<div>Adding another language (a third one?) to the confusion. </div> <div> </div> <div>In Portuguese, "beginning" translates as "início" that is similar to "initiation". So I have always translated "Initiation" as "início", hence "beginning", or "geting things started".</div> <div> </div> <div>But now that my attention has been captured to that, the word "iniciação" exists in Portuguese, meaning "being initiated to a religion or (other) exoteric practice" and is the correct translation of "initiation".</div> <div> </div> <div>Hence, Harrison, either use "beginning" instead of "initiation" or accept an esoteric ressemblance of the OST "beginning" ;-)</div> <div> </div> <div>Regards</div> <div> </div> <div>Artur</div> <div>--------<BR><BR><B><I>Harrison Owen <hhowen@verizon.net></I></B> wrote:</div> <BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid"> <META
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bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> Monday, March 31, 2008 1:55 PM<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B> OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> Re: Initiation</SPAN></FONT></div> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"></SPAN></FONT> </div> <DIV> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Raffi,</SPAN></FONT></div></DIV> <DIV> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"></SPAN></FONT> </div></DIV> <DIV> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">My understanding of "initiation" in this context is "getting things started".</SPAN></FONT></div></DIV> <DIV> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT face="Times New
Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"></SPAN></FONT> </div></DIV> <DIV> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Best wishes to you,</SPAN></FONT></div></DIV> <DIV> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"></SPAN></FONT> </div></DIV> <DIV> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Jack</SPAN></FONT></div></DIV> <DIV> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"></SPAN></FONT> </div></DIV> <DIV> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Jack Martin Leith<BR>Bristol, United Kingdom<BR>Mobile: 07831 840541 (+44 7831 840541)<BR>This is my new number – please delete the old one<BR>email: <A
href="mailto:jack@jackmartinleith.com">jack@jackmartinleith.com</A><BR><A href="http://www.jackmartinleith.com/">www.jackmartinleith.com</A> <BR><BR> </SPAN></FONT></div></DIV> <DIV> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><SPAN class=gmailquote><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">On 31/03/2008, <B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Raffi Aftandelian</SPAN></B> <<A href="mailto:raffi@bk.ru">raffi@bk.ru</A>> wrote:</SPAN></FONT></SPAN> </div> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Dear listers,<BR><BR>While working through the OST User's Guide a few months ago, I noticed the<BR>word "initiation" in Chapter 6, "Creating Time and Space" as the word<BR>marking the opening of the space.<BR><BR>The Guide explains that initiation has these stages:<BR><BR>1. Welcome<BR>2. Focus the Group<BR>3. State the Theme<BR>4. Describe the Process<BR>5. Create the
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