To experience a Mayan protection ritual is to enter an ancestral world of mystery and wisdom, where shamans, guardians of a millenary tradition, deploy their knowledge to safeguard those who seek protection.
The shaman was in charge of purifying the tourists through prayers and copal smoke before entering the cenote, since each and every one of these cenote is for the Mayas the door to the underworld, a portal where living beings can communicate with their mythical beings through rituals and offerings.
In Yucatán, the healer, teacher, herbalist, is called H'men or ah'men. He is also known as ah k'in, chilam, espiritista and way . He was in charge of performing certain ceremonies or rituals that had the purpose of healing, cleansing, eliminating negative energies, etc.
We invite you to take an in-depth look at Maya resguardo rituals. Learn how the materials and elements used in the rituals trigger powerful protective energies and spiritual connections.
This one has the function of sweetening what will be offered, it is also used in various colors related to the 4 corners of the universe.
The function of this resin is to make a base, it is believed that it has to be a generous enough base for the offering to be received.
This has the function of aromatizing the ceremony, it is commonly called cascarita because it is part of the bark of the tree.
Its function is always to aromatize the ceremony and to ask that when there are difficulties, they can be overcome.
It is used as an aromatizer and in the ceremony it is offered to ask for wisdom.
In the ceremonial speech, the Nahual Tijax use obsidian stone or flint to remove problems and
