A good place to start with all Kemetic deities and Egyptian religion is Richard H.

Wilkinson's The Complete Gods and Goddesses of Ancient Egypt - which also has a good bibliography and notes; Geraldine Pinch's Handbook of Egyptian Mythology; and Henri Frankfort's short but lucid book Ancient Egyptian Religion.

These internet links are useful: - http://www.philae.nu/akhet/NetjeruY.html - note that this site uses the original Kemetic names for all the deities. - http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Anubis - it has a decent bibliography and notes to help guide you further. - http://www.archaeowiki.org/Anubis - with a short bibliography at the bottom.

In terms of ancient sources - which you certainly need to become familiar with, the most important concerning the work of Anubis are: - the Pyramid Texts; Old Kingdom texts. Here is a link to them online: http://www.pyramidtextsonline.com/index.html - the Coffin Texts; First Intermediary and Middle Kingdom texts. The wiki page is http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coffin_Texts - I've not found a full version online - a good library would be your best bet (unless someone knows of a decent complete online version?)

- The Book of Coming Forth By Day (aka Egyptian Book of the Dead). Although this concerns mainly Osiris, it contains some good material about Anpu, whose cult was absorbed into that of Osiris (at that point, he was given Osiris and Nephtys as parents, whereas earlier texts mention Ra and Hesat, or Bast, as his parents), although Anpu never lost his separate identity as neter ruling over arbitration in the underworld, and over embalming. The Book of the Dead is widely available online. One of my favourite versions of it - albeit in modern poetic form - is Normandi Ellis's Awakening Osiris.

In addition, as Anubis (or rather his Adze - a sacred instrument made of

meteorite stone) played an essential role in the Opening of the Mouth ritual, you need to become familiar with that ritual, through study and - if you are drawn towards ritual - by performing the ritual itself. For more imaginative and spiritual work to complement the scholarly, you might want to have a look at Nicky Scully and Linda Star Wolf's The Anubis Oracle. I wouldn't depend on it for actual knowledge about Anubis/Anpu, more for help in your spiritual work with him, into which you can integrate the knowledge gained from other sources. A good way of focussing your mind on Anpu and performing your devotions is to set up a small shrine or altar to Him, incorporating his more important attributes and symbols, some incense for your devotions, and an image of him (statuette if you can afford it, or else a picture), and keeping it clean and maintained daily. It will act as a good anchor for you. An Ancient Egyptian priest of Anpu would have had three rituals every day - at daybreak, at noon and at nightfall - complete with introductory prayers, opening of the mouth ceremony and different sorts of incense. Adapt this according to your own degree of devotion and spiritual path. I think it's important to remember that not every ancient inhabitant of Kemet who was drawn to Anpu was his priest! There are degrees of commitment and heartfelt devotion is possible for all, without having to become a fully-fledged priest of Anubis (something which is actually impossible today, as these were the embalmers!)