Original painting in wax on panel
50" l by 20" w

Yu Huang Shang Ti
Supreme god. Taoist (Chinese)

"He achieved paramount prominence during the Sung Dynasty and the Jade Emperor is his earthly, mortal incarnation. As a deity he is remote and out of touch with ordinary people. No iconography is applied to him and he has no physical description. He engendered the universe from chaos and is the unifying principle of the cosmos, which is perceived to be divided into thirty-six heavens above the earth. Also Shang Ti; Shang Di." (This is the history of the supreme Chinese god, as told by author Michael Jordan in his book, "Encyclopedia of Gods")

Several years ago I was attacked by Shang Ti while I was working with a young Chinese girl. After I suspended the spirit, it asked me to keep it under my protection until it decided what it would do. The girl had told me that the spirit had seemed to be innocent, but was always getting her into trouble. After I removed its influence from her, she was able to progress normally in life.