Many cultures practice or have practiced initiation rites, including the ancient Greeks, the Hebraic/Jewish, the Babylonian, the Mayan, and the Norse cultures...

secret society or religious order, or graduation from school or recruit training. A person taking the initiation ceremony in traditional rites, such as those...

Anglicisation of rite de passage, a French term innovated by the ethnographer Arnold van Gennep in his work Les rites de passage, The Rites of Passage. The...

of Christian Initiation of Adults (Latin: Ordo initiationis christianae adultorum), or OCIA, known as the Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults (RCIA)...

represents purification and initiation into the religious community (the khalsa). Rites that use water are not considered water rites if it is not their central...

were religious initiation rites performed in the cult of the Egyptian goddess Isis in the Greco-Roman world. They were modeled on other mystery rites, particularly...

main types of Ndut initiation rites. The first concerns the circumcision for Serer boys whilst the second concerns the initiation of Serer girls. Serer...

rites in Christianity including baptism, communion, and last rites Samskara (rite of passage), rites of passage in Indic religions and cultures RITE Method...

ISBN 1-55643-325-5. Hellmann, Tony (October 30, 2009). "Buddhist Rites of Religious Initiation". Jumping the Asymptote. Retrieved November 13, 2009. Hodus...

food is served for dinner and guests exchange hugs and gifts. Religious initiation rites Islam in South Asia Islam in Bangladesh Bengali Muslims Bishwa...

Religious circumcision is generally performed shortly after birth, during childhood, or around puberty as part of a rite of passage. Circumcision for religious...

same name as the goddess Isyss, an R&B group Mysteries of Isis, religious initiation rites performed in the Greco-Roman world Name changes due to the Islamic...

distinct, involving underground initiation rituals reserved exclusively for soldiers and complex, allegorical rites only vaguely understood today due...

women and members of all varna. Baptism Fraternity Freemasonry Religious initiation rites The Mahabharata has about 1.8 million words. The word Dvija appears...

agreement Masonic initiation rituals, part of the Masonic ritual and symbolism Ndut initiation rite, a rite of passage as well as a religious education commanded...

wealth. Unlike other mystery religions of the time, Dionysiac rites required no formal initiation and were accessible to all women, regardless of wealth or...

festivals, feasts, trances, initiations, funerary services, matrimonial services, meditation, prayer, religious music, religious art, sacred dance, public...

Grand College of Rites Church of St Edmund, Rochdale List of Masonic rites Snoek, Jan A. M. (2014). "Masonic Rituals of Initiation". In Bodgan, Henrik;...

churches use the Byzantine Rite. Ritual Funerary rites Marriage rites List of Christian liturgical rites "What Are the Last Rites?". Beliefnet. Thirty-Nine...

उपनयन, romanized: upanayana, lit. 'initiation') is a Hindu educational sacrament, one of the traditional saṃskāras or rites of passage that marked the acceptance...

raising a family, as well as those related to final rites associated with cremation. These rites of passage are not uniform, and vary within the diverse...

a neutral view on circumcision. Circumcision in Africa, and the rites of initiation in Africa, as well as "the frequent resemblance between details of...

Ancient and Primitive Rite List of Masonic Rites Philadelphes Ordo Templi Orientis Osirian Egyptian Order de Biasi, J.L. (2012). Les rites égyptiens. Ventura...

by an initiation ceremony and 6) Adulthood, which the author says in most cultures is the point when the individual sires offspring. Birth rites begin...

a specific rite of initiation: the initiation of youngsters into adulthood, which Turner considered the most typical rite. In such rites of passage,...

Sometimes, this ritual is combined with the rite of passage of Upanayana, the initiation to formal schooling. Another rite of passage where tonsure is practiced...

rites: there are magic rites and religious rites, and religious rites are further divided into propitiatory, sacrificial, aggregation, and initiation...

This is an index of religious honorifics from various religions. |Hiereus |A male priest in Hellenism aka Greek paganism. |} |Hieria |A female priestess...

hundreds of years in a Bwiti rite of passage ceremony, as well as in initiation rites and acts of healing. The experience yields complex visions and insights...

Bayard, two Rosicrucian-inspired Masonic rites emerged toward the end of 18th century, the Rectified Scottish Rite, widespread in Central Europe where there...