Saturday night, 6/21/03, we will celebrate the Pagan Summer Solstice and Honey Moon at the Inferno Bar. For those who would like to get married, please let me know via IM and I will be happy to perform the following handfasting/wedding ritual and ceremony for you:

[PRIEST]
We have come together here on the eve of the Summer Solstice and in celebration of the joining together of this Therebride and Theregroom.

Theremarriage is a bond to be entered into only after considerable thought and reflection. As with any aspect of life, it has its cycles, its ups and its downs, its trials and its triumphs. With full understanding of this,
Therebride and Theregroom have come here today to be joined as one in Theremarriage so they may drink from the cup of love filled with Honey Moon.

Others would ask, at this time, who gives the bride in marriage, but, as a woman is not property to be bought and sold, given and taken, I ask simply if she comes of her own will.

Therebride, is it true that you come of your own free will and accord?

[BRIDE]
Yes, it is true.

[PRIEST]
Please join hands with your betrothed and listen to that which I am about to say:

Above you are the stars, below you are the stones, as time doth pass, remember; Like a stone should your love be firm, like a star should your love be constant.
Let the powers of the mind and of the intellect guide you in your Theremarriage, let the strength of your wills bind you together, let the power of love and desire make you happy, and the strength of your dedication make you inseparable.

Be close, but not too close. Possess one another, yet be understanding.

Have patience with one another, for storms will come, but they will pass quickly.

Be free in giving affection and warmth. Have no fear and let not the ways of the unenlightened give you unease, for the Gods and Goddesses are with you always.

Theregroom, I have not the right to bind thee to Therebride, only you have this right. If it be your wish, say so at this time and place your ring in her hand.

[GROOM]
It is my wish.

[PRIEST]
Therebride, I have not the right to bind thee to Theregroom only you have this right. If it be your wish, say so at this time.

[BRIDE]
It is my wish.

[PRIEST]
It shall be so, as you both wish. May you drink your fill from the cup of love that we know as Honey Moon.

By the power vested in me by Gods and Goddesses, I now pronounce you Therehusband and Therewife for a year and a day. May your love so endure that its flame remains a guiding light unto you and you choose to pledge your wishes to one another again.