SO MOTE IT BE

why do some spells include SO MOTE IT BE


AND WHY IS IT IN THERE?????

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"So mote it be" is an affirmation. Magick is all about direction of will and closing with "so mote it be" is a good way to be willful. Ending a spell or prayer with something like this is actually very common. In fact, "amen" serves the same purpose in Hebrew and literally translates to something along the lines of "truly."

oh i was wondering....

Another extremely common one is "my Will be done."

I personally prefer borrowing the Arabic "Ameen" from Islam.

I use it a lot when I write my own spells

what does 'mote' mean, at first I thought it was just a a typo, but a lot of people do it.

mote 1 (mt)
n.
A very small particle; a speck: "Dust motes hung in a slant of sunlight" (Anne Tyler).
[Middle English mot, from Old English.]
mote 2 (mt)
aux.v. Archaic
May; might.

So when we say "So Mote It Be" we are saying "So may it be".

In Freemasonry, "So mote it be" is the equivalent of "Amen" or "As God wills it to be." Gerald Gardner, the founder of modern Wicca, was also known to have Masonic connections, although there's some question about whether or not he was a Master Mason as he claimed to be. Regardless, it's no surprise that the phrase turns up in contemporary Pagan practice, considering the influence that the Masons had on Gerald Gardner.