Feasts For The Gods

Feasts for the Gods
Experience miracles with despachos,

the ancient healing art of the Incas
by Kerri Colegrove
FEASTS FOR THE GODS. Copyright 2008 by Kerri Colegrove. All rights reserved. No part of
this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission
except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews. For additional
information contact: kerri@feastsforthegods.com
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Acknowledgements
The first thanks for helping bring this book to fruition goes to a long line of Andean medicine women and
men who for more than five thousand years passed knowledge of despachos from one generation to the next via oral
tradition. Many thanks also go to Jose Luis Hererra and Alberto Villoldo, Ph.D., who thirty-something years ago
ventured into the high Andes mountains to study with the medicine people there and learned to make despachos.
The recipes for a number of these they brought back. Dr. Villoldo incorporated some of these into the curriculum of
his teaching organization, The Four Winds Society. During my studies with Dr. Villoldo, knowledge of the ayni and
cuti despachos was passed to me. I also learned from Dr. Villoldo that a basic ayni despacho could be modified into
more specialized despachos, such as the despachos to heal the feminine and the masculine. This led to my
development of the remainder of the despachos that appear in this book with two exceptions. Another teacher of
mine, Linda Fitch, the Dean of Students at The Four Winds Society, passed on to me Dr. Villoldo’s aya despacho
recipe and I thank her immensely for this since it was the guidance she gave me for working with this despacho that
ultimately inspired the creation of this book. My friend and medicine sister Carol Lachata helped me develop the
house cleaning despacho, then contributed her talents as a designer and photographer to produce the amazing
photographs that follow. In Peru I had the privilege of participating in despacho ceremonies led by the living
Andean medicine masters don Francisco, don Pascuale, don Umberto, dona Bernadina and others and thank each
and every one of them for these invaluable learning opportunities. Thank you from the bottom of my heart to all of
you, including all our Andean sisters and brothers we never knew, for your contributions in bringing this ancient
healing art forward so knowledge of it can now be passed on to many, many others.
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This book is dedicated with much love and gratitude to my sons Zane and Jonah. Thank you for
being two of the best teachers I will ever have.
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Contents
Introduction......................................................................................7
Ayni (Abundance) Despacho.........................................................13
House Cleaning Despacho .............................................................17
Beautiful Breasts Despacho ...........................................................22
Happy Heart Despacho ..................................................................27
Despacho to Heal The Feminine....................................................32
Despacho to Heal The Masculine ..................................................38
Power Animal Despacho................................................................44
New Love Despacho ......................................................................51
Aya (Death) Despacho ...................................................................56
Birth Despacho...............................................................................61
Wedding Despacho ........................................................................65
Cuti (Protection) Despacho............................................................69
Chaska (Star) Despacho .................................................................72
About The Author ..........................................................................78
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Introduction
Maybe you already know that the more you smile, the more others smile at you. But
did you know this happens with the gods too?
One way to smile at them is with a despacho.
What is a despacho? It is a feast for the gods, a banquet, complete with flowers and red
and white wine. As you’ll see from the photos in this book, a finished despacho is a beautiful
work of art as well as an offering that’s alive with energy and filled with many smiles and much
love.
If you lived in or near the Andes Mountains, you might already be familiar with
despachos. You might know their reputation for creating vortexes of spiritual energy that help
bring healing, blessings and even manifest prayers.
Now you can experience such miracles for yourself when you use the directions that
follow for making your own despachos. You will discover that a despacho causes the gods to
smile at you in ways that bring you into better balance with yourself and others.
Attract Abundance and New Possibilities
The more balanced you are, the more good things simply flow to you, providing you with
increasing levels of abundance on all levels -- physical, emotional, energetic, spiritual. You
might even experience a miracle, perhaps as blessings, perhaps as healing, perhaps as a beautiful
dream suddenly fulfilled.
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Despachos also help attract exciting new possibilities to you, perhaps much better than
you could have imagined for yourself. When you burn a despacho (the destiny of most), this can
happen quite quickly. So quickly that it’s important to suspend disbelief and be open and
receptive to this process, even when it means letting go of the “old” to make way for the “new.”
Using your intuition may help guide you -- perhaps with feelings, perhaps with the
language of dream imagery, perhaps with suggestions from others, perhaps with signs or
experiences related to the themes of “old versus new.” Sometimes you’ll use two or more
despachos together, such as making an aya despacho to bring closure followed by an ayni
despacho to bring blessings. This is a common and powerful “out with the old and in with the
new” despacho strategy.
Ultimately, a despacho helps pave the way for you to come into greater alignment, or
right relationship, with the world around you. Exactly what that entails, the universe will reveal
to you as you go. When putting your prayers (or wishes) into a despacho, let them reflect the fact
that the gods know best. Instead of requesting a romance with John down the street, for
example, request a romance with someone you like as well as John or better. Then be ready
when what you asked for shows up.
One woman I know made a despacho with prayers for a new employee for her business.
Within 48 hours of burning her despacho, three outstanding candidates appeared on her path.
Such experiences with despachos are the norm, not the exception.
A despacho needn’t always be a solo endeavor. Make it a group event if you like. All
who put their prayers into the despacho will be served.
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In some cases, you will want to make the same despacho more than once. An Ayni
Despacho, which brings general healing and blessings, is best made regularly, once a month
ideally.
Where Despachos Originated
According to legend, despachos originated in the Andes Mountains over five thousand
years ago. They became such an important and vital part of the lives of the local indigenous
people that one generation of medicine women and men after another meticulously passed on
their knowledge of despachos orally because there was no written language.
Like all indigenous healing, the know-how for making the first despacho came from
divine inspiration, not trial and error. It was made of locally available items including grains and
legumes, wild flowers, wool fluff and other valued items. In the absence of paper, which
provides the foundation for despachos today, early despachos were made on animal skins, large
leaves and coarsely woven fabric. Some were made in shells including turtle shells.
As the art of despacho-making evolved over several millennium, different types of
despachos were developed. Today, hundreds of different kinds are made, each one suited to a
specific purpose. Some of them – the Ayni, Cuti, Aya and Chaska Despachos – are extremely
ancient.
Each despacho has a specific purpose. And all despachos are powerful. Perhaps the most
powerful in the collection that follows are the Aya Despacho and the despachos to heal the
feminine and the masculine. If you make at least one despacho every 28 days or so, at the end of
a year, you’ll look back and see that you received much healing and many blessings in return for
these sacred offerings.
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How to Make A Despacho
This book includes directions for making 13 despachos. The main feature of a despacho,
the qintu or leaf set, is made of three leaves. Use dried bay leaves or similar sized leaves from
your garden. Your prayers (or wishes) are blown into the leaves which are then placed into the
despacho.
To get started, you likely already have or can easily get what you need without extra
effort. In your kitchen you might find items such as dried fruits and grains and legumes and
candy. You can find in nature such items as leaves, flowers and feathers. Even if you’ve never
found a feather before, when you set your intention to make a despacho, chances are a feather
will appear on your path between now and then. Or maybe you already found one recently.
If you feel inclined to shop for despacho items, a good place to start is a specialty candy
store, or the candy aisle at a supermarket. You’ll find a good assortment of candies there,
especially gummy critters: gummy fish, gummy frogs, gummy dogs, and so on -- the more, the
merrier. Remember to get plenty of chocolates, too, including chocolate kisses.
Despachos often include miniature items as well and these can be harder to find. Local
and on-line merchants that sell imports from Central and South America are most likely to stock
these. However, you might enjoy making these miniatures yourself. For example, a tiny broom
(for the house cleaning despacho) can be fashioned with a small stick, a bit of dry grass and
some thread. A pair of male and female figures can be made decorating a popsicle stick with
fabric scraps for clothes and colored markers to draw the faces, or by cutting pictures of a man
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and a woman from magazines. You could draw your own figures on paper and cut them out. In
fact, anything you’re missing can be drawn and included in the despacho as a rendering.
You can also substitute items as needed. Try to find substitutes with somewhat similar
qualities. For example, red wine is most often substituted with concord grape juice or another
reddish-colored juice and white wine is commonly substituted with vodka or white grape juice.
Be sure to include items that have special meaning to you and also ones you don’t mind
parting with because you’ll be burning or burying your despachos.
As you get ready to make them, don’t be intimidated by long lists of despacho
ingredients. You can omit quite a few items and still have your despacho work, although it’s a
good practice to offer substitutes.
Made with Your Intention and Love
The most important ingredient of all for making a successful despacho is intent. Having
fun while making your despacho helps too. Making a despacho is akin to playing in a garden and
best approached this way.
Once you’ve gathered your ingredients, allow 60 to 90 minutes to assemble and burn or
bury your despacho. You may need a little longer the first time you do this. According to legend,
as a despacho burns, the spirit of the great condor descends and consumes any heavy and
disordered energy present, then brings your prayers up to the heavens.
Start by lighting a candle if you like, then say a few words to invite divine assistance.
Perhaps read or recite a prayer. The words aren’t nearly as important as your intent to extend a
sincere invitation to healing spirits from the invisible world to support you. Make any special
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requests you like such as calling on Jesus, angels, saints, and healers (living and passed). Which
gods you invite to your despacho is up to you.
They’re awaiting your smile.
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Ayni (Abundance) Despacho
Ayni, in the Andean dialect of Quechua, means reciprocity. Ayni, in English, means what
goes round comes round. An Ayni Despacho is about this sacred give-and-take that governs our
lives. It gives thanks by giving back.
In this way, balance or right relationship is the main focus of this despacho. Interestingly,
when you give thanks with an Ayni Despacho, you receive much more than you give. Be on the
lookout for welcome coincidences after you make it. These coincidences are indicators that
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you’re coming into greater alignment with the flow of life. This synchronicity is a hallmark of
well-being. To keep humming in this beautiful groove, make an Ayni Despacho monthly.
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Piece of paper measuring approximately 30” x 30”. White is traditional, wrapping paper works
well too. Make the despacho in the center of the paper, leaving enough room on all four sides to
fold it up as a gift when finished.
Sugar, for sweetness and love, perhaps in the form of a Southern Cross, a guiding principle of
the southern hemisphere.
Incense, 2 sticks, criss-crossed, invites the presence of the divine, place on top of the sugar to
represent the assemblage of reality, the intersecting of time and space for the manifestation of
life to occur.
Anise seeds, sprinkle over the incense to feed the elemental spirits of earth, fire, water and air.
Lavender and/or rosemary and/or sage for cleansing and the power of directed action.
Rice for fertility and abundance.
Red wine. Call on the earth to bless this first layer, then sprinkle some red wine onto the
despacho.
White wine. Call on the mountains to bless this first layer, then sprinkle some white wine onto
the despacho.
36 or more leaves, (dried cocoa leaves, dried bay leaves or any similar sized flat leaves.)
Make the leaves into qintus (leaf sets) by assembling three leaves together, face up, stem side
down, with the largest leaf in the back and the smallest in the front.
Blow your prayers into the qintus. Your prayers can be for anything including healing,
assistance, guidance, favors, etc. Remember to make your prayers general and without
attachment to outcome, such as requesting a wonderful new home, but not a specific one; or a
great new job, but not a specific one; or a new friend, but not a specific one. Make at least a
dozen qintus.
Place the qintus in the despacho.
Sugar, sprinkle onto the qintus for sweetness.
Seashell, to hold the intent of the despacho.
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Female and male figures. Place these into the shell to represent complementary opposites,
balance.
Two tiny qintus, place in the shell to nurture the male and female figures.
Gold and silver bead, put into the shell to represent the sun and the moon.
Gold and silver paper, small bits, put in the shell to represent the wisdom of the earth (gold)
and wisdom of the mountains (silver).
Gold cord, silver cord, put in the shell to represent our connection to earth and heaven.
Silver and gold flute or other music item(s). Place into the shell to represent sound. Celestial
music brings harmony to all elements of the despacho.
Candies to represent everything we are in relationship with, bringing harmony throughout our
environment including any enemies upstream, and making peace with ourselves, to be in right
relationship.
Candy sprinkles, multicolored, for the elemental spirits.
Chocolate for the earth.
Black licorice for protection.
Lima beans, to represent places of power that contain the creation energy of the universe, so we
can tap into this energy and come into synchronicity with our path.
Corn for sustenance, gifting back to the earth what we have been given.
Garbanzo beans for protection so our path is clear of obstacles.
Small red beans to represent places of emergence, such as springs.
Peanuts to represent old trees, the plant people.
Lentils to represent the abundance of the earth.
Raisins to represent the spirits of our ancestors, our blood lineage, for healing for them and for
us.
Cranberries to represent our gardens, our localities.
Figs to represent spirits of ancient ones who dwell in sacred mountains.
Starfish to connect us to the stars and bring our destiny into this world.
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Animal crackers to honor all animal spirits.
Alphabet noodles to enable us to step outside of time and beyond language and linear reasoning
to true understanding and wisdom.
Two candy frogs as messengers to carry our prayers.
One dollar or other paper money, as a measure of our success to ensure the success of the
despacho.
Cotton balls to represent clouds, the provider of the waters.
Rainbow yarn or multi-color ribbons to represent the rainbow and a bridge between the worlds
and our capacity for transcendence.
More yarn to encircle the despacho. This represents the weaving or tying together of our prayers
and offering to bring them into harmony.
Confetti to celebrate all life.
Flowers for healing.
Feather for flight.
Important: To keep the prayers intact, do not turn the despacho upside down or shake it up.
Fold despacho. One by one, bring each corner of the paper over the contents of the despacho so
all corners overlap in the center. Now the despacho is a small square.
Tie despacho closed (as a gift) with yarn or ribbon, remembering to protect the prayers by not
turning it upside down or shaking it up.
Last qintu, blow into it the intention to include any forgotten prayers. Tuck this under the yarn
tie.
Within 24 hours of making this despacho, burn it for an explosive transformation. Make a fire
with enough fuel to completely burn your despacho, or use a gas fireplace or gas barbeque.
When the despacho is placed in the fire, do not look at it except to make sure it is burning well.
This symbolizes non-attachment to outcome and a release to all claim to that which is being
given away. If you can’t burn the despacho, or for slower, more steady results, bury it or put it in
a body of water.
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House Cleaning Despacho
If you do nothing else for spring cleaning, make the House Cleaning Despacho. You can
stir things up energetically by doing extra cleaning yourself a day or two before making this
despacho. After it’s complete, be on alert for impressive results: a sweeter home life including
fewer accidents and misplaced items, even more fun times.
The House Cleaning Despacho’s benefits include improved entertaining and happier
service people, from housekeepers and gardeners to painters. And the more orderly your closets,
cabinets and drawers, the cleaner your home tends to stay energetically.
Make this despacho when moving to a new home or preparing a home for sale. Heavy
and/or disordered energy can actually drive away buyers, causing a house to linger on the market
and cost extra money, especially when housing prices are declining. Disordered energy can also
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attract problematic buyers and, worst case, prevent a house from selling at all. This despacho
helps replace heavy and disordered energy with light and orderly energy, the types that are
conducive to positive actions and activities.
If a fire, accident, or other adverse event has occurred in a house, use the House Cleaning
Despacho to clear any related heavy energy.
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life to occur.
despacho.
the despacho.
Blow your prayers into the qintus. Make a prayer to sweep the house energetically. Make another
prayer to scrub the house energetically, inside and out, all surfaces, horizontal and vertical. Make
a prayer to freshen the house. Make prayers to clean and clear away any energy related to an
adverse event at the house, such as an accident. Make prayers to attract goodness to your house
including good luck, and good friends and workers. If you are selling the house, make prayers to
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quickly attract the highest possible offer from a buyer who will close escrow. If you are moving
to the house, make prayers for many happy times to come there. Make at least a dozen qintus.
balance.
Photo or drawing of the house.
Miniature broom, about 5 inches long, to sweep heavy energy from the house.
Small sea sponge, to represent scrubbving heavy energy from every item in the house and every
interior and exterior surface on the house.
Lavendar, rosemary & sage for cleansing and the power of directed action.
Mint for freshening.
relationship.
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us.
despacho.
Feather for flight.
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tie.
a body of water.
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Beautiful Breasts Despacho
This despacho helps clear heavy or disordered energy related to the breasts in the body’s
energy field. It also helps clear heavy energy that impairs the nurturing function, thus restoring
breast health and the nurturing function.
Remember that healing and curing are different and this despacho brings healing, which
might help support any cure you seek, but not necessarily. It will bring healing however.
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An important part of this despacho is to give thanks for any breast illness or non-
nurturing experiences. Even if you don’t feel grateful, give thanks anyway by blowing your
thanks into a qintu, knowing that as you heal, you will receive related gifts.
At the same time, forgive yourself and others for any imagined blame. Release anger,
resentments and judgements so you can be freer to step into a new way of relating to the world.
Many who experience serious illness, for example, receive the gift of a new level of desire and
commitment to live their lives more fully, in greater joy.
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Pink peanuts or other flesh colored beans or legumes, make two largish circles, two breasts
(see photo).
Darker pink flowers or other round item to represent nipples (see photo).
life to occur.
despacho.
the despacho.
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Blow your prayers into the qintus, your prayers might include…
• A prayer to release any heavy or disordered energy in your field that contributed to
imbalance. Try to sense where this disordered energy may be in your body and how
it feels and blow this feeling into the qintus with the intention of releasing it. Do this
for every type of related disordered energy you sense in your body.
• A prayer to heal and restore breast health.
• A prayer to heal and restore the nurturing function.
• Prayers for assistance in releasing any possibly related undesirable behaviors (such
as smoking).
• Prayers for releasing any related toxicities in the body, such as chemical residue
build-up.
• Prayers to release and heal any negative feelings such as fearfulness and anger and
sadness.
• A prayer to honor and give thanks for any disease. (Even if you don’t feel thankful
right now, giving thanks helps release related negative energy and thus helps pave
the way for healing. Know that eventually you will receive valuable lessons and gifts
related to any disease.)
• A prayer to release and forgive yourself for any imagined blame.
• Prayers for emotional strength, clarity, peace of mind and wisdom.
• Prayers for assistance in finding the right health care providers and making the right
decisions.
Make at least a dozen qintus.
balance.
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relationship.
us.
despacho.
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Feather for flight.
tie.
a body of water.
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Happy Heart Despacho
From a simple lack of deep joy and contentment (love related or not) to heart ache to
heart disease, the Happy Heart Despacho helps heal all matters of the heart. Specifically, it helps
you become a more loving person to others and especially to yourself.
Use qintu prayers to assist you in living more fully from the heart and make decisions
based on what you truly desire. Make more qintu prayers to assist you in supporting others to
enjoy these results too.
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Include a qintu into which you have blown your thanks for any heart-related condition.
Do this whether you feel thankful or not, knowing you will receive valuable lessons related to
the heart. Make more qintus for assistance in releasing yourself and others for any imagined
blame. Doing this is important for making peace with the past and becoming free to move on.
The more you do this, the more space you’ll make in your heart for being filled with the
beautiful gifts of heart-based living.
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Red beans in the shape of a large heart (see photo).
life to occur.
despacho.
the despacho.
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Blow your prayers into the qintus, your prayers might include…
• A prayer to release any heavy or disordered energy in your field that contributed to
imbalance. Try to sense where this disordered energy may be in your body and how
it feels and blow this feeling into the qintus with the intention of releasing it. Do this
for every type of related disordered energy you sense in your body.
• A prayer to flush deposits from heart valves and arteries and restore valve and artery
health.
• A prayer to heal and restore heart vitality and strength.
• Prayers for assistance in releasing any undesirable behaviors (such as smoking or
overeating).
• Prayers for releasing any related toxicities in the body, such as chemical residues or
arterial plaque build-up.
• Prayers to release and heal any negative feelings such as fearfulness and anger and
sadness.
• A prayer to honor and give thanks for any disease. (Even if you don’t feel thankful
right now, giving thanks helps release related negative energy and thus helps pave
the way for healing. Know that eventually you will receive valuable lessons and gifts
related to any disease.)
• A prayer to release and forgive yourself for any imagined blame.
• Prayers for emotional strength, clarity, peace of mind and wisdom.
• Prayers for assistance in finding the right health care providers and making the right
decisions.
balance.
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relationship.
us.
despacho.
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Feather for flight.
tie.
a body of water.
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Despacho to Heal The Feminine
The feminine is about feeling, so
when feelings are amiss, (such as caring
about the wrong things or the wrong
people, that’s a good indicator of feminine
wounding. It might even indicate the
absence of the feminine. The more this is
healed, the less you fear and the less you
resort to control or force -- with others as
well as yourself -- to get what you want.
When bullying ends, it is replaced by real
power or love, which is based on genuine
acceptance of yourself and others as you
truly are.
Both women and men can also use
this despacho to heal sexual wounding
associated with sexual abuse, such as rape or even simply marrying a nice person for the wrong
reasons.
This despacho offers significantly unique healing for men, who all have an inner
feminine aspect (what Carl Jung referred to as the “anima”). An intact, healed anima is essential
for male spiritual wholeness. Still, many men today have animas that are missing. So if you are a
man, please be sure to make this despacho.
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The despacho itself features a place setting, plate, and silverware (use doll house
miniatures or draw these items). This place setting represents the act of making a place for the
return of the anima if it is indeed missing. Another important item in this despacho is a large
pinkish flower that represents female potency. When women make this despacho, the place
setting acts as a soul retrieval piece, making room for the return of soul parts that fled as the
result of a traumatic sexual experience.
After you burn this despacho, be on the lookout for signs that healing is underway. If you
are male, you may dream of a woman returning to you or that you are receiving women’s
clothing and accessories, such as a cooking knife, (which represents a female warrior knife and is
essential at a certain point in everyone’s spiritual healing journey). One man I know with an
intact, healed anima owns an impressive set of cooking knives and is a gourmet chef. Men and
women who make this despacho may discover a new interest in cooking or other feminine
activities.
If you are a male making this despacho and have a female partner, it’s strongly
recommended she make the Despacho to Heal the Masculine. If you are a male and have a male
partner, it’s strongly recommended the two of you make this despacho together.
This is one of the most powerful despachos that anyone, female or male, can make.
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life to occur.
despacho.
the despacho.
Blow your prayers into the qintus. Your prayers can include…
• (men only) prayers for the return of your inner feminine or anima (assume it is
missing).
• Prayers for healing of sexual wounding such as incest or rape.
• Prayers forgiving and releasing from blame anyone who violated you sexually (to
release any remaining energetic connection, you are the beneficiary of such
forgiving).
• Prayers releasing any shame you feel associated with your sexuality.
• Prayers for the restoration of sexual purity.
• Prayers for the return of any soul parts that fled as a result of a sexually traumatic
experience.
• Prayers to release any inappropriate caring you have for anyone.
• Prayers to heal and release any inappropriate caring you have about any thing, i.e.
things you may care too much about such as money or image.
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balance.
A small place setting (can be drawn) to represent an empty place at the table for the missing
one, the missing anima (if this despacho is being made for a man).
A large red flower to represent the mystery and beauty of feminine power.
A picture of a white kitten to represent sexual purity.
Small red flowers around the edge of the despacho to represent a necklace of rubies,
symbolizing female coming of age rites.
relationship.
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us.
despacho.
Feather for flight.
tie.
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a body of water.
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Despacho to Heal The Masculine
The masculine is about
doing. When the ability to
accomplish is impaired, it often
results from masculine wounding
or even a missing masculine
aspect. The more this is healed, the
easier it becomes to get things
done.
In present time, a common
form of male wounding occurs in
response to a lack of support for
worldly endeavors, especially
during the teen years when we hear
the passionate stirrings of our first
call to destiny. For example, a
father or even an entire family might pressure a young man or woman to go into a field to which
he or she doesn’t feel called. Succumbing to such pressure results in the individual never
achieving genuine satisfaction, distinction and greatness in the workplace. Or perhaps a young
person is repeatedly told he or she will never amount to anything. This too can impair one’s
ability to step fully into his or her destiny. In either case, this despacho supports healing such
matters.
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This despacho also offers especially important healing that is unique to women who all
have an inner masculine aspect (what Carl Jung referred to as the “animus”). It is so essential
that, without it, female spiritual wholeness is impossible.
Still, most women are missing it. So if you are female, please be sure to make this
despacho. It features a place setting, plate and silverware (use doll house miniatures or draw
these), to make a place in your life for the return and healing of the inner masculine, plus an ear
of corn to symbolize male potency. For men who make this despacho, the place setting facilitates
any necessary soul retrieval, making a place energetically for the return of soul parts that fled as
a result of a traumatic masculine wounding.
If you are a female, after you burn this despacho, look for signs that represent your
masculine aspect (or animus) returning and healing. Shortly after I made this despacho, I
dreamed a man was returning to my life and then I dreamed I was laundering dirty old men’s
clothing. I eventually dreamed I got new men’s clothing for myself. (Notice the progression from
the theme of “old” to “new” clothes, which represented a certain type of healing.) Then my
mother, who unwittingly gives me timely and symbolic presents, gave me a hunting knife. This
represented a male warrior knife (as compared to my female warrior knife, which is a large
chef’s knife) that my inner male required on the symbolic, energetic level for his healing
journey.
If you are a female and have a male partner, it’s strongly recommended that he make the
despacho that appears before this one, to heal the feminine. If you are female and have a female
partner, it is strongly recommended that she do this despacho with you.
Whatever your gender, this is one of the most powerful and rewarding despachos you
will ever make.
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life to occur.
despacho.
the despacho.
Blow your prayers into the qintus. Your prayers may include…
• (women only) A prayer for the return of your inner male or animus (assume it is
missing)
• Prayers to heal anything that impairs your ability to get things done, in or out of the
workplace. These can be very specific such as healing relations with co-workers or
healing chronic tardiness or having merits and accomplishments fully acknowledged
and rewarded.
• Prayers to heal anything that impairs your ability to earn income.
• Prayers to heal anything that might prevent you from doing work that you love and
about which you are passionate.
• Prayers for the return of any soul parts that fled as the result of masculine wounding.
• Prayers to attract what you want that is related to getting things done, earning
potential, and doing work that utilizes your highest potential.
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balance.
relationship.
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us.
despacho.
Feather for flight.
tie.
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a body of water.
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Power Animal Despacho
Power animals are animal archetypes that share their healing powers or medicine with us.
The healing powers are each animal’s unique collection of characteristics, which can be applied
to our lives for our benefit.
How do you “get” a power animal? Well, the one that can best serve you chooses you. So
when an animal shows up in your dream, this can be a new power animal announcing it’s coming
to your aid. Having a significant physical experience with an animal, usually a wild one, is
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another good sign this animal is coming to your assistance. Or you can use a more deliberate
approach, such as the raffle that follows, to help a power animal choose you. It works!
Be sure to learn as much as you can about your power animal (e.g., if and how it hunts,
what it eats, what mating habits it has, and other unique characteristics). Then consider how
these characteristics might benefit you. For example, opossums are masters of playing dead, a
unique and important survival skill. So if the opossum is your power animal, you will discover
that “playing dead” at certain times is an important skill that, used judiciously, better enables you
to survive and thrive.
If a lowly animal chooses you, be open-minded, for all animals are mighty on the
energetic level. For example, a mouse, especially adept at nesting, once chose me and brought
me invaluable assistance in setting up my new home. On another occasion, a tarantula chose me.
In my dreams it was massive, sci-fi monster-sized, and amazingly adept at devouring (clearing
away) heavy energy.
Bonding with your power animal is an important way to establish a strong relationship
and making a Power Animal Despacho helps you achieve this. Use it to give thanks to your
animal for being available to you. Also make specific requests and prayers for assistance. You
will discover they can share impressive powers with you!
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life to occur.
despacho.
the despacho.
Blow your prayers into the qintus. Your prayers can be for anything including very specific
requests to your animal for healing, assistance, guidance, favors, etc. Also make prayers for your
animal to share its gifts and power with you and teach you about these and how you can use
them to your benefit. Make at least a dozen qintus.
balance.
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relationship.
us.
despacho.
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Feather for flight.
tie.
a body of water.
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Power Animal Raffle
Use this process to find the animal archetype that can help you the most right now… On
small pieces of paper of equal size write the numbers 1 through 67, fold each piece of paper in
half, with the number on the inside, and put all the pieces in a large container. Next, without
looking at the numbers, pick one piece of paper. Find the number on the paper on the list and it
will have the name of your power animal (and it’s attributes in parenthesis). Invite your animal
to teach you and to share its special power and gifts with you by making the Power Animal
Despacho.
1. alligator and crocodile (primal energies of birth, motherhood and initiation)

2. antelope (speed and adaptability of the mind)
3. armadillo (personal protection, discrimination and empathy)
4. badger (bold self-expression and reliance, keeper of stories)
5. bat (transition and initiation)
6. bear (awakening the power of the unconscious)
7. beaver (building dreams)
8. bison or buffalo (manifesting abundance through right action and right prayer)
9. bobcat (silence and secrets)
10. bull (fertility, abundance)
11. canary (power of song and voice)
12. cat (mystery, magic and independence)
13. chicken (fertility and sacrifice)
14. cougar (coming into your own power)
15. coyote (wisdom and folly)
16. crow (the secret magic of creation is calling)
17. deer (gentleness and innocence, gentle luring to new adventure)
18. dog (faithfulness and protection)
19. dolphin (the power of breath and sound)
20. dove (feminine energies of peace, maternity and prophecy)
21. duck (emotional comfort and protection)
22. eagle (illumination of spirit, healing and creation)
23. elephant (ancient power, strength and royalty)
24. elk (strength and nobility)
25. fox (feminine magic of camouflage, shapeshifting and invisibility)
26. frog (transformation through water and sound)
27. giraffe (farsightedness)
28. goose (the call of the quest and travels to legendary places)
29. lizard (subtlety of perception)
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30. mountain goat (surefootedness and seeking new heights)
31. groundhog (mystery of death without dying, trance, dreams)
32. hawk (visionary power and guardianship)
33. horse (travel, power and freedom)
34. hummingbird ( tireless joy and the nectar of life)
35. jaguar or panther (reclaiming one’s true power)
36. lion (assertion of the feminine and the power of the female sun)
37. lynx (secrets and vision of the hidden and unseen)
38. moose (primal feminine energies and the magic of life and death)
39. mouse (attention to detail)
40. opossum (the use of appearances)
41. otter (joy, playfulness and sharing)
42. owl (the mystery of magic, omens, silent wisdom and vision in the dark)
43. peacock (resurrection and wise vision)
44. porcupine (renewed sense of wonder)
45. prairie dog (community)
46. rabbit (fertility and new life)
47. raccoon (dexterity and disguise)
48. ram or bighorn sheep (seeking new beginnings)
49. rat (success, restless and shrewdness)
50. raven (magic, shapeshifting and creation)
51. rhinoceros (ancient wisdom)
52. seagull (responsible behavior and communication)
53. sea lion and seal (active imagination, creativity and lucid dreaming)
54. skunk (sensuality, respect, and self-esteem)
55. snake (rebirth, resurrection, initiation and wisdom)
56. snow leopard (overcoming our demons and haunts and renewal of vision and vitality)
57. spider or tarantula (creativity and the weaving of fate)
58. squirrel (activity and preparedness)
59. stork (birth and unspoken communication)
60. swan (awakening the true beauty and power of the self)
61. tiger (passion, power, devotion and sensuality)
62. turkey (sacred blessings and harvest)
63. turtle (motherhood, longevity, awakening to opportunities)
64. vulture (purification, death and rebirth, new vision)
65. weasel (sly and secret circumvention and/or pursuit)
66. whale (creation, power of song, awakening inner depths)
67. wolf (guardianship, ritual, loyalty, and spirit)
Is this list missing critters you’d like to see on it? Add them with corresponding numbers and
include these in your draw as well.
Note: For more information about the attributes of each of the above critters, see Animal-Speak
by Ted Andrews.
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New Love Despacho
How can a despacho help you find a new love? By jumpstarting a process for meeting up
with a new partner that few are aware of. It starts with connecting energetically. After this has
happened, your new partner’s physical arrival may be sudden or it may take a while.
Signs this process is underway can include imagery (in dreamtime or awake time) about
such a journey that includes fishing, meeting a princess or prince, pitching a story, being in a
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courtyard, playing a musical instrument, singing, going to dinner, getting engaged, and setting up
a new household. Getting a new phone represents energetic connection and communication.
Also look (in dreamtime and awake time) for clues that suggest the presence of a true
love energetically or physically. The related imagery will be natural, such as a real flame or fire,
the ocean, and a natural paradise -- perhaps a garden or a lush locale like Hawaii.
To speed the arrival of your heart’s desire, make yourself fully available. Also get
yourself in order, including healing as much as possible. And get rid of any decorative frogs that
can attract undesirable matches. Then remember to do the activities you love most. This will help
the universe arrange for your paths to cross.
For best results, make an Aya Despacho before making this one to completely clear
yourself energetically of romantic attachments from the past.
life to occur.
despacho.
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the despacho.
Blow your prayers into the qintus. Let your prayers be romance-related. Specific requests might
include the attributes and interests you’d like your new partner to have. Remember not to request
a romance with anyone specific however. Try to make at least a dozen qintus.
Princess and prince figures. Place these into the shell to represent complementary opposites,
balance and communion.
A gourmet hamburger or a gourmet hotdog, to represent your availability. Use a hamburger if

you are female; a hotdog if you are male. Make sure this is a GOURMET hamburger or hotdog
by using gourmet condiments or adding something special such as basil or cilantro on the
hamburger or a mustard leaf on top of the hotdog. You can make it yourself. Or buy one and
embellish it. Or you can draw a colorful picture of one. This is the centerpiece of this despacho,
the item that anchors and defines the entire despacho. Make it beautiful. If you are vegetarian,
use a meatless burger or dog.
relationship.
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us.
despacho.
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Feather for flight.
tie.
a body of water.
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Aya (Death) Despacho
The Aya Despacho is traditionally used to honor passing. It can also be used for any
event that requires closing an old life chapter and stepping into a new one, such as the passing of
an undesirable habit, perhaps overeating or substance abuse, a job, or even a relationship.
The word aya means death in the Q’uechua language. Thus, an Aya Despacho brings an
energetic death to any inappropriate connections between an old life and a new one, rendering
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you free to step into a new life. Achieving this healthy, energetic closure and freedom is the goal
of the Aya Despacho.
This despacho is made of rainbow layers including a rainbow bridge to assist crossing
over from the old to the new. Any soul fragments that may be still stuck, along with any
unfinished business, is called and placed in the despacho to be burned so the soul doesn’t have to
do this work to come to completion. Heavy, disordered energy is transformed into fuel to help
send the person on.
Make your Aya Despacho ceremony a beautiful one, honoring the individual who has
passed, or who is passing into a new life chapter. Include some favorite foods and stories.
Celebrate and give thanks for the lessons learned.
After burning this despacho, don’t be alarmed if you dream about dying and death,
perhaps your own. This is commonly a symbolic sign that your Aya, or death, Despacho was
indeed effective.
A piece of beautiful paper measuring around 30” x 30”.
Red and white wine in glasses. Into each, blow intentions to celebrate the passing of a life and
offer thanks to heaven and earth by pouring outside at the base of a tree.
Black layer, represents the lower world, the unmanifest, the potential.
Sugar in the four directions.
36 or more leaves (cocoa leaves or bay leaves or similar sized flat leaves).
Red and white carnation petals (optional).
Make the leaves and carnation petals into qintus by putting three leaves together, faces up, with
the largest leaf in the back and the smallest in the front, then a red carnation petal for the earth,
then a white carnation petal for the mountains, on top of the leaves. The three leaves represent
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the lower, middle, and upper worlds; power, love, intellect; past self, present self, becoming self
(the healed enlightened self of knowing, wisdom and availability).
Make five or more qintus to represent all that is unmanifest in your (or the passed person’s) life,
your potential.
Cocoa powder or cocoa seeds to represent the unmanifest.
Two red kidney beans (use a black marker to make a dot on one, this is the masculine one) or
huayruro seeds, masculine and feminine for balance and to bring balance.
Beef jerky or llama fetus*, to represent unborn potential.
Cheese or llama fat to represent the capability of animating the unmanifest. It is the fuel to make
the unmanifest, manifest.
Red layer (make above black layer), represents Mother Earth, Pachamama.
Chocolates for the earth.
Red wine, sprinkle onto this layer, saying thank you to the earth for her blessings.
Photo of the person.
Candy sprinkles, multicolored, to feed the elemental spirits.
Incense.
Herbs to thank the earth for the bounty of flavorings she provides for us.
Cocoa powder or cocoa seeds, the most sacred to this lineage.
Green layer (make above red layer), represents Kay Pacha, the Middle World, this world of our
lived reality.
More qintus with red and white carnation petals, put in your prayers.
Cheese or llama fat, more fuel to animate the unmanifest.
Fruits, raisins, dates, to represent the little old ancestors.
Alphabet noodles to represent language, our spoken words.
Garbanzos and peanuts, to represent all the foods the earth provides us, our nourishment.
Quinoa, which is high in protein.
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Tables and human figures (can be drawn) to represent the aspects of our everyday life.
Dollar a measure of success to ensure the success of the despacho.
Loadstone or magnet to attract that which is required.
Cocoa powder or cocoa seeds
Cinnamon stick
Blue layer (make above the green layer), represents the sky, clouds and the Apus.
Sugar for more sweetness.
Cotton balls for clouds, to represent the waters.
Silica for more magnetic qualities, ability to attract what is needed.
White corn
White grain
White beans for air spirits.
Slivered almonds for angels.
White flowers
Feather for flight.
Purple layer (make above blue layer), this is the rainbow layer.
Seashell, a container for the intent of the despacho.
Human figure inside the shell to connect the human and the sacred.
Multi-colored yarn, fashion into a rainbow bridge.
Rainbow ribbons
Flowers
Yarn to surround the entire despacho, as a circle of life.
Confetti for joy.
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Incense
Gold and yellow layer (make above purple layer). Represents vision, alignment with your
destiny and your becoming. That everything will come into alignment for your highest vision
and becoming.
More qintus, a third layer of prayers, that everything will come into alignment for your highest
vision and becoming.
Copal-golden incense to carry our dreams.
Silver and gold leaf to represent the knowledge of the sun and the knowledge of the mystery of
the moon.
Gold and silver flutes for the music in our lives.
Starfish for the concept of as above so below
White layer covers everything. This is the layer of ONENESS/NOTHINGNESS.
White tissue paper placed over entire despacho.
Fold and tie with silver and gold thread.
Last qintu, gently blow into this qintu “anything else that needs to be included, any forgotten
prayers.” Tuck this under the yarn.
Burn this despacho within 24 hours. Make a fire with enough fuel to completely burn your
despacho. When it is placed into the fire, do not look towards the flames until after the offering is
burned. This symbolizes non-attachment to outcome and a release to all claim to that which is
being given away. According to legend, as the despacho burns, Apuschin, the spirit of the great
condor, descends and consumes any hucha (heavy energy) present, then brings the prayers up to
the heavens.
Finding a use for a llama fetus is an example of the gentle creativity and economy of the
people of the high Andes, much of whose livelihoods come from herding alpaca and
llama. A place in a despacho is a place of honor for the llama fetus. Oftentimes they are
colorfully decorated.
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Birth Despacho
Make this despacho to help
set the stage for an extra beautiful
new life beginning along with a
bounty of extra blessings for your
new babe... That her path will be
cleared of any obstacles before she
discovers them… That she will be
showered with a surplus of
abundance… That her most
beautiful dreams will come true.
You can fill in the rest as you
make the prayer qintus for this
despacho.
Also make this despacho
to heal birth-related trauma for
infants, children and adults. To do this, make prayer qintus to request healing of the trauma.
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life to occur.
Lavender for cleansing and the power of directed action.
despacho.
the despacho.
Blow your prayers into the qintus. The prayers should be about receiving an abundance
sweetness and support for the journey through life. Make at least a dozen qintus.
balance.
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Photo of baby. This is the centerpiece of this despacho, place it in the center section near the
shell.
Acorn to represent growing into magnificence.
Tiny toy to represent the playfulness that is necessary for a successful journey through
childhood.
relationship.
us.
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despacho.
Feather for flight.
tie.
a body of water.
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Wedding Despacho
Making this despacho serves as a visioning ceremony in which the couple weaves their
most fantastical dreams of their desired future together.
The ideal time to make the Wedding Despacho is a week or two before your wedding.
Allow plenty of time for you and your betrothed to think about what you want that future to
include. Don’t be modest, for the universe has the ability to provide abundance to all. Include
prayers for a surplus of every form of wealth; physical, emotional and spiritual. Also, be as
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specific as you like. For example, if you want to eventually move, make qintu prayers to help
bring your new home to you including the money to purchase it, and paving the way for a move
to a new community if that is your desire.
This despacho can also be made to heal, re-vision or renew a marriage.
life to occur.
despacho.
the despacho.
Blow your prayers into the qintus. Your prayers can be for anything including healing,
assistance, guidance, favors, and material gifts. Use your prayers to define the life you want
together. Make at least a dozen qintus.
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Bride and groom figures. Place these into the shell to represent complementary opposites,
balance.
Photo of the couple.
Photo of couple’s dream house, the more it reflects exactly the house you want, the better your
chances of getting exactly what you want.
More photos of other items you want to come into your life together.
relationship.
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us.
despacho.
White yarn to encircle the despacho. This represents the weaving or tying together of our
prayers and offering to bring them into harmony.
White flowers for healing.
Feather for flight.
tie.
Bury this despacho for a slow, sustained release.
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Cuti (Protection) Despacho
Cuti means turning back or shedding off. The Cuti Despacho achieves this energetically
by using irritants to repel irritants (of the energetic sort). To do this, it features lots of irritants
and darkness -- from the paper it is made on, to the ingredients that are predominantly red and
black, and lots of salt, chili peppers, and even dead bugs.
Make this despacho to ward off energetic attacks such as anger, jealousy, envy or even
gossip directed at you. For extra protection when making it, wear a black poncho or other black
clothing, and assemble and burn this despacho very quickly.
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Black or very dark paper measuring approximately 30” x 30”.
Red and white wine, take outside and offer to the earth and mountains by pouring onto the earth.
Make this despacho quickly. Work everything counterclockwise with the left hand to unwind
sorcery.
Salt in the four directions
Incense on the salt
Anise on the salt
36 or more leaves (dried cocoa leaves or dried bay leaves). Make into qintus by putting three
leaves together, faces up, with the largest leaf in the back and the smallest in the front. The three
leaves represent the lower, middle, and upper worlds; power, love, intellect; past self, present
self, becoming self (the healed enlightened self of knowing, wisdom and availability).
Make at least a dozen qintus. Blow into them what you want to release.
Crumble all the qintus leaves onto the paper.
Black raisins
Black beans
Black peppercorns and ground pepper
Black wild rice
Seashell to hold the intent of the despacho
Male and female figures in seashell
Salt in seashell
Dried dark figs
Red kidney beans or huayruru seeds
Mini-rope and cords to represent any dark energetic ties and connections which need to be
released.
Red beans
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Dried cranberries
Red pepper flakes
Small red chilies
Large red chilies
Black licorice, black jelly beans and gum drops
Bitter chocolate
More salt, sprinkle on the candies
More red pepper flakes, sprinkle on the candies
Cheese or llama fat
Black feather
Red or dead flowers
Dead bugs
Black and red yarn to encircle entire despacho
(Take a minute or so to move your dominant hand around an inch or two above the despacho, if
it feels hot, that’s good.)
Fold and tie despacho with dark string or yarn
SHAKE DESPACHO VIGOROUSLY TO MIX EVERYTHING UP.
Burn this despacho immediately. Make a big enough fire to burn the despacho completely,
remembering not to watch it burn. According to legend, as the despacho burns, Apuschin, the
spirit of the great condor, descends and consumes any hucha (heavy energy) present, then brings
the prayers up to the heavens.
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Chaska (Star) Despacho
This is an offering to Chaska, our local star, the sun. It is made in response to events of
catastrophic proportions, such as earthquakes and war. These events are large enough to require
the assistance of Pachamama (the earth), the Apus (mountains), and Chaska to bring balance. So
the goal is to evoke the power and blessings of all three to bring right relationship and alignment
wherever necessary on earth.
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The Chaska Despacho is an offering to bring assistance in reversing global warming. If
enough people make this despacho, it will quietly and comfortably fade away as public policy
becomes increasingly earth-friendly, and as businesses offer more and more environmentally
friendly products and services, and consumers enthusiastically embrace them. If these ideas
appeal to you, help usher in this new era in by making this despacho. Doing so may be the most
significant contribution you can make as an individual to help avert this threat.
If you want to make a Chaska Despacho to bring balance and healing to another event
(such as an earthquake or a war), make your qintu prayers for healing that event.
Red wine in a small glass. This represents the blood of the earth, call on her to bless this
endeavor.
White wine in a small glass. This represents the waters of the mountains, call on the mountains
to bless this endeavor.
Vodka or fine mineral water in a small glass. This represents the rays of the sun, call on the
sun to bless this endeavor.
Take all three glasses outside and offer the contents to a tree.
Piece of paper measuring approximately 30” x 30”. Make the despacho in the center of the
paper, leaving enough room on all four sides to fold it up as a gift when finished.
life to occur.
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despacho.
the despacho.
Vodka or mineral water. Call on the sun to bless this first layer, then sprinkle some vodka onto
the despacho.
Blow your prayers into the qintus. Make them all related to healing various aspects of global
warming or to heal various aspects of another large-scale catastrophe for which you are making
this despacho.
balance.
relationship.
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us.
despacho.
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Sunflower and other yellow flowers that have the appearance of a sun, such as yellow daisies,
for healing.
Feather for flight.
tie.
a body of water.
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Help make despacho history! Share your experiences!
Share the magic of despachos with others by sharing your despacho results… blessings, healings
and any other miracles you experience after a despacho. Write kerri@feastsforthegods.com.
Write soon and share your despacho story!
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About The Author
Kerri Colegrove is the former editor of Women’s Health Letter,
a monthly newsletter about natural healing for women that she
founded in 1992. Since then, she has written extensively about
conventional and alternative medicine and healing and co-
authored The Giant Book of Women’s Health Secrets. Her
passion for learning about all types of healing led her to study
despacho-making with Andean medicine masters in Peru and
Alberto Villoldo, Ph.D., and Linda Fitch of The Four Winds Society in the United States. Kerri
is a graduate of the University of California at Berkeley and lives in Los Angeles, California. Her
favorite activities include road trips and riding big roller coasters with lots of loops.
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Kerri is available for private despacho healing sessions. Each session lasts approximately 60
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For more information on despacho parties and private despacho healing sessions, write Kerri at
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Experience miracles with despachos,

being two of the best teachers I will ever have.

Ayni (Abundance) Despacho.........................................................13

House Cleaning Despacho .............................................................17

Beautiful Breasts Despacho ...........................................................22

Happy Heart Despacho ..................................................................27

Despacho to Heal The Feminine....................................................32

Despacho to Heal The Masculine ..................................................38

Power Animal Despacho................................................................44

New Love Despacho ......................................................................51

Aya (Death) Despacho ...................................................................56

Wedding Despacho ........................................................................65

Cuti (Protection) Despacho............................................................69

Chaska (Star) Despacho .................................................................72

About The Author ..........................................................................78

did you know this happens with the gods too?

One way to smile at them is with a despacho.

bring healing, blessings and even manifest prayers.

Attract Abundance and New Possibilities

dream suddenly fulfilled.

new” despacho strategy.

when what you asked for shows up.

who put their prayers into the despacho will be served.

Where Despachos Originated

their knowledge of despachos orally because there was no written language.

As the art of despacho-making evolved over several millennium, different types of

these sacred offerings.

merrier. Remember to get plenty of chocolates, too, including chocolate kisses.

parting with because you’ll be burning or burying your despachos.

good practice to offer substitutes.

Made with Your Intention and Love

best approached this way.

disordered energy present, then brings your prayers up to the heavens.

gods you invite to your despacho is up to you.

They’re awaiting your smile.

lives. It gives thanks by giving back.

Rice for fertility and abundance.

Place the qintus in the despacho.

Sugar, sprinkle onto the qintus for sweetness.

Seashell, to hold the intent of the despacho.

Candy sprinkles, multicolored, for the elemental spirits.

Chocolate for the earth.

Black licorice for protection.

Garbanzo beans for protection so our path is clear of obstacles.

Small red beans to represent places of emergence, such as springs.

Peanuts to represent old trees, the plant people.

Lentils to represent the abundance of the earth.

Cranberries to represent our gardens, our localities.

Figs to represent spirits of ancient ones who dwell in sacred mountains.

Two candy frogs as messengers to carry our prayers.

Cotton balls to represent clouds, the provider of the waters.

Confetti to celebrate all life.

Flowers for healing.

Feather for flight.

fewer accidents and misplaced items, even more fun times.

conducive to positive actions and activities.

Despacho to clear any related heavy energy.

Rice for fertility and abundance.

Place the qintus in the despacho.

Sugar, sprinkle onto the qintus for sweetness.

Seashell, to hold the intent of the despacho.

Photo or drawing of the house.