Initiating women in Freemasonry : the adoption rite /

Initiating women in Freemasonry : the adoption rite /

Freemasonry is generally regarded a male phenomenon. Yet, both before 1723 and since 1744, women were initiated as well. This book is about the rituals, used for the initiation of women in the Adoption Lodges, since the middle of the 18th century. It describes their contents, roots and creation befo...

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Main Author: Snoek, Joannes Augustinus Maria, 1946-

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2012.

Series: Aries Book Series 13.
Religious Studies, Theology and Philosophy E-Books Online, Collection 2012, ISBN: 9789004223301.

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Women and freemasonry.
Freemasonry > Rituals.

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Call Number: HS851 .S66 2012

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Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Material /
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  • Introduction and Summary /
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  • The Start /
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  • The Contents of the Adoption Rite /
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  • The Roots of the Tradition /
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  • The Documents in Context I: /
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  • The Documents in Context II: /
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  • The Documents in Context III: /
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  • The Diffferent Families of Rituals /
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  • The Development of the Rituals /
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  • Illustrations /
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  • Appendices /
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  • Bibliography /
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  • Index of Rituals /
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  • Index of Names /
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  • Index of Subjects /
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