ANCESTRAL FLAMES GATHERING - Flame Keepers’ Ascent

18-23rd of May 2026.

This will be one of the most dynamic, memorable, and powerful firewalking experiences on the planet. More than just an advanced practitioners course. This will be an experience of a lifetime.

A masterclass in Hungarian shamanic firewalking

Six days that will redefine your limits and transform your practice forever. 

here is the direct link to the registration form: 

https://forms.gle/WRfm5KEFprnjkzqNA  

Are you an experienced firewalker, ready to transcend the ordinary? Do you seek to deepen your connection to the elemental forces and unlock ancient wisdom? Join us for an unparalleled, week-long immersive training in the mystical heart of Hungary, led by two of the world's most experienced living firewalking masters. This immersive training will be an unforgettable deep dive into Hungarian shamanic practices taught through dynamic and advanced firewalks. This course will blend the art and authenticity of ancient ritual work with the dynamic modern practice of advanced firewalking in a way that will transform you and your practice forever.

You will learn advanced firewalking preparation and techniques, and this specialty course will teach you how to lead firewalks in the Hungarian shamanic tradition. This will add tremendous depth to your trainings, your ritual practice, and your understanding of firewalking itself.

At the end of the training, you will be certified as a ritual worker and a ceremonial leader in leading advanced and traditional Hungarian fire ceremonies and firewalks.

Who is it for?

This isn't a beginner's course. This is a dynamic, intensive journey crafted for the dedicated practitioner. This course is open to the public, with a maximum of 20 people, but is recommended for certified firewalking instructors, and masters of firewalking who already have substantial experience in running regular firewalking events.

Delve into advanced firewalking techniques, explore profound shamanic practices rooted in Eastern European traditions, and cultivate an unshakeable inner resilience. Under the direct guidance of these legendary masters, you will push beyond perceived boundaries, harness dormant energies, and emerge with a firewalking practice fundamentally transformed. It is heartfeltly recommended for all practicing firewalkers who are looking for first-hand experience and personal insight into genuine shamanic firewalking traditions, and creative ways for expanding the firewalking toolset with authentic ritualisation. This course is a blend of traditional ceremonial firewalking rituals and present-day means that teaches you how to apply a touch of ceremony to any contemporary setting.

Participation is not just symbolic — it’s energetic transmission: ceremony empowers ceremony. This masterclass is a true life-changing experience.

If you choose to participate, please clarify your intention: “I come to serve the Ancestral Flames Gathering as a spiritual collaborator, to reopen sacred memory in other Flame Keepers, to open connection, and share my vision of transforming my firewalks into flames of remembrance of the global ancestral heart. This ascension of global firewalkers will vibrate through time-locked frequencies across continents. What I will experience internally is what I will carry outward, and I am ready to carry the flame.”

Spaces are extremely limited to ensure an intimate and impactful experience. Answer the call of the flame and join us for this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

Teachers of this masterclass

Led by two of the foremost Master Firewalking Instructors alive on the planet today:

Bence L. Tarr with an academic background in cultural anthropology and comparative history of religion, is a wisdom-keeper of the Hungarian shamanic firewalking tradition, and is certified by 3 different contemporary schools of firewalking as a Grand Master of Firewalking. He is a member of the advisory board of the GFA. He has delivered 300+ individual firewalking events from large scale festive firewalks for hundreds of people to privileged small initiative groups who are looking for a more profound, transformative experience through fire. His traditionalist and ceremonial approach to firewalking has earned him world-wide recognition and international spiritual gatherings, transformative festivals, and self-development training programs of all kind.

Kevin Axtell is the Director of The Firewalking Center, one of the world’s premier firewalking schools, He proudly upholds the legacy of Tolly Burkan, bringing firewalking into the modern era with passion and expertise. With over 20 years of experience conducting transformative firewalks worldwide, he trained alongside the world’s most respected firewalking experts, gaining insights that enrich every event. His dynamic approach has earned him recognition across major TV programs, multimillion-dollar corporations, and large-scale conventions and festivals.

Kevin and Bence have been willing to push the boundaries of modern firewalking, they don’t just preach the art of advanced firewalking, they walk the path themselves. Both masters are dedicated to creating powerful, life-changing experiences that inspire empowerment and growth for diverse audiences around the globe.

Its not just about “Bigger fires” and bigger coal beds, its about continuing your journey as a firewalker, as a teacher, and as a seeker. These bold and dynamic practices are centered around a deep respect and reverence for the fire itself.

How is Ancestral Flames different from other firewalking masterclasses?

This course in firewalking mastery is not about teaching others how to deliver regular Firewalking Instructor Trainings, it is an advanced course in learning how to deliver traditional Hungarian shamanic fire-ceremonies and firewalking rituals, as well as contemporary authentic ritualisation of firewalking in general, where people walk into the Fire of Memory, not to burn but to be reborn.

Firewalking in the Hungarian shamanic tradition is ancient, and is literally more than a 1000 years old. It has been practiced throughout the Carpathian basin, and not just by the Hungarian tribes who settled in this region in 896 A.D. It is a true rite of passage that acts as a threshold gate, which helps stir the remembrance of sacred order, renewal and transformation beyond thought. The ceremonies are built around the notion of emotional release, cleansing and spiritual transformation. Although this is never an act of religion, nor is it a devout act of pious worship, it is built around the concept of collective remembrance and “ancestral worship”. Firewalks are always prepared by building ceremonial pyres, and are preceded by ancestral fire rituals, that have been celebrated for thousands of years, and have been passed down a long line of wisdom-holders to the present day. Firewalks are almost always accompanied with drumming, singing and dancing, some of the ancients chants being thousands of years old, like one of the oldest Sumerian Sun hymns that for some mystical reason was preserved in a Hungarian lullaby. The often lengthy ceremonies provide communion with the Fire, and hold true capacity to release all hinderances. As such shamanic firewalking is seen as a tool of sacred transfiguration, and ceremonial leaders are seen as "resonators" to the global ancestral heart of Mother Earth.

What will you learn in this course of firewalking mastery?

• You will learn proper ancient rituals that connect you to the ancestral heart of firewalking.
• You will learn how you can authentically ritualize a firewalk (even for corporate groups).
• You will learn how this can create a genuinely elevated true presence.
• You will learn how you can create a setting where people instantly feel this fire of remembrance.
• You will learn and adapt the ancestral knowledge why preparing for a ceremony truly matters.
• You will learn all the tools needed to create these memorable moments that unravel true initiation, and reopen sacred memory of who we really are.

You will learn how fire can reveal you.

On a sidenote, you will learn: ceremonies, chants, songs, dances, how to make ceremonial ornaments, tools, offerings. You will learn shamanic techniques of self-induced trance-like states through ceremonial drumming and breath-work, and many more...

List of firewalks

Daily collective fire and firewalking rituals will create a field of presence, ancestral healing that resonates at the energetic frequency needed for transformation. Bence László Tarr will bring his wisdom-keeping as a Hungarian firewalking master, his expertise connects deeply with trust, courage, and sacred release. Kevin Axtell will bring his vast range of experience as an American firewalking master, his expertise connects deeply with education, empowerment and entertainment.

There will be 8-10 different types of advanced firewalks (some of them combined) during the course, including these means of advanced firewalking:

aPillars of fire aDeep coalbed aA Fire Temple aCircular firewalk / Medicine wheel aCreative fire builds – i.e. Turul, the Hungarian celestial fire bird aSunrise firewalk aPyramid of fire aDaytime Firewalk aSun firewalk aA Clover/mandala firewalk aPhotoshoot firewalk

Other activities include:

aVision quest aBreathwork aDrumming circles aTraditional and ritual songs and chants aDynamic ritualization presentation 2.0 aAdvanced firewalking aFire Book ritual aBuilding your own torch aFire stick dance aFire Staff for the event aFire Sceptre aFire Drums aFire Bubbles aFire Board Break aPyro powders – Invocation, and casting “spells” aLight bringer ritual, etc.

Final thoughts worth considering:

• The community at Ancestral Flames Gathering, firewalkers from all around the globe, teachers, healers, fellow seekers will become your spiritual allies and practical helpers, a true dream-team for creating global gardens of remembrance and renewal.
• As you are served and empowered by these ceremonies and you share your life’s mission, potential collaborations may emerge – all aligned with your vision.
• Set your intention to join. Keep your heart open. Speak of your vision. Share seeds - both literal and metaphorical - and invite other co-creators you meet.

Financial Investment – Tuition fee

2 900 USD / 2 540 EUR for the course

This price is tuition and participation fee only, and does not cover you travel, lodging and food expenses. Lodging opportunity with breakfast and excellent buffet style hot meals is available at a discounted price at the local venue of the event.

Payment options: payments are made via bank transfer. You may pay the participation and tuition fee in several instalments, please make inquiry for personalised offers.

Money-back guarantee: In the unlikely event of cancellation, all payments are repaid 100%.

RESERVE YOUR PLACE! Registration and downpayment: In order to ensure your participation, reserve and secure your place we need you to make the first downpayment of 1000 USD / 877 EUR as a first instalment. This instalment is absolutely necessary to reserve a spot, as numbers are limited to a maximum of 20 people. We guarantee opportunities to participate in the order of downpayments made.

When there is a full house, your application will be put on hold and you will be put on a waiting list. We will inform you in case there is a cancellation and spots reopen.

Please send your application via this application form:

All inquiries can be sent directly to the organisers, namely Bence L. Tarr from Napkapu:

Bence L. Tarr, phone: +36208078071, email: [email protected], web: www.napkapu.com

DATE AND VENUE

DATE: 18th– 23rd of MAY 2026 (Monday to Saturday).

VENUE: Sarlóspuszta Country Club Hotel, Tatárszentgyörgy HUNGARY– www.sarlospuszta.hu

About 60 kms (50 minute drive from the capital city Budapest).

• Accommodation: 40 EUR / 45,65 USD night / person in a double room including breakfast.
• breakfast + 1 hot meal per person is 16 EUR / 18,2 USD per person
• N.B. Early arrival the night before the training course starts is recommended.

We welcome you to your life-changing experience with lots of Love & Fire:

here is the direct link to the registration form:

https://forms.gle/WRfm5KEFprnjkzqNA

Bence L. Tarr, Master of Firewalking – Napkapu

Kevin Axtell, Master of Firewalking – The Firewalking Center