Thanatos Posted January 6, 2017 Report Share Posted January 6, 2017 Just quickly before I crash. Who or what do you think Adonalsium is? 1. The 1 true God. 2. As above plus the God beyond. 3. A small shard of a Singularly Crystal. 4. Other.... to be elaborated. Night 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brightlord M. Alhstrom he/him Posted July 5, 2017 Report Share Posted July 5, 2017 I think he was a nearly all-powerful but imperfect being, almost like the shards are, but 16 times more powerful, and not so single minded in purpose (as in he doesn't just seek after hate or honor). But I'm not sure that there were other power's out there than Adonalsium. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calderis he/him Posted July 5, 2017 Report Share Posted July 5, 2017 A bigger, more free Shard essentially. Even if he "made" the Cosmere, he didn't create the universe. He's separate from the God Beyond (whose existence, role, identity and so forth is the same debate in cosmere as God is in our world). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brightlord M. Alhstrom he/him Posted July 6, 2017 Report Share Posted July 6, 2017 15 hours ago, Calderis said: A bigger, more free Shard essentially. Even if he "made" the Cosmere, he didn't create the universe. He's separate from the God Beyond (whose existence, role, identity and so forth is the same debate in cosmere as God is in our world). Yea, as far as I know, the God Beyond gets his name from the fact that he exists in whatever realm souls go to after they die. The "Beyond" if you will. That was mostly explored in MBSH if I remember correctly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ari he/him Posted July 6, 2017 Report Share Posted July 6, 2017 On 7/01/2017 at 1:34 AM, Thanatos said: Just quickly before I crash. Who or what do you think Adonalsium is? 1. The 1 true God. 2. As above plus the God beyond. 3. A small shard of a Singularly Crystal. 4. Other.... to be elaborated. Night Brandon has previously called Adonalsium "the power of Creation," so I'm gonna go with that, and assume he means that Adonalsium made, at the least, the galaxy called the Cosmere, if not necessarily the entire universe containing that galaxy. (although perhaps!) As an atheist and a gnostic, I wouldn't presume to assume anything more about what Brandon is going for in his symbology here. 3 hours ago, Lord Maelstrom said: Yea, as far as I know, the God Beyond gets his name from the fact that he exists in whatever realm souls go to after they die. The "Beyond" if you will. That was mostly explored in MBSH if I remember correctly. Um, just to be slightly contrary, "The God Beyond" could be a perfect moniker for the holder of Adonalsium pre-Shattering if the process killed them, as that person could reasonably have been called a God, and they are now in the Beyond. I'm not saying that's definitively what that name has to mean, just that you should keep your mind open to that possibility. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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