This initation and blessing ritual, common to many traditions of Wicca, is generally a "freak-out" trigger. So, for those who haven't heard yet, here it is, in detail:
The five fold kiss is a ritual kiss given at initation and as a portion of the Great Rite ceremony. A kiss is placed by the priestess or priest upon either the ritual partner/leader, or on the initiate. This kiss is usually exchanged between people of the opposite sex. The person who is leading the ritual places the kiss upon both of the other person's feet, knees, one kiss on or above the groin, and on either breast and finally the lips. This comes to nine kisses in all.
You're probably staring at the previous paragraph, thinking in horror or sick fascination, the groin?
The kiss is not sexual -- even when people are performing ritual in the nude. No tongue, no lingering. A quick peck is placed upon each body part while a sacred blessing is said, usually this, taken from the Farrar's A Witches' Bible:
Kiss on each feet:
Blessed Be Thy Feet, which have brought Thee in these Ways
Kiss on each knee:
Blessed be Thy Knees, which shall Kneel at the Sacred Altar
Kiss on the groin:
Blessed be thy Sex, without which we would not Be
Kiss on the breasts (I do not distinguish for men):
Blessed Be Thy Breasts, Formed in Beauty/Strength
Kiss on the lips:
Blessed Be thy Lips, which shall utter the Sacred Names
Then, during an initation, the initiate goes through another process associated with meeting the deities. During a Sabbat or other ritual of worship, the Priest and Priestess whip out their blade and chalice and do the Great Rite -- and this is almost always symbolic.
