

The four players would form pairs of two, with each player having a partner. The rules of the game were partially derived from shatranj and other historical forms of chess the queen is played like a fers, with a two square diagonal leaping move. 40 hand-painted pieces 4 elemental boards (17 1/4 x 17 1/4) laminated on foam core, 1 die and instructions. The chess board itself was also varicoloured and divided into four sub-boards in which each of one of the four elemental colors predominated. Birdland Enterprises is offering an Enochian or Rosicrucian Chess set.

The North Atlantic Hermetic Society Ceremonial Magick : Part Two - Hans Nintzel The Rosicrucian Emblems of Daniel Cramer - Adam McLean. The main identifications of the pieces were: Downloaded: 7 times Size: 44 pages Add to wishlist Download for 50 credits. The four sets of pieces were variously colored and identified with Egyptian deities or “god-forms”. The game was four-handed because each set of pieces corresponded to one of the four classical elements and their several watchtowers and the game was used for divination as well as competition. Meanwhile, the rules of the game were completed by S. It was adapted by Victorian members of the Golden Dawn into “a complete system of training and initiation”.Įnochian Chess was created by William Wynn Westcott, one of the three founders of the Golden Dawn. John Dee (magus and astrologer to Queen Elizabeth I). Its name came from the Enochian system of magic of Dr. Enochian chess is a four-player chess variant that is linked to the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn.Įnochian chess is similar to Chaturaji. Enochian Chess gives an attribution of elements to the boards and pieces that’s relevant, though the part where it has four boards (each with a different element likewise) because of similarity to the Enochian tablet and can be used for divination will be overlooked as it’s not to do with Homestuck.
