Modern Handfasting

A Complete Guide to the Magic of Pagan Weddings

Häftad, Engelska, 2021

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Beskrivning

Handfasting is quickly becoming a widely practiced tradition, not only for pagans, but for people from all walks of life. This book is a thorough resource that shares ritual scripts, sample vows, and all the information you need to plan your own ceremony or serve as a celebrant for others. In Modern Handfasting, you will discover the history, practicalities, legal considerations, logistics, and magic of the big day. Author Liz Williams a priestess and long-time celebrant guides you through opening the ceremony, creating a circle, consecration, calling the quarters, vows, tying the knot, and closing the ceremony. You will also discover tips and stories from other celebrants as well as practical information for finding a celebrant, early planning, troubleshooting, working with ceremonial tools, and choosing colours, dates, and other details with magical correspondences.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2021-11-08
Mått:152 x 228 x 18 mm
Vikt:376 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:336
Förlag:Llewellyn Publications,U.S.
ISBN:9780738766584

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Liz Williams (Glastonbury, UK) is a celebrant, tarot reader, author, and workshop leader. Together with her husband, she owns the Witchcraft Shop in Glastonbury, England. She is the develop of the Cauldron of Learning series and is the author of Miracle of Our Own Making: A History of Paganism (Reaktion Books, 2020). She holds a PhD in the philosophy of science from Cambridge University.

Innehållsförteckning

ContentsPrologue xiIntroduction 1Part One: Understanding HandfastingChapter One: The History of Handfasting 7Chapter Two: The Legality of Handfasting 19Chapter Three: Things to Consider 27Chapter Four: When to Get Handfasted: The Wheel of the Year 43Chapter Five: The Ceremony 55Chapter Six: Writing Your Vows 75Chapter Seven: What You Will Need 81Chapter Eight: Etiquette, Ethics, and When Things Go Wrong 95Chapter Nine: Let's Get This Party Started! 115Part Two: Correspondences and MagicChapter Ten: Magic for Unity 131Chapter Eleven: Deities of Love and Marriage 157Chapter Twelve: The Language of Flowers 183Chapter Thirteen: Herbs for Handfasting 195Chapter Fourteen: The Ogham Trees and Handfasting 203Conclusion 211Resources 213Bibliography 215