Initiation

When we think of the word initiation, we often think of serority initiation or freshman iniation where the people in the group with the upperhand make these people do something out of the ordinary to fulfill a bet pretty much. However when I looked it up online, I found that the tru definition of the word is that it is a beginning.

The word initiation is usually no more than a familiarisation with a group and the procedures that they must take to become a part of that group. It is some what like a right of passage. Most athletic teams, sororities, Indian tribes, and so on use initiations to familiarize the interested with their culture.

Bill Blake was giving an initiation with the Indian in the movie Dead Man.....

We have been given an initiation to the World of English through Dr. Dexon who is showing us what we must do in order to become what we want to be. Initiation is a part of our everyday life....

Something to remember -- Wallace Stevens mentions that when we understand the imagination, we can give meaning to WHATEVER WE WANT!