Download or read book Women’s Agency and Rituals in Mixed and Female Masonic Orders written by Alexandra Heidle and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2008-12-31 with total page 461 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume concentrates on two aspects of the participation of women in Freemasonry: Women’s agency (i.e. the power women gained and exercised in this context) and rituals (i.e. the role of man and women in changing and shaping the rituals women work with).