Talk:Fivefold kiss/Archive 1

Broken link
The link to "Craft Witchcraft Dictionary" seems to be broken. It returns 404. Vishvax 04:09, 4 December 2007 (UTC)

So Mote it Be?
Why does So mote it be redirect here? CatherS (talk) 06:21, 1 January 2008 (UTC)
 * So mote it be used to redirect to Blessed be. Then Blessed be got redirected to Fivefold kiss, so now So mote it be redirects to Fivefold kiss. The redirect does seem like a non sequitur, but I'm not sure what to do about it since there's never been at article at So mote it be, and I doubt the material for an article exists. It originally created as a redirect to Amen. Perhaps we could redirect it to Neopaganism or Wicca? I'm not sure how wide the usage of the phrase is. - AdelaMae (t - c - wpn) 02:26, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

Neither redirect makes much sense. "Blessed Be" is used independently of the Fivefold kiss... I'd wager that the number of Neopagans who know the former is probably five to ten times the number that even know what the five fold kiss is. And "So Mote it Be" is NOT the same thing as "Blessed Be." CatherS (talk) 04:42, 6 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Agreed. So either we maintain them as separate articles, redirect them somewhere else, or delete them (not necessarily en masse; we'd have to take it article by article). I think the best option would be to merge and redirect So mote it be to Wicca, keep Blessed be as a disambig page with a "see also" link to Fivefold kiss, and keep Fivefold kiss where it is. We want to avoid ending up with articles that are just one-line definitions. - AdelaMae (t - c - wpn) 21:49, 6 January 2008 (UTC)

Well, definitely, Fivefold kiss should be left where it is. I'm hoping I will have time to hit my copy of GBG's Witchcraft Today and a couple of my other references, and see if I can expand it. I can see a few things that need to be added but can't recall the reference.

The rest of the problem is spread across multiple articles. This is my opinion of how it should be handled:


 * The article Blessed Be should be moved Blessed Be (album).
 * The content in Fivefold kiss in the section 'The Term "Blessed Be"' should be moved to Blessed be, with a "see also" link at the top to the article for the album.
 * The "So mote it be" content should be either deleted (as it doesn't belong in either article), or moved to its own article. I do *not* think it should redirect to Wicca since its origins are, or at least appear to be, in Freemasonry, and I've heard Neopagans who were not Wiccan use the phrase.

As another option, Blessed Be could be turned into a disambiguation page, with a separate article for the phrase.

While we're on the subject, I notice that Merry meet redirects to Wicca. This is, in my opinion, wrong twice-- firstly, the article does not mention the phrase, thus making the redirect pointless, and secondly, the phrase is not specific to Wicca but instead the wider Neopagan community. (I expect, but do not know, that its origins are in Wicca, but even if that's the case, it's kind of like listing Compass under China.)CatherS (talk) 04:21, 7 January 2008 (UTC)

Paragraph deleted
I've deleted the 'so mote it be' paragraph, since it has no relevance to this article, and I'm moving it here in case any of you bright sparks has an idea of where it should go:
 * In Neo-Paganism and Wicca, the phrase Amen is not normally used, being seen as Christian in origin (While it's real origin is actually in Judaism). However, the rather archaic phrase So mote it be is often used instead, with basically the same meaning (mote is an archaic form of may). This possibly derives from Freemasonry, where in certain rituals the phrase "Amen, so mote it be" is used.

I'm not really sure why we're we're making so much reference to 'amen' and the fact that neopagans don't normally use it. Why would a reader expect them to??? Fuzzypeg★ 01:46, 24 June 2008 (UTC)

Osculum infame? Really?
Though it does apparently refer to a kind of "Kiss", does this really belong here? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.70.227.84 (talk) 13:49, 15 April 2008 (UTC)
 * I agree. Also removed it from the Osculum Infame article as well.  CatherS (talk) 10:50, 21 April 2008 (UTC)

Perspective from a pagan on knees as well as third eye
First and foremost, some pagans might view knees as not only redundant with feet but also distinctly religious. Pagans often differentiate their selves from polytheists, because they acknowledge all gods however treat gods as no greater than people. Pagans kneel to gods, as people kneel to people.

Secondly, the lips have no might without the third eye, as only the third eye facilitates the casting of magic. The fivefold kiss, involves 5 folds (or five organs) but 8 kisses. The hands, the feet, and the animus have 2 sides each (the animus having the third eye and the tongue). Together with the core, that totals in 8. In that way, a paper fortune-teller symbolizes a person.

Unfortunately, I have not found any authoritative sources to validate my anecdote. So I only share this to guide (not direct) others in their searches.

Anonymous Pagan 17:19, 6 August 2019 (UTC)