Modern Handfasting
A Complete Guide to the Magic of Pagan Weddings
Published on 8. November 2021
Book
Paperback/Softback
336 pages
978-0-7387-6658-4 (ISBN)
Description
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.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Minnesota
United States
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 227 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 17 mm
Weight
378 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7387-6658-4 (9780738766584)
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E-Book
05/2025
Llewellyn Publications
€19.25
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Person
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.
Content
Contents
Prologue xi
Introduction 1
Part One: Understanding Handfasting
Chapter One: The History of Handfasting 7
Chapter Two: The Legality of Handfasting 19
Chapter Three: Things to Consider 27
Chapter Four: When to Get Handfasted: The Wheel of the Year 43
Chapter Five: The Ceremony 55
Chapter Six: Writing Your Vows 75
Chapter Seven: What You Will Need 81
Chapter Eight: Etiquette, Ethics, and When Things Go Wrong 95
Chapter Nine: Let's Get This Party Started! 115
Part Two: Correspondences and Magic
Chapter Ten: Magic for Unity 131
Chapter Eleven: Deities of Love and Marriage 157
Chapter Twelve: The Language of Flowers 183
Chapter Thirteen: Herbs for Handfasting 195
Chapter Fourteen: The Ogham Trees and Handfasting 203
Conclusion 211
Resources 213
Bibliography 215
Prologue xi
Introduction 1
Part One: Understanding Handfasting
Chapter One: The History of Handfasting 7
Chapter Two: The Legality of Handfasting 19
Chapter Three: Things to Consider 27
Chapter Four: When to Get Handfasted: The Wheel of the Year 43
Chapter Five: The Ceremony 55
Chapter Six: Writing Your Vows 75
Chapter Seven: What You Will Need 81
Chapter Eight: Etiquette, Ethics, and When Things Go Wrong 95
Chapter Nine: Let's Get This Party Started! 115
Part Two: Correspondences and Magic
Chapter Ten: Magic for Unity 131
Chapter Eleven: Deities of Love and Marriage 157
Chapter Twelve: The Language of Flowers 183
Chapter Thirteen: Herbs for Handfasting 195
Chapter Fourteen: The Ogham Trees and Handfasting 203
Conclusion 211
Resources 213
Bibliography 215