#handfasting

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[callsignvalhalla]

@touchstoneaf since I couldn't send a video in messages, here's this. I was meaning to text you a few days ago but it's been chaos here lol. Sirius surprised me with this video using the footage we took 🥺❤️

[dzgrizzle]

Michael Varnum and Darrell Grizzle are very happy to announce that we will be married on Saturday, April 11th, 2026, which is the 26th anniversary of the day we first met. We will have a handfasting at 4:00 pm on the beach on Tybee Island.

[twelfthsign444]

Selena Fox leads the first same-sex handfasting ceremony at Pagan Spirit Gathering in 1984.

[skinnyazn]

I made a hand-fasting cord for when my fiance and I get married! I’m so excited I can’t wait!

[witchyshitarchive]

[ratsreadingdiary]

Book 5: Modern Handfasting: a Complete Guide to the Magic of Pagan Weddings by Liz Williams (2021)

It has been a while since I had last read a nonfiction witchy book. I am fairly particular when it comes to this genre for several reasons, but as I am currently happily tasked with planning a handfasting myself, this one seemed like a good starting place. After reading it, I am happy to say that it was exactly that!

This books covers a lot. I'd say it's a good introduction to several different things without going too heavily into one specific aspect of handfasting. I particularly enjoyed the history section of the book. I also found the book to have many useful considerations when planning a handfasting that I likely wouldn't have thought of prior to reading it. That, and it is a good book to skim at times, as the selection gives it a "take what you want and read the rest" kind of reading style.

I must say that I do appreciate it when new age and pagan books bring up the topic of cultural appropriation and doing your own research before engaging with something new to you. In my own practice, I find research to be essential, so seeing this in books is always refreshing. I also appreciated that this book was in no way just hetero-normative. The language is pretty neutral, even including non-pagans who wish to have a less traditional wedding for their marriage, and where the book itself fails to give more detail it refers out to books specializing in the topic (one of which I have already purchased and am incredibly excited to read).

Ultimately, I think this was an okay starter book. I learned some new things and was able to build an idea of where I want to go next with my own planning. Not everything in the book was necessarily my cup of tea, but there is absolutely nothing wrong with that. I look forward to continuing my research on this topic though, as all in all, this book gave me some really helpful things to think about next!

Date Finished: 1/4/2026, first book of the new year!

Rating: ★★★

[thecraftywitches]

Discover the sacred Wiccan rituals of Handfasting and Handparting, guiding couples through magical unions and respectful separations under the eyes of the Gods.

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