Definition of Initiation

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Initiation

The act of initiating, or the process of being initiated or introduced; as, initiation into a society, into business, literature, etc.

The form or ceremony by which a person is introduced into any society; mode of entrance into an organized body; especially, the rite of admission into a secret society or order.

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Initiation Quotations

All initiation of force is a violation of someone else's rights, whether initiated by an individual or the state, for the benefit of an individual or group of individuals, even if it's supposed to be for the benefit of another individual or group of individuals.
Ron Paul

The most important element of a free society, where individual rights are held in the highest esteem, is the rejection of the initiation of violence.
Ron Paul

Beyond a certain point, the whole universe becomes a continuous process of initiation.
Robert Anton Wilson

A true initiation never ends.
Robert Anton Wilson

There has already been the karmic work: that what life has transformed in me, this initiation brought on, of necessity, by trials.
Isabelle Adjani

The launch of the report coincides with the initiation by WHO of the global strategy for the prevention and control of osteoporosis, and I think a good partnership could be established in our common efforts to prevent osteoporosis.
Gro Harlem Brundtland

Defence was an afterthought, prompted by necessity; and its introduction as a State function, though effected doubtless with a view to the strengthening of the State, was really and in principle the initiation of the State's destruction.
Benjamin Tucker

Bereavement is the deepest initiation into the mysteries of human life, an initiation more searching and profound than even happy love.
Dean Inge

Deep, unspeakable suffering may well be called a baptism, a regeneration, the initiation into a new state.
Ira Gershwin

My baseball career was a long, long initiation into a single secret: At the heart of all things is love.
Sadaharu Oh

Initiation Translations

initiation in Norwegian is innvielse, innledning
initiation in Swedish is inledning

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