Dear Maria Rosita,

Thanks for you email on the despacho offering - its very
informative.

Can you share anything on how to work with a mesa to cleanse
someone's poqpo or energy bubble and how to heal an illness using the mesa?

Thanks,

Michael Verrilli, DO


>From: "Maria Rosita Apaza Marchaqa" <ninosdelosandes@...>
>Reply-To: Wisdom_of_the_Andes@...
>To: Wisdom_of_the_Andes@...
>Subject: [Wisdom_of_the_Andes] Creating a Despacho offering!
>Date: Mon, 19 Sep 2005 21:05:33 -0000
>
>Hello wayquis!
>Sorry it has been such a long time. I will start posting messages
>regularly now as i have access to the internet. Please ask me about
>healing techniques that interest you or if you want more information
>on the world of living energy. Many Thanks
>Rosita
>
>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.
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