Xilitla MAgia
A Living Kaleidoscope of Abundance and Imagination
In the mist-wrapped mountains of the Sierra Gorda, the village of Xilitla rises like a dream made of stone, forest, and water. Clouds drift low through valleys, weaving ribbons of silver through coffee groves and orchards. The land breathes with the pulse of springs and rivers, its heartbeat echoing in caves that descend into the earth and in waterfalls that tumble toward the Huasteca plains. To stand here is to be reminded that the world still contains mysteries, and that imagination is not separate from reality but grows directly out of it.
Xilitla Magia is our collective response to this truth. It is a feeling, a project, a vision, and a gathering place that honors the interdependence of nature, culture, and creativity.
While surrealism left its mark in the nearby gardens of Edward James' Las Pozas, the true surreal lies in the living fabric of this land itself: parrots calling across the canopy at dawn, orchids opening to the mist, butterflies rising like sparks from the undergrowth. The improbable is not imagined here. It is real, and it is bursting with life.
Casa de la Montaña:
A Portal into the Surreal
The heartbeat of Xilitla Magia is the Casa de la Montaña. Perched in the folds of the forest, it is a space of refuge and of convergence, where the boundaries between disciplines dissolve.
The Casa welcomes writers, artists, musicians, scientists, explorers, students, and seekers. A poet may write in the shadow of the cloud forest, capturing the calls of parrots in verse. A biologist may conduct field studies on pollinators, tracing the movements of melipona bees among native flowers. A painter may find inspiration in the luminous wings of butterflies rising from a canyon at dusk. A team of geologists or speleologists may descend into caves to map underground rivers, while their findings inspire musicians composing soundscapes that echo the depths.
Abundance
Estampa Verde
Estampa Verde promotes
Nature-Based Solutions that allow the restoration of forest cover, achieving water security and the rescue of biodiversity while producing quality food in rural communities. They create educational programs and agro-ecological transformation strategies. They believe that serious and passionate farmers are unknown social heroes, with the technique and creativity of an artist and the dedication and discipline of an entrepreneur.
SEDEPAC HUASTECA
Servicio Desarrollo y Paz Huasteca Potosina is a non-profit Mexican civil organization that believes that "Another World is Possible", implements organizational initiatives of leadership and popular education of a social, cultural, economic and environmental nature to achieve well-being, justice, gender equality and sustainability.