When we lose someone we love, our instinct is to hold on—to tuck mementos, treasures, or tokens into their final resting place as a way of saying, “I’m still with you.”
But many spiritual traditions—especially Christianity—offer a different kind of love: the love that releases.
It’s not about what the deceased needs, but about helping their soul detach from this world and journey fully into the next.
Here’s what many faiths advise not to place in a coffin—and why.
