Parapsychology - Adoptive Masonry


What is Adoptive Masonry?

Adoptive Masonry is a term used to describe Masonic societies where women were accepted as members.



Such organizations first appeared in France in the early eighteenth century, and they quickly expanded to other nations.

The Mopses were among the first to "adopt" women.



In 1742, the Felicitaries were formed.

Bauchaine, Master of a Parisian lodge, founded the Fendeurs, or Woodcutters, in 1763.

It was modeled after the Carbonari, and its success prompted the opening of other lodges, including the Fidelity and the Hatchet.




The Grand Orient Lodge of France devised a three-degree system known as the Rite of Adoption in 1774, and the duchess of Bourbon was chosen Grand Mistress of France.



The process was widely embraced by Freemasonry, and additional degrees were added from time to time, bringing the total number of degrees to about twelve.

The Ladies' Hospitallers of Mount Tabor introduced Latin and Greek mysteries to the ritual.



The most powerful women in France became members of the French adoption lodges.

In 1819, 1821, 1838, and 1853, the Rite of Mizraim established lodges for both sexes, while the Rite of Memphis did so in 1839.



The Rite of the Eastern Star was created in five points by America.

Admission was often limited to Masons' female relatives in these systems.



Scotland sought but failed to establish the Order of the Eastern Star and Adoptive Masonry.


~Kiran Atma