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I’ve heard about this before, and I’ve seen a few similar examples in Santeria, though I’m not sure if it’s more of a “fantasy” witchcraft thing, or a real thing?
Watching Sabrina the Teenage Witch on Netflix last night and an egg was cracked into a jar to detect a curse on Sabrina.
Also seen on WitchTok (I know there’s a lot of misinformation there), and in a few other depictions of “fantasy” witchcraft.
Are eggs actually used in a way to detect curses or lingering negative energies?
Is there any type of general spell work using eggs other than in Santeria (I know of using eggs to cure fever)?
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Myth or fact, eggs to detect curses?
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Yes, they are. Here is one description of the procedure and basic meanings. It is known as an “egg cleanse”, and both cleans stuff off, but is also a tool to tell if something was tried on you. [https://www.reddit.com/r/Spells/comments/rytx82/comment/hrr7uxf/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3](https://www.reddit.com/r/Spells/comments/rytx82/comment/hrr7uxf/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3) Good luck. BB.
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I had a friend who was grifted this way. Easy to fake.
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Yup! Be careful with Hollywood depictions. I vaguely recall seeing the idea that two yolks has meaning, but eggs are sorted by weight these days, so you’ll frequently find a carton full of eggs with double yolks. Usually, when used for augury, you’re looking for something unusual in the yolk, like a red or brown spot or something similar. And if you go this route, remember that in some latin cultures, eggshells in the trash are seen as a way for malevolent witches to get you, so crush them up before you dispose of them.
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Different types of practices aside from Santeria use eggs in cleansing rituals. I wouldn’t say that the individual uses are fantasy but Sabrina and their writers definitely pulled from an assortment of practices, without deference to their cultural/ historical/ practice based history to cobble together their idea of “witchcraft “.
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The egg thing is real but is also really well known.
Women have been raiding their chicken coops since the first coops were built. I have recently been reading a book about sex in the middle ages and eggs were mentioned in a kitchen witchcraft bit for causing a man to want more sex (but also it might give him a headache lol).
Curses get overblown a lot but eggs to detect something strange is afoot is common practice. It may be as a result of a curse or it might be something else entierly.
Reading eggs is not a common skill nowerdays. The two main metholds I know involve simply cracking the egg in a bowl to observe it’s unique characteristics or cracking an egg over a pot of boiling water and observing the patterns it makes.
The former is only really viable if you know a farmer and can get fresh out the chicken eggs. Supermarket eggs tend to be fairly one in the same (after all Karen will sue if there is a speck of blood in her egg regardless of how it got there) and often you will find the boiling/hot water works better. You interpret it much like smoke.
It’s also a common way con folk con others. They alter an egg to try and make you pay for curse removal.
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I fuck’n hate Sabrina. It’s brought an influx of folks that treat our practices as an aesthetic & think “magic” is supposed to look & work like it does on TV. SMH
