Request for suggestions
Mar. 16th, 2008 08:40 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
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?
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?
no subject
Date: 2008-03-16 06:15 pm (UTC)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.
no subject
Date: 2008-03-16 06:19 pm (UTC)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.
no subject
Date: 2008-03-17 12:23 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-03-17 09:04 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-03-16 06:29 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-03-16 07:00 pm (UTC)Will do.
no subject
Date: 2008-03-16 06:54 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-03-16 07:59 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-03-17 12:26 am (UTC)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.
no subject
Date: 2008-03-17 10:21 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-03-17 09:16 pm (UTC)aMAZing fun
Date: 2008-03-17 03:31 pm (UTC)(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)
no subject
Date: 2008-03-17 06:44 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-03-17 11:35 pm (UTC)