The Fire ceremony is a way the Mayans believe to create a vortex of energy that can be used as a "gateway" or portal to other worlds ( or the Spirit Worlds of the Ancestors), in order to receive healing and pay tribute to the Ancestors.
These fire ceremonies do not use wood. Wit intention and ceremonial words and song and silence, a mandala (a circle) is created out the natural materials above. First, sugar is used to draw the circle, and then ensarte is placed on top of the sugar to create the foundation for the sacred fire. Then, herbs such as cedar, sage, rosemary, tobacco, lavender and flower petals are placed in abundance on top of the ensarte. The fuel for the fire comes from the ensarte and herbs at first and then the other "ingredients".

The other main components of the fire are candles the colors of the six directions (red, black, white, yellow, blue and green). They also represent all the nations of the world (red- all native Indian nations, yellow-Asian and Mongolian, black-Africa and India and parts of the Middle East, white: all nations of the white nations and in our case, Scandinavia, blue- honors the sky and green honors the earth).

Chocolate and honey are placed in the fire to represent the sweetness of life and to give thanks for our daily good fortunes. The Guatemalan herbs such as copal, bolas, myrrh, cuilco, pom blanco and negro and the others represent the union of male and female worlds.

The Mayan Aj Q'ij uses their knowledge and training of the matrix of life to coordinate their songs, "prayers" and offerings to work with the energy of the fire present in that moment. These Mayan elders are trained to work and read the fire and to work the fire to enhance a type of "global healing and understanding" between all people.

In traditional societies, the community of the people hosting the ceremonial fires provide all the materials for the fire and some type of honorarium in order to support and honor the elders doing the ceremony.

The Maya people believe that the more offerings given to support the fire ceremony the more "blessings" are received into the world for benefiting ourselves, our families, the earth and all our relations.