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Spiritual Meaning of Burning Paper: What the Fire Is Meant to Carry

Sep 2, 2026 6:12 PMfuneral

Burning paper for the dead is not destruction. It is delivery — a stand-in object, a named recipient, and a fire understood to carry it across.