Offerings to the bioregion

On tribe.net we have been having discussion on the subject of Andean despacho or burnt offerings...
I have participated in this tradition practice over the years, and its pretty amazing. The topic took an interesting turn when some one mentioned that they wondered what a bioregional burnt offering would look like. I mentioned that in my bioregion a burnt offering looked like eastern Washington sage mixed with cedar from the tree out side my house, apples from the yard sliced thin all rolled up in fresh home grown tobacco leaves. It was very powerful, and was an offering that left every one feeling blessed and nurtured. The spirits of the land that we were giving an offering to we felt had accepted the offering gratefully.

after talking about this a bit more, I reflected on it and decided to write a bit about what offerings mean from a bioregional animist context... What's below was a response to the comment on what a bioregional despacho would look like...
Andean Despacho kit

If you look at who your giving the offering to it makes the experience very powerful and meaningful and helps you decide what to offer and why to offer. If you look at burnt offerings as a way of relating to powerful natural ( or SUPER natural) forces in your area then what your doing is creating a reciprocal relationship with say the mountain gods or spirits or rivers or water falls or trees or directions or what ever is calling you to work with them in your bioregion then your I guess you could say creating ahem trade relations with these beings who you depend upon to live a healthy life in your bioregion. The act of burning has always been a way of releasing the life force or spirit of something, which is seen in the smoke and felt in the heat and light. A water falls "body" may be unable to move but its spirit can come and ingest the offering that is given through the burnt offering. Same as with a Apu ( Andean mountain spirit) or ancestor ect....
just some insights....
I think that burnt offerings and offerings and prayer animisticly at least help to facilitate communion and reciprocal relationships with the other then human persons that compose a bioregion. By giving offerings you can facilitate or open door ways of communication, that may have other wise been closed before.
many cultures give offerings to plants before they harvest them, or to the animal spirits or keeper of the spirits before a hunt. The act of offering is so common it nearly crosses the board between animist cultures.
ritual offerring by bioregional animist in australia

From a bioregional animist perspective a practitioner of the path might start by feeling drawn to perhaps by appreciation to say a local grove of trees, a forest. Prayers of gratitude and an (intuition based, what would this forest need for an offering? Ask in contemplation and await a reply, it might be bundle of tobacco or some corn meal ect...) offering may be burnt or simply left at a tree maybe the largest tree of the forest could act as the elder of the forest and its representative, or a large stone perhaps whatever you feel is right. Give some thing back to the forest in appreciation for its assistance in your life, for with out what would your quality of life be? By making offerings to the other then human persons of your bioregion, you are opening up lines of communication and showing a sense of humility and respect, as well as beginning a reciprocal relationship with these beings. By giving an offering of thanks and appreciation and gratitude you are thanking them for all that they have done for you in the past, and creating a deeper relationship with them so that you can work together to mutually aid each other in fulfilling your mutual needs.