Edward Charles Reib and Janey Mae Presley Wedding Ceremony

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THE OPENING

(Levi playing the guitar wile everybody gathers and takes their seats.) (Guitar playing stops) Gilla: (talks about Triangle: Man, Woman, and God. Talks about whatever she wants to for 15 minutes or so) (Levi resumes playing, procession begins: groomsmen and groom.) (Once in place, Chris leaves the formation and picks up his guitar and sits playing lead guitar to with Levis rhythm guitar.) (Procession of Bridesmaids begins. Bridesmaids are followed by Robert and Mary wearing white robes with some interesting cloaks Mary with a white yakima, Robert with a silver one.) (Once in Place, Julie, still in formation, picks up her wooden flute and adds the final touch to the music.) (Barry Presley, the Father of the Bride, walks with Janey Mae Presley down the aisle.) (While everyone is distracted, Melissa Bomfiglio, Rameses, Sara, and Tym carry the canopy into place.) (Barry stops at the end of the seats, Edward steps toward them from under the canopy, shakes Barrys hand and hugs him. Barry Kisses Janey, then puts her hand in Edwards, Edward and Janey walk to the canopy.) (Music stops, Chris returns to his place, relieving Tym to return to his position in the line of Groomsmen.) (The canopy is held in place by Chris, Melissa Bomfiglio, Rameses, and Sara.) Robert: Before we begin, we would like to say a few words to ensure that everyone here can all participate in the ceremony fully and without reservations of any kind, with all our hearts in the ceremony which is about to take place. Mary: Some of you may not believe in God. That is, you do not believe there is some omniscient man on a throne high up in the clouds with a long grey beard spying on you and judging and doling out punishment for having naughty thoughts. We assure you neither do we.

Robert: But for those of you who have ever watched a beautiful sunset, or who have ever meditated for a period of time, and caught a glimpse of an underlying connection between everything something that made you take a sigh of relief and realize that everything is going to be okay: Know that this is what we are talking about we say the word: God. Mary: If youve ever watched Star Wars and found yourself thinking in terms of The Force, we ask you now to connect with this Force. The Good side of the force, of course. (pause for laughter) Robert: And for those of you who are partial to the teachings of The Buddha, or to Lao Tsu, we ask you to take a deep breath now (pause) and take a moment to transcend the wheel of life and death to transcend the wheel of suffering for a moment, and open up to the possibility of experiencing a moment of Nirvana during the ceremony today. Mary: For those of you who are partial to the Earth-based spirituality, allow yourself to be quickened now, releasing any tension you may feel, residual thought-forms or emotions from the day, or from the week, allow the earth to absorb and transform these energies back into first matter, back into pure Earth essence, and let the Light from the Center of the Earth move into the soles of your feet, as if there were roots extending from your feet all the way through the earths crust and mantle, into the very heart that whitehot core center of the earth, filling you with Light and Love, and allowing that Love to move beyond you and to fill those whole space here, and everyone here present. Whether you are Christian, Pagan, Atheist or Agnostic let no one among us feel out of place or left out. Let everyone here among us connect with the greatest sense of Love he or she has ever known, and hold that for just a while longer. Robert: For our God, in Truth, is Love itself - the Love called Agape in Greek, the Love Called Chesed in Hebrew, connect with this Love now Invoke this Love and let it fill every blade of grass and every tree, and every person here present with us. Now, together as One, with those of us who share the Mystic Covenant with the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, let us pray, and invoke His Mighty Presence. (queue subtle low vibrating tone (possibly the beginning of that Dead Can Dance song looped)) Mary: In and By His Holy Name EHEIEH: To Crown Janey and Edward, and their family, with the Blessings of Infinite Potential and Infinite Possibilities for the Future. (all: Amen) Robert: In and by His Holy Name: YA: We ask for Wisdom, and especially for this Wisdom to be present in them, in their hearts and minds, and in their home. (all: Amen) Mary: In the name of: YHVH ELOHIM may Understanding dwell with them, and may they always seek to understand each other before they seek to be understood. (all: Amen)

Robert: In the name of: EL may Chesed, Divine Mercy, Divine Love, be ever present in their lives and in their life, in their home, and with their future children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren and may their brothers and sisters, parents and grandparents, aunts and uncles and cousins, and all those connected to them through marriage, be Blessed and made as One in this Love, and may they be forever bound to each other in Divine Love. (all: Amen) Mary: In the name of: ELOHIM GEBUR to give them the strength and the courage to overcome any and all obstacles, adversity, conflicts, difficult times which may come up that they may persevere and love one another, forgive one another, and come out of such adversity even more bonded to one another in Love than they were before. (all: Amen) Robert: In the name of YHVH ELOAH VDAAT to fill their lives and the family with Beauty that they may always recognize and never take for granted. (all: Amen) Mary: In the name of YHVH TZABAOT to always grace them with Passion for each other and their life pursuits, and with Desire for each other, and Desire to live their lives in harmony and in synergy with their community, and with the world. (all: Amen) Robert: In the name of ELOHIM TZABAOTH to keep alive in them their Reason and Common Sense, that they may communicate clearly and productively, and to agree more often than not as to what is the right course of action for their life together. (all: Amen) Mary: In the name of SHADDAI EL CHAI, that all their steps and all their choices may be based upon the sure Foundation of right thinking, of Love and community, of devotion to one another, and to God, mankind, and all life. Robert: and finally, in the name of ADONAI HA ARETZ, ADONAI MELECK, do we invoke the Presence of God into their home, and into all our homes. We Invoke The Holy SHEKINAH into our lives and into our hearts. Oh Thou Holy SHEKINAH, Thou feminine principal. ASHERA whos name is carved beside that of YHVH in the ancient Hebrew Temples of Egypt. We call upon the Feminine counterpart and expression of God, who makes His unknowable nature known. Mary: Thou Holy SHEKINAH who art in nature manifest. Thou Bride and Queen as thou art Mother and Daughter of the Lord, our God, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob. Robert: I beheld a great wonder in heaven, a woman clothed with the Sun, with the Moon at her feet. And on her head was a diadem of the twelve stars. Hear us, O Holy SHEKINAH, hear and save. Mary: Queen of love and mercy, thou crowned with the throne, thou hauled as with the Moon. Thou whose countenance is mild and glowing, even as grass refreshed by rain.

Robert: Thou who art the Lady of the Earth. Hear us, O Holy Shekinah, hear and save. Thou who art known to the Hebrews as Shekinah, and known by other names to all the people of the world: Isis, Quan Yin, Maria, Metrona, Ima (prounounced ee-ma) Elohim. Mary: Lady of love and of victory, bright gate of glory through the darkening skies. From Thy life are fed all showers and suns, all moons that wax and wane, all stars and streams, the living and the dead, the mystery of pleasure and of pain. Thou art the Mother, Thou the speaking sea, Thou art the Earth in her fertility. Robert and Mary: Come Thou Forth! (from underneath a veil, hidden past the canopy, and before this moment unnoticed, Sue arises, the veil falls, revealing her fully decked out as the personification of the Shekinah Herself. She begins speaking as she steps slowly forward taking her place behind and between Edward and Janey, to officiate the ceremony. She holds in front of her a Brass Chalice filled with wine.) (I think there should be music here) Sue: Isis am I, and to my beauty draw, all glories of the Universe bow down, the blossom and the mountain and the dawn. I am She The Restored Eden, The Supernal Mother, The Second Eve. I am the new heaven and the new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth are passed away; I am the Holy City, New Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. I am She the Glory of the Light in all the world. I am She who fights not, and is always victorious. I am lifted up on high, and I do draw men unto me, I am the worlds' desire, but few there be who find me. When my secret is told, it is the secret (holding up the chalice) of the Holy Grail. I am She and from my life are fed all showers and suns, all moons that wax and wane, all stars and streams, the living and the dead, the mystery of pleasure and of pain. I am the flame and fueler of thy breath. I am thy queen enraptured and possessed. I am the star of God upon thy brow. (Sue hands the chalice to Edward, who drinks, and returns the chalice to Sue. Sue hands the chalice to Janey, who drinks, and returns the chalice to Sue. Sue places the Challice to the sign, on a white column. The music fades out)

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THE WEDDING CEREMONY Sue: (to the Bride and Groom) Do you have the rings? (Bride and Groom check their pockets, then look to the Best Man and the Maid of Honor who shrug and shake their heads no) Sue: Will the ring bears please come forth. (David and Gabriel, wearing bear costumes, come from the audience to the aisle, and walk down the aisle carrying the rings.) Sue: Thank you David, Thank you Gabriel. (Sue takes both rings, bows to the ring bears, who bow back to Sue and return to their places.) (after the laughter calms down and David and Gabriel return to their places, Sue hands Edward the ring he will give to Janey, then pulls a sword from a sheath at her side, which until now was unseen. Sue hands the sword to Robert.) Sue: Let the groom now kneel before his Bride (Edward does so, holding the ring he will give Janey to his Solar Plexus, Robert places the blade on the back of his neck) Sue: Now repeat after me: In the Name of the Lord of the Universe, And by all the names, forces and ideas which I hold Sacred, I Edward Charles Reib do hereby promise and swear, That for the rest of my life, I will honor and serve you, Janey Mae, I will put your needs before my own, I will remain loyal and faithful to you, I will cherish you, I will always seek to become a better man for you, I will always remember to pray,

And to beseech my God to grant me Wisdom, Understanding, and Love, Courage, and Beauty, Passion and Reason, and a sure Foundation, For you, and for us, and further promise and swear that when the time comes, I will become and will remain, A loyal and devoted father to any children which we may have, Together with you, Until the day of my death, And in the times and worlds beyond, I pray that I may remain in your embrace And that we may remain in Gods Holy embrace, Through the Holy Mother, the SHEKINAH And in the name of YEHESUAH YEHOVASHA I do so swear. (Robert removes the blade from Edwards neck) Sue: Arise now, Edward. (Edward does so. Robert hands the sword back to Sue. Sue hands Janey the ring she will give to Edward) Let the Bride now kneel before her Bridegroom. (Janey does so, holding the ring she will give to Edward to her Solar Plexus. Sue hands the sword to Mary. Mary places the blade on the back of Janeys neck.) Now repeat after me.

In the Name of the Lord of the Universe, And by all the names, forces and ideas which I hold Sacred, I, Janey Mae Preley,

do hereby promise and swear, That for the rest of my life, I will honor and serve you, Edward, I will put your needs before my own, I will remain loyal and faithful to you, I will cherish you, I will always seek to become a better woman for you, I will always remember to pray, And to beseech my God to grant me Wisdom, Understanding, and Love, Courage, and Beauty, Passion and Reason, and a sure Foundation, For you, and for us, and further promise and swear that when the time comes, I will become and will remain, A loyal and devoted mother to any children which we may have, Together with you, Until the day of my death, And in the times and worlds beyond, I pray that I may remain in your embrace And that we may remain in Gods Holy embrace, Through the Holy Mother, the SHEKINAH And in the name of YEHESUAH YEHOVASHA

I do so swear. (Mary removes the blade from Janeys neck) Sue: Arise now, Janey. (Janey does so. Mary hands the sword back to Sue. Sue puts the sword back in its sheath. Sue holds out her left hand, palm facing upward, Janey places her hand on Sues hand. Edward places Janeys ring on her finger. Sue places her right hand on top of their hands.) (Sue says the following, and Edward repeats) With this ring I thee wed. Wear it as a symbol of our love and devotion. May this ring remind you, Of the vows that I have taken this day, May it comfort you in good times, and in difficult times, May it be as a spell and a link, With my heart, May you always feel my love pouring into you, Through this, your Wedding Ring, Sue: So Shall It Be. (Sue lifts her right hand, Janey pulls her hand back to see it on her hand for the first time. Edward places his hand in Sues left hand, Janey places his ring on his finger, Sue places her right hand on top of their hands.) (Sue says the following, and Janey repeats) With this ring I thee wed. Wear it as a symbol of our love and devotion. May this ring remind you,

Of the vows that I have taken this day, May it comfort you in good times, and in difficult times, May it be as a spell and a link, With my heart, May you always feel my love pouring into you, Through this, your Wedding Ring, Sue: So Shall It Be. (Sue lifts her right hand, Edward pulls her hand back to see it on his hand for the first time.) Sue: Let us bow our heads (pause) Brian: Baruch Ata HaShem Elokainu Melech HaOlam, SheHakol Barah Lichvodo. Amen Robert: Blessed art thou, Lord our God, the sovereign of the world, who created everything for his glory. Amen Kim: Baruch Ata HaShem Elokainu Melech HaOlam, Yotzer Ha'Adam. Amen Mary: Blessed art thou, Lord our God, the sovereign of the world, the creator of man. Amen Brian: Baruch Ata HaShem Elokainu Melech HaOlam, Asher Yatzar Et Ha'Adam Betzalmo, b'Tzelem Dmut Tavnito, VeHitkon Lo Mimenu Binyan Adei Ad. Baruch Ata HaShem Yotzer Ha'Adam. Amen Robert: Blessed art thou, Lord our God, the sovereign of the world, who created man in His image, in the pattern of His own likeness, and provided for the perpetuation of his kind. Blessed art thou, Lord, the creator of man. Amen Kim: Sos Tasis VeTagel HaAkarah, BeKibbutz Bane'ha Letocha BeSimchaa. Baruch Ata HaShem, Mesame'ach Tzion BeVaneha. Amen Mary: Let the barren city be jubilantly happy and joyful at her joyous reunion with her children. Blessed art thou, Lord, who makes Zion rejoice with her children. Amen

Brian: Sameach TeSamach Re'im Ahuvim, KeSamechacha Yetzircha BeGan Eden MiKedem. Baruch Ata HaShem, MeSame'ach Chatan VeKalah. Amen Robert: Let the loving couple be very happy, just as You made Your creation happy in the garden of Eden, so long ago. Blessed art thou, Lord, who makes the bridegroom and the bride happy. Amen Kim: Baruch Ata HaShem Elokainu Melech HaOlam, Asher Barah Sasson VeSimcha, Chatan VeKalah, Gila Rina, Ditza VeChedva, Ahava VeAchava, VeShalom VeRe'ut. MeHera HaShem Elokeinu Yishama BeArei Yehudah U'Vchutzot Yerushalayim, Kol Sasson V'eKol Simcha, Kol Chatan V'eKol Kalah, Kol Mitzhalot Chatanim MeChupatam, U'Nearim Mimishte Neginatam. Baruch Ata HaShem MeSame'ach Chatan Im Hakalah. Amen Mary: Blessed art thou, Lord our God, the sovereign of the world, who created joy and celebration, bridegroom and bride, rejoicing, jubilation, pleasure and delight, love and brotherhood, peace and friendship. May there soon be heard, Lord our God, in the cities of Judea and in the streets of Jerusalem, the sound of joy and the sound of celebration, the voice of a bridegroom and the voice of a bride, the happy shouting of bridegrooms from their weddings and of young men from their feasts of song. Blessed art thou, Lord, who makes the bridegroom and the bride rejoice together. Amen Brian: Baruch Ata HaShem Elokainu Melech HaOlam, Boreh Pri HaGafen. AMen Robert: Blessed art thou, Lord our God, the sovereign of the world, creator of the fruit of the vine. Amen Sue: All Rise. (Everyone does so.) Sue: By the power vested in me, I now pronounce you, Edward Charles Reib, and Janey Mae Presley-Reib, Husband and Wife. You may now kiss the Bride. (Screaming, applauding, jubilation, merriment, and so on)