Comments on: Wow, A New Post http://swainwodening.wordpress.com/2011/09/01/wow-a-new-post/ Musings on Theodism and Germanic Heathenry in General. Fri, 10 May 2013 13:24:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Swain Wodening http://swainwodening.wordpress.com/2011/09/01/wow-a-new-post/comment-page-1/#comment-272 Fri, 09 Sep 2011 16:09:27 +0000 http://swainblog.englatheod.org/?p=849#comment-272 Wassail Isearn!

I think I have already covered weddings, so I do not know if another post on the topic is in me. I will mull it over though and see if I can come up with something. Right now, I am working on a post called "What is a god?" I am hoping it will turn out well. Right now, I am just thinking it out.

]]> By: Isearn Sigeric http://swainwodening.wordpress.com/2011/09/01/wow-a-new-post/comment-page-1/#comment-271 Fri, 02 Sep 2011 12:00:09 +0000 http://swainblog.englatheod.org/?p=849#comment-271 Good to hear from you, Swain! I might suggest the topic of the Heathen Wedding. In a couple weeks, I will be officiating my second wedding this year. I’m registered with Universal Life Church, which as some of you may know provides ministerial credentials recognized throughout the United States. Although it’s possible to become registered in one’s home state through a Heathen organization, the process may be lengthy if your organization is not already recognized by the state. ULC is mostly about providing those ministerial credentials. They don’t impose or even suggest any dogma. They don’t require anything but a little money to join. It’s about as easy as becoming registered on WordPress.

So, I’d like to hear more about heathen weddings. I liked what you had to say in your new book, _Family Rites for the Germanic Heathen._ Perhaps you could we could all chime in and share some of our specific experiences with regard to a ritual that is second only to a funeral in its sacredness among the Þéod. At the one I did last April, I persuaded the couple (who are Neopagan, not Þéodisc) to include an ancestor altar, which stood behind the main altar with photographs of ancestors and m?gen who have passed on. They did not exchange a bride-price or do a land-taking, but celebrated with a feast and an informal symbel (not so named). Anyone else like to share their Heathen wedding experiences?

Isearn

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