Dr. Jan Snoek, Ph.D. (1987) in the Sciences of Religions, University of Leiden (The Netherlands), is attached to the Institute for the Sciences of Religions at the University of Heidelberg (Germany), and published widely about the development of masonic rituals. With Jens Kreinath and Michael Stausberg he published Theorizing Rituals (two volumes), Brill 2006 & 2007, and with Alexandra Heidle Women’s Agency and Rituals in Mixed and Female Masonic Orders, Brill 2008.

With his new book, Initiating Women in Freemasonry: The Adoption Rite, the author, gallantly, has thrown a gauntlet into the scholarly arena.Ruben Gurevich, St, Catharines, Ontario"The scholarship on the history of women and the Craft contained within the pages of Initiating Women in Freemasonry is some of the best available... If someone is serious about unveiling the mysteries of Freemasonic ritual, or locating possible sources for the inspiration of sacred LDS ceremonies, the research is invaluable." Kris Wray, Association for Mormon Letters

Dr. Jan Snoek, Ph.D. (1987) in the Sciences of Religions, University of Leiden (The Netherlands), is attached to the Institute for the Sciences of Religions at the University of Heidelberg (Germany), and published widely about the development of masonic rituals. With Jens Kreinath and Michael Stausberg he published Theorizing Rituals (two volumes), Brill 2006 & 2007, and with Alexandra Heidle Women’s Agency and Rituals in Mixed and Female Masonic Orders, Brill 2008.

With his new book, Initiating Women in Freemasonry: The Adoption Rite, the author, gallantly, has thrown a gauntlet into the scholarly arena.Ruben Gurevich, St, Catharines, Ontario"The scholarship on the history of women and the Craft contained within the pages of Initiating Women in Freemasonry is some of the best available... If someone is serious about unveiling the mysteries of Freemasonic ritual, or locating possible sources for the inspiration of sacred LDS ceremonies, the research is invaluable." Kris Wray, Association for Mormon Letters