Initiation Collection (page 2)

The York Rite
Initiation to the rank of Mark-Mason 1890s

The Androgynous Rite of Felicitations
When a Sister is initiated, the President of the Lodge places her in his seat and demands, whilst on one knee, that she swears an oath of fidelity to the Masons on a rose. Date: 1890s

Initiation of the Sovereign Commander of the Temple
At the end of the procession, the candidate is release from the cords that bind him to show the difference between being a slave and a free man. Date: 1890s

Initiation of the Prince of the Royal - Secret
" The Mason Army camps whilst waiting for the definitive assault" says the Brother charged with explaining the grand battle plan tot eh new candidate. 1890s

Female Initiation - 1
A female candidate is initiated as an Apprentice, crossing a see-saw which symbolises the danger of the faux-pas. Date: 1891

Female Initiation - 2
A candidate is initiated as a Companion : in a bush which represents the Garden of Eden, she strokes the serpent, bites the apple and submits to the reproaches of her guide. Date: 1891

Female Initiation - 5
A candidate is initiated into the Sublime Scottish Rite, vowing on her scimitar to honour the Modern Rite of Adoption. Date: 1891

Brotherley Surveillance
After the Paris Commune, the Lodge of Perfect Equality set traps for individuals suspected of insurrection under the pretext of initiations

Initiation of the Sovereign Inspector General
The recipient is required to wash his hands in a vase of molten lead aftering having been led three times round the vase. Date: 1890s

The Ladys Lodge - Rite of Passage
Initiation ceremony for the Perfect Mistress also known as the Bird of Mystery. Date: 1890s

Initiation of the Prince of Thanks
The candidate, blind-folded and wearing wings, soars and falls onto a blanket held by several existing members. There is a lady watching on from inside a well. Date: 1890s

Initiaion of the Rosy-Cross
The " transparent light of charity" is extinguished as part of the ceremony. Date: 1890s

Initiation of the Prussian Knight
Bizarre initiation ceremony whereby a member of the assembled group lifts his mask and questions the recipients validity. Date: 1890s

Initiation of the Great Patriarch
" Be like the star which announces the coming of the day; show the world the light; in the sacred name of Lucifer, eradicate obscuratim" cries the President to the recipient

Initiation of Provost and Judge
Initiation ceremony whereby the President gives the recipient a large key to the resting place of Hirams remains. Date: 1890s

Initiation Ceremony for the Sublime Knight
Down on one knee between three impaled heads, the recipient receives the sash of the Sublime Knight Elect. 1890s

Initiation to the Master of Prefects
The recipient is assisted by a Brother, who has been given the name Scherebiah, the title Captain of the Guards, and is dressed in a biblical costume

Initiation of the Private Secretary
Ceremonial initiation consisting of the enactment of a heated discussion between two Brothers pretending to be Salomon and the King of Tyr. 1890s

Initiation Ceremony
The recipient is lead to the chamber of caverns and told to stab the man in the cave after having drunk from the fountain of life

Initiation of the Grand Master of Architecture
Down on all fours, the recipient is obliged to kiss the letter G of the Mysterious Star. Date: 1890s

Initiation
Three recipients are initiated after being lowered through a hole in the ceiling. They are privy to a brass column that escape the ravages of an immense cataclysm, " the Great Flood"

Initiation of the Grand Scot of the Sacred Vaults
The Grand Scot of the Sacred Vaults initiation ceremony. Upon exiting a dark corridor, he is greeted by a (stuffed) lion holding a sword in its mouth

Initiation of the Prince of Jersualem
Wearing pretend beards, the Brothers reward the recipients dedication on a recent mission with kisses and a golden crown made of paper. Date: 1890s

Knight of Grand Serpent
The ceremonial initiation of a Knight of the Bronze Serpent : the participants march anti- clockwise round a tumulus surmounted by a caduceus - a crucifix with a serpent Date: 1890s

Initiation Rite
If we can believe Leo Taxil, some of the initiation rites of the Masons are little more than schoolboy pranks... Date: 1890s

Circumcision, Guinea
Circumcision ceremony of the people of Guinea, West Africa

Kaffir Initiation
Circumcision is a part of the initiation ceremonies of the Kaffir people of South Africa

Jewish Circumcision
The circumcision ceremony of well-to-do European Jews

Circumcision of Jews
The circumcision ceremony of well-to-do Portuguese Jews is an important social occasion

Sioux Ordeal of Sun
NATIVE AMERICANS The Sioux ordeal of looking at the sun, while hanging from strips of flesh which are gradually pulled away

Early Trade Union C1835
Initiation into a TRADE UNION - due to official hostility (unionists were perceived as revolutionaries) the earliest unions conducted themselves like secret societies

Australian Initiation
AUSTRALIA Their heads covered, young men of the Bora people are initiated as full members of the tribe by elders who instruct them in tribal ways

Hottentot Initiation
SOUTH AFRICA Hottentot initiation rituals, including circumcision and animal sacrifice

Circumcision in Senegal
Menfolk of Senegal are circumcised in an initiation rite while European travellers watch

Mandan Initiation Rite
Mandan initiation ceremony

Medicine Man Initiated
The initiation ceremony of a new medicine man of the Chippewa people

Mandan initiation ceremony
Initiation ceremony of the Mandan people, native Americans

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