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Despacho Ceremony and Ritual

Despacho Ceremony and Ritual

This is beautiful as an individual or community ritual. a traditional Andean ceremony of gratitude, honouring the mountains, nature and other living energies to bring balance, transformation and change into our lives. In the Andean traditions important transitions or beginnings are often marked by a despacho, a ceremonial offering (or prayer bundle) to the mountains, the Earth and the guiding spirits.

The despacho can be a communication to those forces of nature they love and respect: Pachamama (Mother Earth), the Sun or the powers of Light, and the guides or guardians of the spirit world who provide for the community, the family, and individual. There are many types of despachos. Some despachos offer ayni (balance), while others offer to take out the negative energy in ones life, and still others offer love and prosperity. Each is a powerful way to bring about transformation and change, to set your intentions and let them go. A despacho is a beautiful offering, blending  prayers, honouring and gratitude. In ceremony honouring the Four Directions, earth and sky, we create a sacred mosaic of all that can be possible in our lives.

This colourful, many-layered bundle is made up of natural and burnable materials that represent the mountains, the earth, crops, plants, animals, sea, and other aspects of nature.  Following a despacho ceremony, the despacho is either burned (to release the prayers quickly to Spirit so they can begin manifesting), or buried so that the prayers are released slowly to the Earth. 

This can be a standalone process or part of a shamanic healing.

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