20.01.2026

The most DANGEROUS object you can keep from a deceased person (and it’s not the photo)

By Vitia

Many people keep memories of those who are no longer here: photos, clothes, jewelry. They are symbols of love, memory and gratitude. However, there is a type of object that, according to spiritualistic teachings and deep reflections on attachment, can become a bond so strong that it retains both the spirit and the one who is still alive. It is not superstition: it is the emotional and magnetic force that remains in the most intimate things.

This object is not the photo, nor the clothes, nor an old letter. It’s something much more personal… and more charged with energy.

The Invisible Link Between the Material and Spiritual Worlds

Allan Kardec explained that spirits are not immediately detached from the physical plane. They are still connected by memories, feelings and, above all, by the objects that were important in their lives.

When someone keeps an intimate piece of a deceased, especially if it was worn until the last moment, they not only preserve a memory: they retain a deep emotional charge. That burden can become a bridge. A bridge that, unintentionally, prevents us from moving forward.

Not All Objects Are Created Equal

Photos store memory, but not energy.
The clothes retain affection, but their magnetism is diluted.
Documents, furniture, and letters rarely pose a spiritual risk.

But there is a different category: objects that were literally in contact with the body until the last breath.

The Most Dangerous Item: The Wedding Ring, Ring, or Jewel Worn at the Time of Death

The wedding ring, wedding ring, bracelet, chain or watch worn for years – and especially worn at the time of death – carries with them the most intense emotional magnetism of all.

These objects:

  • They witnessed the entire life of the person.
  • They were accompanied by joys, sorrows, discussions, promises.
  • And finally… were present at the moment of departure.

From the spiritualist point of view, this energy does not disappear: it remains.
And by remaining, it can become an anchor.

When the one who stayed touches that object and relives the pain, the spirit feels the call. When someone uses it as if it were their own, the unconscious message is:
“This is still yours… I’m still waiting for you.”

That bond can comfort, but it can also retain.

When Memory Becomes a Chain

Many believe that they honor the deceased by wearing their wedding ring or wearing their watch. But if that gesture is accompanied by crying, deep nostalgia or difficulty moving forward, the object ceases to be a symbol and becomes a weight.

Some signs that this is happening:

  • You feel sad every time you look at or touch that piece.
  • Storing it scares you, but so does using it.
  • Your emotional life seems to be at a standstill.
  • You feel the presence of the deceased as if he had not completely departed.
  • There is stagnation in the house, in the environments or even in your decisions.

It is not witchcraft or “cursed objects”.
It’s emotional attachment… and spiritual attachment.

The Energy of the Last Instant

Objects stored without a farewell, prayer, or closing gesture can retain the energy of the moment of death.
That’s why, when opening a box years later, there are people who feel a chill, an intense nostalgia or a heavy silence. It is the accumulated magnetism.

Houses with many accumulated objects without energetic cleaning can become dense, heavy… not by ghosts, but by unprocessed memories.

So you have to throw everything away? No.

Kardec did not recommend destroying or fearing objects.
The fundamental thing is to resignify.

The danger is not in the ring.
The danger is in the attachment we put into it.

What really matters is the emotional and spiritual intention:

  • If you look at it and feel peace, → it’s a memory.
  • If you look at it and feel pain → it’s a chain.

How to Release a Charged Object

If you feel like an object is weighing you down, you can transform it. Here are some ways:

1. Simple Farewell Ritual

Take it in your hands and say quietly,
“Thank you for what you stand for. I set you free and I set myself free.”

2. Symbolic cleansing

It can be with running water, incense, prayer, or a white candle.

3. Transformation

Turn the wedding ring into a pendant, make a medallion, change its use.

4. Save it with a purpose

On an altar, a beautiful box, or in a space where it no longer arouses pain.

5. Donate it, if possible

Someone who gives it a new meaning.

The important thing is not the physical gesture, but the emotional one.

What if you can’t let go?

Then the work begins from within.
Detachment is not throwing: it is understanding.
It is accepting that love does not need an object to exist.

Don’t put pressure on yourself. Just acknowledge what you’re feeling.
That recognition already begins the process of liberation.

Tips & Recommendations

  • If an inherited object causes you anguish, don’t use it until you resignify it.
  • Avoid sleeping with jewelry that belonged to a deceased person if you’re still grieving.
  • Keep environments ventilated and with natural light; Stagnant energy worsens attachment.
  • He speaks of the memory with gratitude, not despair.
  • Say a short prayer when storing or handling emotionally charged objects.
  • Never use an inherited object as an emotional substitute for the person who departed.



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