Although the secret societies have had no organizational contact with the Daoist tradition for centuries, their religious beliefs, practices, and symbols contain some Daoist elements, such as initiation rites, worship of Daoist deities, mediumism, and the use of charms and amulets for invulnerability.
To finish up his man worship initiation, we bring out a brimful jar full of more than 200 poz loads.
The terms "creed" and "confession of faith" are sometimes used interchangeably, but when distinguished "creed" refers to a brief affirmation of faith employed in public worship or initiation rites, while "confession of faith" is generally used to refer to a longer, more detailed, and systematic doctrinal declaration.
Swami Karpatri, who advised him not to marry, to stay a lifelong Brahmachari (celibate bachelor) and to take initiation in a Vaishnava Sampradaya (a sect worshipping Vishnu, Krishna, or Rama as the supreme God).
Apuleius, who was educated at Carthage and Athens, traveled in the Mediterranean region and became interested in contemporary religious initiation rites, among them the ceremonies associated with worship of the Egyptian goddess Isis.
Even before Moses inaugurated Yahweh as the god of Israelites, and centuries before the initiation of Christian Jesus and Islam's Allah, the supreme god worshipped in the Middle East was Baal.
The cult included worship of the power of fertility, rites of purification, and initiation.
In Sikhism, the distribution of karahprasad, a sweet dish of wheat flour, sugar, and clarified butter, is customarily part of a worship service or of any special ceremony, such as an initiation, a wedding, or a funeral.
