Copyrighted by Lorna Tedder. Originally published in Third Degree of Separation.
I started off the mundane New Year with a wedding—one I wrote (channeled?) and conducted. Yes, my first ever as a High Priestess.
It was also the most unusual wedding I’ve ever been to. Probably because most weddings don’t include a blood ritual, but hey, that’s what the bride and groom wanted.
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The couple didn’t want a regular wedding. They wanted a spiritual blending, a binding of their souls to one another—not just for this lifetime, but forevermore. Not “until death do us part,” but for all lifetimes to come.
I had serious reservations about a binding of this sort and their motivations, but after much prayer, I was told, “Give them what they’ve asked for.” I was told to stay neutral, told not to judge, told to make it so for them. And then leave immediately. I made certain they understood the ramifications and the seriousness of their vows and gave them three chances to back out. They said they understood; they didn’t back out. Me, I felt totally Zenned out the whole time.
I don’t think I’ve felt such a strong and persistent level of Spirit present since my Third Degree Elevation. The guests were wrapped in blankets, but my hair was damp with perspiration from the energy surge. Almost three solid hours of energy zapping through me—from the time I arrived and started creating sacred space until I pronounced the binding done.
The ritual itself was somewhere between a handfasting and an initiation, with the two of them taking their vows to be bound not to the Gods but to each other. I’m not sure I would have the guts to do that—I’d have to be damned sure I loved a man unconditionally before making that kind of vow because it’s far more serious than a legal marriage. And yes, I know full well that it is indeed better to rush upon the blade than to enter such a union with fear or doubt in the heart, but rather in perfect love and perfect trust.
As for the blood oaths they took to each other, I’m thinking that all weddings should include them. Really! I’ve been to wedding receptions where the bride and groom crammed wedding cake in each other’s mouths and smeared icing on each other’s faces in what sometimes seemed rather mean-spirited. But give a couple a sharp instrument? Woohoo! Let the fun begin!
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