In India, he devoted himself to the practice o f Raja Yoga and to frequenting monasteries. In the following two years, he continued his travels, stopping in San Francisco, Hawaii, Japan, Hong Kong, Ceylon (Sri Lanka). In Mexico City, he continued his practices of ceremonial magic and Enochian evocations, wrote some poetic compositions and climbed numerous peaks in the country, all above 5000 meters. The group leader, MacGregor Mathers, will later admit him to the Grade of Adeptus Minor, but this will cause the split of the Order. Still, because of his libertine attitudes and his declared bisexuality, he was refused entry to the Inner Circle. Crowley began his learning path on ceremonial magic and the ritual use of drugs, progressing into the lower grades of the Golden Dawn. Baker in Zermatt, Switzerland, a chemist interested in alchemy who later introduced him to the circle of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn in London. In 1898 he abandoned his studies at Cambridge, and after a brief illness, which forced him to meditate on the pointlessness of existence, he approached the occult sciences. Still in the same year, considering a diplomatic career in Russia for his future, he stayed in St. In 1897, according to some biographers, he became aware of his bisexual tendencies. In 1895 Crowley enrolled at Trinity College in Cambridge, focusing on Humanities and English Literature in the meantime, he continued his mountaineering career, climbing some peaks of the Swiss Alps. Started to range from chess to poetry, from mountaineering to the frequentation of prostitutes. Reached the age of majority, his interests His school record began to deteriorate, and he became more sceptical of Christianity and its morality. After the death of his young sister at the age of eight, the family moved, and Crowley began attending private elementary and middle schools in Cambridge.ДЄt the age of 11, following his fatherвЂ™s death, to whom he was devotedly attached, Crowley inherited a third of his fortunes. In the next section we will take a look at the chess board itself in greater detail and a closer look at how the principles of the game may relate to our spiritual path.His was a wealthy family in which both parents were of fundamentalist Christian faith, belonging to the Plymouth Brethren. So we can see that introducing this topic the battlefield of chess has some direct comparisons to religious texts. This analogy of conflict on the spiritual path is not confined to Hinduism.It is also illustrated in the Bible in many areas for example inВ the Book of Revelation with the four horses of the apocalypse:ДЄgain there has been widespread misinterpretation of this being an outer conflict with religious Christian fundamentalists, and also of many churches unable or unwilling to unravel its true meaning the red horse = emotions, black = intellect (the mind is blind to the light of God), pale = physical and the white horse = spiritual. It also dispels the notion that the spiritual path is always a peaceful one although the prize is a peace and stillness beyond measure in the infinite stillness of God. Those closest to us quite often resist any change within us. This is very symbolic of the true spiritual journey where we often have to choose between our friends and sometimes our family if we want to devote the time we need to our spirituality. The conversation between Krishna and Arjuna then forms the basis of the book. Letting his bow slip from his hands, Arjuna could do nothing but turn to Lord Krishna for guidance and enlightenment. He had no enthusiasm to engage in this battle. Should ArjunaВ participate in the terrible carnage of battle & was it proper to destroy oneвЂ™s relatives for the sake of a kingdom and some pleasures? Would it not be much better for him to surrender everything in favour of his enemies and retire in peace? As these thoughts rushed into his mind, a feeling of despondency overtook Arjuna. The use of Tarot where appropriate has also been integrated to provide further graphical analogy to chess symbolism.In the diagram below we can see the analogy between the game of chess and its two armies and the battlefield of the Hindu text вЂThe Bhagavad GitaвЂ™ and in this scenario confusion reigned in ArjunaвЂ™s mind. In this article we attempt introduce the concept of how chess might relate to the spiritual journey. In making a study of this analogy we can demonstrate that games can have multiple co-existing levels of interpretation. Spiritual Paradigm of Chess Part 1 : The Chessboard is familiar to most and is illustrated below: Spiritual Paradigm of Chess Part 1 Some religious Comparisons

Enochian chess thoth