The Universal Spirit is the truth and it is through this truth that man finds freedom. Beyond this truth, man will be a prisoner of fate. These are all the teachings of chess.

Author: Titus - Burkhart
Translator: Abbas-Guderzi/Sima-Yarahmadi
Source: Mahnameh - information on wisdom and knowledge - 2008 - number 39, Khordad
This article is a translation of:
Studies in Comparative Religion, Vol 3, No. 2. (Spiring 1969).
All the quotations in the text between double quotation marks ("") are from the book Moruj Al-Dhahb, translated by Abu Al-Qasim Payandeh, published by Scientific and Cultural Publications.

subscripts :
1- In the early form of chess, this piece is not the queen, but the king's advisor or minister (which is called Farsan or Fars in Farsi). Undoubtedly, the position of the minister in this game in its western version is due to the confusion about the meaning of the Iranian term Farsan, which became Alferga in Castilian and was interpreted as fierce or fierge equivalent to virgin in Old French. But attributing this important role to the lady of the king is exactly in accordance with the mentality of chivalry. It is also important that the game of chess was brought to the West by an Arab-Iranian current that brought the art of chapari and the principles of chivalry with it.
2- This bead was originally an elephant (Al-Fil in Arabic) that carried a strong turret. In some medieval versions, the design of the elephant's head was in the form of a clown's hat or a bishop's hat. This nut is called fou (fool) in French and Laufer (runner) in German.
3- See:
Sacred Art in East and West (Pereial Books, London, 1967)
Chapter 1 Genesis of Hindu Temple.
4- The medicines of Hindu mythology are the angels of monotheistic traditions; It is known that every angel corresponds to one of God's actions
5- The word Chaturang indicates the traditional Indian army, which consists of four angas (meaning elephant, horse, chariot and soldier).
6- Hindu cosmology always considers the principle of change and exception, which is caused by the invisible strain of manifestation. The essence of a star is brightness, but since a star is not light in itself, it must be a dark phenomenon.
7- In some Buddhist texts, the world is a page of 8 x 8 squares, which are held in place by golden strings. These squares correspond to the 64 Buddhist kalpas (compare with):
SaddharmaPundarika, Burnuf, Lotus de la bonne Loi, p. 148
In the Ramayana, the impenetrability of the gods, Ayodhya, is described as a square with eight houses on each side. In the Chinese tradition, there are 64 signs branching from 8 triangles that are interpreted in one king. These 64 signs are generally written in such a way that they correspond to 8 regions of space. Therefore, we are again faced with the idea of dividing the space into eights and fours, which contains all aspects of the universe.
8- In 1254, Saint Louis banned chess for his followers. This saint believed that this game may stimulate the breath, especially because it requires continuous use of dice.
9- This type of chess is described in Bhavisya Purana. Alphonsus Hakim also spoke about the "great game of chess" which is played on a board of 12 x 12 squares. The pieces of this chess have been symbols of mythical animals; He attributed this chess to sages and sages of India.
10- Considering that the Chinese chessboard, which also has its roots in India, does not have black and white squares, it can be assumed that this element came from Iran; At the same time, it still follows the basic notation of the chessboard.
11- These black and white houses are also a symbol of opposition: opposition of autumn and spring, day and night. In general, this sequence of black and white corresponds to the succession of day and night, life and death, existence and nonexistence.
12- For this reason, the type of Vastu-Mandala that has odd squares cannot be considered a chess board: the battle scene depicted by this game cannot have a clear and clear center. Because in terms of symbolism, there are no conflicting elements in it.
13- Compare with Rene Gunon.
Symbolism of the Cross (Luzac, London, 1958)
14- In Jihad, it was possible for each of the fighters to consider himself to be the defender of light and a fighter against darkness. This problem is again the result of the double meaning of each symbol: everything that is an interpretation of the soul for one person may appear as dark matter in the eyes of another person.
15- On the one hand, the mandala of the chessboard and the dice on the other hand represent two different and complementary symbols of existence.
16- We remember that the spirit or the word is a form of forms (a form of forms), that is, it is the formal principle of the universe.
Source: Andisheh Club

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