calories and mood swings.

Supersticious stuff I find in my trips. I´ve got authentic voodoo figurines, white magic talismans and spells, magic powders, candles from every different tradition I´ve encountered. Even a scorpion in a bottle. I keep them all in small glass vitrines I hang around my apartment and have them sorted out more or less by culture; caribbean and african stuff away from celtic and gypsy stuff. Magic and the unknown are often a theme I explore in my writing, so I get away saying I collect these things for research purposes.

I also have all kinds of Tarot decks.

People have told me what I do is dangerous since I´m collecting a ton of diverse and contradicting energies that will "contaminate" or "jinx" me and my home. I don´t believe in anything I can´t see, I own a black cat and walk under ladders every chance I get.



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nanettecarton posted:

Gemstones & minerals.

That would be my secondary collection since it usually requires actual effort. Having family & friends pick up souvenir playing cards at airports requires no effort whatsoever .

Keys.

Bittersweet memories.