Masonic Tartan

[Miah]

I like that GLoS tartan, I am a fan of green based tartans.
I looked into joing the free masons but I was there are no day lodges close to me and my work schedule prohibits me for going to the night time meetings. I would take a day off work and go to one but I don't have anybody to sponcer me or any of that So i would have to wait the 6 month period to get to know somebody. That would be hard to do if I could not go to meetings and such.

For now I will just admire the Tartan from afar.

[traveler14]

would it be alright for me to get a masonic kilt even if I wasn't scottish?I don't want to offend anybody by wearing it but I am a mason would love to do so....any help I know this may sound dumb guys but it's a genuine question

[billmcc]

Brother traveler14,

You don't have to have a Scottish heritage to wear a kilt. Go ahead and get a kilt in one of the Masonic tartans.

I like this one: http://www.utahgrandlodge.org/publis...versal-tartan/

[Big Paul]

First: Thank you to the Mods for allowing this informative thread to continue.

Second: Thank you those that have posted for keeping it a civil conversation.

I hope one day (when I get back to work) to seek entry into the Masons, as my grandfather was & my brother is a Mason. Once I become a Mason I will be able, with good conscious, to have a kilt made in that beautiful tartan.

[###KILTEDKIWI###]

I would HATE to get a request to make some trews, only to find that they're inappropriate or a "no no".

Members of the Scottish constitution wear trews made from the GLOS tartan here in NZ to all their monthly meetings.

I think the tartan is great.

(there are English, Irish, Scottish and New Zealand constitutions here in NZ, all part of those respective grand lodges...)

Also as a member of the Royal order of Scotland (masonic body)(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Order_of_Scotland), we tend to wear kilts and trews to our meetings at every oppurtunity, or where practical.

And slightly to the side of the topic, I find that people will either be for or against the "craft".

But for the people who have little knowledge or idea of it, a large proportion of members are either ex or serving members of the military services here in NZ, as no doubt, they will be in Canuk land and America. - something to think about.

As an example, after the second world war, the numbers swelled to approx' 50,000 members...

In my lodge of 60 men, at least 30 (off the cuff #) would be ex or serving members...

Its an aspect that churches / organised religions tend to blur, and or ignore when they are bagging the craft...

I'll leave it at that.

[###KILTEDKIWI###]

But it is the religious elements within Masonry that present the problem.

...To put in an open and frank way and hopefully not upset others with faith, if this or any part of it was a man made religion, I would wash my hands of it immediately.

Some of your "observations" of Freemasonry are well off-base, for the same reason. How could you know, not being involved, right? But, as both a pastor and a Past Master of my Lodge, I can spot the errors in a heartbeat.

A large proportion of the Anglican Clergy are members here.

[Brother Falldown]

I picked up a heavy weight, fly plaid and flashes in the Free Mason tartan at KiltMart a little over a week ago. Were I not a Mason (and a past master at that) I think I would have picked it up anyway. It is very attractive. As a Mason I would take no more offense at a non-Mason doing the same than most would take at someone wearing a tartan based on appeal rather than clan affiliation. Good lord guys, the thing is only a few years old. How can it be steeped in mystery or tradition?

[MacMillan of Rathdown]

Good lord guys, the thing is only a few years old. How can it be steeped in mystery or tradition?

Well done, Worshipful Brother... they will never suspect a thing as we slowly take over the world. Which will happen once we quit squabbling over how much to charge for the Ladies Night dinner....

[Brother Falldown]

Well done, Worshipful Brother... they will never suspect a thing as we slowly take over the world. Which will happen once we quit squabbling over how much to charge for the Ladies Night dinner....

War, famine, plague, Somalai pirates and a Nuclear North Korea pale by compariosn when one considers raising the cost even a trifle!

[NorCalPiper]

Wait a minute.....My Grandfather is a 33rd degree Scottish Right (Is that the same as MAson???)....Wait....I know he's a mason cause he has a gold mason's ring...Whats Scottish rite...Anyway, I've met some of his lodge brothers that i seem to remember having Muslim names. Is that possible? I may have this all wrong-BUT I do know that he's a 33rd degree something. Pretty high up there, but my point is that I didn't know you had to be Christian to be a Mason.