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The Necromancy of Joann Georg Schrepfer

Stuff You Missed in History Class

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The Story of Shrepper and the Minerva Lodge in Leipzig, Germany

Shrepper started his own lodge out of a coffee house in Leipzig, Germany. He claimed that his new group was closer to the ideals of Freemasonry. In breaking from the mainstream Freemasons, he took in members who had been denied entry into Minerva Lodge. Shrepper admitted women into his lodge, which was absolutely forbidden by Freemasonry at the time.

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