Home›Initiatory Rituals›Practitioner›The candidate undergoing the riteBrowse ByThe candidate undergoing the riteThis page groups rituals by who is qualified to perform them. Wikipedia notes that "healing rites performed by shamans frequently identify social disorder as the cause, and make the restoration of social relationships the cure." Browsing by practitioner lets a visitor find every ritual entrusted to one particular kind of specialist.FactsLearn MoreThe candidate undergoing the riteSourcesComments (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.The candidate undergoing the riteFilter Results9 entriesOrigin Period Start YearAll-2285 (1)1200 (1)1910 (1)FrequencyAllAs the occasion requires (4)Once, or at a turning point in a life (5)Life Stage MarkedAllComing of age (2)Entry into the community or the order (6)Ordination, profession or vows (3)ObligationAllObligatory (1)Obligatory on those who meet its conditions (2)Optional and voluntary (1)Scholarly StandingAllA standard analytic category in the study of religion (8)Used, but its validity as a comparative category is disputed (1)Social FormAllPerformed alone or together (1)Performed by a gathered group (1)Performed by an officiant for a recipient (4)Practice StatusAllLiving tradition, practised today (5)Native To RegionAllAncient Israel (1)Arabia (1)Persia (1)Rome (2)TraditionAllBreslov Hasidism (2)Chabad-Lubavitch (2)Conservative Judaism (2)Haredi Judaism (2)Hasidic Judaism (2)Humanistic Judaism (1)Modern Orthodox Judaism (2)Orthodox Judaism (2)Reconstructionist Judaism (1)Reform Judaism (2)Roman Catholicism (1)Theravada (2)Originated InAllAncient Israel (1)Arabia (1)Persia (1)Rome (2)Originates In LanguageAllAvestan (1)Hebrew (1)Kind of ritualAllChristian Initiation and Ordination Rites (1)Indic, Buddhist and Zoroastrian Initiation and Ordination Rites (3)Jewish and Islamic Coming-of-Age and Conversion Rites (2)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 9Bar / Bat MitzvahThe candidate undergoing the riteEntu Priestess Installation RiteThe candidate undergoing the riteFirst CommunionThe candidate undergoing the riteGiyurThe candidate undergoing the riteNavjoteThe candidate undergoing the ritePoy Sang LongThe candidate undergoing the riteShahada (Act of Conversion)The candidate undergoing the riteShinbyuThe candidate undergoing the riteThe Consecration of a Vestal VirginThe candidate undergoing the riteSources1. 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.