Home›Initiatory Rituals›Social Form›Performed by a gathered groupBrowse ByPerformed by a gathered groupThis page groups rituals by whether they are performed by a community together or by a single person alone. Wikipedia distinguishes "communal rites, whether of worship, where a community comes together to worship" from "rites of personal devotion, where an individual worships, including prayer and pilgrimages." Browsing this way lets a visitor separate group ceremonies from solitary devotional acts.FactsLearn MorePerformed by a gathered groupSourcesComments (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.Performed by a gathered groupFilter Results5 entriesOrigin Period Start YearAll-400 (1)628 (1)1066 (1)1200 (1)1699 (1)FrequencyAllAs the occasion requires (1)Once, or at a turning point in a life (4)Life Stage MarkedAllComing of age (1)Entry into the community or the order (1)Ordination, profession or vows (1)ObligationAllObligatory on those who meet its conditions (1)Optional and voluntary (3)Scholarly StandingAllA standard analytic category in the study of religion (5)Practice StatusAllLiving tradition, practised today (2)PractitionerAllAll adherents of the tradition (1)Clergy or ordained officiants (1)Initiates only (1)Monastics: monks and nuns (1)The candidate undergoing the rite (1)Native To RegionAllArabia (1)England (1)India (1)Punjab (1)TraditionAllBreslov Hasidism (1)Chabad-Lubavitch (1)Church of England (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)Sufism (1)Originated InAllArabia (1)England (1)India (1)Punjab (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)Royal Coronation and Consecration Rites (1)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 5Amrit SancharPerformed by a gathered groupBar / Bat MitzvahPerformed by a gathered groupBayahPerformed by a gathered groupCoronation of the British MonarchPerformed by a gathered groupUpasampada (higher ordination)Performed by a gathered groupSources1. 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.