Pagan Blog Project-E is for The Magic of Eggs

Pagan Blog Project- E is for The Magic of Eggs

It seems great minds think alike! LOL! I just realized my sister has also written on the subject of eggs for this weeks E blog. Although we are sisters, we are indeed two very different people. So I hope you also enjoy my version on the Magic of Eggs!

This past week I have been researching and preparing myself as well as my home for Ostara and the Spring Equinox. Normally I am a winter person and enjoy an extended winter season. But this year, something is different. I am ready for spring or for what

	Colored eggs with symbols for divination

little time we have of it. Here in Louisiana, we have mainly two seasons, summer and not summer. We may get a week or two of spring and fall, but then we go straight into one of those two seasons :). I am feeling the need for restructure, reorganizing, renewal. So it seemed that eggs were the perfect choice for me to write about this week.

I personally love eggs, and that is why last week, I wrote about some of my favorite egg creation myths. The egg has been revered for centuries as a representation of rebirth and renewal. It is a symbol of hope and possibilities to come. The “white” part of the egg symbolizes the maiden goddess in all her purity. The “yellow” or “golden” yolk symbolizes the young god. They are encased together in the shell that binds them together as one. (This symbolism is from a Wiccan point of view. Other paths may view it differently).

My coven often uses eggs in our magic. These are but a few ways we have incorporated them into our sacred rituals.

Draw runes upon the eggs for divination. In the past we have drawn three eggs, one for the past, present and future. You can also use any other symbol as well. Anything that can be interpreted for divination. Using numbers as a part of numerology would also be an idea.

In a previous post, one of the other bloggers (so

One of my favorites, deviled eggs.

rry not sure of your identity) introduced me to the idea of cascarones. I love this idea and think it would be an awesome tool for spell work. Simply blow out the eggs and fill it with whatever herbs, objects, stones, etc that correspond to your spell work. You can go a bit further by coloring the eggs to expand the sympathy magic.

Last year, we started a tradition of coloring eggs with corresponding words of attributes we wanted to bring into our lives. For example: a green egg with the word prosperity written on it, or a pink egg with love or romance written on it. Once the egg was decorated, the egg was blessed in honor of the gods, then consumed to bring about or manifest the particular attribute into ourselves and our lives.

We often use eggs in magical cooking. Some of my favorites are deviled eggs, boiled eggs in salads, egg nog (not just for Yuletide) and egg drop soup.

If you are lucky enough to live in an area where you can actually have chickens or other fowled animals that lay eggs, nurture an egg to hatch. Infuse your needs into that egg. By nurturing it to the point of hatching and being born, you nurture that which you need as well.

This year we are using plastic eggs to make egg rattles for use in ritual work to help build energy.

One year we blessed eggs with the att
ributes of each quarter and buried the corresponding eggs in that quarter of our permanent circle. By doing so, we carry these attributes in our circle all year long.

We have also done something similar with blessing eggs and burying them in a garden to make sure we have a plentiful harvest.

If you decide to use eggs in magical cooking or just cook eggs because you like them, keep the shells. You can clean the egg shell out, let it dry, then use a mortle and pestle to grind it to a dust. This dust can be used in protection or fertility magic.

These are just a few of the ways we have used eggs in the past. Eggs are a really great tool to work with in ritual and magic. Give it a try! Do you use eggs in your magic?

BB,
Annette

Pagan Blog Project-E is for Egg Creation Myths

Pagan Blog Project- E is for Egg Creation Myths

The egg has long been a symbol of life and creation. It is a symbol of the mysteries of all life. The egg represents wholeness and fertility. The egg white represents the purity of the young goddess and the golden colored yolk stands for the young god. The outer shell binds them together as one.

Most myths involve the cosmic or universal egg. These eggs contain the seeds of possibilities of life and the hatching of these eggs allows these possibilities to manifest.

The ancient peoples revered the egg as a very powerful symbol of life. This is evident in many of their cr

	Cosmic Egg

eation myths. Today I will retell three of this myths. I first learned of this myths as a child and have become reacquainted with them during my mythology studies. I do not know the origination of these myths (as to what particular texts they may come from). I am hoping they are covered under the fair use act. (If not, please let me know!). I hope you enjoy them as much as I do. These three are my favorites.

The Chinese God Pan Gu: This myth as far as I can tell comes from Taoist monks. The universe began as an egg. After a while Pan Gu was born inside it. Once he was ready to come forth into the world, the egg broke into two halves. The top half was the sky and the bottom half was the earth. As he grew taller, each half grew thicker and separated from each other. Through the years Pan Gu grew stronger and stronger, but eventually he fell into old age and died. At his death his eyes became the moon and sun. His hair became the stars, his breath the wind and his body settled in as the earth.

The next myth is the one of the Egyptian God Ra or Re. In the beginning there was nothing but darkness. In this darkness was the primordial waters called the Nun. These waters expanded through the universe, nothing else existed. One day an egg appeared within the waters. It contained the god Ra. Once the egg hatched the god burst into the universe and became its ruler. He then gave birth to Shu (dryness) and Tefnut (moisture) who then gave birth to G

Pan Gu out of his egg

eb (earth) and Nut (the sky). From these gods came the ruling body or the Ennead of the Egyptian Pantheon. And so the world began . . .

The last myth I would like to retell is that of the Greek God Eros. As with the other myths, this one starts out again in total darkness. Only a bird with black wings lived at this time. Her name was Nyx. One day Nyx laid a golden egg. She took very good care of it and sat on it for a very long time. Finally it was ready to hatch and Eros was born. When he emerged, half of the shell lifted into the air and became the sky. The other half fell down and became the earth. The sky was named Uranus and the earth was named Gaia. And thus the creation of man and the world begins.

There are many other egg creation myths out there. Which is your favorite?

Blessings,
Annette aka Autumn