| Wicca is a nature-based religion that is polytheistic | | | | in reincarnation. |
| and worships divinity in both male and female forms- | | | | For a handfasting to be a legally binding wedding, a |
| God and Goddess. Wiccans revere the Earth and | | | | marriage license must be obtained, and the person |
| believe they must give to the community. Wiccans | | | | officiating must be legally able to perform wedding |
| do not believe in Satan, or "the Devil", although they | | | | ceremonies. In Florida, where I live, a notary public |
| are often accused of being Satan- worshippers. | | | | may perform a marriage. There is no "church" or set |
| A Handfasting ceremony is often referred to as a | | | | place where this ceremony must take place- it can |
| "Wiccan wedding". The ceremony may or may not | | | | be done at a gathering at a park, at a private home, |
| be legally binding, and can be for a "year and a day" | | | | in a metaphysical store with an area for meetings, or |
| (a "trial); for "as long as love lasts"; or two souls may | | | | an elaborate occasion at a formal dining hall, with a |
| be united for "the rest of this lifetime and for all | | | | meeting room used for the ceremony. |
| subsequent lifetimes to follow", since Wiccans believe | | | | |