Ancient Celtic Weddings
The
Celts believed marriage was more than an agreement between two
people. Rather, it was effective on three levels;
- The individual
- The social
and
- The spiritual
Celtic Ceremonies are drawn from the culture of the original inhabitants of the British
Isles before invasions by the Danes, Angles, Saxons, and finally the Normans. However, it should be noted those races also practiced handfasting.

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Traditional
rituals used in both the Complex & Simplified Celtic ceremony include:
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| Celebrant Philip performing a Celtic wedding while dressed as a Celtic Bard. |
Additional elements used in the complex Celtic ceremony
These ceremonies are based upon the early days of the Celtic Church (not to be confused with the rival and diametrically opposed Roman Church ). These were the days when the Legend of the Holy grail and of Arthurian times came into being.
Length of Ceremony
The simplified
ceremony takes about 30 minutes.
The complex ceremony takes about 55 minutes.
Assortments in between are welcome.
The Complex Ancient Celtic ceremony is deeply spiritual, replete with some quite extraordinarily emotional and spiritual components. This normally runs for about 50-55 minutes and is a real ceremony. I will travel any where in Australia to perform this ceremony, it is emotionally stunning.
We want Philip dressed in kilt, not as a Celtic Bard?
Yes, Philip will wear his kilt and modify the ceremony accordingly, but on one condition......
You must engage a piper. After all, what's a flag pole without a flag? Looks odd doesn't it?

Call me at
philip.greentree |
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| Nick & Skye's ancient Celtic wedding at Sydney University with celebrant Philip wearing his Bard's gown. |
Pagan
Ceremonies
What is a pagan ceremony?
Put
simply, the term was originally used by Romans to describe any culture from outside the Roman empire as pagan. With the advent of the Roman Church, the term was corrupted to mean any one not of Roman Christianity.
As far as Rome was concerned, Gnostic Christians, Druids, Jews, you name it, were
ALL pagans, but the most hated and despised in the eyes of Rome were the Gnostics; after all, they (and not Rome) were the keepers of the true secret.
The
ceremony itself is very similar to an ancient Celtic ceremony and handfasting is integral to the ceremony.

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from Port Stephens?
For
the Druids and their Celtic flock, when Christianity came to the British Isles,
it was the spiritual, Nasorean form, which they took up because of its remarkable similarity to Druidism. However,
Rome first sought to wipe the Druids of the face of the earth at the point of a sword during its military occupation of Britian.
Then, some 400-500 years later in its "rebadged form", with its brutally enforced Pauline form of Christianity, it tragically won the intellectual battle
in the 6th-7th Centuries AD and the days of the Druids were over for good.
Earth Centred Ceremonies
The
earth-centred ceremony is effectively an Ancient Celtic ceremony, its derivation
being from the Celtic culture and lore even in Europe.
The
Celts were spiritually "bonded" to their environment and very much in
tune with it, unlike today, where we seek to destroy the environment, and eventually,
the earth as we know it. We justify this in the name of keeping the economy going!
Medieval
Medieval weddings, are arguably in two formats - the conventional Christian based, or Celtic based ceremony which Celebrant Philip performs.
The use of trumpets
and cymbal bands can provide and very special effect.
Medieval
weddings can enable you to be very different, especially in design and delivery
of your invitation etc.

You can use the traditional canopy
to "walk" the bride in beneath it, then use it for the actual ceremony
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| The days of the Celtic Church were the days of Arthurian and Grail legends. They gave rise to some wonderful rituals that are celebrated in various of Philip's ceremonies. |
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