HP: "Be here with us, O Powers of the Air!

With your clever fingers, tie closely the bonds between these two!

Be with us here, O powers of Fire!

Give their love and passion

Your all-consuming ardor!

Be with us here, O Powers of Water!

Give them the deepest of love

And richness of body & soul, and of the spirit!

Be with us here, O Powers of Earth!

Let your strength, and your constancy

be theirs as long as they desire to remain together!

Gracious Goddess, Mighty God!

Give to these before us, we do ask,

Your love & protection!

Blessed Be!"

*Turning to the groom*

" If you truly desire, O ______ (name here)

To marry this woman, I bid you present her

your blade of power.

Pledge your weapon to her,

Unfailingly ever to be at her service."

*The groom, offering his sword* * or whatever *

"Gracious and lovely one,

Accept my pledge of love for thee.

I pledge my sword, as I pledge my soul,

ever to be in your service.

Like this blade shall my love be strong,

Like this steel shall my love be enduring.

Accept it, O beloved one,

For that which is mine, shall also be yours."

*The bride takes the "sword" in her hands, and touches it to her forehead, then returns it to him saying:

"My Lord, I accept your pledge of love.

As I do accept the pledge of your blade.

Thou knowest what is in my heart,

As I know what is in thine.

The Magick of my will, and of my love

Shall ever be yours."

HP: *to the bride*

"If thou dost truly desire, O _____ *Her name*

to marry this man, I bid you present to him

a jewel of great value, as a token of the love

that you have for him."

*The bride, kneeling, takes the jewel from her gown, and holding it out to him, saying:

"Thou who art handsome and strong,

Accept my jewel, my treasure, as a pledge

that all that I am, and all that I possess

shall be yours.

My love shall ever endure, and shall flourish

as the vine and the tree."

*The groom taking the jewel and touching it to his forehead replies*

"My lady, I accept your pledge of love

As I do accept the pledge of your jewel.

Thou knowest what is in my heart,

As I know what is in thine.

All which I have now, or shall have,

shall ever be yours."

HP: taking athame over the head of the bride

"Thou shall be the star that rises from the sea,

the twighlight sea.

Thou shall bring a man dreams to rule his destiny.

Thou shall bring the moon-tides to the soul of a man,

The tides that flow and ebb, and flow again,

The magick that moves in the moon and the sea;

Those are thy secret, and they belong to thee.

Thou art the Eternal Woman, thou art she...

The tides of all men's souls belong unto thee.

Isis in heaven, on earth, Persephone,

Diana of the Moon and Hecate, Veiled Isis,

Aphrodite from the sea,

All these thou art, and they are seen in thee."

HP * to the groom*

"In thee may the Lord of the Forests return to earth again;

Hear the ancient call, and show thyself to men.

Shepherd of wild things, upon the wild hills way,

Lead thy lost flock from darkness unto day.

Forgotten are the ways of sleep and of night;

Men seek for them whose eyes have lost the light.

Open the door, the door that hath no key...

The door of dreams whereby men come unto thee.

Shepherd of wild things, may you be one with him be!"

HP: with the rings, to be blessed.

"Above you are the stars, below you are the stones.

As time passes, remember...

Like a star should your love be constant,

Like the earth should your love be firm.

Possess one another, yet be understanding.

Have patience with each other,

For storms will come, and they will go quickly.

Be free in giving of affection and of warmth.

Have no fear, and let not the ways or words of the

Unenlightened give you unease.

For the Old Gods are with you,

Now and always!"

*Exchange of rings, and personal vows exchanged here* (and I'd be tying

the hands together here*

*Each repeats in turn:

"In the name of the Triple Goddess

I pledge thee my troth

To love and to cherish thee through all lifetimes,

For even if our paths should later diverge,

Yet will I always be thy true friend,

To love thee and lend thee aid and protection

By the power of the starry mill of heaven,

Beyond the imaginable reaches of time and knowledge!"

HP:

"Then as the Goddess, the God and the Old Ones

are witness to this rite

I now proclaim you man and wife!

Thus are thy hands fasted...

The two are one

The work of joy is done,