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When you inherit spiritual objects from another culture

My grandmother left me her collection of Aztec symbols and jade pieces before she died, and I want to honor them properly but I don't know if I'm allowed to since I'm not indigenous and everything feels like appropriation.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The desire to honor ancestral gifts collides with uncertainty about cultural boundaries and authentic spiritual practice.

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