Initiation (disambiguation)

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Initiation is a rite of passage marking entrance or acceptance into a group or society.

Anthropology

• Bora (Australian), both an initiation ceremony of Indigenous Australians, and the site on which the initiation is performed
• Buddhist initiation ritual, the public ordination ceremony wherein a lay student of Buddhism receives certain Buddhist precepts
• Hazing, refers to the practice of rituals, challenges, and other activities involving harassment, abuse or humiliation used as a way of initiating a person into a group including a new fraternity, sorority, team, or club
• Initiation (guru), a diksha, or giving of a mantra or an initiation by the guru in Indian religions
• Initiation ritual (mafia), a ceremony involving significant ritual, oaths, blood, and an agreement
• Masonic initiation rituals, part of the Masonic ritual and symbolism
• Ndut initiation rite, a rite of passage as well as a religious education commanded by Serer religion
• Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults, a process developed by the Catholic Church for prospective converts to Catholicism who are above the age of infant baptism
• Sacraments of initiation, three rites that introduce a person into the Christian Church

Arts, entertainment, and media

Films

• The Initiation (film), a 1984 American slasher film directed by Larry Stewart
• Initiation (1987 film), an Australian adventure drama thriller film
• Initiation (2020 film), an American horror film

Literature

• The Initiation (novel), a young adult novel by L. J. Smith
• Initiation, a book by Elisabeth Haich

Music

• Initiation (Todd Rundgren album), 1975
• Initiation (Tommy Emmanuel album), 1995, or the title song
• Initiation (Course of Empire album), 1994
• Initiation (TheStart album), 2004
• The Initiation (album), a 2001 album by X-Raided
• Initiation (Sumo Cyco album), 2021
• "Initiation", a song from AFI's album The Art of Drowning
• "Initiation", a song from The Weeknd's mixtape Echoes of Silence

Television

• "Initiation" (The Office), an episode
• Initiation (Justice League Unlimited), an episode
• Initiation (Kung Fu: The Legend Continues), the pilot episode
• "Initiations" (Star Trek: Voyager), an episode of Star Trek: Voyager
• "The Initiation", an episode of Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1987)
• "The Initiation", an episode of Bonanza (1972)
• "The Initiation", an episode of Southie Rules (2013)
• "The Initiation", an episode of The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet (1954)
• "The Initiation", an episode of Margie (1961)
• "The Initiation", an episode of Joe's World (1979)
• "The Initiation", an episode of The Young Riders (1991)
• "The Initiation", an episode of Mr. Belvedere (1987)
• "The Initiation", an episode of It's About Time (1966)
• "The Initiation", an episode of The Lost World (2002)
• "The Initiation", an episode of First Night (1963)
• "The Initiation", an episode of The Edison Twins (1986)
• "The Initiation", an episode of Honey Lane (1967)
• "The Initiation", an episode of Stingers (1998)
• "The Initiation", an episode of Look Up and Live (1965)
• "The Initiation", an episode of The FBI Files (2003)
• "The Initiation", an episode of The Molly Wopsies (1976)

Chemistry and medicine

• Initiation (chemistry), a chemical reaction that triggers one or more secondary reactions
• Initiation, the process of beginning gene transcription
• Initiation as beginning of gene translation
  • Initiation factor, proteins that bind to the small subunit of the ribosome during the initiation of translation
  • Prokaryotic initiation factors, IF1, IF2, and IF3
  • Abortive initiation, an early process of genetic transcription
• Chain initiation, the beginning of chain-growth polymerization
• Tumor initiation, the first phase in tumor development
• Initiation (phonetics), the production of airflow by the airstream mechanism in the vocal tract

Technology

• Session Initiation Protocol, a telecommunications protocol for signaling and controlling multimedia communication sessions
• Project Initiation Documentation, information which was acquired through the Starting up a Project and Initiating a Project in a PRINCE2 controlled project environment

See also

• Initiate (disambiguation)
• Initiator (disambiguation)

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