A beautiful, elusive study of the female psyche, Ritual in Transfigured Time's meaning is very much open to interpretation, and indeed it should be. Filmmaker Maya Deren is working with symbols and visual imagery rather than words and a linear narrative, and thus what Ritual is "
“You are a great champion. When you ran the ground shook. The sky opened and mere mortals parted. Parted the way to victory. Where you will meet me in the winner's circle. Where I will lay a blanket of flowers on your back.”