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The '''Spiritual Realm''' is the realm of existence in the [[cosmere]] that contains the essence or soul of things. In this Realm, the [[Connection|interconnection]] between objects, people, and ideals are made apparent.{{tes ref|12}}
 
Everything in the cosmere has a Spiritual aspect, a soul, which represents the idealized form or concept upon which their existence is based.{{tes ref|12}} Among sentient creatures, this soul is sometimes described as a [[Spiritweb]]. Several manifestations of [[Investiture]] likesuch as [[Gold#Feruchemical_Use|gold Feruchemy]] and [[Regrowth]] can restore a damaged object or person into the ideal form as dictated by the soul.
 
== Nature ==
=== Space and Time ===
{{quote
| He thrust his right hand to the other side, touching something vast, something that wasn’t a place—it was all places in one.
| [[Dalinar]] grabbing the Spiritual Realm to create [[Honor's Perpendicularity]]{{book ref|sa3|119}}
}}
The Spiritual Realm is not a place.{{wob ref|11708}} The Spiritual Realm is made up entirely of [[Investiture]] in the form of [[Spiritweb]]s and the [[Connection]]s between them.{{wob ref|8812}}{{wob ref|9280}} As such, time and space are “irrelevant” or “compounded into one” in the Spiritual Realm.{{wob ref|6129}} This timelessness means that the Spiritual Realm breaks causality, but in a controlled way{{wob ref|9286}}
 
=== Allomancy ===
[[File:{{image|Atium Shadow by Danrossidraws.jpg|thumb|side=right|width=350px|<center><small>by {{a|Danrossidraws}}</small></center> [[Vin]] surronded by [[atium]] shadows]]}}
 
;'''Electrum''': Burning [[electrum]] will reveal possible futures of the [[Allomancer]] up to several seconds ahead by casting electrum "shadows" of oneself.{{book ref|aol|part=ars}} While burning electrum, the Allomancer's future will not be revealed to enemy Allomancers burning [[atium]]. Rather, it will cause the Allomancer's observed atium shadow to split, preventing the enemy Allomancer from predicting one's actions.{{book ref|mb3|3}}
 
 
=== Other Methods ===
[[File:{{image|AU Sixth of the Dusk.jpeg|thumb|side=left|width=230px|<center><small>by [[Ben McSweeney]]</small></center> [[Sak]] showing [[Sixth of the Dusk (character)|Sixth of the Dusk]] visions of his death]]}}
 
;'''Riino''': [[Riino]] has an ability to predict the future, assisted by some sort of shining globe. Whatever the globe is, it isn't a [[fabrial]], as it doesn't feature a gemstone. While Riino himself mentions that utilizing it requires specific training, the globe can grant visions to the uninitiated. It requires that its surroundings be highly [[Investiture|Invested]], which is why Riino uses it only during a [[highstorm]].{{book ref|sa3|97}}
 
 
=== Potential Other Inhabitants ===
Very few beings exist solely in the Spiritual Realm. Originally, the shadowblazes[[shadowblaze]]s from ''[[The Rithmatist]]'' were some of those creatures.{{wob ref|1619}} It is possible for physical beings to travel to the Spiritual Realm, but the results are weird.{{wob ref|13522}} [[Elend Venture]], burning both atium and duralumin, managed to travel mostly to the Spiritual Realm.{{wob ref|6304}} While there, Elend saw “a mind-numbing wealth of information,” including Leras’s plan for Ati’s death.{{book ref|mb3|81}} Flaring one of the temporal metals at the moment of one’s death can also provide a glimpse of the Spiritual Realm.{{msh ref|1|1}} Shards can also give people a glimpse of the Spiritual Realm; Leras shows Kelsier the Connection between everything and the possible futures{{msh ref|3|3}} and Odium shows Dalinar the complete nature of his Shard.{{book ref|sa3|57}} Visions, such as the ones Honor left for potential Bondsmiths, almost always involved being pulled partially into the Spiritual Realm, with an additional "Cognitive framework" that allows people to understand them.{{wob ref|9562}} Traveling to the Spiritual Realm can be extremely dangerous for people, as it has the potential to break their brain.{{wob ref|2693}}
 
== Culture ==
=== Roshar ===
Well before the year 1173, the [[Roshar]]an scholar [[Gavarah]] proposed the existence of the three Realms.{{book ref|sa1|29}} That theory seems to be well accepted among modern Rosharan scholars, who are aware that the Spiritual Realm is a place of truth but that the Cognitive Realm is more flexible.{{book ref|sa2|24}} The [[spren]] are also aware of the three realms and know that the Shards live in the Spiritual Realm.{{book ref|sa3|93}} At least two religions on Roshar include the Spiritual Realm in their doctrine. [[Vorinism]] equates the Spiritual Realm with the [[Tranquiline Halls]]{{book ref|sa1|16}}{{book ref|sa1|i|8}} and the [[One]] teaches that the Spiritual Realm is the same as the [[Beyond]].{{wob ref|1729}}
 
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