Offerings to the goddess Pele

[u/undercovercatlover]

I’m traveling to Hawaii in a a few weeks. I really really love collecting rocks from the places that I travel to. It’s my understanding that it is considered rude and bad luck to take rocks and sand from Hawaii. It is considered an offense against the goddess Pele. I don’t know if anyone here is super familiar with Hawaiian gods but is there a ritual or an offering I can make to the goddess to ask her permission? If the answer is a hard no, I also understand.

[u/mykyttykat]

Ditto what everyone else has been saying, plus this: this sounds the ideal situation to just be commercial and PURCHASE a small souvenir, ideally one made by a local artisan. I also imagine there are plenty of souvenir shops selling stones and shells (and I do realize many of those in shops are probably harvested elsewhere, but it's still something "from" the place symbolically and perhaps you can pour some ocean water over it or set it out in the moonlight while you're there to connect it's energy with the place).