THE RITE OF INVESTITURE. In the days of antiquity all systems of religions, true and false, as well as the ancient mysteries and philosophies, possessed and practised rites and ceremonies. The novice was initiated by being required to pass through specially devised ceremonies. Connected with all the ancient mysteries, the " Rite of Investiture '-' was quite common, and in all the systems of ancient philosophies appears to have existed from the inauguration of those systems.
