kamea

The "magic numbers" that are generated as sums on the matrix grid are by no means arbitrary. You should immediately notice that, the larger the base unit, and thus the larger the area of the square, the larger the "magic sum" becomes. This is not coincidental. It is a result of certain underlying geometric patterns inherent in different sized "magic number" squares. This geometric pattern is revealed by the sequences of numbers and how they can be moved about and transformed on the board without changing the "magic number sum." The practise of this revelation was called Kamea by the ancient Greeks, who worked as extensively with such "mathemagical" absurdities as "magic number" squares as they did more lucratively with trigonometry. They discovered the rotations and movements underlying the sequential relationships expressed as number matrices. The process of performing a transformation on a square of arbitrary area by rendering it a "magic number" square is called performing "Kamea" on the square, and thus the geometric depictions of these underlying currents below the numbers is called a "Kamea." Here are the Kamea for the first seven smallest "magic number" squares: