This in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition would be a Terma a special treasure. That is an object that takes on profound spiritual meaning in the physical and non physical realms. In Tibet a person usually a lama who has found a Terma is called a Terton.
The Yiddush inscription on this tzedakah charity box tells us it was for collecting donations for the chevra kaddisha. This is the burial society for a synagogue congregation. The people in this congregation of a Hungarian town all were sent to the death camps.
The town of Santa Fe has Tibetan relic shrines as well as ancient graveyards. What the Jews call techiyas hamesim, the enlivening of the dead involves peoples who have had their remains cremated as well as buried. There is a spiritual cloud over this place due to an accelerated ghost dance soul awakening here. Not all people may experience the cloud. That may be dependent on states of consciousness individually accessible which varies.
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| River Kachina Hopi |
