Rite Collection

Cagliostro / Saint-Germain
Cagliostros interview with the Comte de Saint-Germain at Holstein

A Cannibal Feast, Charles E Gordon Frazer
A Cannibal Feast on the island of Tanna in the New Hebrides, by Charles E Gordon Frazer (1863-1899)

Freemason Procession
Image of Baphomet carried in a procession at the initiation of a high Scottish rite

South Africa (XIX). Zulu Kingdom (1883). Restoration Cettewayo, king of the Zulus. Cetewayo attends the ceremony indaba conference to meet the Induna (Zulu and Xhosa leaders)

ITALY. Pompeii. Villa of Mysteries. Scenes of initiation to a Bacchian rite. Detail with a naked danser. Roman art. Painting; Fresco

Coronation 1937 - The Anointing
The Anointing Ceremony during the Coronation of King George VI, which precedes the crowning. Illustration shows King George VI having taking his Robe with its Cape of ermine off

Valerie Hobson, actress, on Blend-Rite hair grips card
Valerie Hobson (1917-1998), British film actress, on a Blend-Rite hair grips card. circa 1940s

Secret Societies (nineteenth century). Initiation ceremony of a new member. Colored engraving

Scottish Rite
Induction to the 33rd Degree of the Scottish rite; the Candidate is led forward where the Book awaits him - watched over by the Skeleton, symbol

Mass of St. Martin. 15th c. Castilian school. Oil on wood. SPAIN. Bilbao. Bilbao Fine Arts Museum

Kukuruku tradition, Bendel State, Nigeria, West Africa
Kukuruku tribal tradition for a young mans coming of age ceremony, Bendel State, Nigeria, West Africa (then in the British Empire). Date: 1922

Human sacrifices in the Country of the Bakutis
History of Africa. 19th century. The Congo. Human sacrifices in the country of the Bakutis, near the Equator station. Chromolithography

Royal Tomb in Cabinda
History of Africa. 19th century. Royal Tomb in Cabinda. At the death of a member of the royal family or of a distinguished family

Italy, Pompeii. Villa of the Mysteries. Ancient Roman suburban Villa. Frescoes depicting a bride initiating into a Bacchian Mysteries in preparation for marriage, 1st century AD. Date: 2014

Missale Romanum
A picture of the Missale Romanum, the liturgical book of the Roman Rite that contains the texts and rubrics for the celebration of the Mass

Mexican mummies
Royal mummies in a Mexican tomb. The methods of preservation are similar to Egyptian mummies, but here they are positioned standing. Date: circa 1910

King George VI's funeral: the committal
The moment of committal at St George's Chapel, Windsor: as King George VI's coffin sinks into the vault, his daughter, Queen Elizabeth II

Cannibalism Cooking Dead Humans Fiji Fijian Native
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Spanish Civil War (1936-1939). Military mass in the nationalist area (1936)

Cremation on the bnaks of the Ganges - Benares
Benares, India - Cremation area on banks of the Ganges. Bodies wrapped in cloth await the ceremonial burning at the waters edge. circa 1920s

ETHIOPIAN DEATH RITE
When a man of the GALLA people of ETHIOPIA dies, his sins must be washed away with the blood of a sacrificed cow, poured over his corpse before the grave is filled in Date: 1898

Making a vessel of smoke for a dead Empress: burning the boat designed to carry the spirit of the late Empress Dowager Cixi of China across the river separating it from the heavenly Nirvana

Built to be burnt: a u7500 boat for a Chinese funeral. Sending a boat up in smoke for a
Built to be burnt: a 7500 boat for a Chinese funeral. Sending a boat up in smoke for an Empresss spiritual use. A rite performed in Peking (now Beijing)

Johnny in the West Indies pursued by a black squadron
English Navy officer fleeing from an angry Massa planter and Quashee enslaved men barndishing cudgels in Jamaica. Captain Newcome waves his bicorn at a rowboat in the bay

Lares house gods from a shrine found in Herculaneum
Lares house gods depicted in a Lararium shrine found in Herculaneum. Crowned genii pour libations and bring a boar to sacrfice

Ancient Roman housing, barns and towers from Trajan s
Ancient Roman housing, barns and towers from Trajans Column. Granai e torri degli Alloggiamenti. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Corsi from Giulio Ferrarios Costumes Ancient

Roman Lararium shrine and Lustrazio purification rite
Roman household gods or Lares in a Lararium shrine, showing two young men, genii of Augustus, in tunics and coturn sandals with drinking horns, found in Herculaneum 1

Decorative bottle from Rouen painted with a scene of a Roman rite. Hand-finished chromolithograph from Ris Paquots General History of Ancient French and Foreign Glazed Pottery, Chez l Auteur, Paris

Bonze or Buddhist monk performing a vow to crawl on all fours with a saddle on his back. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andrea Freschi after Antoine Cardon from Henri-Leonard-Jean-Baptiste

The Emperor of China in a spring ritual called
The Emperor of China with plough and oxen in a spring ritual called the Feast of Agriculture. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andrea Freschi after Antoine Cardon

Minister fanning sacred flame with flabellum
Festival of Isis, with minister fanning the sacred flame with flabellum and second minister with sword or scepter. Devotees playing sistrum, horns and drums

Festival of Isis, with devotees praying and making offerings, playing sistrum, horns and drums, and sacred ibis. Copperplate engraving by Tommaso Piroli from his Antiquities of Herculaneum

Bacchic rite. Priestess with waterlily leaf receiving a string of pearls, and (below) Bacchus seated between two ministers

Bacchic initiation rites
Bacchic rite. Women offering figs on platters to Bacchus, and seated woman in an initiation rite accompanied by a genius of Ceres (boy with wings)

Bacchic chorus of musicians and dancers
A Bacchic chorus of musicians and dancers with tibiae (woodwind), cithara (lyre) and cymbals. Copperplate engraving by Tommaso Piroli from his Antiquities of Herculaneum (Antichita di Ercolano)

Canephorae virgin in a rite of Bacchus
Canephorae virgin with thyrsus, crown of vine leaves, and basket of fruit leading a rite of Bacchus. Copperplate engraving by Tommaso Piroli from his Antiquities of Herculaneum (Antichita di Ercolano)

Scottish Rite (The Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry) Temple, Kansas City, Kansas, USA. Date: circa 1917

Egyptian Mummy in the British Museum, London - Katebet
Mummy of an old woman named Katebet - a Chantress of Amun-Ra in Karnak, in linen wrappings, with a painted cartonnage mummy-mask with gilded face and attached wooden arms bearing jewellery

Start-rite shoes advertisement, 1961
Advertisement for Start-rite shoes of Norwich, THE choice of classic shoe for children (the one bar style seen at the bottom of this advert is still being sold in various colours today)

Maya Civilization. Ball game
Maya Civilization. Mesoamerican ballgame. Litography

Coronation of King Edward VIII 1937
An impression of the supreme moment, when the King is crowned during the Coronation of King Edward VIII, scheduled for May 1937 but never carried out due to the Kings abdication in December 1936

Coronation of King Henry VI 1429
On November 6th, 1429, a month before his eighth birthday and less than four months after the coronation of his rival, the Dauphin, in Reims

Egypt Art. Kiosk on the roof at Dendera Temple in which the ritual of the goddesss union with the sun disk was performed. It has four Hathoric columns on each side

Buddha statue with dharmachakra mudra gesture. 2nd-3rd centu
Buddha statue with dharmachakra mudra gesture. Gandhara. 2nd-3rd centuries AD. Pergamon Museum. Berlin. Germany

Piaroas ceremonial masks. 1960. Venezuela
Piaroas ceremonial masks: Spirit of the Forest (Redyo), monkey and Peccary mask. 1960. Venezuela. Ethnographic Museum. Budapest. Hungary

Taurobolium Altar. National Archaeological Museum. Athens. G
Taurobolium Altar (360-370) with relief depicting the goddess Cybele enthroned with Demeter (right) flanked by Persephone Kore and Iacchus. Probably from Chalandri. National Archaeological Museum

Stele. Offerings to the god Sobek (Crocodile God). Egypt
Egyptian Art. Stele. Offerings to the god Sobek (Crocodile God). From the Temple of Sobek in Dahamshe. 18th Dynasty. New Kingdom. Luxor Museum. Egypt

Stele depicting a priest making an offering to the god Ra. E
Egyptian Art. Stele depicting a priest making an offering to the god Ra (seated, with falcons head and sun disk.) Behind him, the goddess Isis. 22nd Dynasty. Third Intermediate Period. Luxor Museum

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