User:TSMagus/Unifying Theory

The Unifying Theory of Magic is a single set of rules governing the mechanics of all the magic systems which exist within the Cosmere. Explanations of the interactions between different magic systems are often helpful for gaining insights about the mechanics of each.

“You may know that there is a unifying theory of magic for all of my worlds—a behind–the–scenes rationale. Like a lot of people believe there's a unifying theory of physics, I have a unifying theory of magic that I try to work within in order to build my worlds.”

—Brandon, speaking in an interview with John Ottinger

It was inspired at least in part by Brandon's time as a Biochemistry Major before switching to English and pursuing writing as his career.

http://www.theoryland.com/intvmain.php?i=692#23 http://www.theoryland.com/intvmain.php?i=532#2 http://www.theoryland.com/intvmain.php?i=977#51 http://www.theoryland.com/intvmain.php?i=979#160 http://www.theoryland.com/intvmain.php?i=1038#5

Letting the power go http://www.theoryland.com/intvmain.php?i=1084#81 http://www.theoryland.com/intvmain.php?i=1058#3

• Investiture

http://www.theoryland.com/intvmain.php?i=1076#27 http://www.theoryland.com/intvmain.php?i=977#17 http://www.theoryland.com/intvmain.php?i=977#22 http://www.theoryland.com/intvmain.php?i=1114#3 http://www.theoryland.com/intvmain.php?i=1116#31

• Adonalsium
• Realmatic Theory

http://www.theoryland.com/intvmain.php?i=1116#3 http://www.theoryland.com/intvmain.php?i=675#9 http://www.theoryland.com/intvmain.php?i=689#32 http://www.theoryland.com/intvmain.php?i=977#118 http://www.theoryland.com/intvmain.php?i=977#182

• • Shadesmar

http://www.theoryland.com/intvmain.php?i=585#8 http://www.theoryland.com/intvmain.php?i=1088#34

• • Expectaion/Self-visualization

http://www.theoryland.com/intvmain.php?i=1088#31 http://www.theoryland.com/intvmain.php?i=1050#2 http://www.theoryland.com/intvmain.php?i=1107#14 http://www.theoryland.com/intvmain.php?i=944#23 http://www.theoryland.com/intvmain.php?i=979#15 http://www.theoryland.com/intvmain.php?i=1071#4

• Spiritual DNA

http://www.theoryland.com/intvmain.php?i=622#64 http://www.theoryland.com/intvmain.php?i=632#1 http://www.theoryland.com/intvmain.php?i=691#6 http://www.theoryland.com/intvmain.php?i=692#24 http://www.theoryland.com/intvmain.php?i=727#66 http://www.theoryland.com/intvmain.php?i=977#19 http://www.theoryland.com/intvmain.php?i=979#14 http://www.theoryland.com/intvmain.php?i=979#55 http://www.theoryland.com/intvmain.php?i=1011#16 http://www.theoryland.com/intvmain.php?i=1037#13 http://www.theoryland.com/intvmain.php?i=1089#5

• Invested Objects

http://www.theoryland.com/intvmain.php?i=593#10 http://www.theoryland.com/intvmain.php?i=715#1 http://www.theoryland.com/intvmain.php?i=982#1 http://www.theoryland.com/intvmain.php?i=982#2 http://www.theoryland.com/intvmain.php?i=982#3 http://www.theoryland.com/intvmain.php?i=1047#12 http://www.theoryland.com/intvmain.php?i=1069#10 http://www.theoryland.com/intvmain.php?i=1106#1

• Conduits

http://www.theoryland.com/intvmain.php?i=636#4 http://www.theoryland.com/intvmain.php?i=727#45 http://www.theoryland.com/intvmain.php?i=727#46 http://www.theoryland.com/intvmain.php?i=727#52 http://www.theoryland.com/intvmain.php?i=727#83 http://www.theoryland.com/intvmain.php?i=1012#5 http://www.theoryland.com/intvmain.php?i=1116#23

• Compounding

http://www.theoryland.com/intvmain.php?i=642#3 http://www.theoryland.com/intvmain.php?i=689#2 http://www.theoryland.com/intvmain.php?i=1069#11

• Snapping/Holes in the soul

http://www.theoryland.com/intvmain.php?i=704#26 http://www.theoryland.com/intvmain.php?i=1097#1 http://www.theoryland.com/intvmain.php?i=977#9 http://www.theoryland.com/intvmain.php?i=1083#10

• Wavelengths

http://www.theoryland.com/intvmain.php?i=1088#40 http://www.theoryland.com/intvmain.php?i=727#36 http://www.theoryland.com/intvmain.php?i=1038#8

• Savants

http://www.theoryland.com/intvmain.php?i=1048#2

• Shardpools

http://www.theoryland.com/intvmain.php?i=691#15 http://www.theoryland.com/intvmain.php?i=727#31 http://www.theoryland.com/intvmain.php?i=1091#2 http://www.theoryland.com/intvmain.php?i=1092#1

List of Identified Magic (Manifestations?)

http://www.theoryland.com/intvmain.php?i=428#23 http://www.theoryland.com/intvmain.php?i=1052#108

• Elantris
  • Dor

http://www.theoryland.com/intvmain.php?i=1019#3 http://www.theoryland.com/intvmain.php?i=618#56 http://www.theoryland.com/intvmain.php?i=618#58 http://www.theoryland.com/intvmain.php?i=618#62 http://www.theoryland.com/intvmain.php?i=987#9 http://www.theoryland.com/intvmain.php?i=1100#3 http://www.theoryland.com/intvmain.php?i=1100#4 http://www.theoryland.com/intvmain.php?i=979#154 http://www.theoryland.com/intvmain.php?i=1011#9 http://www.theoryland.com/intvmain.php?i=1011#18

• • Seod

http://www.theoryland.com/intvmain.php?i=689#29

• • Man, it's been so long. I need to re-read these
  • Soul Stamping

http://www.theoryland.com/intvmain.php?i=1099#2 http://www.theoryland.com/intvmain.php?i=1099#3

• Mistborn
  • Allomancy

http://www.theoryland.com/intvmain.php?i=704#12 http://www.theoryland.com/intvmain.php?i=977#119

• • Feruchemy

http://www.theoryland.com/intvmain.php?i=1109#22 http://www.theoryland.com/intvmain.php?i=979#166 http://www.theoryland.com/intvmain.php?i=1094#36

• • Hemalurgy

http://www.theoryland.com/intvmain.php?i=1109#13 http://www.theoryland.com/intvmain.php?i=977#160 http://www.theoryland.com/intvmain.php?i=979#3 http://www.theoryland.com/intvmain.php?i=979#89 http://www.theoryland.com/intvmain.php?i=979#90 http://www.theoryland.com/intvmain.php?i=1011#24 http://www.theoryland.com/intvmain.php?i=1094#16

• Warbreaker
  • Awakening

http://www.theoryland.com/intvmain.php?i=1048#54 http://www.theoryland.com/intvmain.php?i=1113#2 http://www.theoryland.com/intvmain.php?i=680#10 http://www.theoryland.com/intvmain.php?i=680#27

• • Returning

http://www.theoryland.com/intvmain.php?i=689#15 http://www.theoryland.com/intvmain.php?i=1070#4 http://www.theoryland.com/intvmain.php?i=977#73

• • Royal Locks?

http://www.theoryland.com/intvmain.php?i=977#149

• • Awakened Machines (Or is this referring to Fabrials in Stormlight?)

http://www.theoryland.com/intvmain.php?i=590#34

• Shadows for Silence
  • Shades

http://www.theoryland.com/intvmain.php?i=1076#32 http://www.theoryland.com/intvmain.php?i=1076#33

• • The Evil

http://www.theoryland.com/intvmain.php?i=1052#22

• Stormlight
  • Surgebinding (Is Shallan's magic fundamentally different from Kaladin's?)

http://www.theoryland.com/intvmain.php?i=1094#24 http://www.theoryland.com/intvmain.php?i=977#74

• • Voidbinding
  • The Old Magic
  • Fabrials

http://www.theoryland.com/intvmain.php?i=977#86 http://www.theoryland.com/intvmain.php?i=979#169 http://www.theoryland.com/intvmain.php?i=1038#13 http://www.theoryland.com/intvmain.php?i=1093#1

• • Temporal Abilities

http://www.theoryland.com/intvmain.php?i=590#46 http://www.theoryland.com/intvmain.php?i=977#180 http://www.theoryland.com/intvmain.php?i=1083#7

• • Ryshadium

http://www.theoryland.com/intvmain.php?i=1107#28

List of Known Magic Interactions

http://www.theoryland.com/intvmain.php?i=1094#53 http://www.theoryland.com/intvmain.php?i=1107#6 http://www.theoryland.com/intvmain.php?i=1107#27 http://www.theoryland.com/intvmain.php?i=979#111

• Nightblood is essentially a shardblade

http://www.theoryland.com/intvmain.php?i=1094#38 http://www.theoryland.com/intvmain.php?i=608#16 http://www.theoryland.com/intvmain.php?i=666#5 http://www.theoryland.com/intvmain.php?i=1076#34 http://www.theoryland.com/intvmain.php?i=1070#2 http://www.theoryland.com/intvmain.php?i=1086#12 http://www.theoryland.com/intvmain.php?i=1067#4 http://www.theoryland.com/intvmain.php?i=1093#5

• Breaths outside of Nalthis/Stormlight

http://www.theoryland.com/intvmain.php?i=688#8 http://www.theoryland.com/intvmain.php?i=1069#7 http://www.theoryland.com/intvmain.php?i=1070#5 http://www.theoryland.com/intvmain.php?i=1051#43 http://www.theoryland.com/intvmain.php?i=1094#17

• Spren and Seons and Skaze

http://www.theoryland.com/intvmain.php?i=705#8 http://www.theoryland.com/intvmain.php?i=691#30 http://www.theoryland.com/intvmain.php?i=977#204

• Hemalurgy off Scadrial

http://www.theoryland.com/intvmain.php?i=947#2 http://www.theoryland.com/intvmain.php?i=1048#45 http://www.theoryland.com/intvmain.php?i=1076#20 http://www.theoryland.com/intvmain.php?i=1096#1 http://www.theoryland.com/intvmain.php?i=1113#3 http://www.theoryland.com/intvmain.php?i=691#27 http://www.theoryland.com/intvmain.php?i=977#42 http://www.theoryland.com/intvmain.php?i=977#120

• Gemhearts and Atium Geodes

http://www.theoryland.com/intvmain.php?i=949#4

• Feruchemy Identity and Soul-stamping

http://www.theoryland.com/intvmain.php?i=1112#1 http://www.theoryland.com/intvmain.php?i=1112#3

• Lightweaving

http://www.theoryland.com/intvmain.php?i=692#12 http://www.theoryland.com/intvmain.php?i=1047#27 http://www.theoryland.com/intvmain.php?i=1109#6 http://www.theoryland.com/intvmain.php?i=1109#7

• Allomancy on Roshar

http://www.theoryland.com/intvmain.php?i=1052#79 http://www.theoryland.com/intvmain.php?i=1052#87

• Alethi hair vs Royal Locks

http://www.theoryland.com/intvmain.php?i=1108#1

• Spren and quantum theory

http://www.theoryland.com/intvmain.php?i=1108#4

• Seons and Skazes becoming shardblades

http://www.theoryland.com/intvmain.php?i=1108#7

• Feruchemy. Stormlight, and Allomancy

http://www.theoryland.com/intvmain.php?i=1069#13

• Hacking the AonDor

http://www.theoryland.com/intvmain.php?i=1069#26

• Hoed vs Shardblades

http://www.theoryland.com/intvmain.php?i=1107#1 http://www.theoryland.com/intvmain.php?i=1107#2 http://www.theoryland.com/intvmain.php?i=1107#3 http://www.theoryland.com/intvmain.php?i=1113#6

• Shardblade cutting an Elantrian

http://www.theoryland.com/intvmain.php?i=1096#2 http://www.theoryland.com/intvmain.php?i=1096#3

• Burning a spike

http://www.theoryland.com/intvmain.php?i=690#1

• The Well is on a 1024 year cycle

http://www.theoryland.com/intvmain.php?i=691#2 http://www.theoryland.com/intvmain.php?i=691#3

• Eshonai similar to Ruin/Inquisitor connection

http://www.theoryland.com/intvmain.php?i=1094#56