17" is border size, printed area is over 16" on 260 gm high gloss. These sets also constitute an investment that could increase in value over time, the specialist printing inks should remain colourfast indefinitely. It was developed into its current form in Victorian times by SL MacGregor Mathers and William Wynn Westcott. Enochian Chess in part comes from the Elizabethan system of Enochian Magic originated by the Court Astrologer, Dr John Dee. The ideal gift for any connoisseur of the occult. his is the first in a trio of books that together form The Complete Enochian Chess. Johnson) to Enochian Chess in the Order of the Golden Dawn (. 231073312167ĬOST of $148 USD (less than $10 PER BOARD) USA Ebay Listing no. in Astrology and Divination, Newcastle: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2007. and the game was used for divination as well as competition.
ENOCHIAN CHESS DIVINATION PLUS
Each set of sixteen is supplied with a Certificate, plus some basic information about each board.ĬOST in GBP is only £93 for set of 16 UK Ebay Listing no. Enochian chess is a four-player chess variant, similar to Chaturanga, associated with the. The name comes from the Enochian system of magic of Dr. This FIRST edition is limited to just 500. is a four player chess variant, similar to Chaturaji, associated with the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn. All of the distinctive and highly colorful 16 chessboards are printed on thick but flexible extra-glossy material and hand-numbered by Steve on the reverse. These boards can be hung or displayed as striking art-works when not in use. The boards can be used for game-play or 'active' divination (using standard Enochian Chess pieces), or used ritually for Ceremonial work (when placed on the 16 compass points when they form an 'astral temple' or protected space) and also for Skrying.
Entire books can be filled with the history behind this game, the rules for its play.
These 'Celtic' twilight board designs look and resonate very differently from the four Golden Dawn 'Egyptian' pyramid Enochian Chess boards. divination called either Enochian chess or Rosicrucian chess.
After much further research, Steve is now delighted to be able to make public WB Yeats's sixteen Sub-Elemental Enochian chessboards. 18, 2013 - PRLog - Steve Nichols was the first to publish the four Mathers-Westcott board Enochian chess sets back in 1982.