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Oh Lord! 
Gonna need to update the liability waiver...

Jamie

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On 9/6/11 3:00 PM, "Eric Siegel" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

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>Now THAT's an initiation.
>
>Apologies in advance for what follows, and if you are squeamish please
>consider not following the link below.
>
>I remember reading about this one when I was in a high school
>anthropology class, for reasons that will become immediately apparent if
>you follow this link (and don't ask what I had to google to find this...I
>am going to be getting some *very* strange results from the google search
>algorithm.)
>
>http://www.bradshawfoundation.com/unambal/circumcision_initiation.php
>
>Strange species we belong to.
>
>Eric
>
>On Sep 6, 2011, at 2:55 PM, [log in to unmask] wrote:
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>> Good Afternoon Jamie,
>> The best initiation ceremony that I ever was involved in -- as an
>> initiate -- still in my teens (so the timeframe would be just before the
>> Bronze Age).....I won't say the name of the organization -- but it
>> was/is a "legit" organization...... Here it is.....
>> Out in the woods at a "secret location"; the initiates in a circle,
>> surrounding a large campfire; it took place at midnight; the initiates
>> standing in a circle around the campfire (providing the only light for
>> the ceremony); the ceremony leader has a very large, shiny knife, which
>> was highly polished and reflected the light of the campfire; initiates
>> remain silent (unable to talk for 24 hours prior and during the
>> ceremony); 24 hour fasting the day of the ceremony; the ceremony leader
>> begins, one-by-one, "cutting" the outstretched palms of the initiates
>> with the knife (when you get "cut" -- and only at that moment -- you
>> find out that the shiny knife is very dull), while pig blood, or beef
>> blood was dripped, via a small blood-soaked hidden sponge, secretly
>> hidden in the knife-holder's hand; after the hands were "cut" (it looked
>> real); in fact it looked so real, that I thought I was actually going to
>> get my hands cut open; the initiates held hands, creating a chain of
>> blood-brother, intermingling their blood with each other; as your hands
>> were being "cut"......other ceremony leaders whispered the translation
>> of "secret/magic" words, that we had heard earlier, but prior to this
>> moment, we didn't know their meaning....... I could go on, but you get
>> the idea.......
>> I will never forget that moment.
>> Best Wishes for Success!
>> Wesley
>> Wesley S. Creel
>> Administrator of Programs
>> Pink Palace Family of Museums
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>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Informal Science Education Network
>> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Alonzo, Jamie
>> Sent: Tuesday, September 06, 2011 12:33 PM
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> Subject: Youth "Initiation" Ceremonies...?
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>> Hi all,
>> 
>> I run out-of-school programs for ~120 local teens at Yale's Peabody
>> Museum of Natural History in New Haven, CT.  We recruit new 9th and 10th
>> graders at the beginning of each academic year.  This year our senior
>> class will be developing an "initiation ceremony" event to welcome these
>> new students to our community.  We're looking for some gross/[slightly]
>> creepy experiences we can run them through. Given that we have vast
>> collections, I'm already looking into something involving jars of ooky
>> things but thought I'd run this up the ISEN flagpole to see if anyone
>> out there might have done something similar.  Any and all ideas welcome
>> -  thanks in advance!
>> 
>> Everything best,
>> 
>> Jamie Alonzo
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