Duality Paradigm

The Duality Paradigm, also called the Dual-Field Paradigm (DFP), is a core component of the standard model of quantum mechanics. The model describes the existence of all observable entities as being, on a quantum level, dependent on their qualities in two interdependent superfields called the praxis and modus. In other words, the existence of an entity can be described by the way in which the two 'realities' react around it. The study of the engineering the interactions between the praxis and modus is called the arcane arts.

The praxis, sometimes called the 'realm of the mind', is the realm of quantum mechanics concerned with that which is physically observable, while the modus, sometimes called the 'realm of the soul', is the realm of the metaphysically observable. Entities exist by the interactions of the two superfields with one another.

The scholar Lucian described the Duality Paradigm using the metaphor of temperature: "We know that warmth exists, because it is observable in the form of thermal energy. Cold, by contrast, does not exist in the same way. Physically, it is just an absence of heat. However, we can define this absence as its own entity in contrast, defining it as the conceptual experience surrounding the physical energy. This is the core of the Paradigm: The evident 'heat' and the conceptual 'cold' exist in tandem, each creating our intertwined definition, our 'fabric' of reality. It is when we cross the bridge between conscious and evident that real magic is made."

The scholar Mode described the Paradigm more esoterically, stating that: "If the praxis is time, then the modus is the clock. If the praxis is the light, then the modus is the eye."