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Traditional offerings
Give what you can keep up. A glass of water every day beats a pile of gifts you dump and forget.
The ordinary table
Fresh water, a white candle, flowers that have not gone slimy, incense if smoke is allowed in the room. Bread, fruit, or a little of what you actually eat. White carnations, jasmine, or a single Casablanca lily if you can keep them alive.
White-aspect gifts
Under the White Mantle the table stays clean: cool water changed daily, white cloth, a candle you can tend without burning the house. Honey, milk, or sweet bread belong here more than bitter liquor meant to look hard.
What not to offer as a stunt
Do not pour liquor you cannot handle. Do not leave meat to rot “for power.” Do not steal flowers from a grave to look hard. She does not need your mess to be fed. Do not offer another person’s body, will, or name as a sacrifice.
After a petition is granted
Keep the vow. Flowers, bread, coins given away without a caption, or a novena of thanks. Read the thanksgiving cycle if you need a shape for nine days of gratitude.
Digital offerings
A petition on this site is a word, not a substitute for water on a real table. If you have no altar, a cup of water and a candle still count.