MyrrhFrankincenseBlack candlesHonoring the deadActs of protection for vulnerableAssisting with death transitions
Invocation Approach
Tone
Solemn respect for psychopomp
Address
Lord AnubisGuardianOpener of the Way
Relationship
Guide through death transitions
Warning
Requires honest reckoning with death
Resonance
Those working with death dying afterlife
Symbols
JackalScalesFlailWas scepter
Mythology Summary
Egyptian jackal-headed god of death, mummification, afterlife. Guards tombs and cemeteries. Guides souls to judgment, weighs hearts against Ma'at's feather. Protector of the dead. Opened the way between worlds. Associated with embalming, preservation, proper burial. Later merged with Hermes as Hermanubis.
Modern Practice
Patron of death workers, hospice, those guiding souls. Invoked for death transitions, ancestor work, protection of the dead. Teaches reverence for death, importance of thresholds, that death requires sacred witnessing.