What is the instruction regarding the next step after investiture?

• A. Return to the lodge room for further instruction.
• B. Leave the lodge to rest.
• C. Be invested again with what I had been divested and return to the lodge room for further instruction.
• D. Attend a public ceremony.

Answer: (A)

After investiture, you return to the lodge room for further instruction. Investiture is the moment you are clothed and prepared with the symbols of the degree, but the process calls for continuing instruction in the lodge rather than leaving or repeating the ceremony. Leaving the lodge to rest interrupts the flow of the ritual, and being re-invested with what you had before would imply repeating a step that has already been completed. Attending a public ceremony is outside the scheduled progression of the degree within the lodge. So the instruction specifies staying in the lodge to receive the next phase of guidance.