Handfasting guide, includes vows, rituals, recipes and planning.
“When we are handfasted, we are man and wife for a year and a day; that space gone by, each may choose another mate, or, at their pleasure, may call the Priest to marry them for life; and this we call Handfasting.”
An altar is located near the center of the circle. It is large enough to support the marriage documents; a knife; chalice; a cloth, rope or ribbon; a small silver box and a trowel! A Broomstick is laid beside the altar. Wildflowers may be spread inside the circle. The bridal Couple stands to the East of the circle. They wear circlets of flowers. Friends and family are gathered around the circle. The presider rings a bell three times to indicate the start of the ritual and to demarcate divisions within the handfasting ceremony...
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