Keith C
Registered User
Here in PA we do not have anything called a code Book.
We have the Ahiman Rezon which is the Constitution and the Digest of Decisions which along with the By-Laws of the Lodge sit on the Stations of the SW and JW.
We also have a "Ritual Manual" which has the majority of the wording of the work of the Lodge, the Three degrees, Officer Installations, Visitor Examination, Table Lodge Ritual, etc. Some of it is in plain English and some in cipher. Each Lodge is issued a certain number of ritual books given to the WM to distribute as he sees fit. Each year at the last District meeting before Officer Elections and Installations the books are turned in to the DDGM by the current WM, examined confirming all are present and intact and the re-issued to the presumptive incoming WM.
We have the Ahiman Rezon which is the Constitution and the Digest of Decisions which along with the By-Laws of the Lodge sit on the Stations of the SW and JW.
We also have a "Ritual Manual" which has the majority of the wording of the work of the Lodge, the Three degrees, Officer Installations, Visitor Examination, Table Lodge Ritual, etc. Some of it is in plain English and some in cipher. Each Lodge is issued a certain number of ritual books given to the WM to distribute as he sees fit. Each year at the last District meeting before Officer Elections and Installations the books are turned in to the DDGM by the current WM, examined confirming all are present and intact and the re-issued to the presumptive incoming WM.