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So I've been thinking about the Cosmere and a number of the things Brandon has said about Worldhopping. We know that Hoid, Gallodon, and Demoux are able to Worldhop using Shadesmar, but also the Sel is no longer such a great place to access Shadesmar (WOB). Yet we also know that Hoid was on Sel, left Sel, and will either still be on Sel or else return there for Elantris 2 depending on where in the Cosmere timeline Elantris 2 lines up. He also was on Sel to steal the Moon Septer from Shai in The Emperor's Soul, ~30 years after Elantris - so again he came and went (I sincerely doubt Hoid just hangs around anywhere for that long). So how does he do it? Is he able to somehow overcome the "very bad idea-"ness Brandon described in regards to accessing Shadesmar from Sel? Or does he also utilize the Spiritual Realm. We know certain individuals can 'hop' into the cognitive realm, so why not the spiritual? And given the little we know about the nature of the Spiritual Realm, it would make sense that Hoid's access/utilization of this realm contributes to his ability to have not actually had to 'live all those years' between the various books. And if this is so, who else can access the Spiritual Realm? And what role will this play in the Cosmere? Thoughts?