Traditionally a short coat either having short sleeves or no sleeves, occultists today make them quickly for use as a simple ritual robe by using a sheet with a neck hole cut in the center. Some of the more formal tabards are used by occult orders such as some temples of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn to represent ritual roles and authority as opposed to capes. Such clothing may have symbols place on them to further represent the position and authority of the person who wears one during ritual.