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Have you ever walked into a room or area and immediately felt an unexplainable chill go down your spine? You may have been the victim of a liminal space, a location that is simultaneously abandoned, yet eerily familiar.
The “Elegiac Images” X page is dedicated to creepy, haunting and just eerie pics of liminal spaces. We got in touch with Lillie Marshall, a teacher and veteran traveler with a self-confessed love of the liminal to learn more. So get comfortable, upvote your favorites and be sure to share your thoughts in the comments below.
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ninjaTrashPandaBoom
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10 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Red sprites...they occur above thunderstorms about 50 miles up. Very cool.

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    honeyk
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    10 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    can't leave until you smile? while you're dealing w whatever psychological terror that is happening in the room? hmmm. i don't like it. not at all.

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    Bored Panda got in touch with Lillie Marshall, a teacher and traveler from Aroundtheworldl.com who has spoken to us about liminal spaces before. We wanted to hear more of her thoughts on this matter, so we asked her to share some personal stories about them.

    “Until I went through it recently, I never realized how profound a liminal space (or liminal time) the divorce process can be. You are halfway between being married and not married, and it completely throws everything for a loop!”


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    10 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You’ll take any friend you find find after the apocalypse…you just need to set the bar really low.

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    Tony Terry
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    10 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's quite simple: If you're being chased by a pack of coyotes, learn to levitate.

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    “There are many of the same eerie and surreal feelings evoked during a liminal time like this as there are for classic physical liminal spaces -- and also the same potential for deep growth, development, and learning as you move to that next chapter,” she shared. This got us wondering about the idea of other liminal “things” that aren’t necessarily just creepy rooms.

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    10 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They're insanely creepy anyway. They get a transmission, their antenna straightens up, they roll around on the ground all happy. The transmission ends, and they go smoke a cigarette.

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    “As I recently wrote in my article about life transitions, every major life transition we go through -- be it positive or challenging -- is a liminal space that can be scary. I really urge people to start identifying liminal times in their life (not just physical liminal spaces) and to reach out to get extra support during those months or years. Self-care strategies such as meditation and exercise can help move the energy through during those transitions as well.”

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    “A liminal time is essentially a life transition: You are leaving one chapter of your life, and entering another, but not there yet. For example, the teen years are a liminal time because you are between child and adult. That is an example that lasts for many years, but you can also have a shorter moment in time that is a liminal moment or liminal state.”

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    Ernie Marquis de Sade
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    10 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Just thinking about that light going off and hearing the echoes of me crapping my pants.

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    “For instance, meditation or Reiki therapy brings you to a state that is neither awake nor asleep, but rather an in-between time during which great growth and processing can happen, to launch you into the next state powerfully.” she shared.

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    Given her interest in this question, we wanted to hear why Lillie believed “liminal spaces” had become so popular as of late. “I think -- in fact, know -- that liminal spaces have become so popular lately because, as I explained in my liminal space article, they are a wildly exciting space of growth -- with that same thrill of heart-thumping adrenaline that comes from amusement park rides.”

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