Term
Initiation
A rite after which a person is admitted to a closed community or recognised as having completed their training. In the book it is Paulo's final trial in the RAM order.
The Pilgrimage, Paulo Coelho
Explained in
- The Pilgrimage, Paulo Coelho
- King, Warrior, Magician, Lover: Rediscovering the Archetypes of the Mature Masculine, Robert Moore, Douglas Gillette
A ritual through which a young man entered adult life in traditional societies. Childhood symbolically died, and he returned to his tribe as an adult.