---
id: "codex://object/ritual-play"
archive_id: "ritual-play"
slug: "ritual-play"
url: "https://ndcodex.com/objects/ritual-play/"
type: "signal"
title: "ritual-play"
summary: "A bounded action performed under pressure that exceeds its stated function and enters symbolic or transcendent meaning. properties: constraint. threshold. transcendence. examples: hail mary pass. last confession. final"
date_published: "2026-03-31T17:08:40.157Z"
date_modified: "2026-03-31T17:08:40.157Z"
status: "published"
visibility: "public"
language: "en-US"
axes:
  scale: "meso"
  depth: "structural"
  focus: "system"
  function: "diagnostic"
themes: []
constellations: []
tags: []
keywords:
  - "Signal"
author:
  id: "nathan-davis"
  name: "Nathan Davis"
  designation: "Archive Operator"
  role: "Archive Operator"
  handle: "@nathandavis"
  avatar: "/media/people/nathan-davis.jpg"
  bio: "Designer, builder, and curator of the Codex Archive."
contributors:
  - id: "nathan-davis"
    name: "Nathan Davis"
    designation: "Archive Operator"
    role: "Archive Operator"
    handle: "@nathandavis"
    avatar: "/media/people/nathan-davis.jpg"
    bio: "Designer, builder, and curator of the Codex Archive."
relations: []
media: []
---
A bounded action performed under pressure that exceeds its stated function and enters symbolic or transcendent meaning.
properties:
  - constraint
  - threshold
  - transcendence
examples:
  - hail mary pass
  - last confession
  - final message sent
  - irreversible step