The four sides each have five pieces (Egyptian Gods and Goddesses, King, Queen, Knight, Bishop or Ship, and Rook) and four pawns (the Canopic Gods, Sons of Horus). It is played on any one of four boards, Earth, Air, Fire or Water, each board representing a Qabalistic world ( Assiah, Yetzirah, Briah or Atziluth). The operation of Enochian Chess is experienced by the Questioner directly as well as through a medium or interpreter. This complete-in-itself system of magic incorporates the entire outer order knowledge of Samuel Mathers' Golden Dawn.Įnochian Chess has active properties - it purports to change the world - not just to describe it or fatalistically predict. The adept seeks to balance their personality and inner poise, allowing the magician to "direct the forces of nature". The playing of Enochian Chess constitutes the Great Work and is intended to help the practitioner "ground the Limitless Light". The boards are "flashing tablets" the pieces are moveable images of Egyptian gods and goddesses. John Dee (magus and astrologer to Queen Elizabeth I), which was later adapted by Victorian members of the Golden Dawn into "a complete system of training and initiation." Enochian Chess was originally taught to candidates only after having reached the grade of Adeptus Minor, and requires of the student a reasonable grounding in the Outer Order knowledge of the Golden Dawn.Įnochian or 'Rosicrucian' Chess provides a complete method of self-initiation into the Western mystery tradition. The name comes from the Enochian system of magic of Dr. Enochian chess is a four-player chess variant, similar to Chaturaji, associated with the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn.
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