Eggs@8:14 is like a good hit of acid — psychedelically visual, mind-blowing and sublime.

The group, which consists of Stacia Spencer (vocals/electric viola), Jerry Ray (guitar), Steve Quick (bass) and Dan Craig (drums), has worked hard to ensure its audience a live spectacle that is completely unforgettable.

To this end, the group employed Joe Stahlman to create a visual smorgasbord that includes bizarre film clips, a hand manipulated light show and an overhead projector.

“He created psychedelic, beautiful pieces of art to use as backdrops during our live performances,” Spencer explained. “These works of art are stacked on top of each other, stretched and moved around in a variety of ways. The closest thing I could compare it to would be a kaleidoscope, only prettier.”

The group has been touring around the Midwest to support its debut release, “Lost,” which was released last year on DivaNation Records, a recording label founded by My Scarlet Life keyboardist Preston Klik.

Spencer said that the Chicago-based group has been to a half-dozen different states, including Kentucky, Wisconsin and North Dakota. The group has been well-received everywhere it goes, partly because of its intense live performances (fans especially like the multimedia imaging) and partly because of its odd name.

The name “Eggs@8:14” refers to the Vernal Equinox, which occurs every year in March. During the Vernal Equinox, there are exactly 12 hours of daylight and 12 hours of darkness.

A myth states that if you stand an egg up on its end at the exact time of the Vernal Equinox, it will not fall over. The group formed in 1995, and that year the Vernal Equinox occurred on March 21st at 8:14 p.m.

Now, three years later, the Vernal Equinox is upon us again. But Spencer isn’t sure what the band will be doing to celebrate it.

“Maybe we’ll try out the egg myth this year,” she said. “We haven’t actually tried that out yet. So maybe we’ll stand them up and dance around under the moon. But we haven’t really talked about it yet. So, I don’t know.”

Spencer is very conscientious of world religions and spirituality. She has spent a lot of time exploring her spiritual side. She has also studied the supernatural.

“I believe in spirits,” she said, “and I think that they’re all around us. I also believe in guardian angels. I was interested in Wicca for awhile and read a lot about it. I think that Wicca was a wonderful thing but, unfortunately, it got all turned around. Take the pentagram, for instance. In Wicca, the five points of the star symbolize the five senses and the circle represents the soul. Now, most people regard it as a symbol for Satanism.

“Wicca was made into something evil because it was a female oriented thing,” she added. “It gave women power and people didn’t like that. That’s why people now think that Wicca is evil.

“I also find astrology interesting,” she added, “and world religions. There’s just something about all the symbols in different religions and their connection to different peoples’ search for God that appeals to me.”

Spencer has tried very hard to write lyrics that appeal to herself and other people. Most of her lyrics come from strange dreams that she has. When she wakes up the next morning, she writes her dreams down and then tries to figure out what they mean in her life.

“My lyrics are mostly about self-searching and understanding,” she said, “and trying to work things out through my lyrics.”

The group has another CD’s worth of material that it has been perfecting in concert. Spencer has also been working on some new songs that she hopes to record with the group later this year.

She is also looking forward to adding a keyboardist and another vocalist to the group in the near future.

Eggs@8:14 will be bringing its psychedelic performance to the M-Shop Saturday night. The all-ages show is scheduled to begin at 9 pm. Tickets are $4.