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 Women’s Agency and Rituals in Mixed and Female Masonic Orders:

Contents

• • Preliminary Materials (i-xvi)   (898K)
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    • Contents
    • Preface
    • Abbreviations
    • List Of Illustrations
    • Addresses Of The Editors And Authors
  • Introduction (1-20)   (956K)
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    • The Century Of The Adoption Lodges (Ca. 1745 – Ca. 1845)
    • The Feminist Century (1840-1940)
    • After WW-II
    • Bibliography
  • The Relationships Of Androgynous Secret Orders With Freemasonry. Documents On Theordre Des Hermites De Bonne Humeur In Sachsen-Gotha (1739-1758) (21-50)   (1M)
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    • Antecedents And Theoretical Context Of Mixed Orders In The European Environment
    • Masonic Context Of The Order Of Hermits In Gotha
    • Analysis Of Statutes, Ritual And Discourses Of The Order Of Hermits
    • Archives
    • Bibliography
    • Appendix-I - Projet Pour L’Institution De L’Ordre Des Hermites De Bonne Humeur
    • Appendix-II - Prosopography Of The Ordre Des Hermites De Bonne Humeur
  • The Grand Lodge Of Adoption, La Loge De Juste, The Hague, 1751: A Short-Lived Experiment In Mixed Freemasonry Or A Victim Of Elegant Exploitation? (51-88)   (1M)
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    • Setting The Stage
    • La Loge De Juste
    • A Newly Discovered Manuscript By De St. Etienne
    • Conclusion
    • Bibliography
    • Appendix-I - La Loge De Juste: Financial Accounts Before The Official Recognition In 1751
    • Appendix-II - Two Examples Of Signatures And Additional Written Names From Le Livre De Constitutions
    • Appendix-III - Members Of La Loge De Juste According To Le Livre De Constitutions
    • Appendix-IV - Title Page Of The Songbook For The ‘Adoption’ Lodge
    • Appendix-V - Que Tout Ici Respire La Charmant Gaiete Pages 22/23 Of The Song Book
    • Appendix-VI - References To Cythere, Venus And Mars On Pages 54/55 Of The Song Book
  • Maçonnerie Des Dames The Plans Of The Strict Observance To Establish A Female Branch (89-218)   (3M)
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    • Participation In The Secret Space Of Enlightenment
    • Are There Lady Knights?
    • Was There A Female Branch Of The Strict Observance?
    • The Chapters And Purposes Of L’Ordre De La Maçonnerie De Dames
    • Degrees, Offices And Symbols Of L’Ordre De La Maçonnerie De Dames
    • The Shape, Furniture And Equipment Of The Lodge
    • The Ritual Of Initiation In The Different Degrees – A Brief Outline
    • Female Freemasons – A Swedish Example
    • Mixed And Female Freemasonry: Enlightened Equality?
    • Bibliography
    • Appendix-I - Maçonnerie Des Dames, 1ster Theil Transcript By Klaus Bettag
    • Appendix-II - Loix Et Statuts De La Maçonnerie Des Dames Transcript By Jonas Andersson
    • Appendix-III - Loix Et Statuts De La Maçonnerie Des Dames
  • Freemason Feminists: Masonic Reform And The Women’S Movement In France, 1840-1914 (219-242)   (3M)
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    • Civil Society And The Women’s Movement
    • Théodore Juge And ‘La Clémente Amitié’
    • Luc-Pierre Riche-Gardon And ‘Le Temple Des Familles’
    • Maria Deraismes And ‘Le Droit Humain’
    • Conclusion
    • Bibliography
  • The ‘Women’s Question’. The Discussion, Especially In The Nineteenth Century, About Opening Membership Of The Dutch Grand Lodge To Women (235-244)   (3M)
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    • A Controversial Issue In The Masonic Periodicals
    • Adoption Lodges And Sister Lodges
    • Exclusiveness Against Social Relevance
    • A New Challenge: ‘Le Droit Humain’
    • Bibliography
  • Women And The Hermetic Order Of The Golden Dawn: Nineteenth Century Occultistic Initiation From A Gender Perspective (245-264)   (969K)
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    • ‘Fin De Siècle’ Occultism And Gender
    • Women In The Organisation Of The Golden Dawn
    • The Role Of Gender In The Teachings Of The Golden Dawn
    • Conclusion
    • Bibliography
  • Stretton’s ‘Operative’ Masonry: Legacy Or Forgery? By Bernard Dat Translated (265-340)   (3M)
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    • The Documents
    • Clement Edwin Stretton And His System
    • Stretton’s Correspondents
    • The Development Of The System And The Creation Of The Rituals
    • Stretton’s Efforts To Publicise The System
    • The Presence And Role Of Women In Stretton’s System
    • The Operative Lodges And Their Members
    • The Criticism Of Speculative Freemasonry
    • Opposition To The Historical School
    • The Sources Used By Stretton And Yarker
    • The Inconsistencies Of Stretton And His System
    • Conclusion And Summary
    • Bibliography
    • Appendix-I - Stretton’s Tectronic Art
    • Appendix-II
    • Appendix-III - (From: The Lodge Of Research N° 2429. Transactions For The Year 1909-10, Leicester, 84-85.)
    • Appendix-IV
    • Appendix-V - Letter Headdings
    • Appendix-VI
    • Appendix-VII
  • Freemasonry And Suffrage: The Manifestation Of Social Conscience (341-358)   (959K)
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    • The Theosophical Contribution
    • The Establishment Of Co-Masonry
    • Dr. Cobb And The Honourable Fraternity Of Antient Masonry
    • Connections With The Suffrage Movement
    • The United Grand Lodge And Women Freemasonry
    • Bibliography
  • ‘Builders Of The Temple Of The New Civilisation’: Annie Besant And Freemasonry (359-392)   (1M)
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    • Besant And Bradlaugh
    • ‘Gone To Theosophy’
    • The Ceremonial Revival
    • The Many Lives Of Annie Besant?
    • Annie Besant And Co-Masonry
    • Freemasonry And The British Radical Tradition
    • The Supreme Being
    • Besant’s Masonic Legacy
    • Bibliography
  • Diversity In Unity? The Masonic Traditions In Use In The Dutch Federation Of ‘Le Droit Humain’ (393-424)   (1M)
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    • Introduction
    • The Three Traditions
    • The Development Of The French Ritual Tradition
    • The Development Of The ‘English’ And Dutch Ritual Traditions
    • Differences Between The Three Masonic Traditions
    • Analysis Of The Current Situation In The Dutch Federation
    • The Results Of The Research
    • An Interpretation Of The Results
    • Conclusion
    • Bibliography
  • Index Of Orders And Lodges (425-428)   (266K)
  • Index Of Names (429-442)   (338K)