Meaning of incathedration | Babel Free

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the act of incathedrating

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“In Benedict IX’s Bull of November 1037, a distinction is drawn between the practice of “enthronement” and “ incathedration”, implicitly attesting to the use⟳ of the “Cathedra” by the Roman Pontiffs.”

“One of the rituals, the “incathedration,” required the Pope to sit⟳ down on it three times, probably in memory of the three main chairs connected with Peter’s name⟳: Antioch, Alexandria, and Rome”

“Orpheus rivaled Hermes as a prolific writer. Among his writings was one dealing particularly with various mystic rites. One was called The Enthronings of the Great Mother, which seems to refer⟳ to a rite known as Incathedration. During this ceremony the adepts enthroned the candidate and circled round him/ her in a ceremonial dance⟳ symbolic of the influence⟳ of the oversoul toward the spiritual progression of the neophyte.”

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