Stella sat the robe on a chair and sat the chest down on the floor. She then went to the wardrobe and pulled out a quilt, candles and a leather bound book about 4 inches thick. The quilt was thick and was more than large enough to fit a king sized bed and was purple and had a yellow Wiccan star in the middle and runes which he didn’t understand on each four corner.
Stella then placed the candles around the blanket in a circle then explained to Phillip what was going on. She told him that since he was the man of the house, they were on equal footing but she wanted it to be something more special.
She explained the “Joining Ceremony” and that they would be bound together physically, mentally emotionally and spiritually, and from now on they would live essentially as man and wife.
She did point out, however, that in the eyes of the law, they would not be recognized as married because of what she explained was society’s outdated and unenlightened taboo on incest. Yet in their hearts, minds, souls, and spirits, it didn’t matter, because they were bound by a higher mystical power, truly one with the universe, a bond which transcended normal boundaries.
After explaining everything that was involved and what it meant, she asked Phillip if he wanted to proceed with the ceremony and be united together as husband and wife in the mystical and spiritual sense. Phillip gladly and delightfully agreed and consented.
“Arise my beloved,” Stella said in a matronly tone to which Phillip stood up. She then led Phillip over to the quilt and told him where to stand. She then unclasped her cloak from the top and allowed it to fall to the floor and began the ceremony.
“Do you Phillip, willingly pledge your body, mind, soul, and spirit with mine as I, Stella, do to you, to be one with me as I shall be one with you, and together we shall be bound together with the Holy Mother Eden and live together as for all eternity?”
“I do my beloved Stella,” Phillip replied with a smile.
“Then my beloved,” Stella added, “at the close of this ceremony may we forever be bound together with each other and the Most Holy Mother Eden. Now kneel before the me and the Most Blessed Mother to receive the emblem of unity and complete the ritual of joining.”
Stella then removed the necklace which she was wearing and placed it around Phillip’s neck, It was a two inch golden Ankh on a golden chain with a small diamond shaped amethyst stone in the middle. The stone was brilliant and looked like it had a starburst inside.
Stella opened the leather bound book and began reciting her oath to Phillip. “With this blessed and sacred amulet, I pledge my sacred eternal love to thee, I give thee my mind body soul and spirit, to live with thee as my eternal partner for all eternity.”
Without having to be told Phillip instinctively knew what to say. It was like he was being led by some unseen mystical force that seemed to be permeating the room and guiding the ceremony.
“I Phillip, accept thy eternal gift of thy sacred love for me, and pledge my love to thee in return.”