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Making a Despacho Offering
You only need a few ingredients, besides your willingness and an
intention of gratitude, to make this beautiful and meaningful
offering to Pachamama, the all-encompassing great Earth Mother. Find
out how:
Gather all the items you will need, and then take a moment to
prepare yourself for entering sacred space: meditate, pray, or
smudge yourself and the directions.
Despachos are buried or burned when they are completed as an
offering to Pachamama. With this in mind, you will want to be sure
all the ingredients in your despacho are biodegradable.
As you offer each item to your despacho, you may want to infuse it
with your finest energy by gently blowing on it three times before
you place it in the despacho.
You will need:
A rectangular piece of white paper
A half shell (Cockle shells are ideal), representing the feminine,
the cosmic circle, wholeness
An equal-armed cross, representing masculine energies and the four
sacred directions
24 fresh ceremonial plant leaves, especially laurel, olive, sage, or
bay, in as perfect and unblemished a condition as possible
Red, pink, or purple flowers--any number
Optional items (see list)
Red thread/ribbon to tie the despacho closed
1. Place the shell on the white paper, with the "bowl" of the shell
facing up and the widest part of the shell facing away from you.
2. Place the cross in the bowl of the shell.
3. Make 8 k'intus (leaf-prayers), the usual number made in offering
to Pachamama. Each k`intu is made up of three leaves, stacked neatly
one on top of the other, with the vein side facing down. As you make
each leaf-stack, hold it up and pray over it, breathing prayers
through them with a soft breath. Once a k'intu is made, it should
not be placed on the ground. Place each completed k`intu, moving in
a clockwise direction, like rays around the central shell.
4. Next, offer the flowers, or simply the petals of the flowers
arranged in a pattern on top of the despacho that seems pleasing to
you.
5. Offer the optional ingredients, choosing from among these
possibilities according to your personal intention and preferences.
Be tender with each item as you offer it to the despacho. Take your
time and work with your energy body rather than your mind to place
the items in ways that feel right or pleasing to you.
White cotton to represent clouds
Colored threads or yarn to represent the rainbow
Tiny squares of silver and gold foil or shiny paper. Silver
represents feminine energy and the left side of the sacred path;
gold represents masculine energy and the right side of the sacred
path. It is usual to place both colours in the despacho.
Tiny paper figures representing people, animals, keys, houses, and
so on. These are selected according to the reason for the offering
or thanksgiving. Draw what you need, or cut the pictures out of
magazines.
Sacred plant items, such as seeds, grains, grasses, herbs, and so
on. You can consult an herbal to find the symbolic meanings of many
plants and seeds. Sage, sweet grass, and tobacco are also
appropriate offerings.
Food items to feed the spirits, especially bright coloured candies
or sweets, as well as more substantial food items.
Pisco (wine will do) or water is often sprinkled over the despacho.
Small stones or stone fragments, especially crystals or minerals,
and a magnetic rock, if you can find one. Meteorites are very
powerful offerings.
Fragments of natural items, such as animal fur, teeth, or claws--but
do not hurt or harm any living thing in an attempt to secure
material for an offering.
6. When it is complete, "close the door" or "close the mouth" of
your despacho by folding the side corners in first, then the bottom
corner, then fold the top corner down to "close the mouth." Tie the
despacho with red thread.
7. Take your despacho to the place where you will be burying or
burning it and consciously make the offering, with reverence, as you
place it in the earth or burn it.