Scottish Workings of Craft Masonry

During the ceremony of installation there comes a time when the current Master installs the Master Elect of the lodge in his stead. To do this a board of Installed Masters is called in and a ceremony takes place to transfer the authority of the lodge and place the new Master in the chair of King Solomon. This section of the ritual is known as the Inner Working. This book contains the official Emulation edition of the Inner Working and is to be used with the 13th edition of the Emulation Ritual. 2004,14pp.

In the nearly 30 years since the Logic Ritual was last revised, many Lodges have found it difficult to maintain strong, consistently well-attended, Lodges of Instruction. A host of factors have led Lodges to reduce the frequency of their L.o.Is; so there is little opportunity to do more than is absolutely necessary to bring the Lodge Officers to a satisfactory standard for their next Regular Meeting. So the decision was taken to expand the Rubric - and the 'General Notes' - to give, as nearly as possible, a complete guide to 'what, how, where and when'. Hopefully, this will allow Brethren, to obtain some of the 'teaching' they might receive at L.o.I., even though they might not be able to attend as often as they - or the Preceptor - would wish. It will serve to promote a greater degree of uniformity in terms of practice amongst Logic Lodges; also, greater continuity when there is a change of Preceptor or Director of Ceremonies, and when another Brother deputises for either.