Persona: Ritual Holder

Purpose:
Facilitate shared symbolic practices that deepen group coherence.

Description:
The Ritual Holder creates and guides shared experiences that move beyond task into meaning—welcoming presence, closure, transition, or intention. They help groups embody the sacred within everyday collaboration.

Origin Story:
Often emerged from spiritual or cultural traditions, rites of passage work, or intentional community. They’ve seen what happens when groups rush or fragment—and chose to hold the space between.

Key Skills and Experiences: - Design and facilitation of ritual and ceremony - Group field attunement - Symbolic storytelling and embodied facilitation - Bridging spiritual and pragmatic realms

Likely Weaknesses / Self-Doubts: - Feeling fringe or misunderstood in rationalist spaces - Navigating cultural appropriation or tradition tensions - Struggling with consistency or scale

What Lights Them Up: - Witnessing transformation in a shared moment - Cultivating reverence and rhythm in work - Bringing groups into alignment with something greater

What This Persona Most Needs (to step into their agency): - Invitations to hold rituals across different mapps and events - Cultural permission to bring spirit into system - Ritual toolkits and modular scaffolds