Initiation (disambiguation)

An initiation is the beginning of a state or action, from Latin initium, plural initia. Some of its wide applications are:

Anthropology

Initiation, a rite of passage ceremony
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
Initiation (guru), a diksha, or giving of a mantra or an initiation by the guru in Indian religions
Initiation (Theosophy), a concept about the levels of spiritual development
Mafia initiation ritual, 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

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
Initiation (neurology) the cognitive process of beginning a task
Tumor initiation, the first phase in tumor development
Initiation (phonetics), the production of airflow by the airstream mechanism in the vocal tract

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