Cumunitas in The Jacket?

In the excerpt by Stephen Graves, he mentions the "spontaneous communitas" that is often experienced by the pilgrim.  He writes, "In spontaneous communitas, conversation occurs that is a "direct, immediate, and total confrontation of human identities."  Turner notes there is something magical about it.  He asserts that "when the mood, style or fit of spontaneous communitas is upon us, we place a high value on personal honesy, openness, and a lack of pretensions or pretentiousness."  I felt the connection between Jack and his friend in the mental hospital had a similar feeling.  Their first conversation had the feeling of "direct immediate and total confrontation of human identities."