initiates
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A keepsake edition of Hall’s first book, “The Initiates of the Flame” will be available by the end of the year.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 11, 2023
His mother, instead of reacting with the usual ecstasy of the Initiates, had gone into hysterics, threatening to expose everything, to denounce them.
From New York Times • Oct. 9, 2022
Initiates are directed to gently push oils into the skin with hands shaped as if in prayer.
From New York Times • May 10, 2021
The Initiates: A Comic Artist and a Wine Artisan Exchange Jobs, Étienne Davodeau’s thought-provoking story of two friends who know nothing about what the other does, each leaping into a new world.
From Slate • Feb. 7, 2014
Initiates were required to swear an oath upon an emerald said to have been pried from the brow of a fallen angel, and when presented with this artifact, Thyon laughed.
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
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