In Western esotericism the Left-Hand Path and Right-Hand Path are the dichotomy between two opposing approaches to magic. This terminology is used in various groups involved in the occult and ceremonial magic. In some definitions, the Left-Hand Path is equated with malicious black magic or black shamanism, while the Right-Hand Path with benevolent white magic. Other occultists have criticised this definition, believing that the Left–Right dichotomy refers merely to different kinds of working and does not necessarily connote good or bad magical actions.In more recent definitions, which base themselves on the terms' origins in Indian Tantra, the Right-Hand Path (RHP, or Dakshinachara), is seen as a definition for those magical groups that follow specific ethical codes and adopt social convention, while the Left-Hand Path (LHP, or Vamamarga) adopts the opposite attitude, espousing the breaking of taboo and the abandoning of set morality. Some contemporary occultists, such as Peter J. Carroll, have stressed that both paths can be followed by a magical practitioner, as essentially they have the same goals.Another distinguishing characteristic separating the two is based upon the aim of the practitioner. Right-handed path practitioners tend to work towards ascending their soul towards ultimate union (or reunion) with the divine source, returning to heaven, allegorically alluded to as restoration or climbing back up the ladder after the "great fall". In Solomon's lesser key, they embrace the light and try to annihilate anything they regard as "dark" or "evil". On the other hand, left-handed path practitioners do not see this as the ultimate aim but a step towards their goal. Left-handed path practitioners embrace the dark as well as the light in order to invoke the alchemical formula solve et coagula ("dissolve and precipitate"), confronting the negative in order to transmute it into desirable qualities. Left-handed path practitioners descend towards union with the divine to obtain Godhood status, with God-like powers of their own, having reunited with the ultimate divine source-energy; then once there, taking one more step separating from that divinity, out of this creation into a new creation of their own making, with themselves as the sole divinity of the new universe, apart from the previous creation. The godhood self sought by Left Hand Path followers is represented by the Qlipha Thaumiel in the Tree of Knowledge.
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Homework Statement
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I need to find the optimal path across two points, in two straight line segments. The speed from point A to B is 12ft/s, and 4ft/s from point B to C.
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The Attempt at a Solution
I set...
A bee goes from its hive in a spiral path given in plane polar coordinates by
r = b*ekt , θ = ct,
where b, k, c are positive constants. Show that the angle between the velocity vector and the
acceleration vector remains constant as the bee moves outward. (Hint: Find v · a/va.)
attempts...
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What subjects/topics should I cover as a prerequisite to...
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I do not understand why we call functional integral procedure in QFT being ''quantization'' procedure.Because the integration is the ''summing up'' procedure,but not ''dividing'' into ''quantum'' procedure.Or does this term(quantization) has a origin of being able to...
I'm trying to create some kind of demo that rushes through a tunnel.
I have made a random path generator that creates smooth looking paths in 3D space (just some 3D points)
Now I would like to create polies that form a tunnel around that path.
To give an example, let us assume that the path...
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First I was asked to parametrize the motion according to \theta and I got
x: -cos \theta+1 and y:-sin\theta+1
Now, I have to find the magnitude of the acceleration along the path at a point given by \theta.
How do I do this?
Also, I only have figured out the...
Hi friends, sorry that i have posted so many threads recently regarding complex analysis. i am trying hard to understand as much as possible.anyway i was wondering if anyone had any good geometric interpretation for the equivalence between a differential being exact and it being path...
Compute the path integral where f(x,y,z) = x^2 and the path C is the intersection of the sphere x^2+y^2+z^2=1 and the plane x+y+z=0.
I found the intersection to be x+y-(1/sqrt(2))=0 (not sure if that's right) but I am not sure how to parametrize it in terms of t.
Any help would be appreciated.
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what is line integral - for example if I can draw graph of parabola and i can calculate the area under the graph. But how can i measure the length of parabolic path.
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I am currently having trouble with an exercise: writing the propagator of a particle coupled to a magnetic field.
So the lagrangian is L_A (\vec{x},\dot{\vec{x}}^2) = \frac{m}{2}\dot{\vec{x}} + e\vec{A}.\dot{\vec{x}}
And it says that I should solve it in two different ways:
-by writing...
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Two infinitely long current carrying wires run into the page as indicated. Consider a closed triangular path that runs from point 1 to point 2 to point 3 and back to point 1 as shown.
Which of the following plots best shows B•dl as a function of position along the closed...
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I am trying to solve the following problem using Mathematica:
I have (defined) a surface of two variables, say f(a,b). Now I want to
plot a path (a line) that corresponds to min[f(a,b)] starting from
certain valus of a and b (say a0,b0). In other words the path always proceeds...
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you are making a circular turn in your car when you hit a patch of ice causing friction to be zero, while the car is on the ice it:
a continues to follow the circular path but with a larger radius than before
b moves along a path that is neither straight or sircular
c...
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I'm modeling a situation in which a gas moves through a pressure gradient established by a quartz frit with 40-100 μm sized pores. What I'm interested in finding out is how the mean free path of the gas changes after it exits the frit region, if at all.
I think that the mean...
Watching this lecture from nptel about NP completeness:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=76n4BjlL1cs&feature=player_embedded
-We have an algorithm, HC , which given a graph tells us whether or not it has a hamiltonian cycle.
-We want to use it in order to create an algorithm that determines...
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I'm...
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15MeV electrons, enter magnetic field with strength of 0.7T. What is the radius of the path of the electrons? What energies could the electrons have and be confined to orbits with radii within 5% of the 15MeV electrons?
Homework Equations
E =...
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I'm understanding that the Path Integral formulation of quantum mechanics includes every possibility - every possible trajectory of a particle in QM, and every possible field configuration in QFT. So I'm wondering, if we consider the Path Integrals in both QM and QFT, either separately or in...
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The problem statement is a) to find expression for the position, velocity, and acceleration vectors, and to describe the path of the object in an xy plot. The coordinates of object moving in the xy plane vary with time according to the equations:
x = - 5.00m sin(wt), w is a...
I'm in my 3rd year of a chemistry course but I have more of a passion for computers and technology than chemistry. I didn't know the difference between science and engineering before choosing this course but I've come to the conclusion that engineering is more the practical side of things...
Is it true that in first quantization the PI includes the possible trajectories a particle can take, but it does not include how particles can change into other kinds of particles (electrons to photons, etc). And QFT (second quantization) calculates how particles can branch off into other...
what is the path of Earth in 4-d space??
as i read in the brief history of time "let a plane be moving straight in 3-d world but we see it in a curved path on a 2-d Earth surface (mountain). can any1 tell how can we see the space curve as 2-d has not elevation??
moreover i used to think that...
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I tried to read Feynman's book: Quantum Mechanics and Path Integrals but it is so difficult. Is it a really important book if you want to learn Quantum Mechanics? If so what should I do in preparation to read it?
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It is frequently stated that path integral formulation of quantum mechanics is equivalent to the more traditional canonical quantization.
However, I don't think it is really true. I claim that, unlike canonical quantization, path integral quantization is not self-sufficient. That's because...
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I wondered if you guys could help me with this question.
I have been showed a picture of a lightning. It is not the complete lightning on that picture, maybe 1-2 thirds of it.
To me it looked a little blurry, so I asked if the photographer had used a tripod to make sure the camera...
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What are phase difference and path difference?
Can you give me a simple explanation so that I could imagine
It would be great if there are some illustrations
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The attached PDF shows an analysis sequence of books on the left. If I followed the sequence all the way to differential geometry, would I be prepared to study the subject of general relativity? Also, would it be feasible to skip the real analysis books or would they be required as well...
Question : A balloon tied to a thread whose other end is fixed to the bottom of a beaker is held such that the string is horizontal. The path traced by the balloon if it is released is ?
Answer : The path is along the arc of a circle
Please explain why the path will be along the arc of a...
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"Virtual particle" in path integral and perturbative approaches
The term "virtual particle" is used in path integral and perturbative approaches.
How do these "virtual particles" differ and how are they related?
[For example, static, bound states such as the hydrogen atom are solvable by...
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Homework Statement
A 5.6 MeV (kinetic energy) proton enters a 0.18 T field, in a plane perpendicular to the field.
What is the radius of its path?
Homework Equations
kinetic energy: KE = 1/2 mv^2
velocity: v = sqrt(2KE / m)
radius: r = mV/qB
The Attempt at a Solution
KE = 5.6...
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Trying to find out what path electrical current takes when it passes from one hand to the other on its way to earth. I know it goes up the arm, across the chest and then down the other arm and out the hand to Earth through whatever earthed object...
velocity of proton following a helical path?? need a bit of help
Homework Statement
A proton with an initial velocity given by (4.0 + 3.0 + 3.0)(105 m/s) enters a magnetic field given by (0.62 T). Describe the motion of the proton.
The proton will follow a helical path with a velocity of...
I'm not getting the answer from the back of the book for some reason. Is the book wrong or am I wrong?
Homework Statement
calculate \intf · dr for the given vector field f(x, y) and curve C:
f(x, y) = (x^2 + y^2) i; C : x = 2 + cos t, y = sin t, 0 ≤ t ≤ 2πHomework Equations
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I can't figure out why electromagnetism is defined a non integrable phase factor (or path dependent), referring to the element of the Lie group U1 to which it (the phase factor) belongs.
Why it's said to be non-integrable? And, precisely, how do we specify a path for the...