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Five-fold Kiss (Five-fold salute)
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Five-fold Kiss is a traditional ritual practice, undertaken during initiations and as a greeting between a High Priest and Priestess of a coven. Five parts of the body, symbolic of the pentagram, are ritually kissed. The following blessings are recited:

For the Priestess: "Blessed be thy feet, that have brought thee in these ways.
Blessed be thy knees, that shall kneel at the sacred altar.
Blessed be thy womb, without which we would not be.
Blessed be thy breasts, formed in beauty.
Blessed be thy lips, that shall utter the Sacred Names."

For the Priest: "Blessed be thy feet, that have brought thee in these ways.
Blessed be thy knees, that shall kneel at the sacred altar.
Blessed be thy phallus, without which we would not be.
Blessed be thy breasts, formed in strength.
Blessed be thy lips, that shall utter the Sacred Names."

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Historical Five-fold Kiss

Five-fold Kiss Ceremony

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