The People Made of Honey
A Weekend Gathering with Mayan Wisdom Keeper Tat Erick Gonzalez
Portland, Oregon · December 11-13, 2026
The Power of Ceremony, the documentary featuring Tat Erick Gonzalez alongside some of the most respected indigenous elders of our time, captured something that remains as true now as when it was filmed: the wisdom traditions of the Earth are not relics of the past, but living medicines for exactly the moment we are living through. Of the wisdom keepers featured in that film, only two remain with us. Tat Erick is one of them. He is coming to Portland.
Come for one evening, or for the whole weekend. Each gathering stands on its own and opens into the next.
Friday, December 11th - Junlajuj (11) Akabal
Evening Talk
Junlajuj (11) Akabal - the energy of letting go and changing states of consciousness meeting the threshold of the new dawn. A fitting night to ask the questions this moment is pressing on all of us.
What do we have in our basket? What wisdom, what medicine, what ways of being have we been tending that are ready to sustain us through the shift of the ages - and what do we still need to gather?
Tat Erick will speak to the importance of sanctuary in its many forms: the land sanctuaries like Deer Mountain and Patziapa where the fires have been burning for decades, the digital sanctuary where community gathers across distance, and the inner sanctuary each of us can cultivate so that we become a place of refuge for others, especially in the cities where so many are searching for ground.
He will speak about the People Made of Honey - those who through dedicated ceremonial life, prayer, and service have distilled their experience into something golden that nourishes and illuminates those around them. And what it takes, in this time, to become one of them.
Open to all. Larger venue. No prior experience with these teachings needed.
Saturday, December 12th - Kablajuj (12) Kat
Council Fire
Kablajuj (12) Kat - the stability and perseverance of the sacred net, the web of life that holds all things in relationship.
We gather around a wood fire in a smaller, more intimate circle to go deeper. Tat Erick will teach and share from the fire, and participants will have the opportunity to make offerings and sit with what arises in that particular quality of attention that only comes when people slow down, draw close to the flames, and listen together.
This is the kind of gathering that has always been at the heart of how wisdom is transmitted — an elder by the fire, a circle of people willing to receive and respond. Come ready to be present. Bring something to offer if you feel called. Space is limited.
Sunday, December 13th - Oxlajuj (13) Kan
Closing Breakfast
Oxlajuj (13) Kan - the full crystallization of the medicine, the complete empowerment of what has been received.
We close the weekend over a shared meal - a chance to sit with what the weekend has opened before carrying it back into daily life.