Do Inanimate Objects Exist in the Spiritual Realm?

[Whisperling]

We know that humans exist in all three realms in some capacity, and that everything has a presence in both the physical realm and the cognitive realm. That said, it seems unclear whether things that aren't alive, and therefore ensouled, have any presence or effect on a spiritual level. 

 

I could see this being a matter of whether something is Invested or not. Hemalurgic spikes also seem relevant, though that's arguably a bit of a niche case. 

[Calderis he/him]

Everything that exists physically exists in all three realms. 

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Questioner [PENDING REVIEW]

I wanted to ask whether cake has a soul? In Realmatic theory, stuff has souls. So, somebody turns wheat into flour, and flour has a soul. Do they come together when I bake the cake?

Brandon Sanderson [PENDING REVIEW]

...So, this gets into some weird cosmere theory stuff. The level that if you are a student of philosophy, you'll recognize just wearing on the sleeve where this one came from. This is a mashup of Shinto beliefs and the theory of the forms by Plato, and kind of its own weird thing, that became Realmatic theory in the cosmere...

So, in the cosmere, things take on an Identity and a soul based on how people perceive them. It's human perception that is creating a lot of this, because the various powers that made the universe have this sort of desire to be sentient. And power left long too long in the cosmere starts thinking, that's just how it goes, and starts thinking of itself the way it is perceived. So, that cake, as soon as its created, the disparate parts of the souls start being thought of as a cake, and start gaining some traction as a cake. If you left that cake alone long enough, which wouldn't take too long for a cake because people don't look at cake and think "Oh, a bunch of wheat and flour." They think "Cake." That thing will start having a combined soul of the various bits of power, and the longer you leave it, the more permanency it's gonna have as a Spiritual artifact in the cosmere.

So, yes, cake has a soul.

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[I think I am here. he/him]

Yup, you can see this when Shallan asks whether moving a cognitive sphere would have any effects, and the responder tells her how the object is directly connected to the spiritual realm, so not much would happen.

[BitBitio he/him]

"Cake has a soul."

 

Illuminati confirmed

[+Ark1002]

Why would cake not have a soul? The only soulless thing I can think of is my little brother...

[Juanaton he/him]

On 8/11/2018 at 8:33 PM, BitBitio said:

"Cake has a soul."

 

Illuminati confirmed

But the cake is a lie...so the Cryptics are gonna FEAST!