Week 24 - 52 Rituals/Traditions in 52 Weeks - Wishing Stones

<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">The Wishing Stone Ceremony</span><br /><br /><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">The</span><span class="text"> ‘Wishing Stone' Ceremony is a wonderfully inclusive ritual to incorporate into your big day and is great for not just weddings, but any ceremony you may be considering.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span class="text">I have performed it as part of a baby naming as well as for weddings. It basically involves using small polished stones, just large enough to write a small wish on if necessary.</span><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img alt="" class="rg_hi uh_hi" data-height="199" data-width="254" height="199" id="rg_hi" src="https://encrypted-tbn1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQwD2Skcr5_ROuMt40bxyDzb-Y9qC9PFJ074c9Il7AUJcoUOXupuQ" style="height: 199px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; width: 254px;" width="254" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Photo from: Intimateweddings.com</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /> <span class="text">Usually the stones are given out by someone selected to perform the task (can be a great way of including children, by getting them to walk around and make sure everyone has a stone).<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />As the ceremony commences t<span class="text">he guests are asked to hold the stones tightly and make a loving wish for the couple’s life together. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 0.6pt; tab-stops: 288.0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.6pt;">The stones can later be collected in a vase for the couple to keep as a momento of all of the wishes their loved ones and friends made for them or each person can be invited to come forward as part of the ceremony and place their stone – making their wish for the couple, in the vase.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 0.6pt; tab-stops: 288.0pt; text-indent: -0.6pt;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 0.6pt; tab-stops: 288.0pt; text-indent: -0.6pt;"><span class="text">Each stone represents a special wish that the couple can take with them to reflect on throughout their married life together.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br /></div><span class="text"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">Some couples may wish to go a little further and ask guests to write their wish on the stone, offering felt tipped pens for the guests and family to write their names and add their wish.</span></span>

Week 24 - 52 Rituals/Traditions in 52 Weeks - Wishing Stones

The Wishing Stone Ceremony The ‘Wishing Stone' Ceremony is a wonderfully inclusive ritual to incorporate into your big day and is great...

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