eBOOK REVIEW - Magical Bride: Craft an Interfaith Wedding for a Goddess
Mike
Danaan © 2009 Wyrdwood Publications eISBN: WYRDWOOD-0017 e-Book
194 pages $6.99 (U.S.)
As a member of the Craft, and as a reviewer, I have read a lot of
information on how to create a handfasting and/or an interfaith
ceremony. Almost all of them have concentrated on the symbols
involved and the writing and performance of the ceremony itself. It
would be fair to say that I expected more of the same from this book.
I WAS WRONG.
That’s not to say that this type of information isn’t included,
because it certainly is. It’s just that this offering is AT LEAST as
concerned with the nuts and bolts of a wedding – finding appropriate
(for the individual) attire , setting budgets, locating the ideal site
for the ceremony, and all the rest of the details that will make or
break your memories of this wonderful day.
By the time I was half-way through the book I had only encountered a
few pages on the meanings of colors, stones and metals. And most of
that was couched in thoroughly mundane terms. This truly is a book
which is appropriate for the bride- or groom-to-be at every level of
Craft knowledge, from merely supporting you new spouse in their path
to full-blown initiate.
Clea provides some very basic information on deities associated with
marriage and family life scattered throughout the book. Each box of
information is kept short and very general. Again, the idea is to be
appealing to the widest possible readership.
This book is aimed at real world brides and grooms. Amongst the best
advice she gives is to be organized (even though she admits to her own
shortcomings as time grew short for her own ceremony) in your planning
and to remember to have fun and be realistic (i.e., keep you expenses
to a reasonable level. There is no reason to start a new life deeply
in debt).
It is about making your guests comfortable as they share your big
day. Your dear Aunt Martha and Uncle Tom may be good Methodists, but
there are ways to help them appreciate why you chose THAT particular
candle color, or why you chose a song including names from Greek
mythology without compromising your own beliefs. By the same token,
your coven-mates need not feel they have been forced to endure
something which causes shivers. You can be inclusive and
accommodating without compromise if you follow some of the suggestions
put forth in this book.
If you have a wedding, handfasting, or commitment ceremony of any kind
coming up, this inexpensive little offering is well worth the price.
In fact, it is worth far more than its price, if only for the common
sense reminders contained within it.
Evergreen
> Magical Bride: Craft an Interfaith Wedding for a Goddess by Clea
> 194 pages $6.99 (U.S.)
>
> As a member of the Craft,
Which means that you can do a bunch of theatrical rituals created
by amateur scholars from snippets of history, legend, and myth, that
accomplish nothing besides an evening's entertainment and reinforcing
the delusion that you are a real magician.
[delete]
Sid
--
Sidney Lambe
Wiccan Priest and Apprentice Magician
http://tinyurl.com/7vs9zb
usenet4444 (at) gmail (dot) com
Sizzle Flambé
> > As a member of the Craft,
>
> accomplish nothing besides ... reinforcing the delusion that you
> are a real magician. ...
> --
> Sidney Lambe
> Wiccan Priest and Apprentice Magician
Ye Sin, Bedlam.
Pete (aka: Farts In Circles)
> Mike <gleason.m...@comcast.net> wrote:
> > Magical Bride: Craft an Interfaith Wedding for a Goddess by Clea
> > Danaan =A9 2009 Wyrdwood Publications eISBN: WYRDWOOD-0017 e-Book
> > 194 pages $6.99 (U.S.)
>
> > As a member of the Craft,
>
> Which means that you can do a bunch of theatrical rituals created
> by amateur scholars from snippets of history, legend, and myth, that
> accomplish nothing besides an evening's entertainment and reinforcing
> the delusion that you are a real magician.
>
> [delete]
>
> Sid
>
> --
> Sidney Lambe
> usenet4444 (at) gmail (dot) com
Sid, you flaming twat waffle! If you can't say anything worthwhile,
you have my personal invitation to SHUT THE FUCK UP!
You are the asshole who just HAS to say something negative about
EVERYONE and EVERYTHING!
Somebody posts something useful in here and your whiny, bitchy,
degrading, negatively charged ass must spew forth!
Well, let me clue you in, NOBODY WANTS TO HEAR IT!
Why don't you go do something productive, like play in TRAFFIC!
Sizzle Flambé
Don't feed the troll.
storm
> Pete: Angry responses feed the troll.
>
> Don't feed the troll.
Any response feeds the troll. Please do not feed the troll
yourself. ;-)
-storm
sarchasm
> "Sizzle Flamb� <sizzle.fla...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Pete: Angry responses feed the troll.
>
> Don't feed the troll.
>
>Any response feeds the troll. Please do not feed the troll yourself. ;-)
>-storm
>
Please continue to feed that troll until his ass becomes even larger and he
is unable to squeeze through the door.
Sizzle Flambé
> Trolls hide their identities.
-- "Sidney Lambe", aka "Alan Connor", "Tom Newton", "Bruce Burhans",
"Farley Benn", "Tom Littlefoot", "David I. Raines", "Alexander
Mulligan",
et disreputable alia.
ardad...@gmail.com
So why are you hiding your identity the Mr McGrath? Oh yeah, coz your
a troll
Pete (aka: Farts In Circles)
Wait,
are you saying Sid is really this McGrath fellow?
Sizzle Flambé
<lordtrac...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Wait,
> are you saying Sid is really this McGrath fellow?
ardadmin has to date accused almost everyone on alt.religion.druid
of being a sockpuppet of McGrath.
to be fair, McGrath has accused almost everyone on alt.religion.druid
of being a sockpuppet of Con Connor.
d'ye recall the death struggle in a star trek episode of the two
aliens
who were each black on one side and white on the other (opposite
sides)? "let that be your last battlefield". there's McGrath/Connor.
Pete (aka: Farts In Circles)
Ahhhh yes,
I know the episode well.
A fine example. :-D