Sat En Anpu: Book of Anubis

I'm uncertain if I should give it a 4 or a 5 because I expected more for the price, but it was very informative. There were three grammar errors if I remember correctly, but I did like the conversational English that was used in the book that made it fast and comfortable to read, as if the author was just explaining it to you in person. This book was disappointingly short though as I read the whole book in what felt like an hour or two. I've had this book in mind for months but was uncertain about it since I have never heard of the author and there were no reviews. For over a year now I've felt a strange feeling like being called out to by Anubis so this book seemed like a good place to start. I'm mainly into the Norse so it's a weird calling but I always felt comfortable with Anubis anyways so it doesn't feel so strange, just natural. He was always my favorite of the Egyptian pantheon but only in recent times have I really appreciated his role towards justice and lost souls, so I thought it was interesting that someone dedicated a book just to Anubis. The book features a forward, an introduction, three chapters, and twenty-one sources in the bibliography. There are few images, my favorite being a cool looking design on page forty. The chapters are Chapter 1: History, Chapter 2: Masks of Anpu, and Chapter 3: Grimoire. The first chapter is about Anubis in history, along with some other related figures and backstory from history and mythology, which was surprisingly more informative than almost every website I was reading about in regards to Egyptian gods and mythology. The second chapter takes a Jungian look at other figures in mythology that can be comparable to Anubis, which was unexpected but very fascinating, although I was surprised there was no mention of Týr, or maybe even Garm or Vishnu. I'm not that familiar with Hindu mythology so maybe I'm wrong about Vishnu, although I'm not deep into Egyptian mythology and magic either. I'd be interested in the author's view on who in Norse mythology he would find comparable to Anubis, if any. The author focuses on death much more than I would have, and to use the tarot as example, I think of Anubis being closer to the tarot's Justice than Death, but Death makes sense as well since Anubis does fit the executioner role as explained in the book with him being associated with winning a war for Egypt. I think of Anubis more as a punisher than a revenge seeker, rationally peaceful and very clear headed, not one to start a war but certainly the one to finish it. It makes me wonder if I've had the wrong idea of him or if it is simply my perspective, as I've only lightly gotten into Egyptian mythology. I would've liked to have seen the second chapter elaborated more, to hear more of the author's view. It was a really interesting chapter to bring in Jung's masks. I thought of the third chapter as the most lacking chapter, but I can't complain as the author doesn't have that many sources to choose from as this is very ancient history here, so it was fairly well put together from what historical sources remain of magical practices involving Anubis. It's more complete than most websites I've read on Egyptian magic. So I enjoyed the book but I was hoping there would be more to it as it was very short compared to other books at $20. The author seemed intent on keeping the book short, basically being like, "I could tell you more but I don't want to repeat my sources" but I never read most of the sources and had thought this book would be more in-depth. Many of the sources were books I planned to eventually buy anyways but it still felt a little irritating as if the author was holding back. The physicality of the book is good. The text is formatted to a good size and spacing, margin spacing is good. The paper has a sturdy thickness and the ink is dark, black and white format, well bound. The paperback cover is in a glossy finish. It's pretty much like how one would expect from this type of book. Spine text and back cover image are slightly off center but it's nothing really as the whole book is overall well planned out for printing.

It got here fast. I am happy with the book.

Sat En Anpu is an informative and good book. It is a great introduction to Anubis as gives the reader a general overview of the God. He does touch on some aspects that i did not expect.But, it is only a short introduction. The book itself is short and multiple times the Author stops giving all the information and implies the reader should ether already know this or should do you own research.At points the author starts to say something but stops and says I’ll explain later or as i said before, but on several of these he dose not explain elsewhere in the book.To me the book feels unfinished. Composed buy someone who only wants to show a little of the information and keep the rest to themselves.There are some interesting theological jumps in places which as a theologian I struggle with.He makes reference to a book he has written as an explanation for one of these jumps, however there where only 50 copies of that book published as far as i can tell. Not overly helpful.So why 4 stars as i have been quite critical. Well it is a good start into the subject of Anubis, it’s enough to start you on a path of self discovery. The bibliography is very good and gives you a great list to continue your reading.Im please i only got the kindle version as if i had paid for the print version (double the kindle cost) i would of been disappointed.I just wish the author had put more in the book.