Encyclopedia - Rite Of Passage: Encyclopedia - Rite Of Passage
A rite of passage is a ritual that marks a change in a person's social or sexual status. The term was popularised by the French ethnograp...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ceremony: Encyclopedia - Ceremony
A ceremony is an activity, infused with ritual significance, performed on a special occasion. Ceremony - Celebration of life. Traditiona...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Rites Of Passage: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Rites Of Passage
rites of passage: Sacraments marking crucial stages of life. See: samskara. (See also: Rites of passage , Hinduism, Body Mind and S...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Initiation: Encyclopedia - Initiation
Coming from the Latin, initiation implies a beginning. The related verb, initiate, means to begin or start a particular action, event, ci...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Diksha: Encyclopedia - Diksha
In Hinduism, diksha is the ritual of initiation into the worship of some deity by a guru (diksha guru) who bestows mantra(s) and takes th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Samskara: Encyclopedia - Samskara
Samskaras are tendencies inherited from previous births which form a person's propensities in this life. In Hinduism, the samskaras are t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vision Quest: Encyclopedia - Vision Quest
A vision quest is a rite of passage in some Native American cultures. In traditional Lakota culture the Hanblecheyapi (vision quest, lite...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rite: Encyclopedia - Rite
A rite is an established, ceremonious, usually religious act. Rites fall into three major categories: rites of passage, generally changi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Coming Of Age: Encyclopedia - Coming Of Age
Please remove this notice after the article has been expanded. Details are on this talk page or at Wikipedia:Requests for expansion. Thi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Human Condition: Encyclopedia - Human Condition
The human condition encompasses the totality of the experience of being human and living human lives. As mortal entities, there are a ser...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Arnold Van Gennep: Encyclopedia - Arnold Van Gennep
Arnold van Gennep was born 23 April 1873 at Ludwigsburg in Germany and died in 1957 at Bourg-la-Reine in France. He was an ethnographer a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Confirmation Sacrament: Encyclopedia - Confirmation Sacrament
Confirmation is a rite used in many Christian churches. Though beliefs about confirmation differ among traditions, it is commonly seen as...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Victor Turner: Encyclopedia - Victor Turner
Victor W. Turner (May 28, 1920 - 1983) was a renowned anthropologist. Turner was born in Glasgow, Scotland. He initially studied poetry a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Schistosomiasis: Encyclopedia - Schistosomiasis
Schistosomiasis or bilharzia is a disease affecting many people in developing countries. It is also called snail fever but is not to be c...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Adolescence: Encyclopedia - Adolescence
Adolescence is the transitional stage of development between childhood and full adulthood (gender-specific manhood, or womanhood), repres...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ritual Magic: Encyclopedia - Ritual Magic
Ritual magic is the performance of a ritual for magical purposes. Practically all magical traditions include ritual magic. It may be high...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chrismation: Encyclopedia - Chrismation
Chrismation is the name given in Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox and Eastern-rite Catholic churches to the sacrament known as confirmation in...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ritual: Encyclopedia - Ritual
A ritual is a formalised, predetermined set of symbolic actions generally performed in a particular environment at a regular, recurring i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Abaddon Demon: Encyclopedia - Abaddon Demon
Abaddon, in demonology, was chief of the demons of the seventh hierarchy. He was called The Destroyer and in the Book of Revelation St Jo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ceremony: Encyclopedia Ii - Ceremony - Celebration Of Life
Traditionally, a ceremony may mark a rite of passage in a personal human career, marking the significance of (for example): birth initia...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ceremony: Encyclopedia Ii - Ceremony - Process
Often ceremonies have a physical display or theatrical component: dance, a procession, the laying on of hands. But even greater importanc...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ceremony: Encyclopedia Ii - Ceremony - Celebration Of Events
Other, society-wide ceremonies may mark annual or seasonal or recurrent events like: vernal equinox winter solstice weekly Sabbath day i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Subincision: Encyclopedia Ii - Subincision - Cultural Traditions
Subincision (like circumcision) is widespread in the traditional cultures of Indigenous Australians, and is well documented among the peo...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Samskaras: Bhakti Yoga Dictionary Ii On Samskaras
samskaras Vedic purificatory rites of passage.   (See also: samskaras , Bhakti, Bhakti Yoga, Bhakti Dictionary, Body Mind and ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Human Condition: Encyclopedia Ii - Human Condition - Study
The human condition is the subject of fields of study like sociology, anthropology, and demographics. In some of the poorest parts of the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Coming Of Age: Encyclopedia Ii - Coming Of Age - Cultural Rituals Exclusive To Nations
Coming of age - Australia NZ etc.. In Australia, New Zealand and numerous other countries, a party known as the Twenty First has long c...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Flagellation: New Age Spirituality Dictionary On Flagellation
Flagellation 1)    In the Christian tradition, self-inflicted whipping as a ritual of purification or penance. 2) ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Flagellation: New Age Spirituality Dictionary On Flagellation
Flagellation 1)    In the Christian tradition, self-inflicted whipping as a ritual of purification or penance. 1) ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Clitoridectomy: New Age Spirituality Dictionary On Clitoridectomy
Clitoridectomy The ritual removal of the clitoris, less frequently of the labia, from the vagina. In some North African Islamic tradit...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Flagellation: New Age Spirituality Dictionary On Flagellation
Flagellation 1)    In the Christian tradition, self-inflicted whipping as a ritual of purification or penance. 2) ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mass Liturgy: Encyclopedia Ii - Mass Liturgy - Texts Used In The Roman Rite Of Mass
The Roman Missal contains the prayers and rubrics of the Mass. In the United States and Canada, the English translation of this book is a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Coming Of Age: Encyclopedia Ii - Coming Of Age - Professional Initiatory Rituals
Coming of age - Academic Initiations. In many universities of Europe, first year students are made to undergo tests or humiliation be...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mass Liturgy: Encyclopedia Ii - Mass Liturgy - Texts Used In The Roman Rite Of Mass
The Roman Missal contains the prayers and rubrics of the Mass. In the United States and Canada, the English translation of this book is a...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Sacrament: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Sacrament
sacrament: 1)    Holy rite, especially one solemnized in a formal, consecrated manner which is a bonding between the r...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mass Liturgy: Encyclopedia Ii - Mass Liturgy - Texts Used In The Roman Rite Of Mass
The Roman Missal contains the prayers and rubrics of the Mass. In the United States and Canada, the English translation of this book is a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Coming Of Age: Encyclopedia Ii - Coming Of Age - Religious Coming Of Age
Coming of age - Buddhism. Coming of age - Christianity. Confirmation In some Christian traditions, generally Catholic and Anglican...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Grihya Sutras: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Grihya Sutras
Grihya Sutras: (Sanskrit) "Household maxims or codes." An important division of classical smriti literature, designating rul...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Blessing: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Blessing
blessing: Good wishes; benediction. Seeking and giving blessings is extremely central in Hindu life, nurtured in the precepts of karun...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Public Humiliation: Encyclopedia Ii - Public Humiliation - Modern Use
In the modern age, judicial public humiliation punishment has largely died out, most importantly when it is outlawed as by the United Sta...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dionysian Mysteries: Encyclopedia Ii - Dionysian Mysteries - The Emergence And Evolution Of The Dionysian Mysteries
The idea of a Mystery Religion was essentially of a series of initiations which benefited the individual or their society in some way. In...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mormon Missionary: Encyclopedia Ii - Mormon Missionary - Coming Of Age
Completing a mission is often seen as a rite of passage or crucible for young LDS men, and most tend to regard it as a positive event: Th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tridentine Mass: Encyclopedia Ii - Tridentine Mass - Revision Of The Roman Missal
On 4 December 1963, the Second Vatican Council decreed in Chapter II of its Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy [18] that “the rite of t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of References In Dead Like Me: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of References In Dead Like Me - Season 1 2003
List of references in Dead Like Me - Pilot. In the opening story about toad and frog, George mentions Nancy Reagan's "Just Say No" cam...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Blue Star Wicca: Encyclopedia Ii - Blue Star Wicca - Ranks And Degrees
Blue Star is unsual for having a five-part rank system, as opposed to the three degree system of most initiatory Wiccan traditions. Dedic...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bannerman's Castle: Encyclopedia Ii - Bannerman's Castle - History
Pollepel Island was discovered during the first navigation of the Hudson River by early Dutch settlers in New York. There are accounts Na...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Iron John: Encyclopedia Ii - Iron John - The Iron John Movement
In 1990 Robert Bly published Iron John: A Book About Men. It analyzed the Iron John story in-depth and used it to examine the nature of t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Adolescence: Encyclopedia Ii - Adolescence - Social Significance
In commerce, this generation is seen as an important target. Cellular phones, contemporary popular music, movies, television programs, vi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Adolescence: Encyclopedia Ii - Adolescence - Puberty
Puberty is the stage of the human lifespan in which a child develops secondary sex characteristics as his or her hormonal balance shifts ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Frogger Beyond: Encyclopedia Ii - Frogger Beyond - Plot
The time has come for Frogger to go through his "rite of passage." He has reached an age where every frog must make the transition from b...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Man: Encyclopedia Ii - Man - Age
Manhood is the period in a male's life after he has transitioned from a boy. Many cultures have rites of passage to symbolize a man's com...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Shamanism: Alternative Health Dictionary Ii On Shaman, Shamanism
Shaman/Shamanism Derived from the Siberian Tungus word 'saman' meaning person who has been possessed by, and mastered the spirits. Sha...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Adolescence: Encyclopedia Ii - Adolescence - Psychology Of Adolescents
Maturity in body leads to an interest in sexual activities, sometimes leading to teenage pregnancy. Since teens may not be emotionally ma...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Adolescence: Encyclopedia Ii - Adolescence - List Of People Who Achieved Fame In Their Teens
Adolescence - Historical significance. Alexander the Great, conqueror Anne Frank, diarist Peter Fechter, killed in 1962 when attemptin...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Adolescence: Encyclopedia Ii - Adolescence - Preteens
The word preteen describes a child a bit younger than a teenager; perhaps between the ages of about 8 and 12. The neologism tween has the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Adolescence: Encyclopedia Ii - Adolescence - Discrimination Against Adolescents
Some adolescents and adults believe that people between the ages of 10 and 18 (or 21 or 25) are subjected to unjust discrimination. This ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Adolescence: Encyclopedia Ii - Adolescence - Preteens
The word preteen describes a child a bit younger than a teenager; perhaps between the ages of about 8 and 12. The neologism tween has the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Adolescence: Encyclopedia Ii - Adolescence - List Of People Who Achieved Fame In Their Teens
Adolescence - Historical significance. Alexander the Great, conqueror Anne Frank, diarist Peter Fechter, killed in 1962 when attemptin...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tridentine Mass: Encyclopedia Ii - Tridentine Mass - Revision Of The Roman Missal
On 4 December 1963, the Second Vatican Council decreed in Chapter II of its Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy [17] that “the rite of t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Circumcision: Encyclopedia Ii - Circumcision - History Of Circumcision
Main article: History of male circumcision It has been variously proposed that circumcision began as a religious sacrifice, as a rite of ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Adolescence: Encyclopedia Ii - Adolescence - Legal Issues
A number of social scientists, including anthropologist Margaret Mead and sociologist Mike Males, have repeatedly noted the contradictory...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - A Wizard Of Earthsea: Encyclopedia Ii - A Wizard Of Earthsea - Synopsis
In the novel, a young man, Sparrowhawk, comes of age on his home island of Gont. While still a boy, he discovers that he has the inborn a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gabriel Batistuta: Encyclopedia Ii - Gabriel Batistuta - Early Life
Batistuta was born on 1 February 1969 to slaughterhouse worker Omar Batistuta and school secretary Gloria Batistuta in the town of Avella...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Gilgamesh: New Age Spirituality Dictionary On Gilgamesh
Gilgamesh The legendary king of the Sumerian city-state Uruk (biblical Erech) ca. 2650 BC Of the man and his actual achievements nothi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Lumpawarrump: Encyclopedia Ii - Lumpawarrump - Biography
Since his father was often absent, serving his life debt to Han Solo, Lumpawarrump (or Lumpy) was somewhat timid as a child. He also had ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Gilgamesh: New Age Spirituality Dictionary On Gilgamesh
Gilgamesh The legendary king of the Sumerian city-state Uruk (biblical Erech) ca. 2650 BC Of the man and his actual achievements nothi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Goodnight Sweetheart: Encyclopedia Ii - Goodnight Sweetheart - Episodes
Note: Two different episodes are both titled "In the Mood" (one in Series 1, one in Series 4). Series One (1993) "Rites of Passage" (18...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Acheron: Theosophy Dictionary On Acheron
Acheron (Greek) (probably from achos pain, distress; Etruse Acceruns)   The River of Woe, one of five rivers surrounding Hades. T...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Initiation: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Initiation
Initiation. From the same root as the Latin initia, which means the basic or first principles of any Science. The practice of initiati...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Harvey Mudd College: Encyclopedia Ii - Harvey Mudd College - Transportation On Campus
In the early 1970s the first unicycles appeared on campus. By 1972 there were four of them. The notion caught on, and for a time there we...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Water Polo: Encyclopedia Ii - Water Polo - History
Although modern water polo was invented in the late nineteenth century in Great Britain by William Wilson, an early African rite of passa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Napoleon Dynamite: Encyclopedia Ii - Napoleon Dynamite - Themes
All the characters of Napoleon Dynamite experience a rite-of-passage. Virtually everyone in the movie is stuck either in the '80s era or ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tattoo: Encyclopedia Ii - Tattoo - Purpose
Historically, the record of human history shows that tattoos have served in many various and diverse cultures as rites of passage, marks ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Circumcision: Encyclopedia Ii - Circumcision - History Of Circumcision
It has been variously proposed that circumcision began as a religious sacrifice, as a rite of passage marking a boy's entrance into adult...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tattoo: Encyclopedia Ii - Tattoo - Purpose
Human history shows that tattoos have served in many diverse cultures as rites of passage, marks of status and rank, symbols of religious...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Circumcision: Encyclopedia Ii - Circumcision - History Of Circumcision
It has been variously proposed that circumcision began as a religious sacrifice, as a rite of passage marking a boy's entrance into adult...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Water Polo: Encyclopedia Ii - Water Polo - History
Although modern water polo was invented in the late nineteenth century in Great Britain by William Wilson, an early African rite of passa...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Catacombs: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Catacombs
Catacombs Subterranean caverns and galleries, some of the most celebrated being in and around Rome. These were constructed for sepulch...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pederasty In Ancient Greece: Encyclopedia Ii - Pederasty In Ancient Greece - History
The ancient Greeks of the pederastic city-states were the first to describe, study, systematize, and establish pederasty as an institutio...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ritual: Encyclopedia Ii - Ritual - Sociology
Outside worship and reverence, rituals can have a more basic sociological function in expressing, fixing and reinforcing the shared value...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Conversion To Hinduism: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Conversion To Hinduism
conversion to Hinduism: Entering Hinduism has traditionally required little more than accepting and living the beliefs and codes of Hi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Book Of Isaiah: Encyclopedia Ii - Book Of Isaiah - Themes
Isaiah is concerned with the connection between worship and ethical behavior. One of his major themes is God's refusal to accept the ritu...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Perichoresis: Mysticism Magick Dictionary On Perichoresis
PERICHORESIS The word is Greek, as you might imagine: peri "around" + choreio "dance." But for the Greeks "da...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Confirmation Sacrament: Encyclopedia Ii - Confirmation Sacrament - Roman Catholic Views
In the Roman Catholic Church, confirmation is one of the seven sacraments instituted by Christ for the conferral of sanctifying grace and...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Confirmation Sacrament: Encyclopedia Ii - Confirmation Sacrament - Anglican/episcopal Views
The traditional view of the Anglican Communion, taken from the Thirty-Nine Articles, is that Confirmation or Affirmation of Baptism is no...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Initiation Rite: Encyclopedia Ii - Initiation Rite - Scope Of Use
The term often relates to the transition from childhood to adulthood, and may involve secret or private procedures and/or painful and dif...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Shichi-go-san: Encyclopedia Ii - Shichi-go-san - History
Shichi-Go-San is said to have originated in the Heian Period amongst court nobles who would celebrate the passage of their children into ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Other Charmed Magical Information: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Other Charmed Magical Information - Series Two
Akashic Records - Believed to be a written account of all significant events throughout time, however the records have been lost for cent...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - First Haircut: Encyclopedia Ii - First Haircut - Israeli Boys
In Israel, many non-Hassidic and non-Orthodox families still wait three years to cut their son's hair. Thousands of boys get their first ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Shithead Card Game: Encyclopedia Ii - Shithead Card Game - Overview
Shithead is a popular card game for two to six players in which players aim to not be the last player to get rid of their cards. The winn...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bassoon: Encyclopedia Ii - Bassoon - Concerti And Other Orchestral Literature
Bassoon - Baroque. Antonio Vivaldi wrote 37 concerti for bassoon Bassoon - Classical. Johann Christian Bach, Bassoon Concerto in B...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gallican Rite: Encyclopedia Ii - Gallican Rite - History And Origin
The name Gallican Rite is given to the rite which prevailed in Gaul from the earliest times of which we have any information until about ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Shithead Card Game: Encyclopedia Ii - Shithead Card Game - Rules
There are many variations of the rules, which are not formalised. For this reason, it is impossible to accurately document an "exact" rul...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bassoon: Encyclopedia Ii - Bassoon - Concerti And Other Orchestral Literature
Bassoon - Baroque. Antonio Vivaldi wrote 37 concerti for bassoon Bassoon - Classical. Johann Christian Bach, Bassoon Concerto in B...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Desenrascanço: Encyclopedia Ii - Desenrascanço - Desenrascanço In The Praxe Académica
For a more universal and well known assumption of this section's theme see Praxe académica Desenrascanço has a role in the academic cu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gallican Rite: Encyclopedia Ii - Gallican Rite - The Liturgical Year
The Luxeuil Lectionary, the Gothicum and Gallicum Missals, and the Gallican adaptations of the Hieronymian Martyrology are the chief auth...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gallican Rite: Encyclopedia Ii - Gallican Rite - The Mass
The chief authorities for the Gallican Mass are the letters of St. Germanus of Paris (555-576); and by a comparison of these with the ext...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Dream Interpretation Dictionary Aloneness: Dream Interpretation - Aloneness
  Aloneness There is a pronounced difference between being alone and being abandoned. Being alone can be an intentional choice by...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Dream Interpretation Dictionary Aloneness: Dream Interpretation - Aloneness
  Aloneness There is a pronounced difference between being alone and being abandoned. Being alone can be an intentional choice by...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Death Dream Symbol: Dreams Interpretation Dictionary - Death
Dead/Death - the end of something, with a new beginning i.e., leaving an old job for a new one; death in a dream rarely means a real d...   » Read the article

Article - Hindu Hinduism Sitemap I - R
This is a sitemap for topic pages related to Hinduism. Click on a link and you will find multiple articles related to the topic:  ...   » Read the article