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| | Initiation in Haitian Vodou |
 | | Initiation in Vodou is empowering, cleansing, strengthening, and healing. | | | These do not require the time committment of initiation, or they can be preliminary to initiation as you learn more about the religion. | | | The third and highest degree of initiation, asogwe, confers possession of the asson, and all of the mysteries and secret knowledge of the priesthood. |
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http://members.aol.com/mambo125/kanzo01.html
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| | 52246 Aboriginal Cultures and the Land |
| | The initiation rites are a focal point for the formal teaching of the novice—for disciplining and training him, and for imparting religious knowledge. | | | Focusing particularly on the elaborate male initiation rituals, a sacred/profane dichotomy was posited, with men seen as holding the keys to religious knowledge, while women were seen as inhabiting a religiously-devalued profane world. | | | When initiated, he is permitted to marry, to begin sharing fully in the religious heritage of the group, and to assume ritual responsibilities. |
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http://www.ahs.cqu.edu.au/humanities/abtorres/52246/study/chap3.htm
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| | Chapter III: Initiation Ceremonies |
| | Ceremonies of this kind are continued for a long time, and the visitors, before they return to their own country, are presented with spears and other things--gifts which later on will be returned, in kind, when the local people visit the stranger's camp. | | | The sacred ceremonies are shown to the boy and explained to him. | | | At a certain point in the ceremony, also, the Namungulara boys come into camp and place their ledas on the heads of their mothers, which is a sign to the latter that the ceremony is nearly over and that they must go out into the bush and collect yams. |
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http://www.sacred-texts.com/aus/ntna/ntna05.htm
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| | Wiccan Initiation Ceremonies - Magick-Wiccan.com. |
| | This is used at the wiccan 2nd degree initiation ceremony when you become a Priest / Priestess. | | | Most covens hold initiation ceremonies to welcome newcomers into the Wiccan priesthood. |
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http://www.magick-wiccan.com/wicca-general/wiccan-initiation-ceremonies.html
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| | The ceremonies associated with initiation are marked by much feasting, socializing, and special dancing with masquerades, e.g., “kankurangs” (this is a masked figure that appears during important ceremonies). | | | The ceremony is performed in the morning (around 10:00 am) by an elder who either shaves the baby’s hair or cuts a lock and says a silent prayer. | | | Most Gambian ceremonial occasions, such as weddings, naming ceremonies, initiation ceremonies, and other special Muslim and Christian ceremonies, are celebrated by lavish feasting, drumming and dancing. |
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http://www.freewebz.com/gambia/gambianculture.html
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| | Rituals and Ceremonies |
| | As a rule the Kazi performs the ceremony and reads four chapters of the Kuran with the profession of belief, the bridegroom repeating them after him. | | | When the child is four years, four months and four days old the ceremony of Bismillah or taking the name of God is held, which is obligatory on all Muslims. | | | Sal-Girah: The child's birthday is known as sai-girah and is celebrated by a feast. |
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http://www.nagpuronline.com/people/rit_mslm.html
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| | Ceremonies - initiation rites, funerals, the toilet ceremonies, daily temple liturgy, blessing of the spears, ... |
| | Ceremonies - initiation rites, funerals, the toilet ceremonies, daily temple liturgy, blessing of the spears, fisherman's Prayer.. | | | In Uganda the Napore spearmen perform a ceremony before each hunt to appease the evil spirits and to ask the sun to bring them luck. | | | The spears are blessed by the old men of the tribe then the hunters fan out though the bush to look for antelopes. |
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http://www.african.net/ceremonies.htm
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| | INTRODUCTION TO FREEMASONRY - ENTERED APPRENTICE By CARL H. CLAUDY |
| | Circumambulation became a part of all religious observances; it was in the ceremonies of ancient Egypt; it was part of the mysteries of Eleusis; it was practised in the rites of Mithras and a thousand other cults, and down through the ages it has come to us. | | | That the majority of initiates do receive and take to themselves this opportunity for spiritual rebirth is obvious, otherwise the Order would not live and grow, could not have lived through hundreds - in some form, thousands - of years. | | | Thus thought of circumambulation is no longer a mere parade but a ceremony of significance, linking all who take part in it with the spiritual aspirations of a dim and distant past. |
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http://www.freemasons-freemasonry.com/claudy1.html
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| | What is Water Baptism? Initiation |
| | This sacred thread ceremony is the second birth of the Brahmin whereupon he is given the Brahma Jnana (Knowledge of Salvation) and he becomes Twice Born (Dwijan). | | | Baptism is a naming ceremony, where an individual is given a new name and accepted within the community as an identity. | | | For the person who is baptized, it is an initiation into the church. |
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http://www.acns.com/~mm9n/Baptism/401.htm
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| | 01.02.06: Rites of Passage: Initiation Masks in French Speaking Black Africa |
| | There is a ceremony that takes place in which the boy who is circumcised wears a traditional dress, usually white and green, two colors commonly used in the Islamic world. | | | The second, perhaps more fundamental as far as the symbolic rebirth is concerned, resides in the fact that at an early age, the adolescent, or should I say the newly born adult, is conditioned emotionally to join a spiritual realm beyond his existence. | | | These secrets and responsibilities are taught by the masks who, during the initiation, become the ancestors themselves or become spirits and demons embodying the powers of nature. |
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http://www.yale.edu/ynhti/curriculum/units/2001/2/01.02.06.x.html
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| | NWO - Indigenous initiation ceremonies in Catholic Papua community |
| | During the ceremonies young women are guided into adulthood; into women who share a common identity. | | | The majority of the population of the villages Ayawasi and Fef, where Thoonen carried out her research, pray daily, discuss Bible passages in prayer groups, and take part in the Sunday Mass. | | | Louise Thoonen discovered that the Papuan women blend elements from the Catholic faith and their ancestral customs to form their own group identity. |
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http://www.nwo.nl/nwohome.nsf/pages/NWOP_69LLDZ_Eng
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| | FREEMASONRY : Literary Initiations by Nelson King |
| | Further on in the ceremony Pierre is informed of the seven virtues,corresponding to the seven steps of Solomon's Temple, which every Freemason, shouldcultivate in himself. | | | There follows about eight more pages of the initiation ceremony, andPierre is admitted in to the Order. | | | The initiate now answers for himself; "I am." |
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http://www.freemasons-freemasonry.com/king1.html
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| | Initiation Ceremonies in 2004 |
| | You will be empowered to call, moderate, and invoke the Vodou lwa, and to direct their energies and yours toward the resolution of problems and the attainment of goals. | | | Initiation confers health, longer life, and financial prosperity, above and beyond the spiritual benefits. | | | Your spiritual abilities will be protected and magnified, you will develop new insights and new ways of spiritual awareness. |
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http://members.aol.com/racine125/kanzoinvite.html
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| | Freemasonry Explained - Part 2/3 |
| | All initiates were required to take an oath to bind themselves, "to perpetual silence and unshakable loyalty and submission to the Order, in the persons of my superiors; here making a faithful and complete surrender of my private judgement, my own will, and every narrow-minded employment of my own power and influence. | | | The Masonic Religion should be, by all of us initiates of the high degrees, maintained in the purity of the Luciferian Doctrine. | | | Bachus, Osiris, Adonia, and Mithra are some of the many 'GODS' worshiped by Occultists and through different Masonic ceremonies. |
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http://www.biblebelievers.org.au/masonic2.htm
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| | IndiaParenting.com - Naamkaran (Naming Ceremony) |
| | According to Hindu mythology, the naming ceremony for the newborn takes place on the twelfth day after his/ her birth and is predominantly a ladies’ function. | | | In certain Hindu communities the naming ceremony of the newborn takes place after three months. | | | On the appointed day, female relatives and friends arrive to participate in this colorful ceremony. |
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http://www.indiaparenting.com/articles/data/art12_001.shtml
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| | BIBLIOGRAPHY: Christian Initiation |
| | Johnson surveys the development of the rites and theology of Christian initiation from the New Testament to their current forms in the Roman Catholic, Episcopal, and Lutheran Churches. | | | John B. Hesch, "Orthopraxis in the Sacramental Initiation of Unbaptized Children of Catechetical Age: A Canonical Perspective," Worship 67 (1993) 214-225. | | | Leonel L. Mitchell, Worship: Initiation and the Churches (Washington: Pastoral Press, 1991). |
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http://camellia.shc.edu/theology/ChristianInitiation.htm
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| | Aboriginal Culture and Aboriginal Initiation Ceremonies |
| | Those being initiated are instructed and prepared for their roles within the ceremony and later in life as an adult. | | | These teachings are taught over a period of many years by significant people within the language group. | | | The ages of the person being initiated varies between language groups, but usually occur between the ages of 10 and 16 years of age. |
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http://www.frogandtoad.com.au/aboriginies/cultural1.html
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| | The Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn ® / The Golden Dawn by Israel Regardie |
| | Included in the text are Initiation Ceremonies, knowledge lectures, important rituals for consecration and invocation, methods of meditation and magical workings based on the Enochian Tablets, studies in the Tarot, and the system of Qabalistic Correspondences. | | | The original account of the teachings, rites, and ceremonies of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn as revealed by Israel Regardie. | | | The genius of the Golden Dawn system was that it combined all of these diverse elements into a unified curriculum of study for magical/spiritual growth. |
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http://www.hermeticgoldendawn.org/gd.htm
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| | Initiation and the Druid Secret Language |
| | The three wonders which he saw at the beginning of the ceremony are explained to him now. | | | By bestowing these gifts and revealing these mysteries, the initiators invite Cormac into their community, and make him one of them. | | | Lady Gregory describes the initiation of the Fianna of Ireland elsewhere in the same text. |
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http://www.wildideas.net/cathbad/pagan/secretlanguage.html
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| | The Complete Golden Dawn Cipher Manuscript |
| | The initiation ceremonies and knowledge lectures of the Golden Dawn are based upon this mysterious manuscript which was first revealed by Dr. W. | | | Presented for the first time is a complete facsimile and translation of the Cipher Manuscript, the foundation for the Golden Dawn's initiation ceremonies. | | | This book is the most significant Golden Dawn material printed in decades. |
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http://www.hermeticgoldendawn.org/ciphermanu.htm
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| | Bar and Bat Mitzvah - rites of Initiation |
| | She will be allowed to read in the synagogue but not from the Torah, only from the prophets and the writings (see section 24). | | | There are differences again between the ceremonies for boys and girls. | | | The father thanks God that he has now been freed from responsibility for the boy's sins and rejoices that his son is now a man. |
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http://re-xs.ucsm.ac.uk/gcsere/revision/judaism/jud3/page7.html
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| | books on ritual initiation for boys and men |
| | Cahill, Sedonia, Ceremonial Circle: Practice ritual and renewal for personal and community healing, Harper, 1992 | | | books on ritual initiation for boys and men | | | This is the author's long-awaited book on male initiation and the role of the mentor, the result of ten years' work with men to discover the truths about masculinity that get beyond the stereotypes of our popular culture. |
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http://www.menstuff.org/books/byissue/ritual-initiation.html
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| | BUSHMEN OF NAMIBIA- INITIATION CEREMONIES |
| | The equivalent boy's ceremony is rather a low-key (Silberbauer 1965:89). | | | This ceremony has nothing to do with marriage when it comes to boys but may be contracted either before or afterwards. | | | Ritual tattooing also follows a San's first trance performance, itself an ' initiation' into the world which comprises the San spirituality. |
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http://www.unam.na/faculties/humanities/ics/projects/sibeene/initiation.htm
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| | Aboriginal Initiation Ceremonies from the Top End |
| | The kind of ceremonies that the boys undergo is quite different between different groups; the desert people have many rites that may only be witnessed by initiated men. | | | In most traditional Aboriginal communities boys are initiated into manhood in a cycle of ceremonies in which they are taught their traditional songs and shown the dances that are associated with it. | | | The rituals take place over a number of days and sometimes weeks. |
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http://www.ozoutback.com.au/postcards/postcards_forms/abor_init_cer/index.htm
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| | Aboriginal Ceremony - Traditional Aboriginal Music |
| | The ceremonies of the youths, at which no fully adult male or any women are present, are the most important to the participants. | | | Aboriginal ceremonies (known to most people as corroborees) are dramatic representations, in mime and song, of the mythical history of the tribe. | | | These ceremonies have many functions and take many forms. |
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http://aboriginalart.com.au/didgeridoo/ceremony.html
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| | Appendix B: Christian Initiation |
| | pointed out that in Justin Martyr’s description of Christian Initiation the “washing” of the catechumen is followed by the offering of “prayers in common both for ourselves and for the person who has received illumination”, after which “we salute one another with a kiss when we have concluded the prayers” (Apol., lxv). | | | a complex of subsidiary ceremonies expressive of the bishop’s blessing. | | | The more closely one studies recent books and articles on the subject of Christian Initiation, the more evident it becomes that few writers have succeeded in avoiding some measure of eisegesis in their treatment of the New Testament and Patristic writings. |
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http://www.episcopalian.org/pbs1928/Articles/AnglicanTeaching/168.htm
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| | USS Clueless - Initiation ceremonies |
| | The same kind of thing is at work in certain fringe extremist Christian sects whose members have a predilection for standing on boxes at busy street corners accusing everyone who comes by of being a sinner, and preaching at the top of their lungs about how the end of the world is near. | | | There's an organization of that kind among people from certain parts of SE Asia where members have to get a small but distinctive tattoo on one hand, which pretty much identifies them for life as being a member. | | | If the group is important, and if those in the group are superior because they're members, then it means everyone outside who is not a member is inferior. |
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http://denbeste.nu/cd_log_entries/2003/03/Initiationceremonies.shtml
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| | Corroboree is the english word for the Aboriginal Caribberie, Aboriginal songs and dance |
| | Not all songs and dances were sacred, like those taught in initiation ceremonies. | | | In some dances all participated, however others were reserved for a small few due to the sacred nature of dance. | | | As a part of these dances members of the language would paint particular designs on their bodies to indicate the type of ceremony being held and the language group and family group performing. |
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http://www.frogandtoad.com.au/aboriginies/cultural4.html
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| | Gusii Initiation Ceremonies. - Mayer, Philip.: |
| | Note; this is an extracted article from the collected volume, not an offprint or reprint. | | | Keywords: Anthropology African Ethnography Kenyan Tribe Gusii Initiation Rites Anthropological Journal |
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http://www.booksets.com/si/88479.html
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| | Aboriginal Art:: Aboriginal Ceremonies, Songs & Dances |
| | The primary reason for this ritual is to teach the young boys and girls of the tribe the law, much about their country, their spiritual beliefs — for the Elders to pass on to the youngsters all the knowledge they need to take their place as an Adult in the Community. | | | These ceremonies very often are lengthy, and sometimes take place over a period of years, in stages of "learning" and "proving". | | | Men and women have very different roles to play in their tribal community — respect amongst their own gender and between men and women as individuals and family as a whole, is of utmost importance in the Aboriginal way of life. |
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http://www.aboriginalartshop.com/aboriginal-art-aboriginal-ceromonies.html
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| | Skull and Bones, The Yale Secret Society |
| | ) World domination aside, the most pervasive rumors about Bones are that initiates must masturbate in a coffin while recounting their sexual exploits, and that their candor is ultimately rewarded with a no-strings-attached gift of $15,000. | | | The initiation ceremony, held in April, involves as many alumni, or "patriarchs," as possible, one of whom in each instance serves as the supervisor, known as Uncle Toby. | | | Bonesmen, who are sworn to secrecy at initiation, have not publicly denied or confirmed these rumors; they have usually made a point of refusing to speak to the press about the society at all. |
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http://skullandcrossbones.org/articles/skullandbones.htm
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| | BBC - Radio 4 - Home Truths - Initiation Ceremonies |
| | BBC - Radio 4 - Home Truths - Initiation Ceremonies | | | At school or work, were you forced to go through an intiation ceremony? | | | Lynne Laight of Redditch wrote in with this revealing little gem... |
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/hometruths/initiationceremonies.shtml
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| | CEREMONIAL INITIATION & RITES OF PASSAGE |
| | Beings who have chosen to be Divine Fools, empty instruments, toys of the Infinite Source, embodying the simplicity and power of pure awareness that can effect quantum leaps in your consciousness. | | | During ceremonial initiation, the transformation of your consciousness and heightening of your general awareness is the entire focus of the unified field of awareness of Ariel and the Magicians known as the "A" team. | | | These ceremonies are found in her booklet "Guidebook for How to Marry Your Inner Polarity." She is also available as an officiant/minister for these unusual "wedding" ceremonies. |
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http://cosmicircus.com/ceremony.htm
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| | African Masks Example Essays.com - Over 101,000 essays, term papers and book reports! |
| | The Nuna people dance with this mask on market days, funerals and initiation ceremonies. | | | This mask has an abstract geometric form that has patterns that only the initiated men know what they mean. | | | In Burkina Faso there is a tribe called Nuna, their tribe has a mask that is called The Buffalo Mask. |
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http://www.exampleessays.com/viewpaper/59156.html
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| | HINDU SAMSKARAS (Socio-Religious Study of the Hindu Sacraments) |
| | The Vedas, the Brahmanas, the Grhasutras, the Dharmasutras, the Smrtis and other treatises describe the rites, ceremonies and customs here and there but they do not present them in their historical evolution | | | The Hindu Samskaras give expression to aspirations and ideals of the Hindus.They aim at securing the welfare of the performer and developing his personality. | | | The present work is a systematic study of all the Samskaras enjoined to be performed at the various epochs in the life of an individual from conception to crematorium. |
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http://www.ethangka.com/book/details/NAB336
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| | You'll never think the same way again. . . The Revelation |
| | People who haven't studied this subject would assume that this "Light" is the revelation of the God of the Bible. | | | God sent to man Osiris and Isis, accompanied by THOTH, the incarnation or terrestrial repetition of the first HERMES; who taught men the arts, science, and the ceremonies of religion; and then ascended to Heaven or the Moon." [Pike, Morals and Dogma, p. | | | Masons from the first initiation which is the first degree are urged to mightily "seek the Light!" The average Mason is continually saying that he is "seeking the Light," and will spend his entire life "moving toward the Light." |
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http://www.theforbiddenknowledge.com/symbology/1o5.htm
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| | Initiation |
| | An initiation is also a ceremony by which a person is introduced into a society, or other organized body, especially the rite of admission into a secret society or order. | | | But it is also an ending as existence on one level drops away in an ascension to the next. | | | The related term, initiate, means to begin or start a particular action, event, circumstance, or happening. |
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http://www.sciencedaily.com/encyclopedia/initiation
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| | WMU News |
| | Each student will be called forward by name during the ceremonies and asked to sign the new chapter's ledger. | | | The public ceremonies will begin at 5:30 p.m. | | | The installation ceremony for WMU's Theta of Michigan chapter took place Feb. 23. |
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| | Quia - Beginnings |
| | This activity is related to the reading passage about initiation ceremonies.It's based on the vocabulary of the reading passage. | | | See a list of terms used in these activities. |
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| | Russian London / Russian army \'riddled with sadists\' / |
| | Russia's once mighty armed forces are a haven for sadists, with senior soldiers subjecting their junior colleagues to vicious beatings, torture, sexual violence and death threats, a report said yesterday. | | | After three years of research and more than 100 interviews with victims, Human Rights Watch, based in New York, said the problem of violent initiation ceremonies - known as dedovshchina or "rule of the grandfathers" - had reached horrific levels and was sapping morale and undermining combat readiness. |
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| | Amazon.co.uk: Books: The Aurum Solis Initiation Ceremonies and Inner Magical Techniques |
| | The structure and consecration of an Aurum Solis temple are likewise presented, together with details of vestments and regalia; and the major inner symbolism of the Ogdoadic Tradition of the Western Mysteries is set forth. | | | In this book, the keys to this process as employed in the initiatory rites of the Order Aurum Solis are revealed in detail for the first time. | | | Amazon.co.uk: Books: The Aurum Solis Initiation Ceremonies and Inner Magical Techniques |
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http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/1870450523
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| | Ivory Coast |
| | Their masks, which are used in initiation ceremonies, and their stilt dancers, are famous. | | | The Man region is the draw card culture of the Dan people. | | | Superb beaches and delicious seafood can be found in Sassandra, 250 km west of Abidjan. |
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http://us-africa.tripod.com/ivory.html
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| | Also they claim that freemasons built Solomon's Temple and the tower of Babel. | | | They claim that the fig leaves were symbolic to the aprons that are worn in their initiation ceremonies. | | | Masons claim there is an ancient connection way back to Adam and Eve. |
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http://www.exposingsatanism.org/masons.htm
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| | LS INITIATION CEREMONIES |
| | A total of 6 new student members and one honorary member were inducted into this surveying honor society. | | | At the end of the induction ceremony, all of the current members of | | | annual initiation ceremony of the Ferris State University Chapter of Lambda Sigma was held on campus on March 31, 1996. |
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| | STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK PLATTSBURGH CHAPTER Initiation Ceremonies |
| | STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK PLATTSBURGH CHAPTER Initiation Ceremonies | | | Seniors and Graduate initiates must be in top 10% of class standing and top 10% of their major standing | | | Each spring, Phi Kappa Phi Chapter #263 holds an initiation ceremony for new members. |
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| | Elel |
| | Elel also plays a part in the initiation ceremonies. | | | He is responsible for causing storms, illnesses, and death. | | | Article created on 05 June 2005; last modified on 05 June 2005. |
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