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| All things exist in three Realms, Gaotona. '''Physical''', '''Cognitive''', '''Spiritual'''. The Physical is what we feel, what is before us. The Cognitive is how an object is viewed and how it views itself. The Spiritual Realm contains an object’s soul— its essence— as well as the ways it is connected to the things and people around it.
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:''Main article:'' [[Physical Realm]]
 
MostOf the ofthree Brandon's published works take place almost exclusively inrealms, the '''Physical Realm'''. Of the three realms, it is the most readily understood, as it behaves in much the same way asthat our universe does. It is the natural world as we experience it with our senses, consisting of space and time and adhering to empirical scientific law. Most Cosmere works take place primarily in the Physical Realm.
 
== Cognitive Realm ==
:''Main article:'' [[Cognitive Realm]]
 
The '''Cognitive Realm''' is the world of thought and perception. It is also referred to by the name '''[[Shadesmar]]''', particularly on [[Roshar]].{{17s ref|post|66703|Shadesmar is just a rough translation of "Cognitive Realm" in the language of whoever first found out about it.|date=2013-10-05}} The nature and appearance of objects in this realm are shaped by the views of people and even the objects themselves. The environment itself changes from one world to the next, often exhibiting features characteristic of that world. Investiture, including that within souls, glows visibly within the Cognitive Realm.
Relatively little is known about the '''Cognitive Realm'''. Brandon tends to be rather close-lipped on the subject.
 
While time appears to flow normally, space is also warped by perception. The realm exists as a flat plane and the distance between worlds is significantly contracted, so that travelling from one world to the next by foot is possible. Indeed, [[Worldhopping|Worldhoppers]] generally make use of this realm to move between worlds. Travelling between the Physical and the Cognitive Realms may be accomplished at [[Perpendicularity|Perpendicularities]].
During Interlude 8 in The Way of Kings, [[Geranid]] discovers that when she measures a flame [[spren]] and then notes down her findings that particular attribute of the spren ceases to change. In this instance it was the size of the spren that was affected. It is believed by a few that this is linked to something that happens within the cognitive realm.
 
On Roshar the Cognitive Realm is called '''[[Shadesmar]]'''.{{17s ref|post|66703|Shadesmar is just a rough translation of "Cognitive Realm" in the language of whoever first found out about it.|date=2013-10-05}} At least on Roshar it is found that what is land in the physical realm is an ocean of glass-like beads in the cognitive realm and vice versa.
 
The setting for most of [[Mistborn: Secret History]] was the Cognitive Realm. [[Kelsier]] goes there after being killed by the [[Lord Ruler]] but finds a way to not "move on."
 
== Spiritual Realm ==
:''Main article:'' [[Spiritual Realm]]
 
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Most of the power that makes up the [[Shard]]s exists in the Spiritual Realm.{{cite}}
However, it is believed by a few on Roshar that the Spiritual Realm is a place of absolute truth, where things exist in their pure forms.
 
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