Most civilizations in antiquity related to their environment, to nature, and to other men, assuming that there was something more than what their senses perceived. Mesoamerican people were not the exception: they believed in the existence of a spiritual or sacred dimension, visible only by signs, barely audible, perceptible through aromas.
This sacred dimension consisted of essences that moved with greater or lesser strength depending on the time of the day or year, on their function and location. The gods were formed by those essences, they gathered several of them and could accumulate them or give them away: Tláloc, for example, scattered the essences bearing rain and humidity, but retained them during certain seasons in the mountains.
Sometimes the gods were divided into many gods to do their labors, they would spread on earth to perform their tasks: Tláloc was personified in many Tláloc and each one of them made thunder and took care of the gathered water on a mountain, for example.
Each person related to the sacred individually, by casting a spell before entering the forest or saying a prayer before sleep. In addition, there was a rich and colorful religious life in Mesoamerica: pyramids in all cities, altars in squares and temples, splendid offerings and a priestly stratum directing the festivities and dances of the entire population.
