There is a way of talking about sacred objects that collapses very quickly into marketing. We have no interest in that.
The Artifact Guardians position is precise. Artifacts do not heal, save, grant, or prove. They amplify. If you walk into the room empty, you walk out empty. If you walk in with a real question, the room answers with unusual clarity.
This is why stewardship matters more than possession. A member's right is not to own an object. A member's right is to be present with it, carefully, and to leave it better tended than they found it.
The amplifier framework, in plain language.