.The main conclusion of the research is the author's thesis about the integrative role of ritual practices and that rituals bring more stability into life and world. The novelty of the research is caused by the fact that the author applies provisions of the analytical philosophy to the problem of liminality. 

Abstract: The subject of this research is the liminality of society as a result of influence of globalizational transformations. The article analyzes the transformations of social consciousness in the era of universal building of information society and digital revolution. Such changes in the spiritual life are reduced to the concept of liminality, in other words, marginality between the entirely human and machine-like state. The study  demonstrates the possible ways of overcoming the liminal state, associated with weakening of the impact of mass culture through introduction to the traditional folk forms of spiritual life, as well as production of mid-culture. The philosophical-anthropological method along with the approaches of existentialism, Freud-Marxism, and cognitivism were used in the course of research. The author’s special contribution into the study of the topic of social liminality lies in the analysis of its correlation with globalization, as well as in the formulated conclusions that namely globalization and the related trends of informatization, digitalization, computerization, and automation lead to the liminal state of society. A thesis is proposed on the mass consciousness as the emanation of liminality.