Home›Initiatory Rituals›Obligation›Optional and voluntaryBrowse ByOptional and voluntaryThis page groups rituals by whether performing them is a required duty or a voluntary devotion. Wikipedia notes that "for daily prayers, practicing Muslims must perform a ritual recitation from the Quran in Arabic while bowing and prostrating." Browsing this way lets a visitor separate a mandatory rite from one an adherent may choose to observe or not.FactsLearn MoreOptional and voluntarySourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsOriginsWhose 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. 2OverviewWhat 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. 2DirectoryCategoryWell-attestedRituals 1StatusStanding as a Comparative CategoryWell-attestedA standard analytic category in the study of religion 2Learn 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.Optional and voluntaryFilter Results4 entriesOrigin Period Start YearAll-400 (1)1200 (1)1699 (1)1700 (1)FrequencyAllOnce, or at a turning point in a life (4)Closed Practice StatusAllClosed ceremonial knowledge, described but not reproduced (1)Life Stage MarkedAllComing of age (1)Entry into the community or the order (2)Ordination, profession or vows (1)Scholarly StandingAllA standard analytic category in the study of religion (4)Social FormAllPerformed by a gathered group (3)Practice StatusAllLiving tradition, practised today (1)PractitionerAllInitiates only (2)Monastics: monks and nuns (1)The candidate undergoing the rite (1)Native To RegionAllIndia (1)Punjab (1)Saint-Domingue (1)TraditionAllBreslov Hasidism (1)Chabad-Lubavitch (1)Conservative Judaism (1)Haredi Judaism (1)Hasidic Judaism (1)Humanistic Judaism (1)Modern Orthodox Judaism (1)Orthodox Judaism (1)Reconstructionist Judaism (1)Reform Judaism (1)Originated InAllIndia (1)Punjab (1)Saint-Domingue (1)Originates In LanguageAllPali (1)Kind of ritualAllIndic, Buddhist and Zoroastrian Initiation and Ordination Rites (1)Jewish and Islamic Coming-of-Age and Conversion Rites (1)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 4Amrit SancharOptional and voluntaryBar / Bat MitzvahOptional and voluntaryKanzoOptional and voluntaryUpasampada (higher ordination)Optional and voluntarySources1. 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)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.