Rites Collection

Aleister Crowley performing rites at his temple, with followers knelt before him

Map of the Coronation ritual within Westminster Abbey
A panoramic view inside Westminster Abbey to show the position, movements and sequence of ceremonies (indicated by numbers) of the Coronation ceremony of King George VI. Date: 1937

Snake charmer playing flute-like instrument, snake emerging from basket in front

Mr Fezziwigs Ball, illustration by John Leech for A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens( London)
Mr Fezziwigs Ball, illustration by John Leech for A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens( London, 1843). This novella was the earliest and most popular of Dickens Christmas stories

Artemis / Diana
The goddess of childbirth and womens rites of passage, depicted with the new moon on her head and a cape embroidered with stars

South Africa (XIX). Zulu Kingdom (1883). Restoration Cettewayo, king of the Zulus. Cetewayo attends the ceremony indaba conference to meet the Induna (Zulu and Xhosa leaders)

Coronation 1937 - The Anointing
The Anointing Ceremony during the Coronation of King George VI, which precedes the crowning. Illustration shows King George VI having taking his Robe with its Cape of ermine off

Initiation of a Mistress of Egypt in the Egyptian Rite (engraving)
3100802 Initiation of a Mistress of Egypt in the Egyptian Rite (engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Initiation of a Mistress of Egypt in the Egyptian Rite)

A Religious Dance, Seville, 1914 (litho)
2799264 A Religious Dance, Seville, 1914 (litho) by European School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: A Religious Dance, Seville)

The Festival of St Nicholas, Utrecht, 1914 (litho)
2799263 The Festival of St Nicholas, Utrecht, 1914 (litho) by European School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Festival of St Nicholas, Utrecht)

King Edward VII (1841 - 1910) conferring a knighthood
3062039 King Edward VII (1841 - 1910) conferring a knighthood.; Private Collection; (add.info.: From Living London, published 1903)

Chinese wedding costume in the 19th century. c.1913 (b/w photo)
3033743 Chinese wedding costume in the 19th century. c.1913 (b/w photo); Private Collection; (add.info.: After a 19th century photograph. From Customs of The World, published c.1913.)

A Solemn League and Covenant... for defence of religion in England, Scotland and Ireland
527981 A Solemn League and Covenant... for defence of religion in England, Scotland and Ireland. The Covenanters opposed the imposition of High Anglican rites

Leo XIII : Vincenzo Giacchino Pecci (1810-1903) Pope from 1878, receiving the last rites on his deathbed
530296 Leo XIII : Vincenzo Giacchino Pecci (1810-1903) Pope from 1878, receiving the last rites on his deathbed. From Le Petit Journal, Paris, French weekly paper

Hypnotic trance induced during Voodoo dance rites: Louisiana, 1886 (engraving)
535667 Hypnotic trance induced during Voodoo dance rites: Louisiana, 1886 (engraving); (add.info.: Hypnotic trance induced during Voodoo dance rites: Louisiana)

Fortune telling with wreaths on Trinity Day in Ukraine, 1860. Creator: Timm, Wassili (George Wilhelm) (1820-1895)
Fortune telling with wreaths on Trinity Day in Ukraine, 1860. Private Collection

Mystic Blessings, 1883 (oil on canvas)
PNH352484 Mystic Blessings, 1883 (oil on canvas) by Falero, Luis Riccardo (1851-96); 74x40.5 cm; Private Collection; Photo ePeter Nahum at The Leicester Galleries, London; Spanish, out of copyright

Inca puberty rites (huarachicoy) during Capac Raymi wherein boys become warriors, and receive breechclouts (huara) and weapons, have their nails clipped and ears pierced

Instruction of the Prince of the Tabernacle (engraving)
3100756 Instruction of the Prince of the Tabernacle (engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Instruction of the Prince of the Tabernacle)

Semik (the seventh Thursday after Easter) in Ukraine, Mid of the 19th century. Found in the Collection of Museum of History and Art, Yegoryevsk

The Atonement (from Frithiof's saga), 1880s. Creator: Johan August Malmström
The Atonement (from Frithiof's saga), 1880s

Glee club singing in the stadium, Harvard University class day exercises, c1906. Creator: Unknown
Glee club singing in the stadium, Harvard University class day exercises, c1906

Travel views of Japan and Korea, 1908. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Travel views of Japan and Korea, 1908

Travel views of Japan and Korea, 1908. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Travel views of Japan and Korea, 1908. Note: Possibly Itsukushima Shinto Shrine, World Heritage Site

Travel views of Japan and Korea, 1908. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Travel views of Japan and Korea, 1908

Travel views of Japan and Korea, 1908. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Travel views of Japan and Korea, 1908

Travel views of Japan and Korea, 1908. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Travel views of Japan and Korea, 1908. Note: Possibly Itsukushima Shinto Shrine, World Heritage Site

Travel views of Japan and Korea, 1908. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Travel views of Japan and Korea, 1908. Note: Possibly Itsukushima Shinto Shrine, World Heritage Site

Travel views of Japan and Korea, 1908. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Travel views of Japan and Korea, 1908

Travel views of Japan and Korea, 1908. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Travel views of Japan and Korea, 1908. Possibly Itsukushima Shinto Shrine

Travel views of Japan and Korea, 1908. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Travel views of Japan and Korea, 1908. Note: Possibly Itsukushima Shinto Shrine, World Heritage Site

Travel views of Japan and Korea, 1908. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Travel views of Japan and Korea, 1908

Crane dance of the Ainu women, 1908. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Crane dance of the Ainu women, 1908

Crane dance of the Ainu women, 1908. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Crane dance of the Ainu women, 1908

Travel views of Japan and Korea, 1908. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Travel views of Japan and Korea, 1908

Travel views of Japan and Korea, 1908. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Travel views of Japan and Korea, 1908

Travel views of Japan and Korea, 1908. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Travel views of Japan and Korea, 1908

Travel views of Japan and Korea, 1908. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Travel views of Japan and Korea, 1908

Radogost the God, 1913. Creator: Masek, Karel Vitezslav (1865-1927)
Radogost the God, 1913. Private Collection

For strength and visions-Apsaroke, c1908. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
For strength and visions-Apsaroke, c1908. Photograph shows an Apsaroke man, leaning back slightly, with strips of leather attached to his chest and tethered to a pole secured by rocks

Japanese marriage procession
3788320 Japanese marriage procession; (add.info.: Japanese marriage procession, in which the bride's possessions are carried to her husband's estate)

Japanese Chrysanthemum festival
3788325 Japanese Chrysanthemum festival; (add.info.: Japanese Chrysanthemum festival, September, late Meiji era (1868-1912)

Wedding according to Jewish custom
3790002 Wedding according to Jewish custom; (add.info.: Wedding according to Jewish custom. Marriage ceremony with bride and bridegroom standing under wedding canopy. 18th century style dress)

Japanese marriage ceremony
3788305 Japanese marriage ceremony; (add.info.: Japanese marriage ceremony in the late Meijiera (1868-1912). Caption reads

Japanese marriage ceremony
3788304 Japanese marriage ceremony; (add.info.: Japanese marriage ceremony in the late Meiji era (1868-1912). Caption reads

Mexican mummies
Royal mummies in a Mexican tomb. The methods of preservation are similar to Egyptian mummies, but here they are positioned standing. Date: circa 1910

Spanish Civil War (1936-1939). Military mass in the nationalist area (1936)

Hindu Burning Ghat - Nimtala, Kolkata
The Hindu Burning Ghat (site of cremations) - Nimtala, Kolkata Date: circa 1910s

Earl of Warwick, Kingmaker
Richard Neiville, Earl of Warwick ("The Kingmaker") (1428 - 1471) His death at the Battle of Barnet 14 April 1471

DEATHBED WITH PRIEST
A priest stands by a deathbed, reading the Last Rites, while the family grieve... Date: circa 1640

BATTLEFIELD LAST RITES
During the battle of Inkermann, Crimea War, a priest administers the last rites to a French soldier who is about to give his life for his country Date: 1854

Initiation ceremony in a womens lodge (engraving)
3100775 Initiation ceremony in a womens lodge (engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Initiation ceremony in a womens lodge)

Initiation of a Knight Kadosch (engraving)
3100769 Initiation of a Knight Kadosch (engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Initiation of a Knight Kadosch)

Initiation of a Sublime Elect (engraving)
3100750 Initiation of a Sublime Elect (engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Initiation of a Sublime Elect)

Banquet in a mixed sex lodge (engraving)
3100782 Banquet in a mixed sex lodge (engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Banquet in a mixed sex lodge)

Infanticide in India (engraving)
972321 Infanticide in India (engraving) by Dibdin, Thomas Colman (1810-93) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Infanticide in India. As practised in the Temple of Canesa in Benares)

Pompa di un sacrifizio
6339950 Pompa di un sacrifizio by Corsi (19th century); (add.info.: Pompa di un sacrifizio. Etruscan sacrificial rites depicted on a gilded silver vase)

Etruscsan animal sacrificial rites
6339932 Etruscsan animal sacrificial rites by Corsi (19th century); (add.info.: Etruscsan animal sacrificial rites. Carcasses of animals are pictured above priests, celebrants)

Book of hours, c. 1420-30 (tempera, gold and silver paint and gold leaf on parchment)
5242299 Book of hours, c.1420-30 (tempera, gold and silver paint and gold leaf on parchment) by French School, (15th century); 17.9x13 cm; J

Fruhlingsreigen (Song of Spring), 1913 (oil on canvas)
PNH354194 Fruhlingsreigen (Song of Spring), 1913 (oil on canvas) by Lenz, Maximilian (1860-1948); 162x201 cm; Private Collection; (add.info)

Naval rite of passage: Crossing the Line. Johnny is dunked in a bath of bilge water when he first crosses the equator
FLO4989324 Naval rite of passage: Crossing the Line. Johnny is dunked in a bath of bilge water when he first crosses the equator. Sailors are dressed as sea gods Neptune, Amphitrite and Triton

The Arrival of H I M the German Emperor at Sigmaringen, the Emperor embracing Prince Leopold, the Wedding Ceremony
1038659 The Arrival of H I M the German Emperor at Sigmaringen, the Emperor embracing Prince Leopold, the Wedding Ceremony, according to the Rites of the Church of England

A Muscovite bishop (engraving)
972310 A Muscovite bishop (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: A Muscovite bishop in his pontifical habit)

Oriental divinities (engraving)
972304 Oriental divinities (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Oriental divinities. The Hindu God Indra and Gautama Buddha)

Upper House of Convocation, Province of Canterbury (engraving)
972300 Upper House of Convocation, Province of Canterbury (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Upper House of Convocation, Province of Canterbury)

Hindu fakirs practising their superstitious rites (engraving)
972299 Hindu fakirs practising their superstitious rites (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

John Calvin (engraving)
972296 John Calvin (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: John Calvin (1509-1564), French theologian of the Protestant Reformation

The Great Sacrifice of the Romans on Undertaking a War (engraving)
972334 The Great Sacrifice of the Romans on Undertaking a War (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Great Sacrifice of the Romans on Undertaking a War)

Ignatius de Loyola (engraving)
972319 Ignatius de Loyola (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Ignatius de Loyola (1491-1556)

Le Masque mokenge des Bangongo, illustration from Notes ethnographiques sur les
1126812 Le Masque mokenge des Bangongo, illustration from Notes ethnographiques sur les peuples communement appelA©s Bakuba

The curious parties (colour litho)
2809264 The curious parties (colour litho) by Beltrame, Achille (1871-1945); Private Collection; (add.info.: The curious parties)

Easter Customs, Saxony (litho)
2799302 Easter Customs, Saxony (litho) by German School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Easter Customs, Saxony)

Powder-Play, Morocco (colour litho)
2799247 Powder-Play, Morocco (colour litho) by Wright, Henry Charles Seppings (1850-1937); Private Collection; (add.info.: Powder-Play, Morocco)

Swahili Women with a Fetish, Zanzibar (colour litho)
2799240 Swahili Women with a Fetish, Zanzibar (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Swahili Women with a Fetish, Zanzibar)

A Christmas Hymn, Germany (colour litho)
2799234 A Christmas Hymn, Germany (colour litho) by Hardy, Norman (1864-1914); Private Collection; (add.info.: A Christmas Hymn, Germany)

The Samaritan Passover (colour litho)
2799230 The Samaritan Passover (colour litho) by Hardy, Norman (1864-1914); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Samaritan Passover)

Mass baptisms (colour litho)
2777869 Mass baptisms (colour litho) by Beltrame, Achille (1871-1945); Private Collection; (add.info.: Mass baptisms... In Glasgow, England, more than a hundred people, of both sexes)

How a white elephant becomes sacred, in Siam (colour litho)
2777757 How a white elephant becomes sacred, in Siam (colour litho) by Beltrame, Achille (1871-1945); Private Collection; (add.info.: Like a white elephant becomes sacred, in Siam)

A picturesque party on the banks of the Ganges (colour litho)
2777620 A picturesque party on the banks of the Ganges (colour litho) by Beltrame, Achille (1871-1945); Private Collection; (add.info.: A picturesque party on the banks of the Ganges)

Summer is born (colour litho)
2783491 Summer is born (colour litho) by Beltrame, Achille (1871-1945); Private Collection; (add.info.: The summer is born)

Sacrifices humains au Dahomey (engraving)
2789884 Sacrifices humains au Dahomey (engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Sacrifices humains au Dahomey. Illustration for Le Tour Du Monde (Hachette, 1863)

The Adoration of the Eucharist, c. 1626 (oil on panel)
2968634 The Adoration of the Eucharist, c.1626 (oil on panel) by Rubens, Peter Paul (1577-1640); 31.5x32 cm; The Art Institute of Chicago, IL, USA; Mr. and Mrs. Martin A

Freemasonry in the 19th Century: Napoleon at the Lodge of Saint Marcel, Paris (engraving)
3100820 Freemasonry in the 19th Century: Napoleon at the Lodge of Saint Marcel, Paris (engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Freemasonry in the 19th Century)

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"Unveiling the Mysteries: A Journey through Rites and Rituals" Aleister Crowley's esoteric teachings guide seekers on a path of self-discovery, where ancient rites unlock hidden truths. The intricate map of the Coronation ritual within Westminster Abbey reveals centuries-old traditions that uphold royal power and divine authority. Mesmerized by the snake charmer's flute-like melody, a slithering serpent emerges from its basket, symbolizing the enchantment of ancient rituals. Mr Fezziwig's Ball transports us to Dickensian London, where joyous celebrations and lively dances bring communities together in festive rites. Artemis/Diana, goddess of wilderness and fertility, embodies feminine strength in sacred rituals that honor nature's cycles and empower women throughout history. South Africa's Zulu Kingdom experiences restoration as ancestral rites reconnect communities with their cultural heritage amidst colonial challenges in 1883. Witnessing the solemn anointing ceremony during Queen Elizabeth II's coronation in 1937 reminds us of the enduring significance bestowed upon monarchs through sacred acts. Initiation into Egypt's mysterious Egyptian Rite unveils secrets held by Mistress of Egypt as engraved depictions capture her transformational journey towards enlightenment. Exploring royal tombs in Cabinda uncovers burial rites that preserve legacies while offering glimpses into past civilizations' beliefs about life after death. Mexican mummies bear witness to ancient embalming practices rooted in reverence for ancestors, preserving their physical forms for eternity through elaborate rituals.