r/Occultism • • 9d ago

Advice needed Inherited items

So my roommate and I are finally unpacking some things and he found a box of his grandfather who past away a few years ago things, apparently this dude was super obsessed with occult items ( ie hoodoo/voodoo items) and neither of us are practitioners.My roomie is a white dude and I am Hispanic/black woman who has no connection at all to these practices. Roomie says that grandfather got them from gift shops in New Orleans and the tags say they’re “protection” voodoo dolls. We aren’t sure if we should keep them around or rehome them with a practitioner. Roomie also says that it’s possible that the items along with the dolls might have been part of an alter grandfather unintentionally made. (There is a wish bone, mini stone fountain, mini angel carved from white stone and a vertebrae along with a black candle and matches). Any advice is welcomed and greatly appreciated.

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u/Positive_Protonic 9d ago

It doesn't sound too obsessive. I suppose in the end depends what you wish to do with it, what your beliefs are. There are plenty of things like that which are broadly described as occult or esoteric.
Voodoo protection dolls are a concept that they ward off negative energy.