The Offering of the Chickabán New Fire Ashes to AKHAMANI

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AKHAMANI’s Mexico Pilgrimage 2022

Although this pilgrimage is not directly related to our receipt of the ashes of the Chickabán New Fire, it is worth mentioning, as it marked the beginning of our dialogue with Leobardo Peña Martínez, a diffusor of ancestral wisdom. It was the ongoing communication with Leobardo Peña Martínez—starting from that moment—that led AKHAMANI to agree to participate in the 2024 Chickabán New Fire Ceremony.

In the winter of 2022, AKHAMANI undertook a three-week pilgrimage through sacred sites of Mexico. The main intention was to continue to cultivate an existing Mexico-Tibet Bridge and foster alliances between the wisdom lineages of Mexico and Tibet. As part of the pilgrimage, a ceremony was held at the Casa de Regina, in honor of Don Antonio Velasco Piña and Regina.

AKHAMANI’s Regina House Prayer, 2022

Who Was Antonio Velasco Piña (“Don Antonio”)

Antonio Velasco Piña (1935–2020) was a prominent Mexican spiritual author and historian best known for his influential 1987 book Regina: 2 de octubre no se olvida. The book follows Regina, a figure trained by Tibetan Buddhist masters in the Himalayas who returns to Mexico to lead a spiritual awakening. Velasco Piña’s followers frequently held gatherings and spiritual pilgrimages centered around Mexican-Tibetan syncretism and sites associated with Regina in Mexico City.

AKHAMANI’s Relationship with Don Anotonio

According to what Leobardo Peña Martínez communicated to Crizalia, Mr. Antonio Velasco Piña wanted to contact her to discuss the continuous work that AKHAMANI carries out to strengthen the bridge between Mexico and Tibet. Don Antonio had his own history of working with the Buddhist community in Mexico and had personally met the Dalai Lama during one of his visits to the country. In respect of Don Antonio’s legacy, Crizalia accepted the proposal to meet with Don Antonio.

Unfortunately, Don Antonio Velasco Piña passed away before our arrival in 2022 and did not dialogue with Crizalia or be part of our work with the Mexico-Tibet bridge. In his honor, AKHAMANI organized and led, under the guidance of the venerable Khenpo Tsultrim Tenzin Rinpoche, a prayer in honor of Don Antonio Velasco Piña, Regina, and their legacy.

The venerable Khenpo Tsultrim Tenzin Rinpoche performed the ceremony, with the assistance of Crizalia Le Blan, inside Regina’s room, in the house of Don Antonio Velasco Piña. Participating members of AKHAMANI, Leobardo Peña Martínez and close friends of Don Antonio were present as witnesses of the ceremony.

After the ceremony in Regina’s house, the venerable Khenpo Tsultrim Tenzin Rinpoche and Crizalia, together with traditional grandfathers and grandmothers, continued the ceremonial work at archaeological sites and on the volcanoes of Mexico. The intention of all this was to strengthen and give continuity to the bridge between Mexico and Tibet. Understandably, Leobardo Peña Martínez did not accompany AKHAMANI during these ceremonies, nor did he participate in this pilgrimage due to previous commitments.

We thank Leobardo Peña Martínez for having assisted in the communication between AKHAMANI and Mr. Antonio Velasco Piña. We also thank you for speaking with Don Antonio Velasco Piña’s sister so that she could give AKHAMANI permission to hold a ceremony for Don Antonio and Regina at her house.

Although a link could not be established between Don Antonio Velasco Piña and AKHAMANI’s work with the Mexico-Tibet Bridge, we are honored that he considered working with us on this effort. 

Together—venerable Khenpo Tsultrim Tenzin Rinpoche, local elders, and Crizalia Le Blan—worked to bring to fruition a prophecy, about Tibet & Mexico, preserved for thousands of years in Otomí oral transmission. 

To this day, AKHAMANI’S work continues across Mexico to strengthen and cultivate the Mexico-Tibet  bridge.

AKHAMANI’s Mongolia Pilgrimage, 2024 

In 2024, AKHAMANI organized and led a pilgrimage to various sacred sites in Mongolia. The tour crossed the Gobi Desert and included visits to the Khamar, Ulgii and Erdene Zuu monasteries, as well as the Tövkhön temple. We thank our ambassador Lovon Lama Shagdarsuren Bayanjargal for his unconditional support during our trip in Mongolia.

In support of Leobardo Peña Martinez’s wish to grow and learn about the ancestral wisdom of the world,  AKHAMANI sponsored and invited him as a participant to this journey.  

Regina House: Consecration of 3 Popochcomitl

Leobardo Peña Martinez spoke to Jesus Fabian Ortiz Olivera about his invitation as a participant to Mongolia. He suggested to abuelo Jesús Fabián Ortiz Olivera that they should try to establish a possible alliance among the ancient lineages of Mexico and Mongolia during the pilgrimage with AKHAMANI. Upon the agreement of abuelo Jesús Fabián Ortiz Olivera, Leobardo Peña Martinez communicated the idea to Crizalia. 

After many years of ceremonial work and travel to and from Mongolia, Crizalia had already established and built a stable and strong alliance between the ancestral lineages of Mexico and Mongolia. Her influence in opening up the door for an alliance between abuelo Jesús Fabián Ortiz Olivera and the Lovon Lama Shagdarsuren Bayanjargal was vital and necessary.

In agreement with grandfather Jesús Fabián Ortiz Olivera, Crizalia and Leobardo Peña Martínez, it was established that Crizalia would make this meeting possible. In this way, Leobardo Peña Martínez was allowed to carry the message of the Olmec Supreme Council and abuelo Jesús Fabián Ortiz Olivera to Mongolia.

To establish the alliance, Jesus Fabian Ortiz Olivera led a ceremony at Regina’s house to consecrate three Popochcomitl, one of which would be delivered to the Lovon Lama in Mongolia along with the ashes, another one to Leobardo Peña Martinez, and another one to Crizalia.

Delivery of the Popochcomitls to Leobardo Peña Martinez

After abuelo Jesús Fabián Ortiz Olivera consecrated the Popochcomitl, he instructed his wife Monserrat to hand them to Leobardo Peña Martínez with the following instructions: 

Monserrat: With the permission and the memory and the consciousness of Regina and of Grandfather Antonio Velasco Piña, with their permission and their blessing, I have the honor of handing over this Popochcomitl, a symbol of the fire and of the work of each of them. That we continue their legacy; and that it is going to go to the designated place. And here, present, Leobardo Peña Martinez carries the word to Mongolia.

Monserrat: This Popochcomitl, in the name of the Supreme Council and with the permission of the Elders, with Don Antonio Velasco Piña and Grandmother Regina, we continue their legacy, we remember their memories, and above all we do not forget what they taught us. We continue on their path. And this Popochcomitl is handed over to you to take to France.

Monserrat: And this Popochcomitl, a symbol of work and effort and dedication. That the Olmec and Tollanteka Elders and the Supreme Olmec Council recognize your effort, your dedication. And [unclear wording] witness to this path, [unclear wording], one’s experience, to honor one’s ancestors, to honor the Elders of the path. Placing ourselves at their service. Honoring their memories; this path that they walked, we remember, and we continue to keep alive what they taught us.

Abuelo Jesús Fabián Ortiz Olivera, in turn, addressed the following words to Leobardo Peña Martínez:

Jesús Fabián Ortiz Olivera: Thank you very much for allowing us this space and for making the delivery of the Popochcomitl to my brother Leobardo Peña Martinez, who carries the word, on this journey of carrying this knowledge that is still alive. What Don Antonio Velasco Piña transmitted through his legacy, through his books, for the new generations.

Leobardo Peña Martinez agreed and received the three Popochcomitl, the Chickabán New Fire Ashes and took the responsibility to deliver these items to the Lovon Lama.

The Offering of Ashes & Popochcomitl to the Lovon Lama

Crizalia organized all the work and participated, in addition to sponsoring, all the ceremonies required to establish the alliance between Grandfather Jesús Fabián Ortiz Olivera and the Lovon lama of Mongolia. She paved the way for Leobardo Peña Martínez to deliver the Popochcomitl and the ashes of the Chickabán New Fire. Additionally, Crizalia and the Lovon Lama had several conversations and worked together to organize and establish the proper reception of the ashes in Mongolia.

On September 12, 2024, at the Tövkhön Temple, Mongolia, Crizalia opened the conversation and gave the floor to Leobardo Peña Martínez to present the offering of the ashes of the Chickabán New Fire and the Popochcomitl.

Exchange of Words During the Offering

When Leobardo Peña Martínez made the offering of the Popochcomitl & the ashes to the Lovon Lama of Mongilia, there was no discussion of the legacy of Don Antonio and his books, nor was there a discussion about the ancient wisdom of the Chickabán New Fire as described by abuelo Jesús Fabián Ortiz Olivera. Leobardo Peña Martínez, however, did discuss the honor he had to be making the offering to the Lovon lama in the name of his ancestors. He briefly explained what the items represented.

The dialogue between the Lovon Lama and Leobardo Peña Martinez was based around Leobardo Peña Martinez’s experience during his pilgrimage with AKHAMANI. The Lovon Lama spoke about what fire represents in Mongolia and the role that Crizalia must assume as a link between the offering and the Mongolian lineage.

The Lovon Lama expressed to Leobardo Peña Martinez that the alliance was already established through Crizalia; through her work and spiritual practice across her many years of involvement with the Monastery. However, he once again gave a warm welcome to the ancestors of Mexico and the ashes.

Delivery of the Offering

Leobardo Peña Martinez offered the consecrated Popochcomitl and the Chickabán new fire ashes in the name of his Olmec ancestors. The Lovon lama received them in the name of Crizalia, to be placed facing north, in a yurt that has been designated as her home in the monastery. He did this to link the Olmec ancestors through her, in Mongolia. 

It is important to know that in Mongolia, in their tradition, an alliance is only possible if one walks with them; Live with them and get to know their way of life. The Lovon Lama expressed that only Crizalia can be the appropriate link for this alliance. That said, he received the ashes and the Popochcomitl with great gratitude to the people who sent it to him. He addressed Crizalia firmly and reminded her that since she spoke on behalf of Leobardo Peña Martínez and the Olmec Supreme Council, from that moment on she had the responsibility of keeping that alliance alive.

The Lovon Lama thanked Crizalia, on behalf of Leobardo Peña Martinez and all those present, for having opened the way for all of them, since none of them would have been allowed to be there without his request. The offering was received and celebrated with a banquet offered and organized by AKHAMANI.

To present day, Crizalia continues to maintain and cultivate this link through ongoing pilgrimages and work with the Lovon Lama, the Erdene Zuu Monastery as well as the Tövkhön Temple in Mongolia.   

AKHAMANI’s Participation to the Chickabán New Fire Ceremony 

In November 2024, AKHAMANI organized and led a pilgrimage in Mexico to continue our ceremonial development in the Wirikuta desert. This year, after the work of establishing a link between the Supreme Olmec Council and the Lovon Lama in Mongolia, AKHAMANI decided to participate in the lighting of the Chickabán New Fire Ceremony led by Jesus Fabian Ortiz Olivera.  

During this pilgrimage Marakame Usawuabi, ambassador of AKHAMANI, and Crizalia led the pilgrimage through Wirikuta in Mexico.

During the Chickabán New Fire Ceremony, AKHAMANI participated in silence, intermittent fasting, and in centered meditation. At the end of the ceremony, Leobardo Peña Martinez presented one of the three Popochcomitl, consecrated in the house of Regina, to Crizalia. In its given moment, the abuelo Jesús Fabián Ortiz Olivera presented a Pebetero and ashes from the Chickabán New Fire to AKHAMANI. From this point forward, AKHAMANI has acted as custodian of these ashes, carrying them throughout many pilgrimages across the world, making them present in all following ceremonies that we were part of; and eventually uniting them to the Universal Fire Mandala. 

Current Standing with Leobardo Peña Martinez & the Supreme Olmec Council 

Presently, the Supreme Olmec Council and Leobardo Peña Martinez, through mutual agreement, have parted ways. Moreover, no present interaction or collaboration exists between them since 2025.  

What is Known About the Chickabán New Fire Ashes Based on the Supreme Olmec Council 

Jesus Fabian Ortiz, from the municipality of Minatitlán, Veracruz, established the practice of the Chickabán New Fire Ceremony and the Supreme Olmec Council, which was made up of four elders: El Chaneque of San Andrés Tuxtla, Veracruz; Don Rolando Solís Cayoso of Tres Zapotes, Veracruz; Don Félix Ramírez of San Lorenzo Tenochtitlán, Veracruz; and Don Rafael Rueda del León of Tortuguero Hill, Tabasco.

His work of reconstructing and establishing what is now known as the Chickabán New Fire Ceremony unfolded in several stages. First, the route of Olmec initiation through Anáhuac—associated with the origins of the Toltecs and the ancient founders of Toltec wisdom—was walked privately. In 2000, theChickabán New Fire, secretly reconstructed and revived through a line of descent spanning several generations, was unveiled. The first public lighting ceremony took place in 2006 in the ancient, mythical capital of Wewetlalpallan. Ashes from the Chickabán New Fire were then offered to the different traditions of Anáhuac that attended. From that year onward, the Chickabán New Fire began its journey throughout Anáhuac.

In 2007, the Chickabán New Fire journeyed through Coatzacoalcos, Veracruz. It was lit at sea, near the mouth of the Coatzacoalcos River, and traveled upstream to the archaeological site of San Lorenzo Tenochtitlán. In 2008, the fire was held in the Mayan city of Xoclan, Mérida, Yucatán. The following year, it was held at Ek Balam, in the eco-village of Kaxan Xuul, whose name means “the end of the search.”

In 2010, the flame was carried to the Hill of the Star at Huizatepetl. That year, ceremonies were also held in Mayapán, Chichén Itzá, Uxmal, and Izamal, as well as at Tula and on Xicuco Hill in Hidalgo. The Chickabán flame also formed part of Mexico’s Bicentennial celebration of national independence. The fire continued to be held at these Yucatán and Hidalgo sites in 2011 and 2012. In 2012, it was also lit at Tortuguero Hill, in the Olmec-Maya archaeological zone.

The ceremony returned to Ek Balam in 2013. In 2014, it was held in the Garden of Abundance in Amatlán, Morelos, and in 2015 at the Hill of the Star in Iztapalapa, Mexico City. In 2016, the fire was held at Hacienda La Luna in Morelos. The following year, the Chickabán New Fire was carried to the sacred mountain of Poyauntecatl, Citlaltépetl, or the Peak of Orizaba.

In 2017, a group was formed to foster consciousness through practical study. Its classes focused on Toltec culture from the worldview of the Olmec tradition, with the aim of developing the spirit.

In 2018, the fire was lit in Amatlán de Quetzalcóatl, Morelos, during the Quetzalcóatl Festival. That year, the group also established headquarters in Ecatepec, State of Mexico, and Amatlán de Quetzalcóatl. Ashes were exchanged with elders from Huizatepetl and the Hill of the Star in Iztapalapa.

In 2019, the Chickabán New Fire ashes were brought together with those of different guardians of Anáhuac’s traditions at the archaeological site of Cuicuilco. That year, workshops and retreats were also held in several states of Mexico, sharing teachings on the return of the jaguar-serpent and on “the art of making and being a Toltec throughout Anáhuac.” The fire was also lit in the city of the jaguar-serpent, described as the mythical capital of the Toltecs. 

In 2020, the Chickabán New Fire was lit on the mountain of Miclantecutli in Estanzuela, Hidalgo. In 2021, it was lit among the Seven Lights of the Guanajuato Valley. In 2022, the ceremony took place at Los Azufres, Michoacán, and in 2023, at Tlilapan, Veracruz.

In 2024, the gathering took place from November 15 to 17 at Hacienda Tultengo in the municipality of Tepeapulco, Hidalgo, and at the Otomí Ceremonial Center in Temoaya, State of Mexico. This year, the Chickabán New fire was also lit on December 21 and 22, during the winter solstice and the birth of Huitzilopochtli. 

The fire continues to be lit and maintained even after the death of Jesus Fabian Ortiz Olivera in 2025. 

What is Known About the Chickabán New Fire Based on the Codices 

The Chickabán New Fire Ceremony is a recent reconstruction that blends different practices of ancient Anahuac (mesoamerican) fire ceremonies, into one, as an attempt to revive a new fire ceremony. That said, it is important for us to maintain the integrity of the ashes that have been united to the Universal Fire Mandala by genuinely presenting and describing what has been united. Thus, we will introduce the Chickabán New Fire ashes as recent. We honor and respect them accordingly and feel grateful that we were entrusted to receive them. We also recognize the effort and work, as described above, of Grandfather Jesús Fabián Ortiz Olivera, who gave continuity to this new Chickaban New Fire ceremony.

Integrity, honesty, transparency and proper recording of the facts about the ashes we unite are primordial to the harmony and balance of the Ashes of the Universal Fire Mandala that AKHAMANI is custodian of. For this reason, we also present what is known about the Chickaban New Fire based on the codices, the ancient texts of Anáhuac (Mesoamerica). In this way, the ancient wisdom left by our ancestors about fire and the history of the Chickabán New Fire, as taught by abuelo Jesús Fabián Ortiz Olivera, can complement each other to help us better understand what the ceremony means.

The name Chickabán appeals to contemporary ceremonial movements because it has a genuine ancestral basis. Diego de Landa describes it as a Yucatec Maya festival associated with Kukulcán and a new fire. However, modern Chickabán ceremonies often freely combine Maya elements with Nahua calendrical concepts, Toltec and Pleiades symbolism, Olmec associations, astronomical interpretations, and universalist spirituality. They may therefore be meaningful contemporary expressions and creative expansions of Anáhuac tradition, but should not be presented as the unchanged reconstruction of a single ancient rite.

The most responsible historical conclusion is that Chickabán was an attested Yucatec Maya festival associated with Kukulcán, ritual fasting, procession, sacred images, copal, offerings, dance, prayer, and a new fire. Its exact etymology, theological significance, and complete ritual structure remain uncertain. The surviving evidence (mesoamerian codices & other known expert texts) does not identify it as a 52-year ceremony equivalent to the Mexica Xiuhmolpilli. Nor does it establish an Olmec origin, a Pleiades-centered cosmology, or an uninterrupted lineage extending from the pre-Columbian Olmec period into contemporary practice.

The modern Chickabán New Fire ceremony is best understood, therefore, as a Mayan-oriented ceremonial reconstruction. It preserves genuine ancestral motifs—fire, offerings, Kukulcán, communal devotion, calendrical renewal, fasting, and ritual performance—while creatively expanding them through elements drawn from the documented Mexica New Fire, Maya calendrical symbolism, contemporary astronomical interpretation, Pleiades-centered cosmology, and the teachings of modern ceremonial authors such as Frank Díaz. These additions may constitute contemporary spiritual tradition, but they should be identified as interpretation and adaptation rather than presented as directly documented ancient practice or uninterrupted ancient lineage fires.

The historically documented 52-year New Fire ceremony remains the Nahua/Mexica Xiuhmolpilli, which is documented in Central Mexican codices and described in colonial Nahua sources. It involves the completion of the 52-year Calendar Round and possessed a specific calendrical, sacrificial, astronomical, and political structure. Chickabán was a different Yucatec Maya festival whose surviving description includes a new fire but does not establish the same calendrical or cosmological framework.

The two traditions may be compared on the level of shared Mesoamerican concerns—fire as renewal, the restoration of cosmic order, communal offering, divine presence, and the transition between cycles—but they should not be presented as identical. The xiuhmolpilli is an ancestrally authentic ceremony that is documented as a 52-year Central Mexican rite. Chickabán is a historically attested Maya festival that has become the foundation for a meaningful but substantially modern ceremonial adaptation. For those seeking a genuine understanding of ancestral ceremony, this distinction preserves both historical integrity and respect for the creative vitality of contemporary original peoples and Anáhuac (Mesoamerican) ritual practice.

AKHAMANI’s Work With the Chickabán Ashes Since They Were Received

After the reception of the Chickabán New Fire ashes in November of 2024, AKHAMANI invited its members who were present to enter a stage of contemplation over what it meant to be custodians of the ashes. 

Throughout 2025, AKHAMANI led four all-night sacred fire ceremonies during the major solar events—the equinoxes and solstices. This was done with the intention of awakening the ancient European fire lineage. During each of the ceremonies, Chickaban ashes were present, but were not attached to any of the fires.

Tenerife, Canary Islands Pilgrimage

In the fall of 2025, AKHAMANI organized and led a pilgrimage in the sacred volcanic region of Tenerife. In support of Leobardo Peña Martinez, AKHAMANI sponsored and invited him to be a participant in this journey. In this way he was presented with the opportunity to continue working on himself, to learn from Crizalia about different ancestral practices and how to guard the ashes that he carried at that time. 

The intention of the pilgrimage was to travel to one of the major power locations of Europe to empower the ashes that AKHAMANI is a custodian of. This was done through the practice of a silent ceremony, throughout the night, near the summit of the volcano el Teide.

AKHAMANI collected volcanic ash from this sacred site to join it to the various ashes that Crizalia already guarded, those from the Chickaban New Fire and those collected in Europe.

At the end of the ceremony, Crizalia gave Jonas and Leobardo Peña Martínez some of the ashes she was carrying. In exchange, Jonas offered Crizalia and Leobardo Peña Martínez ashes from the European Fire. Leobardo Peña Martínez did not offer ashes.

Mexico Pilgrimage, 2025

In the winter of 2025, AKHAMANI made a pilgrimage through the sacred sites of Wirikuta in Mexico. We were guided by Marakame grandparents, including Ambassador Usawuabi, and Ambassador Tha Wiyaka Wakan, grandfather of the Diné lineage of North America. With the guidance of grandparents, a fire ceremony was held at the sacred site (Kauyumari Muyewe) of the Wixárika fire. All of the ashes of which AKHAMANI is custodian, including the Chickaban ashes, were presented by Crizalia and Jonas during the ceremony.

South West Germany Pilgrimage, 2026

In the Spring Equinox of 2026, AKHAMANI led and organized a pilgrimage across the Black Forest and Swabian Alb region in the South West of Germany. The intention was to reconnect with the European ancestral roots in order to wake up the dormant ancestral fire lineage in Europe. 

The pilgrimage was dedicated to unifying all the ashes that AKHAMANI had received from Europe and other parts of the world, including those from the Chickaban New Fire. This event took place during the sacred fire ceremony of the spring equinox.

AKHAMANI’s Unifying Ancestral New Fire Ceremony in Switzerland, 2026

In 2026, AKHAMANI led and organized the Unifying Ancestral New Fire ceremony in Switzerland. Various lineages from different parts of the world participated in this ancient ceremonial fire practice; uniting their ashes and lineages under a single ancestral flame of fire. Among the elders present, AKHAMANI ambassadors Venerable Khenpo Tsultrim Tenzin Rinpoche, Venerable Khenzur Nyima Wangyal Rinpoche, and Venerable Lovon Lama Shagdarsuren Bayanjargal actively worked with Crizalia & Jonas to lead and guide the ceremonial unfolding. Other participating lineage representatives shared their wisdom about the sacred fire ceremony. Among them were ambassadors: the Marakame Usawuabi and the Ancestral Wisdom Diffuser Leobardo Peña Martinez. 

During the ceremony, AKHAMANI united the ashes of the Chickabán New Fire into the Universal Fire Mandala, fulfilling our commitment and word with abuelo Jesús Fabián Ortiz Olivera: to unite the ashes with those of the world.

Currently, through the custodian of the ashes of the Universal Fire Mandala, AKHAMANI continues to strengthen the ashes of the New Fire of Chickabán that Grandfather Jesús Fabián Ortiz Olivera offered us. We continue to keep our word.

We thank Leobardo Peña Martínez for introducing us to Grandfather Jesús Fabián Ortiz Olivera, for his trust in us.

Monlam, Borobudur, Indonesia 2026

In July 2026 AKHAMANI was allowed to invite its members to participate in the 2nd Drikung Kagyu Monlam held at the Great Mandala of Borobudur in Indonesia. We thank AKHAMANI ambassador Venerable Khenpo Tsultrim Tenzin Rinpoche for his warm welcome and the time that he shared with us during the retreat. 

Leobardo Peña Martinez was invited and sponsored by AKHAMANI to attend as a participant during the pilgrimage. The intention was to support his spiritual growth and to introduce him to Buddhist practices.

Before the start of the event, AKHAMANI organized an exclusive arrival, led by Crizalia, for its members, to visit the sites of Sewu, Mendut, and Pawon temples. These visits followed the sacred order of the ancestral path leading to Borobudur, where the main days of the Monlam ceremony and Dharma teachings were held.

One of the main intentions of the pilgrimage was to empower the Universal Fire Mandala ashes. Crizalia led the practice of connecting the Universal Fire Mandala ashes to the sacred sites and during the ceremonies held in Indonesia. Additionally, Crizalia traveled to North Sulawesi to connect and empower the Universal Fire Mandala ashes with the sacred locations of the Mihassana. 

Pilgrimage Across Anatolia, 2026

In August 2026 AKHAMANI organized and led a journey into the heart of Anatolia’s ancient plains. Various sites, where humanity’s earliest organized societies and ceremonial traditions emerged, served as a way to reconnect with the wisdom of our ancestors and the universal threads that bind all of humanity. 

Leobardo Peña Martinez was invited and sponsored by AKHAMANI to be a participant in this journey. The intention was to continue supporting his spiritual growth and experience, as well as to learn from Crizalia about the ways of the ancient fire practice and the implications of the commitment to the Universal Fire Mandala. 

Guided and led by Crizalia, we walked in the footsteps of our ancestors, lit fires alongside the Yörük ancestral people, and deepened our understanding of the ancient fire ceremony. During our exchange with the Yörük, Jonas, AKHAMANI member and custodian of the Universal Fire Mandala ashes, received ashes from their sacred fire, which has been kept burning through several generations. With the Yörük’s permission, Jonas joined the ashes to the Universal Fire Mandala. To establish an ancestral fire alliance, Jonas offered ashes from the Universal Fire Mandala to Saliha Gök, the matriarch of the Tribe. 

In gratitude for their welcoming, AKHAMANI made a food offering, Jonas offered Ocote from Mexico and Leobardo Peña Martinez offered copal. 

The culmination of this pilgrimage was the ceremony held and led by Crizalia at the eternal flames on Mount Chimaera. On this full moon night, and throughout the entire journey across sacred sites, the Universal Fire Mandala ashes were presented by Crizalia & Jonas and empowered by the ancient eternal blue flame of Chimera. 

Mexico-Tibet Bridge Pilgrimage, 2026

This journey is entirely organized and led by AKHAMANI. During our time in Mexico, we will follow in the steps of the Olmec Ancestors and work with the colossal Olmec heads. Participants will receive on-site teachings pertinent to the Olmec sites, led by Crizalia, and be guided in meditation practices lead by Venerable Khenpo Tsultrim Tenzin Rinpoche.

During this trip we will also introduce the Universal Fire Mandala Ashes across the sacred sites of the Olmec, putting into action an ancient practice of remembrance and unification of ancient memory. This sacred journey is a long awaited return home for the Universal Fire Mandala Ashes. 

The pilgrimage is a continuation of 5 years of work to cultivate and strengthen a Mexico – Tibet bridge through working with various ancestral communities across Mexico and from around the world. We thank AKHAMANI ambassador Venerable Khenpo Tsultrim Tenzin Rinpoche for his continued support and presence towards this effort.

Within the intention of our pilgrimage, a meeting with the Supreme Olmec Council is planned to strengthen and carry forward our collaboration. During the meeting, Crizalia will personally deliver to Monserrat the ashes of the Universal Fire Mandala, entrusted for her husband, Abuelo Jesús Fabián Ortiz Olivera, custodian of the Chickabán New Fire ashes.

This gesture honors the custodian’s words and his rightful representation. Both the Supreme Olmec Council and AKHAMANI have expressed their willingness to work in harmony, with respect and humility before the sacred Fire.

“We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors — we borrow it from our children and we must return it with the memory of those who came before us.”

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