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...shall act as the Weihewart or Consecrator of this wedding," declared Professor Hauer, and proceeded to do so. While the bride and groom bent their heads and cameras clicked, the Weihewart read sonorously from a ritual book of Pagan devising: "Oh Mother Earth, from whom all love proceeds! And oh Father Heaven, who blesses with His light and weather! And all good Powers of the Air! May you rule over this man and this woman until their destinies are fulfilled...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GERMANY: Pagans and Gags | 7/23/1934 | See Source »

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