Weddings from the Heart: Contemporary and Traditional Ceremonies for an Unforgettable Wedding (Wedding Gifts for Couples, Wedding Preparation Gifts, Gifts for Women) - Softcover

Kingma, Daphne Rose

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1573248614 ISBN 13: 9781573248617

Publisher: Conari Press, 2002

Synopsis

Weddings from the Heart offers five complete new ceremonies, the texts of traditional Christian and civil ceremonies, and hundreds of vows, consecrations, and blessings. Includes more than fifty heartwarming, philosophical, and poetic readings on love from a wide range of writers and poets such as Pablo Neruda, Rainer Maria Rilke, Shakespeare, and Elizabeth Barret Browning.

About this title

About the Author:

Daphne Rose Kingma is a psychotherapist, lecturer, and workshop leader. She is the bestselling author of Coming Apart and many other books on love and relationships, and has been a frequent guest on Oprah.

Review:

With its combination of contemporary and traditional ceremonies, as well as suggestions for vows, readings and extra special touches, Weddings From the Heart will help any couple understand the meaning behind the wedding ceremony and create the most exquisite ceremony possible. Movingly written in Daphne Kingma's warm and intimate style, Weddings From the Heart offers five complete ceremonies: one that emphasizes the psychological dimensions of love; one for the previously married; one that celebrates the joy of finding soul mate; a ceremony for people in recovery; and a ceremony that focuses on the spiritual commitment of marriage, as well as the texts of traditional Christian and civil ceremonies and hundreds of vows, consecrations, and blessings of the rings from traditions around the world. Weddings From the Heart also contains more than fifty heartwarming, philosophical and poetic readings on love from a wide range of writers and poets, including Pablo Neruda, E. E. Cummings, Rainer Maria Rilke, Shakespeare, Shelley, and Elizabeth Barret Browning. Also included are step-by-step suggestions on how to put together your own ceremony and a multitude of ideas on how to deepen the experience both for the couple and the guests. -- Midwest Book Review

About this edition

• Publisher: Conari Press
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 1573248614
• ISBN 13: 9781573248617
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 198