Initiation Quotes

“When we speak of the Path we mean much more than a course of study. The Path is a way of life and on it the whole being must co-operate if the heights are to be won.”

“Our Soul Allies light the fire in those initial visits, but it’s up to us to keep it burning.”

“The Freemen have 987 levels of membership, the first three of which are achieved merely by filling out an application. The 8th level is granted upon full acceptance into the local lodge, the 13th following Initiation, the 21st at the end of the Initiate's second week, and the 89th the first time he brings snacks.”

“One example of an uniquely Sethian approach towards initiation is for the initiate to regard his or her own life with the same urgency and need experienced as in a war zone in which every move and action must be weighed yet determined swiftly, as necessity dictates. During battle, situations such as missed opportunity, lingering sentimentality, second or third chances, or excessive contemplation would be fatal; and so it is on the sinister path.”

“We must think of ourselves as a tribe — as an international community that has come together with a common purpose of being initiated into the process.We all have to do it together. There is a link that happens — where THE growth, my growth, depends on the others' growth around us.We can no longer take these steps by ourselves. We have created a synergistic community. We must take a step towards knowledge together.”

“VISION is the voice inside that transcends words and shines through the initiation!”

“She has been to the compound before. She remembered this hallway. She knows about the initiation process. My mother was Dauntless.”

“Liberty should be understood as freedom from the government, specifically, freedom from the initiation of physical force by the government.”

“The most important element of a free society, where individual rights are held in the highest esteem, is the rejection of the initiation of violence.”