EMBELLISH IT
Pagan Eggcraft
Attract good health, happiness, and love with
these do-it-yourself talismans. BY SUSAN BRACKNEY
There’s magic in your fridge — or at least the makings
of it. There, behind the OJ, there’s a carton of Grade A
power objects. (Alright, so at the moment they’re just
eggs, but with your help they could be so much more!)

Photography by Sam Murphy

Turns out, what we’ve come to know as “Ukrainian Easter eggs” actually had their start as a kind of pagan witchcraft. For thousands of years, Ukrainians have used colorful dyes and carefully applied beeswax to transform the humble hen fruit into talismans thought to attract good health, wealth, happiness, fertility, and even love. And to think you were just going to make omelets.