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The Miller Press
Miller, Hand County, South Dakota
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In Leipzig, Germany, a German couple participates in the first marriage according to Zoroastrian rites in a Mazdaznan temple, involving symbolic decorations, ribbon tying, candle ritual, ring exchange, and a mirror benediction from the Zend Avesta emphasizing personal agency.
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BY THE ZOROASTRIAN RITE
German Couple in Leipzig United According to the Prescripts of the Zend Avesta.
The first marriage according to Zoroastrian rites has been performed in Leipzig, Germany, in a temple owned by a Zarathustrian community which bears the name of Mazdaznan (the master thought). On the altar, which was adorned with spring flowers, stood a candelabrum and a round mirror flanked by an imitation apple made of silk thread, an imitation nut and a gold ring on a silver salver.
Two chairs were decorated with colored ribbons, for the bridegroom, blue and yellow, signifying intellect guided by wisdom; and for the bride, red and white, emblematic of love and purity.
A couple of children united these ribbons into a figure of eight by means of the silken thread taken from the apple, the symbol of beauty, and from the nut, the symbol of strength.
Then the celebrant, known as the messenger, took a burning candle from the altar and touched the silken knot seven times; if the flame wavers neither to the right nor to the left a harmonious wedded life is predicted.
Next came the exchange of rings and the Zoroastrian benediction according to the prescripts of the Zend Avesta. The bridegroom thereupon lifted the bride's veil and the messenger held the mirror before the faces of the couple, speaking as follows:
"In this mirror ye behold the face of your creator. Remember that it lies in the power of each of you to make of your lives what ye will. What ye see in this mirror is the outcome of your thoughts, words and deeds. Your God dwells within your own hearts."
This closed the ceremony.
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A German couple marries in Leipzig's Mazdaznan temple using Zoroastrian rites from the Zend Avesta, with symbols of intellect, wisdom, love, purity, beauty, and strength; rituals include ribbon tying into a figure eight, seven touches of a candle to the knot for harmony prediction, ring exchange, veil lifting, and a mirror benediction on thoughts, words, deeds, and inner divinity.