Further down the microcosmic ladder, the egg is symbolized by the early stages of the mushroom's growth."' Today, most people no longer use these mushrooms in their ceremonies, but Christians still symbolize it with their ritual of sending children on an Easter egg hunt in the morning, symbolic of the shaman's children gathering the colored mushrooms before the sun waxes hot. The spring feast and intoxicating celebration in the evening (symbolic of the shaman consuming the intoxicating mushrooms) would complete their ritual, a ritual that is practiced to this very day.
