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the door you only open once, and it locks behind you.
means The formal act of beginning something or admitting someone into a group, often through a ceremony, ordeal, or rite of passage.
from From Latin 'initiare,' to begin or admit into the mysteries, built on 'initium,' a beginning — itself from 'inire,' to go in ('in-' plus 'ire,' to go). So at its root the word is simply about stepping inside; the Romans used it especially for entry into secret religious rites, which is why the word still carries that hush of thresholds crossed.
- word origin
- From Latin initium, meaning beginning or entrance.
- chemistry
- First step that kicks off a chain reaction.
- ant colonies
- New workers undergo cuticular hydrocarbon checks for entry.
- hazing roots
- Ancient rites often staged symbolic death and rebirth.
skull and bones — yale university secret society founded 1832, initiates 15 juniors annually
hajj pilgrimage — islamic ritual in mecca required for muslims, approximately 2 million pilgrims annually
bar mitzvah — jewish coming-of-age ceremony at age 13, marks religious adulthood
vision quest — native american spiritual initiation involving fasting and isolation, practiced by tribes like the lakota