'The Lost Symbol' - Magic Squares and the Masonic Cipher

December 2, 2009

Dan Brown? The Lost Symbol?
Masonic cipher? Albrecht Durers magic square?
If you know about these things AND you can decipher the message below,
then dont bother coming because you know as much as I do.
If you dont know about them OR you cant decipher the message below,
then by all means come and hear my presentation.
Yes, we do have pizza.

Ed Brumgnach

[ghost_in_the_robot]

Love it. I love when people talk about esoteric subjects. I believe the ancients such
as Thoth, Hermes Trismegistus "Thrice Greatest" wrote the Hermetic Corpus which
acted as a catalyst for the Hellenistic orders in ancient Rome and Greece. Of
course, Thoth who authored the Emerald Tablets discovered this knowledge
as well. This gnostic information lead to alchemy in which man
contemplated how to "transmute" the soul back into the body. I believe
this is the concept behind alchemy, we are constantly changing ourselves
into new identities, ethos, and paradigm shifts occur in cultures as a
result. It's all very fascinating. Unfortunately, the modern age of
security and gatekeeping prevents most from discovering this wisdom.
Look at Pythagoras who created the musical scale by listening to
blacksmith hammering anvils. The platonic shapes and Pythagorean theorem
we still use today in math. The initiates kept this information sealed,
as they would be labeled heretics, similar to witchcraft and pagan
worship by the druids. What truly lies behind the veil, man may never
know. We produce DMT upon death and in our dreams, which activates our
conscious imagination to "download" and "upload" to the firmament or as I
like to call it... as well as Edward Cayce, the Akashic Records. We've
had cloud technology for awhile it seems. Imagine if there is a wireless
network like the ones we connect to our router with, but this one is on
another band frequency, based on energetic vibrations and not visible
on our light spectrum. What if the pyramids in Egypt where built under
Orion's Belt for another reason, other than for the pharaoh's soul to
ascend to the heavens above through the capstone? So many coincidences,
so little time. Thank you for reading this and may you discover
enlightenment, peace, and love.

[cdubthebarber]

This gentleman was amazing. Deep respect for his knowledge and the ability to sprinkle humor into a topic otherwise deemed “boring”. Bravo 👏

[kevinr]

Time is precious, once its gone, we can't get it back.... set playback speed to 1.5

[Quantum]

Brilliant, wonderful sense of humor, genius "decoder", thank you Professor Edward Brumgnach. I would study with him every day.

[Iranianjunkie]

I’ve been studying magic and metaphysics and such for many years. About 3 days ago for the first time ever, I began thinking about magic squares specifically, as it relates to other subjects, and wanting to learn more about them.
So just now this came up in my feed for the first time ever.
I just thought you should know.

[ingoknito]

Albrecht Duerer was a German mathematician, printmaker and arts scientist. He was born in Nuremburg in 1471 and died here in 1528. His mother was the daughter of the respected goldsmith Hieronymus Holper. Duerers father Albrecht Ajtosi came from Hungary and worked as a staff in Holper’s workshop in Nuremberg.
Edward Brumnach (Slavoljub Brumnjak) is a croatian who today lives in the USA. He works as a Professor of Engineering Technology at the Queensborough Community College of the City University of New York.

[colinbyerly]

It helps to adjust the speed of playback so he talks like he has lots of coffee, and you still get a time saving lecture ! He has a great mind, like his down to earth explanation .

[wisdomsquare]

He speaks slow because he is KINETIC! KINETIC people always speak slow and full of emotion in their words. They put feeling in their words. VISUAL people speak very fast. They use words that reflect SIGHT. AUDITORY people go by what they hear. Sound speaks their language. Sight speaks the language of VISUAL. Feelings speak the language of KINETIC.

[jacksonknox]

I studied this years ago... I have a book called. Symbolism or mystic masonry ... The only thing was at the time I didn't have anyone to practice the code with... But its was very satisfying to learn it in my own...

[jeffreybooty]

Dear Prof., Sir, Mr. (et / or / alia ), Brumgnach, I enjoyed your lecture. and spent the next few hours studying Magic Squares, I had known what they were prior to my recent inquiries, yet had only really seen or dealt with small ones 3x3, 4x4, 5x5....I became partial to the odd squares, after watching your video, (since you had already delved into the predictable factors of even squares), and proceeded to challenge myself upon 7x7s then 9x9s . I learned a lot from my mistakes. What I also had learned were distinct patterns that were only obvious if one was looking for them. After that set of lessons, I pressed on to 11x11s and 13x13s, at which point I found that my methods of reflexive pattern-making were sound. This included, (and only at the end), the crosschecking of my squares, by the computer programme you had mentioned and shown in the video. Thank you so much for reminding me of these fascinating ancient algorithms, and inspiring my momentary mathematical passion. ~~~~ The Video is from MMIX, (2009), Where are you now, and are you still teaching / lecturing etc.???

[michaelloglio]

What I found to be interesting is the fact that the solution set for a 9 x 9 Magick Square is '369', the numbers of which Nicola Tesla believes to be the keys to the Universe !

[yeanurrahman]

Thank you so much professor. By this time, you have reached the mallow age of wisdom and thoughtfulness. I found your class absolutely charming with a sense of humour warranting mentions.

[jamesolivito]

Interesting 0 is the lost symbol . Most see no value in it . Well it is zero right ? The thing about zero what it lacks in value it makes up for in power . Add it to the end of end of any number and it gives more power . The more zeros the more power . It is the least and it is the greatest . It can be looked at as the beginning and the completion.

[jffry]

He probably speaks slow because over the years he learned students can do better in his class that way

[shaygeange]

You forgot to tell them about the middle squares=34(10, 11, 6, 7)and that 3+4=7 layers, then draw a square within a circle 7 times to see a birds eye view of a 7 stepped pyramid;making a 3 dimensional image.Anyways thankyou for the presentation was really thoughtful.

[alanra]

4:35 The formulation of the magic sum he casually wrote down is easily derived from knowing the sum of 'the first n integers', which is n(n+1)/2. For a magic square of sides x, you need the sum of the first x^2 integers, which, subsituted for n, is (x^2)(x^2+1)/2; then that is divided by the number of rows/columns in the square=x, leaving x(x^2+1)/2.

[armyofdeath]

I like the 4 x 4 magic square adding up to 34 each row. You can add ten to each square and all rows add up to 74.
If you add 20 to each square all rows add up to 114. Add 30 you get 154 each row. They get 40 larger each 10
added. I teach the Lo Shu Divine Turtle in school and figured out the adding 10 to each digit 1 to 9 making 15
each row to be11 to 19 making 45 in each row. I applied this same principle to the 4 x 4 magic square with digits
1 to 16 to be 11 to 26, 21 to 36 and 31 to 46. Thanks for the new magic square.

[Edward-kopn]

Absolutely enjoyed this video. I like the part at 17:04 where he seems to intentionally pretend he doesn't know the other two interior angles. Makes for his students to fill in the blanks. That teacher to student engagement is an excellent style I'm teaching

[A_New_Yorker_Lost_In_Florida]

"WindTalkers" is the movie ❤️🌏✌️... thank u for the excellent lecture Professor!

[WarzSchoolchild]

Harshad numbers (In Sanskrit meaning 'Joy Bringers') are distinctive by being divisible by the sum total of their component integers. eg. 48, 108 & 777 are harshad numbers, 108 is sacred, and 777 is the most auspicious Angel number. so 48, 108, 777 is regarded in Vedic Mathematics as fairly awesome. 177 is the sum total of each line and diagonal of the smallest 3 x 3 Prime Number Magic Square and 48, 108, 777 divided by 177 = 271801 and 27, 1801 divided by 99990 is 2.7182818281828... etc. which is not a bad approximation of Natural Log 'e' :- 2.718281828459045...etc. Just saying.