Initiating Women in Freemasonry.The Adoption Rite

Initiating Women in Freemasonry
The Adoption Rite
Series:
Aries Book Series, Volume: 13
Author: J.A.M. Snoek

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.

E-Book
Status: Published
ISBN: 978-90-04-21934-2
Publication Date: 13 Jan 2012

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Publisher:

Brill

Pages:

xviii, 518 pp.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004219342

Status: Published
ISBN: 978-90-04-21079-0
Publication Date: 23 Dec 2011
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Contents
About
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Preliminary Material
By: Jan A.M. Snoek
Pages: i–xvii
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Introduction and Summary
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Pages: 1–7
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The Start
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Pages: 9–34
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The Contents of the Adoption Rite
By: Jan A.M. Snoek
Pages: 35–86
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The Roots of the Tradition
By: Jan A.M. Snoek
Pages: 87–123
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The Documents in Context I:
The Eighteenth Century
By: Jan A.M. Snoek
Pages: 125–173
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The Documents in Context II:
The Nineteenth Century
By: Jan A.M. Snoek
Pages: 175–202
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The Documents in Context III:
The Twentieth Century
By: Jan A.M. Snoek
Pages: 203–300
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The Diffferent Families of Rituals
By: Jan A.M. Snoek
Pages: 301–340
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The Development of the Rituals
By: Jan A.M. Snoek
Pages: 341–386
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Illustrations
By: Jan A.M. Snoek
Pages: I–XXXII
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Appendices
By: Jan A.M. Snoek
Pages: 387–511
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Bibliography
By: Jan A.M. Snoek
Pages: 513–521
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Index of Rituals
By: Jan A.M. Snoek
Pages: 523–527
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Index of Names
By: Jan A.M. Snoek
Pages: 528–536
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Index of Subjects