The esoterism of Chess... Bishops.
The esoterism of Chess... Bishops. El esoterismo del Ajedrez... Alfiles. O esoterismo do Xadrez... Bispos. Por Lúcio José Patrocínio Filho:. In chess there is nothing at random, everything has to do with spiritual concepts and Bishop's figure is not an exception. The piece that represents the X move must be spiritual. Its move represents the letter Alef [א], Hebrew alphabet first letter, with a diagonal bar and two other segments, one on each side. The letters in Hebrew have numerical value and Alef [א] has value 1, but it actually has value 26 because it is formed by 3 letters, with 2 yuds [value 10] and a Vav [value 6 ] in the middle [יוי], adding 26. The value 26 is the same value of God's name [יהוה] Yud 10 Hei 5 Vav 6 Hei 5, aka tetragramaton, which gives a spiritual meaning to X move. That's why they used the cross to represent the christic figure. So it can be an archer (by his connection with air), can b...