Handfasting Vows
from "Women's Medecine Ways - Cross-cultural Rites of Passage"
by Marcia Starck

I, _______________, take you, ________________, in marriage;
To be my life partner;
To walk, run, and dance this new path together;
To love, care and share;
To let the winds dance between us;
Let the fires burn within us;
And the waters flow through us;
On our sacred journey together.

With this ring may a new consciousness begin;
With this ring I thee wed;
With my hearts' faithful affections,
And my love to you,__________________.