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Handfasting Books

Here are some books for wedding planning, rituals, etc. If you don't see what you want, feel free to use the amazon search box below. Some of the books are under other topics are not "specifically" on handfasting, but other related issues that I received requests for information on.

 

Topics:

• General Handfasting
• Cook Books
• Polyamory, Group Marriage, 
  Open Relationships, Non-Monogoamy
• Medieval & Theme
• Specifically Lesbian, Gay, Bi, Trans
• Pagan Rites

General Handfasting

• Magickal Weddings: Pagan Handfasting Traditions for Your Sacred Union by Joy Ferguson
• Handfasted and Heartjoined : Rituals for Uniting a Couple's Hearts and Lives by Maeve, Lady Rhea
• How to Have the Wedding You Want (Not the One Everybody Else Wants You to Have) by Danielle Claro
• Alternative Weddings Recommended! An Essential Guide for Creating Your Own Ceremony by Jane Ross-MacDonald
• The Knot Guide to Wedding Vows and Traditions: Readings, Rituals, Music, Dances, Speeches, and Toasts - It does have some handfastings, an Afro-centric, a Wiccan and an Egyptian + some other useful stuff.
• The Ultimate Wedding/Ceremony Workbook For The 'Planning-Impaired'
• Weddings by Design: A Guide to the Non-Traditional Ceremony
• Your Wedding Your Way
• Anti-Bride Guide : Tying the Knot Outside the Box
• Green Weddings That Don't Cost the Earth
• Into the Garden : A Wedding Anthology by Robert Hass (Editor), Stephen Mitchell (Editor) -source of possible readings.

Cook Books

The two witchy cookbooks below are great! I use Telesco's recipes often. Wood's book also contains medieval recipes. The remaining cookbooks are primarily feasting and medieval in nature.

• The Wicca Cookbook: Recipes, Ritual, and Lore by Jamie Wood, Tara Seefeldt
• A Kitchen Witch's Cookbook
• The Medieval Cookbook
• Fabulous Feasts: Medieval Cookery and Ceremony
• The Medieval Kitchen: from France and Italy .
• Pleyn Delit: Medieval Cookery for Modern Cooks

Polyamory, Group Marriage, Open Relationships, Non-Monogoamy

• The Ethical Slut: A Guide to Infinite Possibilities by Dossie Easton, Catherine A. Liszt
• Three in Love : Menages a Trois from Ancient to Modern Times
• Polyamory: The New Love Without Limits : Secrets of Sustainable Intimate Relationships by Deborah M, Dr. Anapol
• Open Marriage: A New Life Style for Couples by Nena O'Neill, George O'Neill
• The Lesbian Polyamory Reader: Open Relationships, Non-Monogamy, and Casual Sex
• The New Intimacy: Open-Ended Marriage and Alternative Lifestyles

Medieval & Theme Weddings

• Medieval Celebrations: How to Plan for Holidays, Weddings, and Reenactments With Recipes, Customs, Costumes, Decorations, Songs, Dances, and Games
• Storybook Weddings: A Guide to Fun and Romantic Theme Weddings
• The Traditional Irish Wedding by Bridget Haggerty
• Scottish Tartan Weddings: A Practical Guidebook (Weddings/Marriage) by Eric Merrill Budd -I haven't read this, but I heard from a friend that it includes same-sex unions.
• Irish Wedding Traditions: Using Your Irish Heritage to Create the Perfect Wedding by Shannon McMahon-Lichte

Specifically Lesbian, Gay, Bi and Trans

• The Essential Guide to Lesbian and Gay Weddings
• A Legal Guide for Lesbian and Gay Couples (10th Ed)
• Cassell's Encyclopedia of Queer Myth, Symbol and Spirit : Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Lore .

• The Wiccan Book of Ceremonies and Rituals by Patricia Telesco
• Rites of Passage : The Pagan Wheel of Life (Llewellyn's Practical Magick Series)by Pauline Campanelli, Dan Campanelli (Illustrator)
• Celebrating Times of Change: A Wiccan Book of Shadows for Family and Coven Growth by Stanley J. A. Modrzyk
• A Bard's Book of Pagan Songs: Stories and Music from the Celtic World by Hugin the Bard
• Magical Rites from the Crystal Well by Ed Fitch
• A Book of Pagan Rituals by Herman Slater