CHESMAYNE
Allegory
Allegory - Clementoni 6,000-piece jigsaw puzzle. J. Brueghel’s
masterpiece “Allegory of Sight and Smell” is presented here in an outstanding
6,000 piece jigsaw puzzle by Clementoni of
01 Figurative treatment of one
subject under the guise of another - a presentation of an abstract or spiritual
meaning under concrete or material forms - a story about chess whose aim is
something else. A symbolic
narrative - an emblem - to understand in an allegorical sense - interpret
allegorically. Transposition
of a context into a pictorial representation and common as a personification. In the past and in the present it was/is
used for theological, political and mythological motives.
02 A political allegory by Thomas Middleton was performed
at the Globe theatre in 1624 (‘A Game At Chess’). Originally the Roman deification of virtues
such as equity, hope, courage and many others, the term in the singular
(allegory) came to refer to the expression of truths about the human experience
by means of symbolic or mythic narrative.
The device is also traditionally used by authors who wish to make
political points without getting their throats cut. Metaphors, similes. Allegory is an attempt to manipulate symbolic
modes of expression. Symbols erupt
spontaneously from the unconscious, while allegories are man-made substitutes. Symbolism is the language of nature speaking
to man. Chess/Chesmayne is partly a political essay dressed up in the
language of chess, but also partly a fairy-tale of the human predicament. George Orwell’s Animal farm used the
indirect device of an allegorical fable to lampoon the former
“Large Vase of Flowers”, Auguste
Renoir
03 Commentaries on the Quran which give deeper allegorical and mystical insights are known as ‘tawil’ and were influenced by Jewish ‘midrash’
precedents which used the method of parable as well as exegesis to bring out the meaning
and intention of the text. These have
included ‘
A Bible & Chess Allegory
The Crucial Position
We go back many years, to a game which had reached its
most critical moment with White poised to win, on a day we now call ‘Good’
Friday.
It was here that Black played his infamous move, PxK... and actually removed the White King from the board!
The Tournament Arbiter was keeping a close watch on the
play - He knew there was likely to be trouble! - and
saw the grim deed. Now although it is
clear enough to us that the White King is safe and cannot be captured, the
wheels in chess sometimes move quite slowly!
Whilst the Arbiter was deciding on the best course of action, the leader
of the Black army did all he could to protect the foul victory, even getting
guards posted around the box in which the captured King had been placed.
Finally, on the third day, the Arbiter decreed that the move was not
allowable. Firstly the Rules did not (and never have)
allowed the capture or removal of a King, and secondly the guilty Black Pawn
was itself making an illegal move.
The Adjudication
So, on a day we now call Easter Sunday, the Controller put
the King back onto the board! O
grave, where now is your victory?!
In the Book which speaks of these events it is said
that, because of that day, all who have been or are in White’s army will also
one day be brought back onto the board!
After which they will be able to play FOREVER! 
Want to Know More?
My Faith I
Believe there is a God
Chess in the Bible?!
An Easter Allegory... Chess in the Bible?
An Unusual Meeting... Daniel’s Story
An Easter Painting, one of my famous Family Service sketchboard stories!
The Great Exchange
A set of One Line Bible
verse messages, designed to make you think... _Bible
Answers
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