Journal for Research into Freemasonry and Fraternalism
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; color: #c00000; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">This journal is no longer published by Equinox Publishing. To purchase back issues, please email Ailsa Parkin (</span><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: "Segoe UI",sans-serif; color: #c00000;"><a href="mailto:aparkin@equinoxpub.com"><span style="color: #c00000; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">aparkin@equinoxpub.com</span></a><span style="background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">)</span></span></p><p><strong>Executive Editor</strong><br /><a href="mailto:Jeffrey.Tyssens@vub.ac.be">Jeffrey Tyssens</a>, Free University of Brussels (VUB)<br /><br /><strong> Editors</strong><br /><a href="mailto:susan.sommers@email.stvincent.edu">Susan Sommers</a>, Saint Vincent College <br /><a href="mailto:Berger@ieg-mainz.de">Joachim Berger</a>, Leibniz Institute of European History<br /><br /><strong>Book Review Editor</strong><br />Please send books for review to:<br /><a href="mailto:mcherry@freemasonry.london.museum">Martin Cherry </a><br />Librarian<br /> The Library and Museum of Freemasonry<br /> Freemasons Hall<br /> 60 Great Queen Street<br /> London<br /> WC2B 5AZ, UK<br /><br /> Published twice a year, in spring and autumn (fall), the <em>Journal for Research into Freemasonry and Fraternalism</em> is an interdisciplinary academic journal that seeks to appeal to a broad-based scholarly audience in the domains of arts, humanities and social sciences.<br /><br /> The <em>Journal</em> is concerned with promoting newly emerging scholarly research in all aspects of the history and material culture of the associational lives of men and women from the Middle Ages to the present day, not least in the ways they have acted to shape regional, national and transnational identities. Through a rigorous peer-review process the Journal’s editorial board of leading international scholars presents authoritative cutting-edge research from around the globe and from across and within many subject disciplines.<br /><br /> The establishment of the <em>Journal</em> is a response to a decade of increasing global scholarly interest about freemasonry and fraternalism – an interest that has been fostered not only by the increasing ease of access to online sources, but also by the spirit of openness that now directs the policies of many previously closed archives and collections. The study of freemasonry and fraternalism is no longer the sole preserve of inquisitive freemasons or conspiracy theorists, but is now integral to the academic study of the Modern Era.<br /><br /> A notable feature of the <em>Journal</em> is the Review section, which is an indispensable and lively arbiter of important new books about the associational world; always erudite and authoritative, and occasionally pungent, but certainly never dull.<br /><br /> The <em>Journal</em> has no formal alliances or allegiances to any specific scholarly organization, masonic body, or educational institution and represents no single critical, historical, political, social, or theoretical position.<br /><br /> <strong>Abstracting and Indexing</strong><br /> <a href="https://dbh.nsd.uib.no/publiseringskanaler/erihplus/about/index" target="_blank"><em>European Reference Index (ERIH Plus)</em></a><br /><br /> <strong>Publication and Frequency</strong> March and September<br /> <strong>ISSN: </strong>1757-2460 (print) <br /><strong>ISSN:</strong> 1757-2479 (online) <br /><br /><strong></strong></p>Equinox Publishing Ltden-USJournal for Research into Freemasonry and Fraternalism1757-2460The editors will not consider manuscripts which are under consideration by other publishers. It is assumed that once you have submitted an article to this journal, it will not be sent to other publishers until a decision about inclusion has been made. Only by special arrangement will the editors consider previously published material. Full details of our conditions related to copyright can be found by <a href="https://www.equinoxpub.com/home/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/2015-Journals-copyright-conditions.pdf " target="_blank">clicking here</a>. <a href="https://www.equinoxpub.com/home/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/Equinox-Journals-Contributor-Agreement-2015.pdf " target="_blank">Click Here</a> for the contributor contract, which you should print, sign and post back to us once your manuscript is accepted.Editorial: Material Culture and Art in the Lodge Room
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Jeffrey TyssensJoachim BergerSusan Mitchell Sommers2018-06-2462018-06-24Painted Ambitions: The Masonic Murals in the Elisha Gilbert House
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This article investigates the masonic murals in the Elisha Gilbert House in New Lebanon, NY, looking into the circumstances of their creation, and their relationship to the role that freemasonry played in the region. The murals are found to be similar to those in the Calvin Hall Tavern in Cheshire, MA, and posits dating and a potential artist for both cycles, and investigates their relationship to the standardization of early American printed masonic iconography.Margaret Goehring2018-01-3062018-01-30Furnishing a Lodge Room on the Canadian Frontier: The Material Culture of <i>Rideau Lodge</i> No. 25, 1815–46
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A small artefact collection and a substantial archival fonds from <em>Rideau Lodge</em> No. 25 offer an unusual glimpse into the material practices of freemasons in early 19th century rural Canada. Organized in 1815, <em>Rideau Lodge</em> operated for about 30 years in and around the hamlet of Burritts Rapids, in presentday eastern Ontario. Their surviving artefacts and accounts reveal how the brethren procured the material necessities of masonic ritual in the context of emerging frontier capitalism. The <em>Rideau Lodge</em> masons developed a hybrid material strategy, purchasing some items from distant suppliers, including those in the United States, while making or repurposing other items locally. A case study in the relationship between local production and the market economy on the Canadian frontier, this article adds to the general literature on early Canadian capitalism by illustrating how cultural considerations - in this case the practices and values of freemasonry - influenced rural Canadians' consumption strategies.Forrest D. Pass2018-01-3062018-01-30Les tableaux sur toile du Grand Temple de la rue du Persil à Bruxelles (1878–79): Salomon, Hiram et les autres, entre Egypte et Assyrie
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Between August 2014 and September 2015, the big lodge room of the rue du Persil in Brussels was restored. This Egyptian style temple was constructed for the Amis Philanthropes lodge in 1878-1879. Not only a major example of this specific type of monumental masonic temple architecture, it was also the location for 14 canvas paintings on its side walls and along the eastern throne. The still highly appreciated series was produced by Louis Delbeke and Jan Verhas and carried a rich token of masonic references linked to the current state of Assyrian and Egyptian archeology in those days. The article is presented in French.Eugène Warmenbol2018-06-2462018-06-24Masonic Pageantry: The Inspiration for Scottish Rite Costumes, 1867–1920
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Between 1913 and 1920, the Supreme Council of the Northern Masonic Jurisdiction, Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite contracted to have 119 costumes designed for their rituals. The Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library has a complete set of these illustrations, which include notes about their design sources. This article provides an overview of the costumes and their sources, along with some biographical information on their designers. The designs are influenced by sources from inside and outside the fraternity and serve as an example of how the fraternity did not operate in a vacuum despite its secrecy.Aimee E. Newell2018-06-2462018-06-24<i>Symbols in the Wilderness: Early Masonic Survivals in Upstate New York</i>, by Jocelyn Godwin and Christian Goodwillie
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<div><em>Symbols in the Wilderness: Early Masonic Survivals in Upstate New York</em>, by Jocelyn Godwin and Christian Goodwillie (Clinton and Hamilton, NY: Richard W. Couper Press and Upstate Institute at Colgate University, 2016), 181 pp., $35, Pbk, ISBN-13: 9781937370213.</div>Aimee E. Newell2018-06-2462018-06-24<i>Brought to Light: Contemporary Freemasonry, Meaning, and Society</i>, by J. Scott Kenney
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<em>Brought to Light: Contemporary Freemasonry, Meaning, and Society</em>, by J. Scott Kenney (Waterloo, Ontario, Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 2016), pp. xiv +294, £29.99, Pbk, ISBN 978-1-77112-194-1.<br />Daniel E. Weinbren2018-06-2462018-06-24<i>As Above, So Below: Art of the American Fraternal Society, 1850–1930</i>, by Lynne Adele and Bruce Lee Webb, and <i>The Badge of a Freemason: Masonic Aprons from the Scottish Rite Masonic Museum and Library</i>, by Aimee E. Newell
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<p><em>As Above, So Below: Art of the American Fraternal Society, 1850-1930</em>, by Lynne Adele and Bruce Lee Webb, (Austin, TX: University of Texas Press, 2015), xxi + 266 pp., $60.00, Hbk, ISBN: 9780292759503.</p><p>and</p><p><em>The Badge of a Freemason: Masonic Aprons from the Scottish Rite Masonic Museum and Library</em>, by Aimee Newell, (Lexington, MA: Scottish Rite Masonic Museum and Library, 2015), 247 pp., $39.95, Hbk, 9781889541020.</p>Mark Dennis2018-06-2462018-06-24<i>Getting the Third Degree: Fraternalism, Freemasonry and History</i>, by Guillermo de los Reyes and Paul Rich (eds.)
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<em>Getting the Third Degree: Fraternalism, Freemasonry and History</em>, by Guillermo de los Reyes and Paul Rich (eds.), (Washington, DC: Westphalia Press, 2016), ix+235 pp, £10.92, Pbk, ISBN 978-1633913684. <br />Adam G. Kendall2018-06-2462018-06-24<i>Freemasonry: A Very Short Introduction</i>, by Andreas Önnerfors
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<em>Freemasonry: A Very Short Introduction</em>, by Andreas Önnerfors (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2017), xxix + 139 pp, £7.99, Pbk, ISBN: 978019876275.<br />Diane Clements2018-06-2462018-06-24