Since I posted the Egg Spell for Spiritual Defense, I feel it would be good to offer another magickal use for an egg: Cleansing. (Very useful as part of an Uncrossing!)
I have seen this process done by Ocha Ni’Lele, using a live bird instead of an egg. There was no ceremony to speak of – it was actually an impromptu action taken after a wild bird landed and simply allowed him to pick it up. Assuming it was a gift from the Gods, he passed the bird over his entire body (making sure to allow/encourage its wings to flap) and then released the bird again.
Sadly, it was assumed the bird would have died. I suspect it was already headed that way, or it wouldn’t have allowed a human to pick it up. However, I have to admit I couldn’t bring myself to use a live animal to cleanse myself of negativity in any case. On the other hand, I have heard of using raw eggs for the same purpose. I recently saw the subject discussed on a Hoodoo forum, and it inspired me to post my egg material here.
What follows is simply what I learned from Ocha Ni’Lele, replacing the live bird with an egg and some basic Hoodoo technique.
Update 1-13: As this post is perhaps the most popular one on my blog to date, I have decided to re-format it somewhat to make it easier for folks to perform the egg cleansing properly. It contains all the same information – most of it mine, some coming from a post I referenced here in the older version of this post (but which I have expanded upon below).
Instructions for Egg Cleansing
-For a cleansing, you want a standard “Grade-A” white egg from the fridge. It should be cold.
-Also, if you have an established altar for general spiritual work, make sure to power it up for this work. Light the candles and incense you normally use there. Have consecrated water on the altar and ready. Then invoke your spiritual patrons and guardians as you would normally do before any magickal work.
If you do not have such an altar, setting up a temporary one for this process is not hard. Cover a small table with a white cloth. Place a white candle upon it, and a censor to burn holy incense like Frankincense, “Church” Incense or something Solar. (Pretty much any incense you find that relates to the Highest Divinity will work.) Also place your favored holy symbol upon it – a Cross or Rosary, a Pentagram, a Goddess Symbol or whatever fits your beliefs. If you would recite specific prayers or Psalms, have the prayer book or Psalter there as well.
Finally place a cup of water on the altar. If you don’t know how to make full-fledged Holy Water (such as done in the Solomonic and Wiccan traditions), you can consecrate it by reciting a prayer over it. Or, you can obtain holy water from a church or from someone else who knows how to make it.
-Once the altar and tools are ready, light the candle and incense and pray for Divine help and guidance. Then get the fresh and cool egg, bring it to the altar, and consecrate it with a prayer while passing it through the smoke of the incense and sprinkling water upon it.
-When this is done, take your holy symbol in your left hand and hold the egg in your right. (Or vise-verse if you are left-handed.) Recite Psalm 51 as you perform the following actions:
-Begin at the crown of the head and pass the egg downward over every part of your body. From the crown to the nape of the neck. Then downward along either side of the face. Then downward strokes along the chest and abdomen, down the spine, then from shoulder to fingers on each arm, then downward strokes between the legs in the groin area and finally long downward strokes along the legs to the feet. Overall, this should appear as if the egg were a bar of soap, and you are using it to wash every part of your body.
Once done, you can break and flush the egg down the toilet, or toss it into a crossroads or river. Or, you can use the egg as part of a divination to see what kind of astral gunk the egg absorbed from you:
Egg Divination
The following instructions are quoted from this link. Also see the comments section of this post as it contains many examples of interpretations I have done for others.
[B]reak the egg into the glass of water [*not* the glass of holy water!], checking for abnormalities such as color, blood, shape and texture.
Some basic interpretations:
-If the water smells bad with blood present, this is a sign of evil work being done.
-If there are blood spots in the water, this is a sign of bad luck and harm being caused by strong spellwork especially if the water is murky.
-If the water turns murky with no smell or blood, this is a sign of susto (soul loss) as long as there is no blood present.
-If the yolk of the egg has the shape of a face, this is a sign of an enemy. A thin face indicates a male enemy, a round face indicates a female enemy.
-If the yolk is in the shape of an eye, this is a sign of the evil eye.
-If there are small bubbles in the water, this is a sign that the negative energy was absorbed by guardian spirits.
-If the water is clear, with no abnormal shapes, smells or blood, this is a sign that nothing unnatural is happening.
The remaining egg and water would then be disposed of as previously described – down the toilet, etc. Feel free to share your own results if you give this divination a try.
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I had the egg cleansing last week, due to some very rare bad luck happening all at once. I had so many things happen in a matter of hours it was horrible. Needless to say after a few hours of everything in my home breaking for no reason I went to my mother in law and asked her to do the egg cleansing. She did it and the first day the water was YELLOW and had only one point that came to the top of the water. But by the egg there was a whirlwind of a web effect. THen the second day same water YELLOW and more points arose and the web continued. The third day again water YELLOW more point rose and this time I had points at the bottom with a ball(bubble) on top of the points and still the web was there also, but this time the egg was partly cooked also. Each day when converting the egg to the bag to take it to a crossroad the eggs broke before touching the bag or leaving the glass this was rare and never happened before nor to anyone else in the family. I have felt bad energy for a while now, and I know that people are working against my hussband and I. He has had the cleansings before and they showed that we have people doing black magic on us. We know who they would be of course. I have even had a preist come out and bless the house because so much has been passing us. I continue to have bad days but they have gotten better. I keep my faith stong as I can and so does my husband. If you have any suggestions or can give me a better description of what has been happening please email me the info. I want to get to the bottom of this and get rid of the bad energys we have surounding us. So please help if you can! Thank You!
Have you done any work toward Uncrossing? I have a blog post here with full instructions for an Uncrossing bath and house cleaning procedure. You may want to try a good solid 7-day process…
If someone is attacking you, I also have a great mirror spell here that would work quite nicely.
what happen if the egg falls down and crack while rolling. Thaks
That means it has lived out its usefulness – possibly because it absorbed something rather massive. You can inspect the insides as described above, dispose of it and get a fresh egg to re-start the process.
What does it mean if the yolk doesn’t land on the bottom of the glass of water if it stays stuck in the middle of the glass and strings come out from the top and bottom?? I did a cleanse to my baby and that’s what came out :0
Greetings, Yazmin! Sorry for the delay.
When the egg floats, that is bad news. Yours is suspended in the middle, which suggests to me a problem that is probably not immediately obvious to you. Something just below the surface, and perhaps in “stasis” – like something that doesn’t seem to be a problem right now, but any moment could boil over.
What if it was all blood….?
Blood is a very bad sign – especially if there was so much of it. I recommend you search this blog for “Uncrossing” – read it over, and perform it at least 7 consecutive days.
I didn’t see a change in my egg, do I need to do the method again.
You say you didn’t see a change? Is this is the second time you performed it? Or do you mean that there is nothing remarkable about the egg?
I did not see any changes the egg was the same! Did I perform it correctly
By this do you mean there was nothing remarkable about the egg inside? Yoke perfectly round, no webbing, no breakage, no blood, no debris, nothing? Or are you comparing the current egg to an earlier one you used?
Hi i did a egg cleansing and it had a out line of a person on it and another small out line on top of its head of blood what does that mean????? thank you for any info….both out line were of blood.
Going by that alone, I would suspect that a specific person is casting bad magick your way. Of course more divination should be done to see if that is indeed the case…
Hi i have a person i suspect to stop her from harming me? oh and what does webbing mean in and egg cleansing? thk u for all ur help i appreciate it.
Yes what wouuld have to do to find out more info on what it means and what is a mirror spell?thks again for ur time and interest on helping us.
Hi i would like to know how to do uncrossing?thku again
Hi i have a question about soul loss what does that mean?
It’s based on an ancient theory that sickness and death is caused by the separation of the soul from the body. Shamans would engage in visionary journeys into the underworld to find and retrieve the soul in order to replace it in its owner and thus heal them.
Hi i was wondering what is webbing mean on ur egg?
In the past, I have interpreted webbing as an indication that something has “caught” or “entrapped” you. In one case, I was helping someone who was quite mired in their own fears and doubts about a situation, and that state of mind showed up in their egg cleansing as webbing. Once those fears and doubts were overcome, their situation improved considerably.
Hi is there a way to find out for sure its the person u think it is that is doing harm or magic?
HiI AGAIN MY FRIEND Said that WHEN U DO A EGG CLEANSING U SHOULD PUT IT UNDER UR bed so it keeps abbsorbing more neagative energy from u
I would class that in the “very bad idea” category. You’ve just used this object to absorb your sickness and negativity – do you really want to then sleep over it?
I suspect your friend was confusing the egg cleansing technique with the egg self-defense technique. You can read the egg defense spell here on this blog. Just search the blog for “egg” and you’ll find both techniques.
what does it mean when there is a skull shape in the egg. I have a photo of it. Never seen this before
I’d like to see the photo (kheph777@yahoo.com)
I would like to know if there was anything else that went along with it – blood, webbing, floating, etc. Without any further context, I would say the skull represents Death. However, *exactly* what that means is not clear without more context. It could be warning you that you are facing a serious illness – in which case get to the doctor for a full check-up ASAP. On the other hand, it could also indicate the involvemnt of the dead – like an ancestor is hanging around you. Also, there is always the Tarot interpretation of “Death” as a major change on the horizon.
I would look to the first interpretation as the highest priority – just to be safe. (This is a cleansing, so it should have been taking something out of you.) The second interpretation would be next in priority – which possibly means some kind of message is being given to you, that you need to consult your ancestors for more info, etc. (Do you have an ancestor altar?) I actually highly doubt the Tarot interpretation – again because this is a cleansing and not a divination such as you’d get from a Tarot reading…
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Ok I just saw the pics you sent. That’s pretty amazing, to be honest. I’ve never seen anything quite like it.
The yolk is a nice shape. There is no discoloration nor blood. The egg also sank down – with the exception of a few bits of rising stuff that looks like rising smoke. And in the “smoke” is the skull along with a few other bubbles.
So I would say no evil magick is working against you. And I don’t see any direct indication of sickness. BUT I would still see a doctor as soon as convenient just for a check up to be sure – in case that’s the message you’re being given. The bubbles also indicate that something negative was absorbed into the egg – but the bebbles are few enough that I wouldn’t think there was anything overwhelming. Perform a nice simple cleansing bath and then do the egg cleansing once more.
Meanwhile, on the face of it, I would suggest you consult with your ancestors for possible messages or warnings they may have for you.
thank you very much for all the info.
hello i have been doing egg cleansing it seems like I’m getting real sick i think because I’m having extreme relationship issues i keep going to different people and they keep charging me a lot to those candles n spells what can i i feel like someone i trying to break my relationshipp apart?
Hi, I have seen small bubbles carrying the tissue around the yolk as if it is carrying it upwards. what does that mean?
The bubbles indicate that something was cleansed from you. I think the action you describe is essentially the same thing – probably indicating you should do some cleansing/uncrossing then try the egg cleansing once again.
I had a egg cleansing done, she smashed the egg that I wrapped in a napkin, and it had alot of black in it.. What would you say of this.
Sounds like you’ve got some serious issues going on there. I would suggest doing a good uncrossing. (Search this blog for “Uncrossing” for instructions.) I would do a three-day uncrossing, then try the egg cleansing again to see what comes up.
did another egg cleansing today and there where so many bubbles. I couldn’t count them. the yolk was incased in the egg white. The top of it had lots of bubbles atached to small strings centermeters from it, then about 10 plus atached to longer ones. The bubbles looked like silver beads.
Very good! I assume you did this after an uncrossing or other process of cleansing/purification? All the bubbles do indicate that the egg scrubed a bunch of stuff out of you, but at least the black is absent – so good progress. Maybe try another cleansing bath (just one this time), then another egg to see how it looks.
I was doing a limpia on a friend and as I was getting down to her feet the egg broke what does it mean?
Sorry I didn’t get to this earlier. It basically means there was something farily major that needed released from your friend – a blockage bad enough to crack the egg. What you should do is immediately wash your hands – holding them under the running water for a couple of minutes. The person getting the reading should immediately do a cleansing bath, then repeat the limpia.
So does that mean someone has done something to her? What kind of bath? What would be needed thank you so much
It is not, in and of itself, an indication that someone else is doing something to her. But it does indicate that something was amiss – which could be something someone else has cast or just something within her, etc.
Cleansing baths can be found easily enough with Google. Or you can use one I outline on this blog: search for “uncrossing” or (as an alternative and very powerful cleansing bath) search for “solomonic bath.”
Thank you so much for your help
what do you mean by evil eye?
The “evil eye” is essentially a curse cast upon you by another person. It can be done on purpose (such as making the “sign of the evil eye” at you). Or it can be the unconscious result of someone’s anger or hatred toward you – where the sheer force of their passion transfers negative energy upon you. See:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evil_eye
hi i did a cleansing with the egg to my husband and the yolk came broken all weird i vidio record it i would like to know what it means. thank you
Ok – upload the video somewhere or email it to me at kheph777@yahoo.com and I’ll take a look.
my mother in law did my egg and it floated and their was a thick white circle around the yolk,there was a few tall points but reminded me of a net, and small bubbles. the egg white was really thick.
Can you email me a picture of this egg? Otherwise, based on your description, it sounds like definitely had some negativity that needed cleansed. You might even have a particular issue that is “hemming you in” or holding you back. Repeat the cleansing and tell (or show) me what you get. If more bubbles and netting shows up, you’ll want to perform an uncrossing bath then try the cleansing a third time. If there are still problems shown by the egg after that, you’ll want to take more direct action.
Hi I did an egg cleansing last night , but I felt very week after …. I felt like the egg looked very normal but noticed a white line across the yolk and also noticed 3 long strands and 1 half strand can u please tell me what this means I took a pic 2 send u … Thank u so much
Love & light
Greetings! I have answered you in email, since you sent me pictures of the egg. But, in general, I think your egg looked pretty good. It cleansed some stuff out of you, and might have resulted in your symptoms afterward. But nothing about it sounds like there is any major problem. In the email, I suggested you perform some yoga/stretching for a week or so to mobilize and expel any toxin build-up you may have in your body.
thank you i will ask to her to do it again and take a picture this time
Can you do a non direct cleansing such as placing an egg under the bed for work? Or cleansing certain parts of the body only, like over the stomach only or cleansing inanimate objects such as a car? Thank you for your information!
Greetings!
This kind of method isn’t suitable for indirect cleansings. Here on this blog I have shared an “egg defense spell” where you can place the egg under your bed. But it doesn’t cleanse you. You CAN use the egg to cleanse a specific part of the body, though.
As for cleansing inanimate objects with it – that’s actually a good question. I wouldn’t think it would be very effective. For inanimate objects you’d want to use water as the medium. Either plain water for a simple cleansing, or you can use herbally infused or holy waters – in either case you would use prayers of consecration along with it.
Thanks so much for the info, now I have another question for you. About 7 months ago I stopped dreaming, and my psychic visions just stopped. About a month after that I kept smelling bleach and my eyes kept burning. Nothing physical anywhere in my house was there bleach as I don’t use it because we are on a septic system. What kind of spell work uses bleach to blind someone and affect the memory? I have had every medical test known to man nothing to explain my symptoms. Any help would be appreciated.
hi. my mom just did it to me…and the 1st time she told me that a lot of hatered is in my way..i did it again my mom said the white is the bad shit…but we both noticed that there was a circle in the middle of the egg that moved and never went away my mom said she couldnt focus on the thing when she was doing it and she felt weird idk i wanna know what that middle circle thing is its small and its in the egg..idk i just wanna know waht it means
Hmmmm… it doesn’t ring any bells with me right off. Do you have a photo of the egg?
Hi, greetings, i would like to know if i just finished the egg cleansing my egg has a line on just one side of it. But i will send a photo to you so you can take a look and give me more details maybe? THank you so much!!!
Hi I did the egg cleansing (limpia) last night because I felt sick, tired, alot of anxiety, and I felt a heavyness on my chest. and put the egg in water along with holy water I put 3 crosses made of tooth pick, but my egg went sank down to the bottom and it did have a few bubbles that floated to the top but what concerned me was why it was almost all covered with the white you could barely see the yolk?
The egg should sink, that is a good thing. From what you describe, whatever was causing the negative feelings and “heaviness” was caught by the egg. It was thick enough to obscure the egg yolk. How did you feel afterward?
HI I JUST DID A CLEANSING
ON A FRIEND AND SAW A SMALL RED DOT OT
SPECKLE IN THE YOKE DOES THAT MEAN ANYTHING ?
I ALSO DID A CLEANSING ON MYSELF AFTERWARDS
AND SAW A FEW VERY TINY RED SPOTS HERE AND
THERE AND WHAT CAUGHT MY EYE WAS THAT ON
THE SID OF THE YOKE WERE THE WHITE PATE THAT
LOOKS LIKE A KNOT THERE IS A RED CLOT LIKE IN
THERE WHAT COULD THAT BE? I did take picture of it I also see a lot of bubbles in the water & on the egg?
Both bubbles and red spots indicate something the egg cleaned out of you. Red spots are near the top of the list of negative signs – I would suggest seeing a doctor for a general check up, as well as undertaking an Uncrossing process. If there is any reason to believe an attack is coming from an outside source, there is also the egg defense spell and the mirror spell on this blog that would help.
Thank you so much I also cleansed my 10 month old and her egg yoke also has the red spots. Is this somethinB I should worry about?
Make sure the baby is getting regular medical check ups. I would then suggest you take an Uncrossing bath for at least three days. Then clean out and seal your house. Finally, perform another egg cleansing on yourself and see if the red spots are gone. You can then do one for the baby and see how it looks for her.
Thank you so much, the baby is up to date with 3 doctors that have to check her a little more often then it should be. I’ve been feeling very anxious, body aches, sleeplessness.I want to get better for my 2 babies. I appreciate that you are taking the time to read our comments and helping!
Hi… my mother just did a cleansing and once she put it into the glass, on the left side of the yolk there was two bubbles (oval) the water was clear and no smell it had a few pearls on top of the cup with the white drapes coming down. This is the first time I do this pls help me to figure out what’s happening…
It sounds like the egg did cleanse something from you. But overall it doesn’t sound too bad. Try taking a ritual cleansing bath, then repeat the egg cleansing to see if it comes out the second time without the bubbles or the two pearls.
what does it mean ifthere is a web right above yolk i have pictures of it from first time i cleansed until last now the water is clear & white is on the bottom near yolk.
My experiebce is that webbing indications something holding you back. If that has cleared up, it is very good. Also you want the eggwhite to sink to the bottom with the yolk, so that is also a good sign.
i just emailed you pics
Hi, what does it mean if the egg turns cloudy white?Thanks
aaron ~had my daughter to a cleansing because of some things in her life. everything looked ok except the water turned yellow. ( the yolk did not break)
My first thought here is that she might have a medical problem brewing. Have her get a general check up, and look into any ailments she is currently dealing with…
ok so bad things have been happening to me. and I have a bad feeling about it. but now its affecting my oldest daughter. I know someone is doing this to us. I cant explain it.i feel like I want to take a shower because I feel heavy or dirty. like I want to shake or rub off what is on me but of course there is nothing on me but my clothes.also this has happened once before and I had a dream of the person or girl I believe is doing this to me and my daughter or she came to my dream. now I had a dream about her again and then shit start hitting the fan but so far it has to do with money.lots of money not 20 dollars or even a couple hundred dollars. this is thousands of dollars. anyways. I did the egg cleaning on myself. my eggs have always come out fine. this time when I put the egg in the water the clear stuff went to the bottom( was very murky) my yolk was surrounded by thick murkiness too but with bubbles in the yolk. many of them in fact. then there was many bubbles outside the yolk but stayed in the middle of the glass, also a lot of the murkiness that was in the middle was in a web like way but then turned white real quick almost like those parts were cooked. plus a big bubble the size of a pea is coming out of the yolk but not all the way to the top. kind of like it wants to come out of the yolk but the murkiness around the yolk has it trapped the bubble with it. plus a couple of bubbles that have strands on it but didnt make it to the top of the glass. what do the bubbles mean. when opening the egg, I had trouble getting all the egg in the glass because of all the bubbles inside the shell as if we mixed it. please if you have any information on this I would like to know and would be greatful. I have a picture of it if you would like to see it. also should I be doing this to my baby too?
There is no harm in dong the egg cleansing for your daughter as well. Also, I strongly suggest you search this blog for “uncrossing” and follow the instructions for an uncrossing process. I would do it for *at least* three days, but in your case it might be good to do it for seven days in a row. Then repeat the egg cleansing and see what you get.
I also suggest you search this blog for “mirror defense spell” and put that to use – I would say three days into the uncrossing process.
thank you for you help but just one more thing. this mirror defense spell, what does it do exactly? I know who is doing this to me and although I never liked the person. I would never want someone to get hurt or anything bad to come to them. God would not be too happy with me if I went and did the same thing back to her. If it does, is there something else I could do instead. besides pray for her?
The mirror spell is purely defensive. It merely reflects anything negative sent at you and reflects it back at the sender. It’ll thump them hard enough, but not because of anything you personally sent at them.
ok. hope your right. I still feel like I don’t want to do that but only because in my head I am saying that if I do this mirror spell and something happens it is my fault. although I did see a egg spell that can take whatever is coming my way and take the hit itself. I just don’t want her to get hurt. I just found out she is pregnant. baby’s are innocent and pure. I could never live with myself if something happened.
Ok well if you do feel that way about the situation, then by all means use the Egg Defense spell I give elsewhere on the blog. It won’t stop her attack, but it will divert at least some of the negative energy off of yourself.
is there a defense bath I can do instead?? can I make one myself with things from home and if I can what? if you don’t mind I would like to give myself and children one. thank you and have a good day/night.
In that case I would perform the Uncrossing Bath as instructed – but instead of the nine herbs I list there, use Fiery Wall of Protection powder or oil instead. And use Psalms that speak of Divine protection (several on the uncrossing page will work, or find others that suit you better). As for the Fiery Wall of Protection powder or oil, you can get it from any botanica, or at this link:
http://www.luckymojo.com/fierywall.html
That link even has another Fiery Wall of Protection spell you can try.
holly crap. I just went back to my egg.. and i think i see a eye almost in the middle of the egg or a face!!!! but i diff see a eye. i just cant tell if its just that or if its part of the face. but if it is face it looks like its wearing a mask . cccrrraaazzzyyyy
A limpia was performed on my husband yesterday. When we got down to his feet (left) the egg “jumped” from my hands and cracked. We put it in water in a clear glass. There were two pearls that had drapes attached to the egg. One of the pearls/drapes was bigger than the other. The water was clear, no order. I’m concerned or rather more curious about the yolk it self. It had this whitish coating over it to where you couldnt see the yolk (looking down).
egg turn black after a cleanse
That’s not good at all… I would visit a doctor for a general check-up. Also perform an uncrossing process for at least seven days – and use the Psalms meant for breaking a curse. (Also follow the instructions concerning looking for a trick that may have been left on your property or brought into the home, and perform the full house cleaning.) Then do the egg cleansing again and see what results you get.
my egg has like a whit dot in the middle yellow yolk and piece of the shell fell on it and alot of webbing and a bubble my husband litterally left me we are an older ccouple what shall i do
Could you email a picture of the egg to me? I’m not entirely sure about the white spot in the middle of the yolk. Bubbles indicate impurities/negative energies that were entrapped by the egg during your cleansing. The webbing, in my experience, generally indicates something that has you snarred. Though I don’t have much to go on, what you say indicates that your past is the “web” holding you back. What you need is something that will mark a transition for you, from your old life to the new. Even though you say you are older, there is NO age that makes you too old to begin a new journey.
st need to know your email i did a limpia today and the egg yolk broke at the edge i was so going crazy all day bubble and a letter
My email is kheph777@yahoo.com