Order of Weavers – Vita Feminea Textura
Contrary to the surrounding countries, the Netherlands does
not have a female masonic order. In stead there is an Order of Weavers,
exclusively for women. This order was founded in 1947 by masons from the Dutch Grand
Orient. It is not a masonic order but an order with strong masonic
influences.
The symbolism of this order is the symbolism of weaving. The order has three
degrees: Spinner, Weaver and Designer. The rituals of these degrees are based on
the masonic blue degrees.
The Weavers are organized in local lodges:
|
Alkmaar |
Vita Animo Concipere Est |
|
Amsterdam |
Ludus Sacer |
| Apeldoorn | Via Lucis |
|
Bilthoven |
Alma Mater (in 2003 this lodge was reduced to a working group) |
|
Bussum |
Sophia Omnia Vincit |
|
Delft |
Catena Aurea |
| Groningen | Fons Vitae |
|
Heerenveen |
Quintessens |
|
Hengelo |
Sciviam |
|
’s-Hertogenbosch |
Het Elfde Licht |
|
Kampen |
Aletheia |
|
Leiden |
Rosa Ventorum |
|
Velp |
Panta Rhei |
|
Velsen Zuid |
Vita Vera |
| Zeist | De Cirkel |
|
Zwolle |
Kring |
At this moment the number of membership is about 500. Most members are the wives
of masons of the Dutch Grand Orient.
The lodge Anabasis
in Dordrecht was dissolved in 2001. Most members of this group joined a new,
schismatic order, the Order of Free Weavers Vinculum Verum.
Statutes Order of Weavers