Sun Wukong – 2014

For Between the Worlds 2014 our patron was Sun Wukong. Often better known in the West as The Monkey King, Sun Wukong is a classical trickster hero of Chinese folklore and Taoist and Buddhist mythologies. A master of shape-shifting and tomfoolery, Sun Wukong both delighted and tormented the figures of …

Anubis – 2013

For Between the Worlds 2013, our patron god was Anubis, Egyptian god of the dead and funerary rites. He is in particular associated with the “weighing of the heart” the dead are expected to undergo in Duat (the Egyptian underworld) where their worthiness is judged, giving him the title “Guardian …