Home›Subcategories›Initiatory RitualsSubcategoriesInitiatory Rituals26 of 272 entries in Rituals. Click any to see everything it connects to.Citation FormatsGeneral ReferenceGeneral Reference Citation TextDivinity Atlas. "Initiatory Rituals." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://dev-divinity.interactiveatlas.org/subcategories/ritual/initiatory-rituals.Copy General ReferenceAPA StyleAPA Style Citation TextDivinity Atlas. (n.d.). Initiatory Rituals. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://dev-divinity.interactiveatlas.org/subcategories/ritual/initiatory-ritualsCopy APA StyleBibTeXBibTeX Citation Text@misc{divinityatlas-initiatory-rituals, author = {Divinity Atlas}, title = {Initiatory Rituals}, year = {2026}, url = {https://dev-divinity.interactiveatlas.org/subcategories/ritual/initiatory-rituals}, note = {Accessed August 30, 2026} }Copy BibTeXThe rites that admit a person into a tradition, an order or a stage of religious life, from baptism to formal initiation into an esoteric order, grouped by the shared function of marking entry regardless of how different the traditions performing them otherwise are.FactsLearn MoreSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)FactsOverviewWhat Defines This GroupingWell-attestedRites that admit a person to a status, community or degree of knowledge not previously held. The atlas records that such rites exist, who confers them and what they are held to accomplish; where a tradition holds the content of its initiation closed, that content is not reproduced here. 2OriginsWhose Classification This IsWell-attestedInitiation is treated as a species of rite of passage on van Gennep's 1909 three-stage scheme - separation, liminality, incorporation - as elaborated by Victor Turner in 1969. The scheme is a comparative frame devised by its authors, not an account any tradition gives of its own rite. 2DirectoryCategoryWell-attestedRituals 1StatusStanding as a Comparative CategoryWell-attestedA standard analytic category in the study of religion 2BrowseCompareSelect all 26Amrit SancharInitiatory Rituals7 linksAnointing of MonarchsInitiatory Rituals5 linksAnuvrata (Jain Lay Vows)Initiatory Rituals4 linksBaptismInitiatory Rituals72 linksBar / Bat MitzvahInitiatory Rituals15 linksBayahInitiatory Rituals12 linksBodhisattva VowInitiatory Rituals4 linksBoraInitiatory Rituals1 linkByzantine Imperial CoronationInitiatory Rituals4 linksConfirmationInitiatory Rituals47 linksCoronation of the British MonarchInitiatory Rituals9 linksEntu Priestess Installation RiteInitiatory Rituals3 linksFirst CommunionInitiatory Rituals6 linksGiyurInitiatory Rituals12 linksHoly OrdersInitiatory Rituals48 linksKanzoInitiatory Rituals3 linksMonastic TonsureInitiatory Rituals21 linksNavjoteInitiatory Rituals4 linksPoy Sang LongInitiatory Rituals3 linksRajasuyaInitiatory Rituals4 linksSed FestivalInitiatory Rituals4 linksShahada (Act of Conversion)Initiatory Rituals9 linksShinbyuInitiatory Rituals4 linksTemple EndowmentInitiatory Rituals8 linksThe Consecration of a Vestal VirginInitiatory Rituals3 linksUpasampada (higher ordination)Initiatory Rituals4 linksLearn MoreThe Initiatory Rituals This group holds initiatory rituals, the ceremonies by which a person is admitted into a religion, order or degree, or consecrated to a sacred role. Initiation typically enacts a symbolic death and rebirth, marking the passage into a new spiritual state. The browser will find initiatory rituals from various traditions. The entries describe each rite's form and meaning, noting the tradition and the admission or elevation it enacts.Sources1. Divinity Atlas Directory Taxonomy, First Edition Category Treetier 12. Ritual: Perspectives and Dimensionstier 1Catherine Bell, Oxford University Press, 1997Basic Genres of Ritual ActionView the SourceDivinity Atlas Directory Prose, First Edition Category Descriptionstier 1Comments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.View At A Past YearThe atlas records no dated fact of its own for this entry, so there is no other year to choose.Show This Year