Handfasting

by Anna Franklin

‘Tying the knot’, ‘getting hitched’ and ‘joining hands in marriage’ – all common terms for marriage and all originating in customs going back centuries and linked to the old Anglo-Saxon custom of handfasting (literally, the shaking of hands over a contract).

From designing the ritual to choosing wedding garb and rings and making the perfect passion punch, Anna Franklin’s Handfasting offers a wealth of wedding lore and marriage customs from around the world, including blessings, traditional herb crafts and recipe ideas. Anna shows you how to infuse these treasures of the past into your own modern wedding day ceremony to add fun, uniqueness and lasting meaning into your special day,

Anna Franklin is the author of many books on Paganism including the Sacred Circle Tarot (Llewellyn), Working With Fairies (Career Press), Pagan Ritual (Lear) and Herb Craft (Capall Bann).

152 pages, Kindle Edition

First published June 27, 2009

About the author

Anna Franklin is a Pagan priestess author and illustrator who writes about Paganism, herb cunning, the Craft, and tarot. She runs the Hearth of Arianrhod, which offers an Open Circle, courses, small local Pagan camps and the large Mercian Gathering. Anna lives in an English village with her partner John, their cats and chickens.