https://www.sacred-texts.com/eso/sta/sta31.htm
In its symbolism chess is the most significant of all games. It has been called "the royal game"--the pastime of kings. Like the Tarot cards, the chessmen represent the elements of life and philosophy. The game was played in India and China long before its introduction into Europe. East Indian princes were wont to sit on the balconies of their palaces and play chess with living men standing upon a checkerboard pavement of black and white marble in the courtyard below. It is popularly believed that the Egyptian Pharaohs played chess, but an examination of their sculpture and illuminations has led to the conclusion that the Egyptian game was a form of draughts. In China, chessmen are often carved to represent warring dynasties, as the Manchu and the Ming.
The chessboard consists of 64 squares alternately black and white and symbolizes the floor of the House of the Mysteries. Upon this field of existence or thought move a number of strangely carved figures, each according to fixed law. The white king is Ormuzd; the black king, Ahriman; and upon the plains of Cosmos the great war between Light and Darkness is fought through all the ages. Of the philosophical constitution of man, the kings represent the spirit; the queens the mind; the bishops the emotions; the knights the vitality; the castles, or rooks, the physical body. The pieces upon the kings' side are positive; those upon the queens' side, negative. The pawns are the sensory impulses and perceptive faculties--the eight parts of the soul. The white king and his suite symbolize the Self and its vehicles; the black king and his retinue, the not-self--the false Ego and its legion. The game of chess thus sets forth the eternal struggle of each part of man's compound nature against the shadow of itself. The nature of each of the chessmen is revealed by the way in which it moves; geometry is the key to their interpretation. For example: The castle (the body) moves on the square; the bishop (the emotions) moves on the slant; the king, being the spirit, cannot be captured, but loses the battle when so surrounded that it cannot escape.
Well articulated.
I see also perhaps a parallel between Jesus/Lucifer, and Zeus/Prometheus. Prometheus was of the "old gods"... a Titan. Just as Lucifer is not like Jesus, but is of the Old Guard (Angels, Archons, etc.).
Prometheus and Zeus, together, created mankind, etc. But Prometheus did not accept Zeus' limitations on what could be done, and so he gave mankind "fire" which could be taken literally or equally could be viewed as "knowledge". And was therefore punished for eternity.
EDIT: This version of Jesus above is more akin to the "Demiurge" sort of Jesus of the Gnostics. The Jesus that is the Logos. With Lucifer perhaps being the Chaos.
Zeus represents Focused Energy. Electricity.
Prometheus represents Wanton Energy. Fire.
Who were Zeus' parents? Cronus, Time. Rhea, the Flow(Temperance). Rhea's parents were Gaia and Uranus, Earth and Sky.
The Greek gods were mere representations of natural phenomena interacting. Tales of their interactions were recipes for replicating natural functions.
For example:
When Cronus and Rhea birthed Poseidon and Zeus, what did they create?
Zeus is god of the thunderbolt, eagle, bull and oak. He is associated with wisdom and awareness.
Poseidon is god of the sea, earthquakes, storms, and horses.
Zeus - Voltage.
Thunder, eagle, bull, and oak. What's the connection there? Power.
Poseidon - Current.
Seas have waves, earthquakes have waves, storms have waves... And then there's horses. What does that have to do with waves?
Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=heRuLp7CyTM
Who is Prometheus? Simply an Olympian turncoat? Maker of man? Bearer of Knowledge?
Prometheus is the bearer of Creativity.
Creation from FIRE.
Passion. A burning in your heart to pursue one's dreams.
Prometheus didn't simply give man fire. He gave man dreams.
What force is this, with respect to voltage and current?
Putting pretense aside... Music.
When cavemen first discovered satisfaction from beating bones upon the rock with a steady tempo, they emulated the thunder they heard in the sky; the rasping of waves as they brushed reed against bark. And they began to dream.
The force is not just Music, but the Spirit of Music. The idea of finding beauty in modes of Nature -- in the Vibrations which surround us. Then, harnessing them and combining them in diverse proportions in a Divine Alchemy.
Lucifer is analogous to Prometheus, in a way, I'll admit. Lucifer tempted Man with the Fruit of Knowledge just as Prometheus gave man stolen Fire from the Olympians.
The distinction is that Lucifer sought to depose Man while Prometheus sought to elevate Man.
Great stuff. I particularly liked the Voltage and Current idea.
Yes Prometheus loved Man. He would actually go and be amongst Man for extended periods, as the story goes. Zeus, as the story goes, did not like that much. Lucifer does not love man, and quite the opposite. I thought the Lucifer (and Gabriel) of "The Prophecy" movie really nailed it on this: the Angels (some of them, like Gabriel and Lucifer) are jealous of the "Talking Monkey".
One additional comment. I think it's accurate to say that Prometheus is the bearer of Creativity. But his name really means "Foresight". So just as someone who is a bearer of fire needs the foresight to gather it, transport it, and keep it going, so too is Prometheus the bearer of an ability to think ahead.
Zeus would often consult him on difficult decisions, negotiations, etc. Prometheus' brain was superior at seeing ahead and working out permutations. Not enough to avoid having his liver eaten for eternity by a bird though. :)
Makes sense.
Athena/Minerva is the god of HINDsight, as denoted by her owl being able to look behind itself with 20/20 vision.
Prometheus, patron god of foresight, stole the Fire of Creativity and the Knowledge therein from Athena, patron god of hindsight.
Poetic, don't you think?
Very.
The interweaving of the characters in Greek mythology (and Egyptian) shows quite a lot of cleverness.
I would not doubt that this is the case in the Hindi pantheon as well (Trimurti, etc.), but there's so much I don't know about all of that stuff that I am more than a little bewildered. The Norse mythology is quite interesting as well, especially when compared with the Greek.