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Orphic Egg
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Item Number: OE011W
The Orphic religion of the Ancient Greeks was still flourishing in the early Christian times. Its followers believed in a cyclic universe, which had been created by the coupling of the Great Mother, who took the form of a snake, with the World Serpent, Ophion. The single egg produced from this union was hatched by the heat of the sun and out of this cosmic egg creation was born.
The Orphic mysteries were celebrated on March 21th, at the vernal equinox festival of the sun, when the hatching of the world egg was ritually enacted. It was a rite of world rebirth and coincides with the Christian Easter mysteries which celebrated creation renewal in the resurrected Christ. The ritual Orphic eggs, which were painted red in honour of the sun, were absorbed into Christian folk tradition as painted Easter eggs, a colourful vestige of the Orphic worship of the serpent and the cosmic egg, from which came the cosmic tree that supports and nourishes the whole world. (WIKIPEDIA – The Free Encyclopedia)
Unisex regular fit 100% Cotton slub basic crew neck tee. Wash in cold water, tumble dry low
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