Mario Muñoz Cayetano reflects on the life and legacy of José Benítez Sánchez, a respected Wixárika (Huichol) artist and mara’kame (spiritual guide), whose visionary paintings preserve ancestral knowledge, sacred geographies, and spiritual relationships with elements like the deer, eagle, hikuri (peyote), and Grandfather Fire. His art, rooted in dreams, ceremony, and deep cultural memory, weaves together the teachings of sacred sites and deities central to Wixárika life. The speaker shares not only personal memories of Benítez as a teacher and elder, but also the broader efforts to defend sacred territories and cultural continuity in the face of land dispossession and legal barriers. At its heart, this is a testimony to the enduring power of ceremony, memory, and collective struggle for the protection of sacred lifeways.