9-fold Magic Square Pattern of Tao Te Ching Insights

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Experimental development of 9-fold Higher Order Patterning of Tao Te Ching Insights
This is part of a commentary on the Tao Te Ching Interpreted Succinctly (original order) and (alternative order)
See also Commentary on Tao Te Ching Interpretation: and the possibility of higher order patterning
Navigational implications are explored in Hyperspace Clues to the Psychology of the Pattern that Connects.

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9-fold Magic Square Pattern of Tao Te Ching Insights
Experimental context
Experiment
Experimental presentation
Magic square presentation
Pan-magic square presentation
Bimagic squares
Most-perfect magic squares
Magic cubes
Magic hypercubes
Conclusion
References

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Introduction

As discussed in the related papers (Commentary on Tao Te Ching Interpretation: and the possibility of higher order patterning 2003; Hyperspace Clues to the Psychology of the Pattern that Connects, 2003; Musical Articulation of Pattern of Tao Te Ching Insights: experimental sonification based on magic square organization, 2003) the prime concern in this experiment is with the possibility of configuring fundamental insights in ways which facilitate their comprehension. A particular concern is with their interrelationship as a pattern, or system of checks and balances, rather than on the significance of any particular insight.

Potentially the sets of insights developed in ancient Chinese culture, and fundamental to the philosophy of life and governance, is therefore especially relevant at this time. Great importance was then attached to both the coherence of the pattern as a whole and its capacity to model the changes experienced and to be anticipated. The use of three of them for purposes of divination [review], now considered inappropriate by some [discussion], should not distract from their insights into the operations of complex psychosocial systems.

This is especially the case in the light of the increasing emphasis now placed on "values" and "wisdom" in relation to global governance, whether "faith-based" or not, and on elaboration of more appropriate strategies. If the sets of insights effectively functioned, or were used, as what would now be termed "global models" or "world models", then the adequacy of their predictive capacity should be distinguished from the adequacy of their descriptive/explanatory capacity -- especially given the requirements of them by their culture. The most comprehensive of these present day models of the world system face a particular challenge in that the "predictions" they offer fail to engage the individual as coherent and credible -- and therefore fail to engender political support for appropriate concerted action (cf Donnella Meadows, et al. Limits to Growth: the 30-Year Update, 2004).

These concerns also follow from an earlier exploration of the possibility of higher orders of cognitive engagement in strategic issues (Governance through Patterning Language: creative cognitive engagement contrasted with abdication of responsibility, 2006; Creative Cognitive Engagement: beyond the limitations of descriptive patterning, 2006).

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