RITUAL — a word that conjures the ceremonial, the sacred, the sensual, and the strange.

Rituals structure our lives and our play. They can be formal or personal, habitual or sacred, mundane or magical.

From the daily rituals that ground us to the transformative acts that break us open, this issue will explore the power of repeated gesture, intentional practice, and embodied devotion — within kink, identity, and beyond.