Wedding Ceremonies
Weddings
Short Wedding Ceremony
By Rev. Jon G. Kelvey
2004-11-30
Hello and welcome! We have been invited here today to share in the joy of _______ and _______ as they unite in the sanctity of marriage. They are taking the first step into a new beginning, a new era: their life together. We are here to witness the subtle and enveloping currents of love and devotion that have brought them together here in this life. We are here for a ceremony, sacred, formal celebration and formulation of something beautiful and intangible. It is idea made manifest, it is experiential poetry in full bloom.
We live in a very mundane and profane society, one where the culture of convenience has pushed the ceremony and reverence out of everyday life. Where once simple acts like gathering water held a certain solemnity and at every step of life there was a right of passage, now find the bastions of the sacred pushed back into the corners of our lives. This, in a way, makes the ceremony that much more powerful to us today, as we only experience it a few times throughout our lives. These remaining scared spaces are the head cornerstones of our lives architecture; they uphold and mark the bridges over which we must pass on our walk of life.
Of these defining experiences, there is one that we find throughout all history and across all cultural boundaries. That is, the experience of marriage. Marriage must certainly stand as one of the biggest events in our lives, right up there with birth and death. Few of you were there at your arrival, and even fewer of you will attend your own funeral.
Wedding
Wiccan, Shamanic & Druid Ceremony
By Rev. Jim and his Wife
2004-12-29
Circle will be erected before guests arrive and will be outlined with flowers.
On the altar there will be four quarter candles, Goddess and God candles, unity candles, incense, 3 chalices with wine and cakes, wand, pentagram.
Person 1 (will light incense and all candles EXCEPT the unity candle)
Person 1 (will sweep x 3 and place broom at the door.)
Person 2 (will ring bell x 3 and summon)
Come ye who are light of heart,
The celebration is about to start.
Come to the Northeast and wait,
For the Priestess to guide you
through the gate. Let your smiles
be merry, let your worries be still
And let none be here, but of their
own free will.
(Cast and Admit)
(Cleanse circle with elements while singing:)
Earth our body
Earth our body
Water our blood
Air our breath and
Fire our spirit
Repeat until back at your quarter
(Four Quarters we will be invoked Each Quarter will offer milk cake and mead)
East: Person 3
South: Person 4
West: Person 5
North: Person 6
East: Playful Dryads we call to thee,
come frolic with us lighthearted Sidhe(she) come sing to the tune of your homeland as we join together this woman and man.
South: Bright Geancanoch (Gan-chan-ock) we call to thee, come play with us mischivious Sidhe (she), come dance to the tune of your homeland as we join together this woman and man.
West: Brave Tuatha de Danann (Too-ah-day-Thay-nan) we call to thee come rest with us trooping Sidhe(she), come tap your toes to the tune of your homeland
as we join together this woman and man.
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