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|[The Cognitive Realm] is the in-between step. After death and before ... the Beyond. The Somewhere Else. Where souls must go.
When a person dies, their mind is transported to the [[Cognitive Realm]],{{msh ref|1|1}} though they are not always visible to other people in the Cognitive Realm.{{wob ref|11427}} This includes near-sapient lifeforms like [[Ryshadium]]; less sapient lifeforms may also experience this process, though they would transition very quickly and that question is a matter of debate among philosophers.{{wob ref|8313}} For most people, this time in the Cognitive Realm is nothing more than an "in between" step, as their mind is soon pulled into the Beyond.{{msh ref|1|1}} When they go to the Beyond, they appear to stretch toward an unseen, distant point that defies geometry and has also been described as "nothingness" and "eternity."{{msh ref|6|8}}{{msh ref|1|2}}{{msh ref|6|2}} People on [[Scadrial]] appear to turn into white mist as they stretch.{{msh ref|1|1}} Once someone transitions to the Beyond, their [[Investiture]] returns to the [[Shard]]s and the cosmere at large.{{wob ref|8658}}{{book ref|mb6|28}} The pull of the Beyond is part of why shadows point the wrong way in the Cognitive Realm.{{wob ref|2657}}
Before someone moves on to the Beyond, their Cognitive aspect can be returned to their physical body with the proper [[Investiture]], both by use of an Invested Art{{
[[Allomancy|Allomancers]], [[Feruchemy|Feruchemists]], and people who had a [[Hemalurgy|Hemalurgic]] spike in life can remain in the Cognitive Realm longer before being pulled to the Beyond,{{msh ref|1|1}}{{
What happens in the Beyond itself is unknown in the cosmere and is the question [[Khrissalla|Khriss]] most wants answered.{{wob ref|15029}}
== Shards and the Beyond ==
While the [[Spiritual Realm]] is not the same as the Beyond, that distinction isn't necessarily immediately obvious to [[Shard]]s.{{wob ref|1729}} It does not seem exceedingly difficult to at least grasp the basic premise, however, as [[Harmony]] came to understand the difference within moments of [[Final Ascension|his Ascension]].{{msh ref|6|9}} Learning information about the Beyond itself, however, is at least exceedingly difficult and may be impossible, even for Shards.{{wob ref|6556}}{{wob ref|2717}}{{wob ref|737}} Harmony, at least, still has not learned anything about it, though he considers going to it a kind of adventure.{{book ref|mb6|28}} [[Ruin]] claims that [[Mare]] "longed for Kelsier to join her in the Beyond," but it seems likely that he was simply lying to manipulate Kelsier and does not actually have knowledge of what occurs in the Beyond.{{
While trapped in the [[Well of Ascension]], Kelsier refers to Ruin as "the thing Beyond,"{{msh ref|2|1}} but this is likely a misnomer as a Shard's power is concentrated in the Spiritual Realm.{{wob ref|6304}}
== Known Travelers ==
While all people who are not Slivers must go to the Beyond when they finally die,{{msh ref|1|1}}{{msh ref|6|8}} the transitions of the following people to the Beyond have been observed:
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* [[Eshonai]]{{book ref|sa4|117}}
* [[Wayne]]{{book ref|mb7|74}}
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