Today in class,
September 18th, we reviewed specific sites in Greece that are sacred
where only those who were initiated are granted entrance through the gates. As
an initiated woman of a Panhellenic sorority here on campus, I am granted
entrance at chapter (group meetings) because I have been initiated. Initiation
is a secret and sacred process that is not revealed with any member outside of
my organization. Just as my own organization has its own ritual and/or
practices, other sorority women—as well as fraternity men—have their own
initiation process subject to their own organization. Initiation ties the members
together into one organization, and is something that only the individual
members inside that organization know or will come to know as initiates. This
relates to the discussion in class about receiving permission to enter the
gates through initiation because this means that those women or men went
through a sacred process that binds them. These men and women, after their
initiation, are now privileged to receive access to enter these gates in Greece.
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