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There is a field of science called “Recreational Mathematics”. Isn’t that cute? Doesn’t that sound like the kind of math you would have liked to study in school? Well, the magic square has its origins in recreational mathematics in the West and in many fields of study in the East.
Magic squares have fascinated humanity throughout the ages and have been around for over 4,000 years. They are found in a number of cultures including Egypt, India, China, Africa, the Americas and Europe. The magic squares were and are worn on amulets as talismans or drawn on windows and doorways, the belief being that magic squares had astrological and divinatory qualities, their usage ensuring good fortune or protection, longevity and prevention of diseases. The magic square was considered to be endowed with various magical powers and certain numbers were considered to have special properties. The number four, for instance, often represented the earth, since the earth was considered to have four corners and four races. Seven was often considered lucky and thirteen unlucky, neither innately true.
In recreational mathematics, the magic square is an arrangement of numbers such that the numbers in all rows, all columns, all diagonals sum up to the same constant. A famous example of the magic square appeared in Albrecht Durer’s engraving Melancholia on a wall behind an angel pondering the universe.
In Chinese literature there is a story in 2800 BC about the legend of Lo Shu. The rain fell so hard and so quick that the rivers began to flood and the people offered sacrifice to the river god to appease his anger and there then emerged from the water a turtle with a curious figure/pattern on its shell. There were circular dots of numbers that were arranged in a three by three nine-grid pattern such that the sum of the numbers in each row, column and diagonal was the same. This pattern was used by the people to control the level of the river each time it rained. The Lo Shu square, as the pattern on the turtle is called, is the unique normal magic square of the order of three.

The Kubera-Kolam is a floor painting used in India which is in the form of a magic square of the order of three. It is essentially the same as the Lo Shu Square. If you look at many paintings of the Indian Gods and Goddesses, you will inevitably see a square with numbers painted either in the background or actually on the figure. These are magic squares or Yantras. A yantra is a visual representation of a mantra (sacred sound vibrations) in geometrical form if gazed, meditated or looked upon will increase the wave coherence of the entire biological, chemical, physiological, mental, emotional and spiritual systems.

Magic squares were utilized by Arab mathematician Al-Buni who attributed them with mystical and astrological properties. Building on the work of Al-Buni, Green Byzantine scholar Manuel Moschopoulos wrote a treatise on magic squares, although he left out any inference of mystical properties. Certain fifth-order magic squares, called Pandiagonal magic squares, were seen by Medieval Moslems as a special way of signifying God, especially if the center number was 1. More research was done on magic squares during the Renaissance by the mathematician Cornelius Agrippa who constructed magic squares of orders 3 through 9 to represent various planets, the sun and moon.

Sri Siva believes that the magic square can help you make changes about material comfort, health and habitat by focusing on the sacred geometry of the square. The four sides represent the number four and the four sides will help you to “square things away”. Both the geometric shape and the number four contain energies which complete material formation. Many things can correct themselves just by looking at the square with a deliberate intent. If you don’t have a good body, if you don’t have a good job, etc., then something has gone wrong and what has gone wrong is that you have an amorphous consciousness. Your consciousness is not supporting any form! So, we can create a form here of the four sided square for you to focus on because form is clarity and clarity and form are synonymous. You will get clarity just by looking at the square, which is a very structured form. This will then establish this square consciousness of clarity and form within yourself. Draw the magic square and look upon it with clear intent to allow sacred geometry to align your life.
We have included a couple samples of the Magic Square, each will serve the purpose of bringing your life in line with Divine Order.

 

 

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