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. Wynn Westcott (1848-1925) has been suggested as the inventor of this particular variant, but some (including Westcott himself) have claimed that the documents describing Enochian chess were among those supplied to him from an older occult group operating in Germany. Enochian chess is a four-player chess variant, similar to Chaturaji, associated with the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn.The name comes from the Enochian system of magic of Dr. At least partially because of this veil of secrecy, authorship of this variant is unclear. Research Interests: Magic, Rosicrucianism, Golden Dawn Tradition, Freemasonry, Magic and the Occult (Anthropology Of Religion), and 2 more.
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….Įnochian chess first appears to have been played by members of the Order of the Golden Dawn, who used their boards and pieces for divination as well as gameplay…Īnd considered Enochian chess to be a secret teaching. Publication Name: The Golden Dawn Study Series No 23.
The name comes from the Enochian system of magic of Dr. The rituals of the Golden Dawn utilized Dee’s angel magic, in addition to creative Kabbalistic. We must remember that when Regardie publishedtheGD in1940, hehadlefttheHennesTem ple atthe level of ZelatorAdeptus Minor(Z.A.M.). However the most ridiculous, although true, story is this, On one occasion, Crowley was in a bedroom having sex while, next door, a friend sat at a chess board. Inrealitythisis justthebeginningandonly an introduction to the system. the Tabletof Union, theAngelic Calls and Enochian Chess. Enochian chess is a four-player chess variant, similar to Chaturaji, associated with the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn. Figures such as Elias Ashmole, Ebenezer Sibley, Francis Barret, and Frederick Hockley were crucial in the transmission of interest in Dee’s practical angel magic and Hermetic philosophy to the founders of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn. Enochianmaterialin The Golden Dawn consists of thefour WatchtowerTablets.