so realms... there are three of them right? except in stormlight we se that that's not entirely true, the realm taravangian killed rase in
was "imbetween" the cognitive and physical realms I think it significant that someone dying was able to visit this 'place' if you could call
it that. this ties into my larger theory that there aren't three realms but many layers of existence broadly separated into three.
so the realms of existence instead offing a three layer cake clearly separated by frosting it's more of a nine layer dip. so you may
think "but Brandon said there were three realms" and to you I say he is giving us the information that in cosmere researchers would
be able to gather. now part of my theory is that shadesmar is just the physical manifestation of the cognitive realm which is why
physical creatures can visit. what I mean is that shadesmar is the cognitive representation physical things, like sticks. but there is
another layer to the section of the dip bowl that is the cognitive realm. this 'layer' is the cognitive representation of thought, this I hypothesize is where visions given by shards occur, such as the storm fathers visions or the meetings odium has with characters.
the way this would work is that cognitive representations of mental occurrences "thoughts" can only be reached by entirely cognitive
beings. the vocabulary required for study of this subject is hard to think of so don't ignore the fact that cognitive shadows can't visit
these places but understand there is a lack of vocabulary. anyways back on topic I suspect that minds such as the newly those close
to death enter this place. others who can enter into this layer of the dip are lift shown when she enters and exits the storm fathers visions
on her own, and of coarse the shards who unlike humans have such large cognitive aspects there thoughts can have massive cognitive
representations. the final part of my theory is that all the realms can be visited spiritual, cognitive ,and physical but that the physical
bodies of people can only travel to the physical dip layer of each realm. this I suspect is where the crystal holding ba' ado mishram
was hidden, in the physical layer of the spiritual realm.
this theory is very long and I'm new to the shard so if there are any rules about the length of posts pleas inform me so I can chop ths
into smaller pieces.