So mote it be - Wikipedia So mote it be `` So mote it be '' is a ritual phrase used by Freemasons, in Rosicrucianism, and more recently by Neopagans. It was also used by the old church, and ancient pagans, but is now adapted by Wiccans. It means `` so may it be '', `` so it is required '', or `` so must it be '', and may be said at the end of a prayer in a similar way to `` amen ''. The phrase appears in the Halliwell or Regius Manuscript, the earliest known document relating to a society of Masons in England dating from the first half of the 15th Century. `` Amen ! amen ! so mot hyt be ! Say we so all per charyté ''. The phrase has been taken up by neopagans and they use it in a similar way in their ceremonies and rituals. References Jump up ^ John K. Young, Barb Karg ( 2006 ), The Everything Freemasons Book, Everything Books, p. 179, ISBN 978 - 1 - 59869 - 059 - 0 Jump up ^ Pietre Stones, The Regius Poem, last two lines, accessed 3 August 2014 Jump up ^ Isaac Bonewits ( 2007 ), Neopagan Rites : A Guide to Creating Public Rituals that Work, Llewellyn Worldwide, p. 124, ISBN 978 - 0 - 7387 - 1199 - 7 This Freemasonry - related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. This vocabulary - related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=So_mote_it_be&oldid=811603710 '' Categories : Neopagan beliefs and practices Phrases Freemasonry stubs Vocabulary and usage stubs Hidden categories : All articles with unsourced statements Articles with unsourced statements from September 2017 All stub articles Talk About Wikipedia Русский Edit links This page was last edited on 22 November 2017, at 18 : 34. About Wikipedia

Question: where does so mote it be come from
Answer: England