Universe

The Universe consists of twenty-six Planes of Existence stitched together by The Weave, the magic structure of the universe.

The Planes of Existence are categorized into two Transitional Planes, seven major Inner Planes, and seventeen major Outer Planes [plus an unquantifiable number of sub-planes, demi-planes, and para-planes].

The two Transitional Planes are the Astral Plane and the Ethereal Plane. The Inner Planes are the four Elemental Planes (Earth, Air, Fire, and Water), and three Material/Energy planes (Positive, Prime, and Negative). The Outer Planes comprise seven Celestial Planes, three Neutral Planes, and seven Fiendish Planes.

These Planes of Existence are all made up of an infinite number of one-dimensional "strings", infinitely small building-blocks. The universe, a matrix of twenty-six interwoven planes, is structured by these "strings" vibrating in eleven perpendicular dimensions, at a particular frequency within that dimensional spectrum.


 * 1) Integral (diffuse and compact)
 * 2) Thermal (hot and cold)
 * 3) Primal (matter and energy)
 * 4) Vital (positive and negative)
 * 5) Vertical (up and down)
 * 6) Lateral (right and left)
 * 7) Horizontal (back and forth)
 * 8) Temporal (before and after)
 * 9) Mental (finite and infinite)
 * 10) Moral (good and evil)
 * 11) Philosophical (law and chaos)

This model of the structure of the universe is called, among sages and scholars, String Theory.

The three-dimensional Elemental Planes mainly exist in the Integral, Thermal, and Primal Dimensions. The two-dimensional Positive and Negative Material Planes exist in the Vital and Primal dimensions. The Outer Planes exist in the Mental, Moral, and Philosophical Dimensions. The Prime Material Plane exists in the Spatial and Temporal dimensions. From the Prime Material Plane, one may travel to the Inner Planes, via the Primal Dimension, through the Ethereal Plane, or to the Outer Planes, via the Mental Dimension, through the Astral Plane.

Some minds have difficulty visualizing higher or lower dimensions because we only see ourselves move in one temporal and three spatial dimensions. But we also move through, and our minds may detect, physical changes in states of matter/energy, temperature, pressure, and vitality. These facets make up the so-called "physical dimensions". So too, we move through, and our minds detect, "spiritual dimensions" of consciousness, morality, and probability.

By combining these 11 dimensions into a single manifold, sages have significantly simplified a large number of theories, as well as described in a more complete way the workings of the universe at both the supergalactic (astral) and subatomic (ethereal) levels. Mathematically, the known universe is a manifold consisting of "events" which are described by some type of coordinate system. In the known universe, a coordinate grid (analogous to the Weave) that spans the 11 dimensions locates events (physical situations or occurrences, located at a specific point in the universe, rather than just points in space). This way the coordinates specify why, where, what, which, and when events occur.

This unified theory of the known universe is known to scholars and sages as M-theory.