ARTICLE IX.
Interdiction
The origin, mysteries, and Ritual of this Order shall never be written, but the same shall be communicated orally.
Deo adjuvante, non timendum.
ARTICLE X.
Edicts
1. No one shall become a member of a distant Den, where there is a Den established and in operation in his own immediate vicinity; nor shall any one become a member of any Den, or of this Order in any way, after he shall have been once rejected, upon application for membership.
2. No Den, or officer, or member, or members thereof, shall operate beyond their prescribed limits, unless invited or ordered by the proper authority to do so.