New Moon Ceremony of Gratitude and Beauty

Despacho Offering of Gratitude and Beauty
Come join us for a special event where we gather to express our gratitude and create a beautiful Despacho Offering, aligned with the lunar energies. Most of our offerings are for the New Moon, focused on planting seeds and setting intentions. Occasionally we offer Full Moon despachos, which are more focused harvesting the learnings from the previous cycle.
At all despacho ceremonies, we focus on giving thanks for all that we have, harness the power of the moon to release that which no longer serves us, and open the way for even more love, goodness, and abundance to come our way by getting clear about our intentions.

What is a Despacho?
A Despacho (from the Spanish, meaning to dispatch) is a beautiful ceremony of making a mandala-like offering from natural materials. Coming together in community and ritually assembling flowers, seeds and other objects is an Andean practice of gratitude and sacred reciprocity (ayni) that helps align us to the cycles of the earth, connect with our own hearts, and strengthen our connections to all of creation. Making these offerings can help us restore love, balance, and harmony in our own lives, and in our relationship with Mother Earth and all the beings of nature. After the creation of the despacho, it is bundled up and ritually released into a sacred fire.

These teachings originate from our apprenticeship with the Pachakuti Mesa Tradition through The Heart of the Healer Shamanic Mystery School and Visionary Hearts.

Ayni (Sacred Reciprocity) and Registration
This ceremony is offered by donation and we want to make it as accessible as possible to the community.
The suggested donation is $25-50. All funds raised will be used to offset the cost of supplies and will support furthering our studies. If money is a barrier to entry, please let us know: there are other ways to contribute and share in sacred reciprocity.

If you prefer not to pay through Eventbrite, please email us at emissariesofthegoldenage@gmail.com to confirm your attendance, and bring cash or send an e-transfer.

What to bring
If so inspired, please bring flowers, feathers, dried plants, or any other natural objects that you feel comfortable leaving as an offering. If you want to bring snacks to share, we do welcome that. We will provide tea, and all other materials. After completing the offering ceremony, we will release it in a ritual fire. (We also gratefully appreciate contributions of firewood, and/or fire tending volunteers).

Location
This ceremony takes place in a private residence in SW Calgary. The address and parking instructions will be sent out upon registration.

About Us
Juan and Luna Rojas are apprentices in the Pachakuti Mesa Tradition of Cross-cultural Shamanism, originating in the North Coast and Andes of Peru. Both have extensive experience with their own paths of healing and awakening, and a strong commitment to supporting personal and planetary healing. Emissaries of the Golden Age is our shared initiative of helping seed and spark the movement toward a more beautiful world through our ceremonial offerings, story-telling, and teaching endeavours.