Handfasting and Wedding Rituals: Welcoming Hera's Blessing

by Tannin Schwartzstein and Raven Kaldera

Book Overview

Handfasting and Wedding Rituals has everything you need to plan the perfect Pagan wedding. You'll find advice and examples to help you with basic wedding planning, writing vows, and ritual construction, along with practical tips and great ideas about everything from low-cost wedding favors to candle and bonfire safety.

Handfasting and Wedding Rituals also includes sixteen full rites honoring a wide variety of Pagan traditions. Rituals in...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0738704709
• ISBN13: 9780738704708
• Release Date: December 2003
• Publisher: Llewellyn Publications
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.52 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 7.5" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

Great Resource for Earth-Based Religions

This book is wonderful resource for those practicing earth-based religion, or simply non-traditionalists. (I try not to use "pagan.") The book details each part of the of the handfasting ritual. It is divided into sections and includes several options of verbage for each part of the ceremony. You can use exactly what is written or take pieces of ritual and create your own. I really enjoyed reading this book and I found numerous ideas that I will incorporate in my own handfasting. Also, the author has a rating system for each ritual. From generally spiritual to heavily "pagan." This is so useful when planning a wedding for a mixed-religious audienced. I highly recommend this book for those who want a true handfasting.

Handfasting and Wedding Ritual: Inviting Hera's Blessing

This book contains myriad blessings, invocations and ceremonies for diverse pagan beliefs. It also explores variations of them used for any one needing customized commitment ceremonies. There is something for everyone who performs unions.

Excellent for handfasting ritual ideas!

It turns out that the first Pagan ritual I ever wrote was my own handfasting. I was having a difficult time coming up with a Welcoming of the Quarters that I was happy with. My husband and I are both musicians, and this book contained a wonderful idea of a musical welcoming of the quarters. It was perfect! There are several other good ideas in this book, and I used many of them. Ideas were rated for general use, "Pagan Light", and more in-depth Pagan rituals. Since 75 of my guests were non-Pagan friends and family, I found several good ideas here about keeping the ritual Pagan but still something that non-Pagans could easily understand and relate to. This book also addresses creative ways to handle various situations - inclusion of children from a previous marriage, interfaith marriages, and commitment ceremonies. I can't recommend this book enough!

A must have book!! (and not only for Pagan libraries!)

This book is a must have for every Pagan library, and for non-Pagans alike! Not only are the Pagan handfastings & wedding rituals included that have been so sought after, but interfaith and alternative (gay & polyamourous) weddings as well. There is no other comprehensive book out on the market today that will give you a such a great deal of information and wonderful hints for planning & writing a Pagan/Alternative wedding ceremony. A thousand thanks to Raven Kaldera & Tannin Schwartzstein for writing such a needed book for the Pagan community!

Great Wedding Rituals

Greetings Everyone, This is a great book to get even if you are not pagan. It covers interfaith wedding rituals between pagans and catholics to pagans and islamics and so much more. If you are a inter faith minister then this is a book I recommend that you get it will come in handy believe me. Regards, High Artist Nemo Co Founder Of The Reformed Church Of Satan (Where a sense of humor comes first)...