Wicca has much in common with the other great religions: First and foremost is that we believe in acting with love and compassion toward all human beings (and creatures). We believe each person is here to walk their own path, and we will encourage them, whether their path is like ours or not. We are different from Christians in that we put our faith in life and spirit, not in a bible. Nor do we need to worship inside a church -- our church is all around us in every wild place that god has created. We believe in magick, because we see it every day.
Many Wiccan traditions have ancient Celtic (Irish/Scottish) roots. One of these is the origin of May Day. Called Beltaine by the Celts, May first was a traditional day of weddings. Men and ladies would dance around the May pole during the festivities. We chose this happy day as our wedding date.
The ceremony is known as a handfasting, because during the ceremony, the priestess binds our hands to one another with colored ribbons to symbolize our union.
Wiccan ceremonies are very personal. They are completely designed, word-by-word and action-by-action, by the participants. This personal aspect makes the ceremony a powerful one, indeed.
Because May First fell on a Thursday this year, and because of the location, no invitations were sent out for the ceremony.
Our reception was held on Saturday, and attended by over 80 guests. Thank you all for coming! We got most of you on camera, and put pictures up on the website. There will be more when we get the disposable cameras developed after Memorial Day (big developing sale then, you know!) Visit the site now, but check back in June for more.
Our honeymoon began on Sunday. We flew out to Las Vegas for three days of glitter and excitement, then drove to Sedona, Arizona, for two days. We spent a day there with Native American shaman Clay Miller. On the way back to Las Vegas we visited the Grand Canyon, then returned home on the 10th.