Fivefold kiss


The Five-Fold Kiss is an element of Wiccan ritual which involves blessing five sacred parts of the body. With each bestowed blessing the area of the body is sealed with a kiss.
Wiccan tradition practises differ, but the Five-Fold Kiss is first and foremost a blessing bestowed upon the High Priestess by the High Priest or by the High Priestess upon the High Priest.
The ritual symbolises the act of honoring the person as a vessel of the female or male version of Deity.
Each kiss given is accompanied by a blessing:


This is the form of the blessing used by most Gardnerian and Alexandrian covens.
In other Wiccan Traditions, the blessing is as follows:


The Five-Fold Kiss can be performed during Wiccan rites and ceremonies, such as handfasting or the Drawing Down the Moon Rite.
It may be the origin of the term blessed be, a well-known Neopagan greeting, also used as a general expression of blessing during ritual.