But not forgotten

Earlier today I went a-huntin’ (or a-googlin’) online for pictures of modern Chinese funerary paper goods. This was sparked by a passage read in Dancing on the Grave which talked about these items and how the paper representations of everyday items made for the dead had moved from being simple cutouts of servants and say, pots, to elaborate three dimensional paper servants, motorbikes, CD players and so on. These items are purchased by the family of the dearly departed and burnt so that these items can make their way the underworld to the departed in question for their use in the afterlife.

Pretty much no luck. Except for an online article about Hell Money by, of all people, cat yronwode.

For those unfamiliar with cat, she was the editor-in-chief for the late comic book company Eclipse, which used to publish Zot! among many other fine comics. It seems ever since I started trolling the internet, I will time and again stumble over cat’s site an its myriad of article including Freemasonry for Women. I find this constant re-acquaintance with cat’s web presence oddly comforting.