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I've been thinking of ideas for Ostara for our little magical group; something a little fun, a little interesting and very much on the cheap. I'm not worried about how much time this will take, as I'm overburdened with massive amounts of time at the present. I picked up two packages of little plastic easter eggs at the local drugstore with the idea of placing little items inside: mini scrolls with snippets of craft poetry, songs and chants, sigils and runes, mini tarot cards, tiny semi-precious stones, little jewelry charm, maybe a bell or 'tiny' crystal ball (i.e. solid color marble), little packets of incense or incense cone, etc.

The idea was to fill each egg, collect them in a large cauldron, then inside ritual circle have folks keep picking eggs out until they are all gone. Each item inside the eggs should offer an opportunity for divination, meditation or meet some other magical purpose though the overall goal is to receive a blessing, then figure out its role in your life. I want enough of a diversity of items so that everyone can share their knowledge and impressions with each other, and I'll have rune and tarot books handy for reference purposes.

I'm still tweaking the idea and the list of things to put inside the eggs, but the idea which first seemed a little cheesy is really growing on me.

Any fun suggestion for egg innards? Or even commentary and criticism on the idea, itself?

Date: 2008-03-16 06:15 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] wild-heart.livejournal.com
You'll think I'm a bit nuts, but I do have a suggestion which will make things fun *and* wind up with a blessing.

Have your cauldron loaded with eggs filled with blessings or goodies, but save some and make it a game to find the cauldron.

Start with an egg which contains a clue. The clue, which may be a pictogram, word puzzle, pun, or something which must be found in a book, would lead to another egg, which is hidden. That egg is also filled with a clue . . . and so on. The final egg will lead back to the cauldron of eggs. The group must work as a team, so you'll want to make sure that each clue-containing egg allows for the strengths of individual members, so everyone has a chance to do an a-ha! And it must be done as a group - this isn't a competition.

I used to do this for Evan when he was little, and we had him running all over the house and yard finding things. He loved it, and so did we.

Date: 2008-03-16 06:19 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] tryst-inn.livejournal.com
Ohhhhh me likee!

I think I can figure out a few hints that will take advantage of everyone's talents and knowledge of my home. And even possibly, their knowledge of Josh to include him by proxy.

Date: 2008-03-17 12:23 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] man-of-snows.livejournal.com
It must include a stop to the Bunhalla.

Date: 2008-03-17 09:04 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] tryst-inn.livejournal.com
Oh yes, it certainly will!

Date: 2008-03-16 06:29 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] badseed1980.livejournal.com
A packet of seeds to plant!

Date: 2008-03-16 07:00 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] tryst-inn.livejournal.com
Good one!

Will do.

Date: 2008-03-16 06:54 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] dana3.livejournal.com
Ostara pagan circles are for planting seeds -- of intention, as well as of herbs or foods or something else that will actually grow or not. Require tending. Require attention. You know, all the things that make spring intentions actually change things. Just a thought ... :D

Date: 2008-03-16 07:59 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] jullia-starz.livejournal.com
I really like wild_heart's idea about the clues. One of the things we have done over the years is we have everyone bring a decorated hard-boiled egg to the ritual. The eggs are all put in a basket, and then folks pick an egg (not their own obviously). The person picking the egg talks about what they need to manifest/plant in their life. The person who made the egg then gets to talk about why they decorated the egg the way they did. Its been an interesting thing, in that everyone always seems to get the exact egg they needed. The eggs are then eaten, the egg shells carefully collected, mashed into small pieces and taken home to be planted in their own garden.

Date: 2008-03-17 12:26 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] man-of-snows.livejournal.com
My tradition when I lived in Missoula and still had a coven was to get up before dawn and go to the river and collect water from it just as the sun rose. I used to keep the four "quarter" waters for spell and ritual work.

I usually tried to stop by and deliver little eggs that I had dyed red and some chocolate rabbits. Needless to say, I had to get up very early to pull this all off.

Our old coven did are intention planting at Candlemass and spring cleaning at Ostara.

Date: 2008-03-17 10:21 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] evaelisabeth.livejournal.com
I am so stealing that idea :-)

Date: 2008-03-17 09:16 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] tryst-inn.livejournal.com
Gank away. :)

aMAZing fun

Date: 2008-03-17 03:31 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] kajiracad.livejournal.com
i would include a tiny picture/drawing (net-stolen print-out) of a labyrinth, as i find them incredibly renewing for my soul.
(or even better....have everyone work together to "draw" a large one, using cornmeal or other earth-friendly "dust")
how to draw a 7-path labyrinth (http://www.lessons4living.com/drawing.htm)

Date: 2008-03-17 06:44 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] rimrunner.livejournal.com
I went to a Sylvan Grove ritual last year that made use of a similar idea. There were other elements of the ritual as well (had to have egg-dyeing, of course, because there were a ton of kids!) but plastic eggs containing small divinatory items played a role. It worked well.

Date: 2008-03-17 11:35 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] tryst-inn.livejournal.com
Sounds wonderful, I'm so glad the Sylvan Grove is working out for you so well.

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