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Egg Cleansing Technique (Limpia) 300 comments

Since I posted the Egg Spell for Spiritual Defense, I feel it would be good to offer another
magickal use for an egg: Cleansing – also called a Limpia. (Very useful as part of an
Uncrossing!)

NOTE: If you have paid someone to do a Limpa upon you, or are thinking about having one
done, please read this important warning!

NOTE ABOUT READINGS FROM ME: When I first posted this technique, I was more than
happy to offer simple readings for folks who wanted to send me pictures of the results of their
limpias. Since then, this has become the most popular post on my blog, and I have become
overwhelmed with requests for readings. Sadly, this has meant that many of you have asked for
readings and not received a reply…

So, I have no choice but to put a bottleneck on the requests. I will need to charge for a reading
(payable by Paypal) – $10 pays fora very basic interpretation of the Limpia results. You will
need to send me pictures of the results (the more the better), and I will offer an interpretation. If
you want a full consultation, it will be $50 (this includes readings, advice, and followups).

However, before you pay for a reading, please read on and check the comments section of this
blog. I have already interpreted many limpias right here, and it is quite likely one of them will
cover what you see in your egg.

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. (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.) Finally
place pure spring water in a clear glass on the altar – not to be confused with the consecrated
water.

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.) Don’t forget the consecrated water and the clear glass
of spring water. Also place your favored holy symbol upon the altar – 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.

-Then invoke your spiritual patrons and guardians as you would normally do before any
magickal work.

-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 the consecrated water upon it.

-When this is done, take your holy symbol from the altar into 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 Instructions
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 spring water [*not* the glass of consecrated 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.

To the above, I would add the following from my own experience:

-If the egg white forms a “mesh” or “webbing” pattern, this indicates something that is
entrapping you, holding you back and impeding your peronsal or spiritual progress.

-The egg should sink directly to the bottom of the glass. If it floats, this is a sign that further
cleansing – preferably an Uncrossing – is necessary. This is also true if only part of the egg
floats while the rest sinks – though that indicates a smaller or still-developing problem that you
want to rectify right away.

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.

LVX

Aaron