On Mar 22, 3:53 pm, onech...@comcast.net wrote:
Enochian magic is a system of ceremonial magic based on the evocation
and commanding of various spirits. It is based on the 16th-century
writings of Dr. John Dee and Edward Kelley, who claimed that their information was delivered to them directly by various angels. Dee's journals contained the Enochian script, and the table of
correspondences that goes with it. It claims to embrace secrets
contained within the apocryphal Book of Enoch.
History
Origins
Dee and Kelley claim they received these instructions from angels and
wrote them down. This account is taken at face value by most Enochian occultists. However, some of them have pointed out remarkable
similarities to earlier grimoiric texts such as the Heptameron known
to Dee. Doubts surrounding Kelley in particular have led many non- occultists to the assumption the whole system was originally a fraud devised by Kelley in order to receive more financial support from Dee.
The system claims to relate to secrets contained within the apocryphal
Book of Enoch.
Rediscovery
It is not quite clear how much of Enochian magic was put to use by Dee
and Kelley. However, rediscovery of Enochian magic by Samuel Liddell MacGregor Mathers of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn has sparked remarkable publicity for it in modern occultism. Enochian as an
operative system is difficult to reconstruct based upon the Sloane manuscripts, but contemporary occult organizations have attempted to
make it usable. The Golden Dawn was the first, but their knowledge was based upon only one of Dee's diaries and their planetary, elemental,
or zodiacal attributions are unfounded.
One facet of the rediscovery is Enochian chess, a four-handed variant
of the game played in the Golden Dawn in Mathers' time and revived by
Steve Nichols and chess players in the late twentieth century.
Aleister Crowley, who worked with, and wrote about, Enochian magic extensively, has contributed much to its comparatively widespread use today. His first work on the topic was his Liber Chanokh, a
walkthrough to decipher some elements of this system, but his
attention was particularly focused upon the Calls of the Aethyrs. His visions from these calls formed a document called The Vision and the
Voice, also known as Liber 418.
Today
Compared to other theories of magic, Enochian magic is strikingly
complex, beautiful and difficult to understand. Also, parts of the
original manuscripts written by Dee have been lost, mainly due to a
fire in his house after his death, thus key parts of the system are missing. This has allowed numerous interpretations to arise, some of
which have solidified into schools of thought with individual bodies
of interpretative literature.
Enochian Magic forms the backbone of both the Crowley and Golden Dawn systems of Magic. Latest theories include that John Dee knew of the Slavonic, Book of the Secrets of Enoch, as well as the Ethiopic Book
of Enoch. Many individual workers or very small groups prefer Enochian magic to other forms as the ceremonial scale required is less than
needed for Masonic style ritual work.
Anton LaVey's book The Satanic Bible includes a section of 'Enochian
Keys' purported to have been part of the lost manuscripts of Dr.
Dee's, though this has not been verified.
Popular culture
Industrial band Penal Colony released a song and accompanying videoIf you're going to cut and paste, at least cite your source. Do you personally know anything about Enoichian Chess or are you limited
named "Freemasons of Enochian Magick".
solely to what you can find on line to copy?
Crowley gave up the
serious play of chess in his early twenties because he decided that
chess experts were really nothing but a bunch of bums playing a silly
game.
Not that you couldn't say exactly the same thing about any human
endeavor.
But there are some endeavors that produce productive results for
humanity. Everything from science, mathematics and engineering on
the one hand... to mining and farming on the other.
In The Eastbourne Gazette of 7th March 1894, Aleister Crowley wrote,
after 1.e4 c5:
"This defence has been mightily abused of late. Torrents ow wrath have
been poured on it, but to those who understand it, it is as strong as
one could wish. Personally I always make this reply and throughout the
season have not lost one single game opened in this way."
On Saturday, March 21, 2009 at 7:37:46 AM UTC-4, Offramp wrote:
In The Eastbourne Gazette of 7th March 1894, Aleister Crowley wrote,
after 1.e4 c5:
"This defence has been mightily abused of late. Torrents ow wrath have
been poured on it, but to those who understand it, it is as strong as
one could wish. Personally I always make this reply and throughout the
season have not lost one single game opened in this way."
Five years later in his games collection, Blackburn commented that
the opening had been very popular in his youth, but declined in
subsequent years owing to Steinitz' doctrine of "The accumulation of
small advantages" - the advantage in this case being for white the backwards >d-pawn that often arises in the Sicilian.
But, he went on, the younger generation of players such as Maroczy and Janowski (and Crowley?)
were taking it up, and he himself had never considered it to be inferior, though the French suited
his style better.
Tarrasch didn't entirely parrot Steinitz. He believed that a fixed weakness, such as the Siclian d-pawn,
could be compensated for by activity. You'd think he'd be a natural for the Sicilian, but he referred to it
as unsound in principle, as it doesn't immediately develop a piece.
If Crowley never lost in a Sicilian then clearly he wasn't playing strong enough opponents. But as Somerset
Maugham pointed out, Crowley tended to achieve remarkable things, but then exaggerate them to
the point that he got less credit than he would have with the simple truth.
On Fri, 25 Jun 2021 14:16:29 -0700 (PDT), William Hyde
<wthyd...@gmail.com> wrote:
On Saturday, March 21, 2009 at 7:37:46 AM UTC-4, Offramp wrote:
In The Eastbourne Gazette of 7th March 1894, Aleister Crowley wrote,
after 1.e4 c5:
"This defence has been mightily abused of late. Torrents ow wrath have
been poured on it, but to those who understand it, it is as strong as
one could wish. Personally I always make this reply and throughout the
season have not lost one single game opened in this way."
Five years later in his games collection, Blackburn commented thatReally? there are lots of Sicilians that don't involve a backwards
the opening had been very popular in his youth, but declined in
subsequent years owing to Steinitz' doctrine of "The accumulation of
small advantages" - the advantage in this case being for white the backwards
d-pawn that often arises in the Sicilian.
d-pawn - for instance all Dragons and many Sozins. I've seen a few
19th century games with e5 in the Sicilian but not many.
But, he went on, the younger generation of players such as Maroczy and Janowski (and Crowley?)
were taking it up, and he himself had never considered it to be inferior, though the French suited
his style better.
Tarrasch didn't entirely parrot Steinitz. He believed that a fixed weakness, such as the Siclian d-pawn,How so? There are lots of 2 ... Nc6 lines in the Sicilian some with e5
could be compensated for by activity. You'd think he'd be a natural for the Sicilian, but he referred to it
as unsound in principle, as it doesn't immediately develop a piece.
some not.
If Crowley never lost in a Sicilian then clearly he wasn't playing strong enough opponents. But as Somersetplay masters.....so I tend to agree with your comment about weak
Maugham pointed out, Crowley tended to achieve remarkable things, but then exaggerate them to
the point that he got less credit than he would have with the simple truth. Most expert level players can ring up a huge plus score if they never
opponents. I don't know enough about Crowley to comment on your second
point though I definitely know all sorts of players in the 1900+ range
of whom your comment could reasonably be made.
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