Welcome to Handfastings And More

 I, (full name), in the name of the Spirit of God that resides within us all, by the life that courses within my blood and the love that resides within my heart, take thee (full name) to my hand, my heart, and my spirit, to be my chosen one. To desire thee and be desired by thee, to possess thee and be possessed by thee, without sin or shame, for naught can exist in the purity of love for thee. I promise to love thee wholly and completely without restraint, in sickness and in health, in plenty and poverty, in life and beyond, where we shall meet, remember, and love again. I shall not seek to change thee in any way. I shall respect thee, thy beliefs, thy people, and thy ways as I respect myself.

This is a just a few lines of the Cord Ceremony:

Priestess/Priest: Will you share each other’s pain and seek to ease it?   

Groom & Bride: Yes   Priestess/Priest:  And so the binding is made.  

Orange cord and drapes it across their joined hands.  

Priestess/Priest:  Will both of you look for the brightness in life and the positive in each other?   

Groom & Bride: Yes   

Priestess/Priest: And so the binding is made.   

Yellow cord and drapes it across their joined hands.  

May the blessings of all the world descend on this couple:   

The blessings of Earth, the blessings of the sky, 

The blessings of the  moving ocean and  of the never-still wind.   

From the people of  stone, blessings; 

The blessings of plants and the blessings of animals; 

Of two-legged and four,  of six and eight; 

And the blessings of  the footless ones. 

From all those who  dwell on the Earth  and in it and above it, 

May blessings flow.   

There are several additions that can be added to any ceremony Such as:

Unity Candle, Sand Ceremony, or Broom/Sword/Cauldron Jumping