Initiation Initiation is a rite of passage marking entrance or acceptance into a group or society. It could also be a formal admission to adulthood in a community or one of its formal components. In an extended sense, it can also signify a transformatio ...

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

Anthropology

Bora (Australian) Bora is an initiation ceremony of the Aboriginal people of Eastern Australia. The word "bora" also refers to the site on which the initiation is performed. At such a site, boys, having reached puberty, achieve the status of men. The initiation ...

, both an initiation ceremony of Indigenous Australians, and the site on which the initiation is performed *

Buddhist initiation ritual The Lay Buddhist Ordination () refers to the public ordination ceremony wherein a lay follower of Zen Buddhism receives certain Buddhist precepts. The particulars of the ceremony differ widely by country and by school of Buddhism. China In Chi ...

, the public ordination ceremony wherein a lay student of Buddhism receives certain Buddhist precepts *

Hazing Hazing (American English), initiation, beasting (British English), bastardisation (Australian English), ragging (South Asian English) or deposition refers to any activity expected of someone in joining or participating in a group that humiliates, ...

, 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 Diksha (Sanskrit: दीक्षा, IAST: dīkṣā) also spelled diksa, deeksha or deeksa in common usage, translated as a "preparation or consecration for a religious ceremony", is giving of a mantra or an initiation by the guru (in Guru–s ...

, or giving of a mantra or an initiation by the guru in Indian religions *

Initiation ritual (mafia) To become a member of the Mafia or Cosa Nostra (both the original Sicilian Mafia or the Italian-American offshoot often known as the "American Mafia")—to become a "man of honor" or a "made man"—an aspiring member must take part in an initiati ...

, a ceremony involving significant ritual, oaths, blood, and an agreement * Masonic initiation rituals, part of the

Masonic ritual and symbolism Masonic ritual is the scripted words and actions that are spoken or performed during the degree work in a Masonic lodge. Masonic symbolism is that which is used to illustrate the principles which Freemasonry espouses. Masonic ritual has appeared ...

Ndut initiation rite The Ndut is a rite of passage as well as a religious education commanded by Serer religion that every Serer (an ethnic group found in Senegal, the Gambia and Mauritania) must go through once in their lifetime. The Serer people being an ethnorel ...

, a rite of passage as well as a religious education commanded by Serer religion *

Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults The Order of Christian Initiation of Adults (), or OCIA, known as the Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults (RCIA) in many English-speaking countries, is a process developed by the Catholic Church for its catechumenate for prospective converts ...

, a process developed by the Catholic Church for prospective converts to Catholicism who are above the age of infant baptism *

Sacraments of initiation The sacraments of initiation (also called the “ mysteries of initiation”) are the three sacraments of Baptism, Confirmation, and Eucharist in Nicene Christianity. As such, they are distinguished from the sacraments of healing ( Anointing of t ...

, 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 Elisabeth Haich (born Erzsébet Haich; 20 March 1897 – 31 July 1994) was a Hungarians, Hungarian spirituality, spiritual teacher and author of several books on spirituality. Life She was born and raised in Budapest in Hungary. In 1941 with Selva ...

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 ''Echoes of Silence'' is the third mixtape by the Canadian singer-songwriter the Weeknd, released on December 21, 2011, by XO. Like his debut mixtape '' House of Balloons'' and his second mixtape ''Thursday'', the Weeknd collaborated with musi ...

'' * "The Initiation", track by Jesper Kyd from the 2018 Indian film ''Tumbbad''

Television

* "Initiation" (''The Office''), an episode *

Initiation (Justice League Unlimited) ''Justice League Unlimited'' is an American superhero animated television series that was produced by Warner Bros. Animation and aired on Cartoon Network. Featuring a wide array of superheroes from the DC Comics universe, and specifically based ...

, 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 ''Alfred Hitchcock Presents'' is an American television anthology series created, hosted and produced by Alfred Hitchcock, airing on CBS and NBC, alternately, between 1955 and 1965. It features dramas, thrillers, and mysteries. Between 1962 ...

'' (1987) * "The Initiation", an episode of

Bonanza ''Bonanza'' is an American Western television series that ran on NBC from September 12, 1959, to January 16, 1973. Lasting 14 seasons and 431 episodes, ''Bonanza'' is NBC's longest-running Western, the second-longest-running Western series on ...

(1972) * "The Initiation", an episode of '' Southie Rules'' (2013) * "The Initiation", an episode of ''

The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet ''The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet'' is an American television sitcom that aired on American Broadcasting Company, ABC from October 3, 1952, to April 23, 1966, and starred the real-life Nelson family. After a long run on radio, the show was b ...

'' (1954) * "The Initiation", an episode of ''

Margie Margie is a feminine given name, usually a short form (hypocorism) of the related names Margaret, Marjorie, or Margarita, all of which mean "pearl". Margie may refer to: People * Margie Abbott (born 1958), Australian businesswoman * Margie Ac ...

'' (1961) * "The Initiation", an episode of ''

Joe's World ''Joe's World'' is an American sitcom that aired on NBC from December 28, 1979 to July 26, 1980. Premise Joe is a hardworking house painter with a wife and five kids living in Detroit, yet he is deeply unhappy. Broadcast The first two episodes ...

'' (1979) * "The Initiation", an episode of ''

The Young Riders ''The Young Riders'' is an American Western television series created by Ed Spielman that presents a fictionalized account of a group of young Pony Express riders (some of whom are young versions of legendary figures in Old West history) based ...

'' (1991) * "The Initiation", an episode of ''

Mr. Belvedere ''Mr. Belvedere'' is an American sitcom that originally broadcasting, aired on American Broadcasting Company, ABC from March 15, 1985 until its cancellation (television), cancellation following the 107th episodic television, episode on December ...

'' (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 First Night is a North American artistic and cultural celebration on New Year's Eve, taking place from afternoon until midnight. Some cities have all their events during the celebration outside, but some cities have events that are hosted indoors ...

'' (1963) * "The Initiation", an episode of ''

The Edison Twins ''The Edison Twins'' is a Canadian children's television program which ran for six seasons on CBC Television from March 3, 1984 to December 17, 1986. The Disney Channel also picked up the rights in the mid-1980s. Six seasons were co-produced by Ne ...

'' (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 ''Look Up and Live'' was a 30-minute television anthology series. The series was produced in cooperation with the National Council of Churches and aired on CBS from January 3, 1954 to January 21, 1979. It was a non-denominational Sunday morning ...

'' (1965) * "The Initiation", an episode of ''

The FBI Files ''The FBI Files'' is an American television docudrama series that originally ran from 1998 to 2006 on the Discovery Channel and produced by New Dominion Pictures. The show was cancelled in 2006. However, Court TV Mystery, Discovery, and its si ...

'' (2003) * "The Initiation", an episode of The Molly Wopsies (1976)

Chemistry and medicine

Initiation (chemistry) In chemistry, initiation is a chemical reaction that triggers one or more secondary reactions. Initiation creates a reactive centre on a molecule which produces a chain reaction. The reactive centre generated by initiation is usually a radical, bu ...

, a chemical reaction that triggers one or more secondary reactions * Initiation, the process of beginning gene

transcription Transcription refers to the process of converting sounds (voice, music etc.) into letters or musical notes, or producing a copy of something in another medium, including: Genetics * Transcription (biology), the copying of DNA into RNA, often th ...

* Initiation as beginning of gene

translation Translation is the communication of the semantics, meaning of a #Source and target languages, source-language text by means of an Dynamic and formal equivalence, equivalent #Source and target languages, target-language text. The English la ...

Initiation factor In molecular biology, initiation factors are proteins that bind to the small subunit of the ribosome during the initiation of Translation (genetics), translation, a part of protein biosynthesis. Initiation factors can interact with repressors to ...

, proteins that bind to the small subunit of the ribosome during the initiation of translation **

Prokaryotic initiation factors A bacterial initiation factor (IF) is a protein that stabilizes the initiation complex for polypeptide translation. Translation initiation is essential to protein synthesis and regulates mRNA translation fidelity and efficiency in bacteria. The 30 ...

, IF1, IF2, and IF3 **

Abortive initiation Abortive initiation, also known as abortive transcription, is an early process of genetic transcription in which RNA polymerase binds to a DNA promoter and enters into cycles of synthesis of short mRNA transcripts which are released before the tra ...

, an early process of genetic transcription * Chain initiation, the beginning of

chain-growth polymerization Chain-growth polymerization (American English, AE) or chain-growth polymerisation (British English, BE) is a polymerization technique where monomer molecules add onto the active site on a growing polymer chain one at a time. There are a limited n ...

Tumor initiation Tumor initiation is defined as "a process in which normal cells are changed so that they are able to form tumors". It is the first phase in tumor development. Mutagens, substances that cause cancer can be tumor initiators. See also * Tumor promo ...

, the first phase in tumor development * Initiation (phonetics), the production of airflow by the

airstream mechanism In phonetics, the airstream mechanism is the method by which airflow is created in the vocal tract. Along with phonation and articulation, it is one of three main components of speech production. The airstream mechanism is mandatory for most sou ...

in the vocal tract

Technology

Session Initiation Protocol The Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) is a signaling protocol used for initiating, maintaining, and terminating communication sessions that include voice, video and messaging applications. SIP is used in Internet telephony, in private IP telepho ...

, a telecommunications protocol for signaling and controlling multimedia communication sessions *

Project Initiation Documentation The project documentation (PID) is one of the most significant artifacts in project management, which provides the foundation for the business project. The project initiation documentation bundles the information, which was acquired through the ...

, information which was acquired through the Starting up a Project and Initiating a Project in a PRINCE2 controlled project environment