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A script for a Pagan wedding ceremony
 Handfasted with a red ribbon Many search all over the web to find the "perfect" script for their handfasting. Combining families makes this an even bigger challenge. Here is the one this Examiner used for her Litha-eve ceremony just two weeks ago. The ceremony was small, intimate and perfect. Ceremony OPENINGS, WELCOMINGS, GREETINGS Friends and loved ones, join with me in the celebration of the union between __________ and __________ as their lives’ paths now merge to become a singular road paved with love. CHARGE You are aware of the reality of the vows you are about to speak to one another; of the responsibility that comes when a partnership is created. If there is any reason within your hearts that this ceremony should not continue at this time, I charge you to voice it now, for marriage is based in honesty and trust, and only with those things can you successfully create a partnership
Announced as new couple  DECLARATION OF INTENT In Address to the Partners HP/S: What is your name? (Answer with legal and/or Craft name). HP/S: And what is your desire? Answer: To join with s/he whom I love. HP/S: Will you seek to do her/him harm? Answer: I will not. HP/S: And if harm is done, will you seek to repair it? Answer: I will. HP/S: Will you seek to be honest with her/him in all things? Answer: I will. HP/S: Will you support him/her in times of distress? Answer: I will. HP/S: Will you temper your words and actions with love? Answer: I will. HP/S: These things you have promised to your partner, before this company and the Gods. May you ever be mindful and strive to keep the vows you have spoken. In Address to the Children To Children: When this is done, your family will be made one. Do you want ________ to be part of your family? Answer: Yes May I have their rings please?
 Full wedding party BLESSING OF THE RINGS Air for hopes and dreams; Fire for the spark of love; Water for harmony and healing; and Earth for strength. May these rings be so Blessed. EXCHANGE OF VOWS (In this ceremony partners exchanged self-written vows) EXCHANGE OF RINGS By the exchange of these tokens of your love for one another, so are your lives interlaced. What one experiences, so shall the other; as honesty and love build, so will your bond strengthen and grow.  New combined family BINDING With a Handfasting cord: May this cord draw your hands together in love, never to be used in anger. May the vows you have spoken never grow bitter in your mouths. (These vows may be spoken with a tying of a cord or ribbon about the wrists of the enjoined after each answer, with the HP/S adding, “And so the bond is made” or “And to that promise you are bound.”) BLESSINGS AND BENEDICTIONS May the God and Goddess bless this union. May all who encounter it be blessed with love. May your lives be full and your hurts be few. So Mote It Be. By the Winds that bring change, by the Fire of love, by the Seas of fortune and the strength of the Earth do I bless this union.  First dance as partners CLOSING AND PRESENTATION Through the powers of Love between yourselves and this company, and the blessing of the Lord and Lady, I am honoured to present to you, (names). SHARED MEAL (CAKES AND ALE) As the seed is to the soil, and the fuel is to the fire, so is the wand/blade to the chalice -- partners in growth and nourishment. May we, by the blessing of this food and drink, nourish all with our love. Most of this script was taken from www.handfasting.info/scripts.html and edited by the couple to suit their needs. For more info: Jennifer welcomes all comments questions and suggestions here in the comment forum and on her MySpace page www.myspace.com/NewAgeFaery |
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