Teaching 3: DorsLishn & Temporal Mechanics

Some Novices have asked us why the name of our ancient order is DorsLishn or the Order of Darkness. The answer is usually unexpected. We fear that with the current Noviciate being so wide spread, that his lesson may not be learned well on informal classes. Therefore we will publish it here. The word Dors comes from Dorsh, meaning Darkness (but more formally meaning "the absence of light" with reference to travel in Time and the Management of Time).

This is a temporal mechanics term, which we will now explain by quoting (a translation) from the Book of Time (Korpata Tnemul).

A Novice must learn the term Dorsh as it is essential to the learning of Management of Time. Let us consider the time between moments (designated tr). In linear temporal mechanics, t0 is directly related to the speed of the observer relative to the speed of the object being observed. The equation is as follows (this will be known to the world in the latter times when the DorsLishn are in hiding):

tr = t0/sqr_root(1 - (v^2/c^2)) or for simplicity, tr = t0/g, where g = sqr_root(1 - (v^2/c^2))

Now, then, for the time between moments to be equal to infinity (ie no passage of time) the speed (v) would need to be exactly equal to the speed of light (c):

g = sqr_root(1 - (v^2/c^2))

for v = c = 299792458m/s,

then g = sqr_root(1 - (c^2/c^2))

= sqr_root(1 - (1/1))

= sqr_root(1 - 1)

= sqr_root(0)

therefore g = 0

Thus tr = t0/g

tr = t0/0

Therefore tr = infinity

Now, with complex mathematics, traveling faster than light, would cause the time between moments to become negative...this would allow time travel backward in time. However, the energy required to do this would have to be greater than infinity, which is obviously impossible.

Now, this would be like the energy required to go from traveling forward in space at speed x and in an instant traveling with the same speed x but in the opposite direction (ie without slowing or stopping). This is obviously also impossible. But consider riding a horse in one direction and then wheeling it around in a semi-circle, keeping the same speed, but changing the direction in a perpendicular spacial dimension. This would allow one to turn around and travel in the opposite direction.

Temporal mechanics is likewise two-dimensional. The Power of the Book allows us to turn around within the time-area and return to a previous time. The Book also allows "short-cuts" to reach future events sooner than otherwise experienced. In essence, this allows a relative freedom of "movement" in time.

The equations for this type of travel are held in the next three chapters.

We will not quote the following chapters here. But they mention what happens when one is turning around in time. There is a darkness that appears, as light (a child of time) is unable to penetrate the frame of reference of the traveler. It is to this darkness that we refer with the name DorsLishn