The ceremony will be between him and I. No officiants will be neccesary. This is a private declaration of love between us. I want to know the right procedures to use. I know the practice of these ceremonies is sorta bent to couples wills and what they want. There is a lotta information about wedding type ceremonies butfor us this will be an engagement perios before are official plans to be married.
2007-01-03 16:51:02 · 10 answers · asked by Redhead with love 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Congratulations! I will give you some links that may help you with ideas of what to include. Most are geared towards legal handfastings but you can adapt it to your wishes. Also, this is the best book I found on the subject: "Handfasting & Wedding Rituals: Welcoming Hera's Blessing" by Raven Kaldera and Tannin Schwarzstein. Another idea is to contact a local Priest/Priestess to see if they have any ideas (even if you don't want anyone officiating, they may be able to give you ideas). The priestess who officiated at our handfasting sent up a mini-book of all of the services she had performed for people who gave permission to share their vows (not their names) with others. For a local clergy:
http://www.witchvox.com/vn/vn_index/xclergy.html
Links on handfastings:
http://www.witch-crafted.com/wed.htm
http://www.handfasting.info/index.html
http://ladyoftheearth.com/handfasting/handfasting.html
http://www.circlesanctuary.org/events/weddings.html
http://home.kc.rr.com/gemstone/weddings.html
2007-01-03 23:43:16 · answer #1 · answered by Witchy 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Okay, so this is not a wedding, but an engagement ceremony commiting yourselves to one another. Am I correct? If so, that is a sweet thing to do, but if you are speaking of marriage, you might want to check the laws in your state. I don't know of any U.S. states that allow you to marry without having someone who is authorized to perform a marriage ceremony.
2007-01-03 17:09:16 · answer #2 · answered by Junkyard DOG 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Please not that unless you live in a commonlaw state, you will not be legally married in the US.
That aside..congratulations!
You can do whatever is symbolic for you. You can have a teacher of your religion, whatever it may be, speak for oyu, you can write vows and recite them, you can exchange home made t-shirts...whatever expresses your love for eachother best is what should be done.
It isn't a legal or documented ceremony, and that just means that you don't have any rules to go under and can do whatever you like. Have fun with it!
Good luck.
2007-01-03 16:57:49 · answer #3 · answered by Kat Hopkins 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your right it is pretty much open to what you want to do. If it's private I would do a simple love ritual and incorporate a poem confessing each other's love. Use passion and love colors incense and such. Good Luck congrats and Blessed Be!
2007-01-03 17:00:17 · answer #4 · answered by Timothy S 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I read something about that in a very good book about the Wicca religion and practice. Go to the library and look it up. Or look on the net.
2007-01-03 16:56:59 · answer #5 · answered by tonks_op 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As long as it's meaningful to you too, you can do whatever you want. The right procedure is being honest and truthful about what you are willing to commit to each other and saying it in earnest.
2007-01-03 16:55:11 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
there are several websites you can look through, if you cant find one what about a humanist wedding? me an my partner were thinking about one but decided to get that lil peice of paper instead..
2016-05-23 01:38:38 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Is it ok that I'm still laughing at this question?
2007-01-03 16:59:10 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
Will you guys be naked?
2007-01-03 17:02:46 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
whatever
2007-01-03 16:54:25 · answer #10 · answered by Dr. Brooke 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋