Ripheus23 Posted August 3, 2018 Posted August 3, 2018 So, crystals are famously related to magic, throughout various examples of fantasy literature. So my first impression of the relationship between Stormlight and spren on the one hand, and gems on the other, was that Sanderson was availing himself of a common visual trope. But by now of course I know better than to assume so little of Sanderson's self-awareness of his stories' dynamics and so I am wondering... There is a peculiar theory in modern physics, something to do with a "Planck-Kleinert crystal": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_crystal As the Wikipedia article link name has it, this jewel is the world or universe, more than less. From one of the cited articles, the abstract thereof, it goes: Quote The Planck-Kleinert Crystal hypothesis is analyzed for an ideal cubic fcc crystal formed by Planck particles. In this type of a quasi-continuum the energy, momentum, and mass transport are described by the classical balance equations. The transverse wave is the electromagnetic wave, and its velocity equals the velocity of light. The quasi-stationary collective movement of mass in the crystal is equivalent to the particle (body), and such an approach enables derivation of the Schrodinger equation. The diffusing interstitial Planck particles create a gravity field, and the computed value of G is within the accuracy of experimental data. The model predicts four different force fields and a vast amount of the “dark matter and dark energy” in the crystal lattice. It allows for a self-consistent interpretation of multiscale phenomena. Now anti-gravityspren are attached to chasmfiends, such animals (them and their cousins, so to say) are the sources of gemhearts, Surgebinding can affect one's relationship with gravity, and so on and on, so I am wondering if Sanderson might be aware of the Planck-Kleinert crystal model and has assimilated it, to some degree or other, to the structure of the Cosmere. This might help explain why Stormlight and spren can be caught in crystals, as well as the references to Shards and a Shattering of Adonalsium. That is *drumroll drumroll* what if Adonalsium was a sentient crystal dwelling in the Spiritual Realm? And his Shattering into Shards is literally true? 1
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