Opposing Power
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Opposing Power
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Author : Elvin Jiayun Ong
language : en
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Release Date : 2022-05-17
Opposing Power written by Elvin Jiayun Ong and has been published by University of Michigan Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-05-17 with Political Science categories.
Opposing Power argues that perceptions of regime vulnerability and mutual dependency by opposition elites shape the building of opposition alliances. When electoral autocracies are consistently dominant, opposition parties eschew fully fledged alliances. At best, they allocate only one candidate to contest against the incumbent in each subnational electoral district to avoid splitting the opposition vote. However, when multiple regime-debilitating events strike within a short period of time, thus pushing an incumbent to the precipice of power, opposition elites expect victory, accepting costly compromises to build alliances and seize power. Opposing Power shows how oppositions build these alliances through case study comparisons in East and Southeast Asia—between the Philippines and South Korea in the late 1980s, and between Malaysia and Singapore from 1965 to 2020.
Black Versus White Magic The Two Opposing Powers
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Author : Helena Petrovna Blavatsky
language : en
Publisher: Philaletheians UK
Release Date : 2018-05-16
Black Versus White Magic The Two Opposing Powers written by Helena Petrovna Blavatsky and has been published by Philaletheians UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-05-16 with Religion categories.
When a Solitary Ray from the Infinite One is about to become the Many, Duality interposes between It and Its finite differentiations. In the mayavic worlds of being everything is dual. Even the Divine Logos manifests as a double principle of Good and Evil. In terms of human evolution, the seeds of White and Black Magic were sown in Atlantis. Though perfected in materiality, Atlanteans degenerated in spirituality. Black magic, bestiality, selfishness, and self-adoration spelled their demise. Magic is arcane knowledge of the subjective side of Universe and Man, and of the Occult laws and powers that govern their objective manifestations. Arcane science misused, is Sorcery; wisely applied, True Magic. Black Magic is the predictable outcome of selfish motives. For it is the motive, and the motive alone, which makes any exercise of power become black, malignant, or white, beneficent Magic. Practical Theosophy is the modern term for old Magic. Metaphorically speaking, Magic is the conscious reunion of Psyche with Cupid, her beloved groom, upon her return to their celestial abode, or the re-integration of Thought and Spirit. This is the mystery that sanctifies marriage and every earnest hope for a better life. Thus true Magic is the marriage of Nous (Atma-Buddhi) with Manas, a union where Will and Thought, separated at the beginning of time, become One again when self-consciousness reaches the summit of divine power and inner knowledge. When man was first created he couldn’t commit any sin, for he was mindless and therefore irresponsible. The only “vice of his origin” was not his: it has been committed by those who refused to fire him with self-consciousness, with its inherent freedom of thought, and personal responsibility borne by informed decisions. Gnosis is the Western term for the mysteries and destiny of our being, both White and Black. A metaphor for the same enigma is Resurrection or the Raja-Yoga of Eastern Occultists. Amongst Neoplatonists, Raja-Yoga is known as Theurgy. Gnosis will either crown the pure with the sovereignty of their own spirit, or crush the opportunist in the darkness of ignorance and earthy passions. Theosophy is the keynote of our relationship with and in Divine Magic. For Magic is the study and application of divine law. Magic is the ancient Persian word for knowledge and embraces all Chaldeans sciences. It is proficiency in Nature’s hidden powers and laws, or Secret Wisdom, as it was taught in the sanctuaries of the Old World. Magic is the Maha, Magi or Maginsi of Medes and the Egyptians, and the Meghiston of the Zoroastrians. Ancient Magic is Secret Wisdom, the very opposite of Diabolism. It is the theurgy of Iamblichus, the gnosis of Pythagoras, the ecstasy of the Philaletheians, the summit of Eastern Philosophy and Ethics. Magic or Practical Occultism, is the object of Yoga. Mesmerism is another key to our inner nature. It is the Gupta-Vidya of the Eastern Occultists, excellence in universal philosophy, and pinnacle of human knowledge. As Truth is One, so the method for attaining It must be also one. Its disciples help each other in their lessons. The Witches of Thessaly are still amongst us. But as Magic differs from Sorcery, so the Magician differs from the Witch. Hypnotism is Black Magic, irrespective of whether conscious or unconscious. There is little difference between Voodoos and the Vivisectionists of our age. Therefore, Western practitioners of the Black Arts should not have the punishment and reputation without the profits and enjoyments they may get therefrom. Selfish initiates, lured by the glamour of power, retrogress inexorably, and curses always come home to roost. There are “Brothers of the Light” and “Brothers of the Shadow,” there are genuine seers and passive mediums, there are High Planetary Spirits and their illusionary appearances on the psychic screen of mediumistic perceptions. There is White Tantric Magic and its tainted counterpart, there is Neoplatonic Theurgia and its opposite number, Goëtia. Christians beware! The New Testament is all about Unselfishness and Spirituality. The Old Testament is a manual of Selfishness and Psychism. At the apex of its development, our Race will branch off to initiated Adepts, “Sons of Light,” and natural-born mediums, or “Sons of Darkness” — the latter to be exterminated by fire when time expires. We live in dangerous times. There are scores of unconscious crimes committed and many innocent people punished. Terror, tremor and dreadful incidences, as well as beauty, peace, and inspiration are “true presentiments of what lies in the bosom of the future, and much of which is already born.” Practical Theosophy is fraught with dangers for dabblers and neophytes alike. No one should go into occultism or even touch it before he is perfectly acquainted with his own powers. For, it’s all too easy to fall into Black Magic. Even a deed of kindness done with partiality may become evil, by stirring up animosity in the mind of others.
Ormuzd And Ahriman Are Ever Opposing Powers Yet Inseparable And Interdependent
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Author : Helena Petrovna Blavatsky
language : en
Publisher: Philaletheians UK
Release Date : 2018-05-29
Ormuzd And Ahriman Are Ever Opposing Powers Yet Inseparable And Interdependent written by Helena Petrovna Blavatsky and has been published by Philaletheians UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-05-29 with Religion categories.
On the eternal struggle of the two Opposite Forces, Good and Evil, Light and Darkness, Buddhi and Kama-Manas, of the One Manifested Creative Power which builds worlds and thinks through man.
Opposing Democracy In The Digital Age
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Author : Aim Sinpeng
language : en
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Release Date : 2021-03-02
Opposing Democracy In The Digital Age written by Aim Sinpeng and has been published by University of Michigan Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-03-02 with Political Science categories.
Opposing Democracy in the Digital Age is about why ordinary people in a democratizing state oppose democracy and how they leverage both traditional and social media to do so. Aim Sinpeng focuses on the people behind popular, large-scale antidemocratic movements that helped bring down democracy in 2006 and 2014 in Thailand. The yellow shirts (PAD—People’s Alliance for Democracy) that are the focus of the book are antidemocratic movements grown out of democratic periods in Thailand, but became the catalyst for the country’s democratic breakdown. Why, when, and how supporters of these movements mobilize offline and online to bring down democracy are some of the key questions that Sinpeng answers. While the book primarily uses a qualitative methodological approach, it also uses several quantitative tools to analyze social media data in the later chapters. This is one of few studies in the field of regime transition that focuses on antidemocratic mobilization and takes the role of social media seriously.
Opposite And Opposing Forces Are Convertible
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Author : Helena Petrovna Blavatsky
language : en
Publisher: Philaletheians UK
Release Date : 2017-09-30
Opposite And Opposing Forces Are Convertible written by Helena Petrovna Blavatsky and has been published by Philaletheians UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-09-30 with Religion categories.
Good and Evil pervade the whole universe of matter. Everything is polarised: magnetism is positive and negative, male and female. Night rests humanity from the day’s activity, and restores the equilibrium of human as well as of cosmic nature. Daemon est Deus inversus, Devil is God upside-down. Good and D’Evil, Agathodaimon and Kakodaimon, are convertible. Heat and Electricity, two out of three Mothers of Hermes, are also convertible. Pneuma and Anemos, Spiritus and Ventus are convertible. And so is Purusha and Prakriti, Spirit and Matter, Deity and Nature, Force and Matter. And Cain and Abel, Osiris and Typhon, Jacob and Esau. Even Activity and Passivity are readily convertible to each other. The former is the essential condition with which the student has to commence. Rishis and Patriarchs, too, are convertible in their numbers. Last but not least, Spiritualism and Animalism are convertible. But there can be no intercourse or relations between clean and unclean souls — whether embodied or disembodied. Neither can evil ever be uprooted but must linger in the whole expanse of the Kosmos.
Opposing The System
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Author : Charles A. Reich
language : en
Publisher: Crown Publishing Group (NY)
Release Date : 1995
Opposing The System written by Charles A. Reich and has been published by Crown Publishing Group (NY) this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995 with Political Science categories.
On the 25th anniversary of the publication of his mega-best seller The Greening of America (250,000 sold in hardcover and more than 2 million in paperback), Charles Reich offers a bold new appraisal of why America has lost its way and how it can rededicate itself to the pursuit of true prosperity for all its citizens.
Oxford Studies In Agency And Responsibility
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Author : David Shoemaker
language : en
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Release Date : 2015-09-17
Oxford Studies In Agency And Responsibility written by David Shoemaker and has been published by OUP Oxford this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-09-17 with Philosophy categories.
Oxford Studies in Agency and Responsibility is a series of volumes presenting outstanding new work on a set of connected themes, investigating such questions as: · What does it mean to be an agent? · What is the nature of moral responsibility? Of criminal responsibility? What is the relation between moral and criminal responsibility (if any)? · What is the relation between responsibility and the metaphysical issues of determinism and free will? · What do various psychological disorders tell us about agency and responsibility? · How do moral agents develop? How does this developmental story bear on questions about the nature of moral judgment and responsibility? · What do the results from neuroscience imply (if anything) for our questions about agency and responsibility? OSAR thus straddles the areas of moral philosophy and philosophy of action, but also draws from a diverse range of cross-disciplinary sources, including moral psychology, psychology proper (including experimental and developmental), philosophy of psychology, philosophy of law, legal theory, metaphysics, neuroscience, neuroethics, political philosophy, and more. It is unified by its focus on who we are as deliberators and (inter)actors, embodied practical agents negotiating (sometimes unsuccessfully) a world of moral and legal norms.
Opposing Lincoln
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Author : Thomas C. Mackey
language : en
Publisher: University Press of Kansas
Release Date : 2020-09-25
Opposing Lincoln written by Thomas C. Mackey and has been published by University Press of Kansas this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-09-25 with Law categories.
In a time of great national division, a time of threats of resistance and counterthreats of suppression, a controversial president takes drastic measures to rein in his critics, citing national interest, national security, and his obligations as chief executive. If this seems familiar in our current moment of intense political agitation, that is all the more reason to attend to Thomas Mackey’s gripping, learned, and eminently readable account of the Civil War–era case of Clement L. Vallandigham, an Ohio congressman arrested for campaigning against the war and President Lincoln’s policies. In Mackey’s telling, the story of this prominent “Copperhead,” or Southern sympathizer, illuminates the problem of internal security, loyalty, and disloyalty faced by the Lincoln administration during wartime—and, more generally, the problem of determining the balance between executive power and tyranny, and between dissent and treason. Opposing Lincoln explores Vallandigham’s opposition not only to Lincoln and his administration but also to Lincoln’s use of force and his executive orders suspending habeas corpus. In addition to tracing Vallandigham’s experiences of being arrested, tried, convicted by military commission instead of civilian courts, and then banished from the United States, this historical narrative introduces readers to Lincoln’s most important statements on presidential powers in wartime, while also providing a primer on the wealth of detail involved in such legal and military controversies. Examining the long-standing issue of the limits of political dissent in wartime, the book asks the critical historical question of what reasonable lengths a legitimate government can go to in order to protect itself and its citizens from threats, whether external or internal. The case of Clement Vallandigham is, Mackey suggests, a quintessentially American story. Testing the limits of dissent in a political democracy in wartime, and of the scope and power of constitutional government, it clarifies a critical aspect of the American experience from afar.
Energy Alternatives
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Author : Helen Cothran
language : en
Publisher: Greenhaven Press, Incorporated
Release Date : 2002
Energy Alternatives written by Helen Cothran and has been published by Greenhaven Press, Incorporated this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002 with Power resources categories.
Energy shortages in the West have rekindled the debate about whether the United States should turn to alternatives to fossil fuels. Authors argue the merits of nuclear power, wind energy, and electric cars in the following chapters: Are Alternatives Energy Sources Necessary? Is Nuclear Power a Viable Energy Alternative? What Alternative Energy Sources Should Be Pursued? Should Alternatives to Gasoline-Powered Vehicles Be Pursued?
Title List Of Documents Made Publicly Available
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Author : U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1989
Title List Of Documents Made Publicly Available written by U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1989 with Nuclear energy categories.