The Sacred Hearth

The following chants can be chanted around the circlei before or after the wedding or handfastingi rite begins or during a procession.

In our time of joy and plenty
We will celebrate together
In our time of pain and fear
We will comfort one another.

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The you travel
Has brought you to this pace
Alone you have entered
Together you leave
Hymenaiea
See these two are now one

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When and where you are
Then and there I am

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The following is a processional hymeneal chant. The men and women gather separately some distance from the rituali area and begin their song as they process toward the sacred spacei.

Women: We are waiting for the bridegroom to come and claim his bride
Alli: Hymen Hyenaeia
Men: The bridegroom he is coming and we travel at his side
All: Hymen Hyenaeia
Women: Oh I travel to the grove, to find the one I love
All: Hymen Hyenaeia
Men: We are coming to the grove we hold our torches high above
All: Hymen Hyenaeia
(The verses repeat until one group reaches the sacred space. Then whichever group arrives first sings as follows.)
Women: The bride she has arrived at the place that was agreed.
All: Hymen Hyenaeia
Men: The bridegroom has arrived at the place that was agreed
All: Hymen Hyenaeia