Llewellyn's 2015 Witches' Companion by Llewellyn

Author:Llewellyn
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: calendar, calendars, witch, witches, wicca, pagan, witch's calendar, witches calendar, witch calendar
Publisher: Llewellyn Worldwide, LTD.
Published: 2014-06-05T00:00:00+00:00

In writing this, I am assuming that you are in the broom closet, and the ceremony isn’t Wiccan for that reason. This might not be true. If you are open about your religion, you will have a wider variety of options than those I’m about to proffer. The rest of this article presents ways of incorporating a Wiccan flavor discreetly into a ceremony, in such a way as to prevent your guests from understanding these elements are Pagan while still going a long way toward satisfying your own Pagan soul.

Can the Gods be made present in your ceremony? Discreet references to Mother Nature, to the light of the Sun and Moon, to the protective blanket of the Sky, can potentially be worked into homilies or be present in carefully selected readings.

Readings in general give you the opportunity to select Craft-related poetry or statements. Ed Fitch (cited earlier) has several beautiful readings in his handfasting ceremony, one of which I read (slightly edited) at one of my sisters’ weddings. Pieces that you have used in ritual can be meaningful to you while not alarming your guests.

Unity ceremonies are trendy now—people use candles, sand, salt, corn, or wine, blending two separate things into one, to symbolize the uniting of lives and families. You can easily incorporate something like this in a way that reflects your Pagan values. Because of this trend, wedding guests have become accustomed to the introduction of additional ritual elements into ceremonies that are otherwise conventional.

Handfasting itself is not out of the question, especially if you have Celtic heritage. You can explain it as an old Celtic marriage custom.

The four elements (or five, if that’s how you work) can be incorporated into your ceremony as well, and would not be jarring. Earth, Air, Fire, and Water are so much a part of Western heritage that it will sound, even to the uninitiated, completely ordinary or a little New Agey.

Finally, you may be able to imbue your wedding ceremony with steps from Wiccan ritual that can be pulled out of context—because sometimes, context is universal. For example, asking your guests to close their eyes and visualize is both universal and very Pagan.

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