Mindverse

The Mindverse is a fundamental concept in all the sagas of the webcomic Foribus Mentis. It is a place of unknown origin. It is not known if it exists in a physical form somewhere outside of our universe or within each person. Although it is possible that it exists in both ways, as shown in the series, since it seems to function as a universe derived from a "collective consciousness" of all humans. Its origin, which seems to be located in higher astral planes, is the subject of several questions.

It is also not known how many of these exist, although there are various theories including, for example, that there are as many mindverses as there are people on the planet. Also, the theory that a Mindverse (or a part of it) disappears when a person dies, as well as the beginning of another one in a different form somewhere else in existence. It is seen that a person can get there physically, mentally or spiritually although there is no definite way of how to get there.

## Description

The Mindverse is a place that defies logic, as it is constantly changing its appearance. At times, it is composed of holes absorbing each other floating in the void, with wandering entities inhabiting and wandering in its eternities. As well as objects that seem to stretch out and follow their own destiny into infinity until they end up falling under their own weight, platforms that are constantly restructuring themselves and gears that never stop turning, possibly to keep something bigger going forever.

The entities that terrify the human world are believed to come from here, as well as everything that humans have invented on the mental plane. Following this logic, the Mindverse is a space that lives in itself as its creation and at the same time, harbors other infinite universes within itself. It is said that not being a physical material universe, it may have the quality of being infinite in size extension and may defy the law that two solid bodies cannot occupy the exact same space. But, even with this, there is no explanation of how entities can materialize in the human world independent of the origin of the Mindverse.

Somehow, all humans have a kind of symbolic umbilical cord that ties them to this space, whether the Mindverse resides in each person or as a collective mind unit.

Despite all that, the Mindverse, as a place, remains unknown to most of humanity. So it does not have so many mentions throughout history except for a few cases. It is also unknown if there is any universe on a higher plane that houses it or if it is already on the plane above all.

During the events of the third saga, Effie's group is transported to this place. At first, they fail to understand the complexity of this place and believe they have reached the fourth dimension. So they devise strategies to get around without getting lost in a plane they cannot perceive.

Being a supposedly infinite universe, the Mindverse harbors a great number of places and these harbor other smaller universes that are possibly finite.

Arid zones: these are areas similar to a desert, it is unknown how many there are in total, but they all had a different past that ended in a similar result. One of the areas was occupied by entities that exhausted all resources and unleashed a war that ended up extinguishing everything, creating the desert. This area harbors that kind of thinking that certain people have about the possible fate of humanity. Another area, which is also desert, was produced in a situation where the sun exploded, killing everyone.

Simulation zone: is an office-like area that houses large computer-like screens and wires connected to each other. These devices generate random images of first-person views. On the screens you can see various landscapes, buildings, shots of space, the interior of planets, dark places, lighthouses, places with erratic light emissions, etc.

Zone of contradiction: this is an area that was left empty and desolate by the contradictory phenomena that were constantly occurring. Like many other areas, it became dead after succumbing to the paradox of its own existence.  Many of these areas may share the same space on other planes.

Mental transition zone: this is an area where consciousnesses can exist outside the limitations of space and time in other places.  Consciousnesses travel in a bouncing fashion, entering random materials to create empty bodies that store them. These consciousnesses incorporate past experiences to become possessors of as much knowledge as possible. It is unknown if they could ever have absolute knowledge of everything.

Mystery zones: there is a group of empty spaces that are waiting to be occupied in the future by areas with some concept. These spaces conceive ideas that are not yet thought of.

Blucle zones: these are areas whose extension is constantly repeated giving the impression of being infinite and endless spaces but, in reality, they only lead mysteriously to anyone who enters them to return to the beginning.

Microscopic zones: areas of indeterminate quantity that seem to have arisen in small objects such as hailstones, cloud surfaces, stars, rocks, water, etc. They are usually bounded universes with more easily recognizable boundaries.

Loop zone: an area where everything that enters its interior ends up deforming until it becomes a line that closes in on itself and rotates infinitely.

Dark zone: an area that lacks light and it is impossible to see anything but a huge void of darkness.

Inverse zone: is an area where time and space exchange roles, compared to those of the earth. Here, it is only possible to move towards the very center of the zone in one direction only (forward), but it is possible to travel to the past or to the future, (only the time of the zone and not others). This means that if you travel to the past, it would be possible to reach a point before the creation of this zone, although it is not known if it is possible to escape.

Empty zone: is an area where nothing exists, here it is not possible to think or create ideas.

Residual zone: is an area characterized by a dark blue sky and clouds that resemble an expression of a face distorted by terror. The ground is made of dark red rock and along its fields there are whirlwinds that constantly wander aimlessly.

Tunnel Zone: is an area that appears to be a connection point between various areas of the Menteverse. It is an area devoid of color and consists only of black and white lines.

Zone of fear: is an area decorated by shadows that come and go and seem to be grabbing their heads showing despair.

Zone of the stones: is an area dominated by huge tombstone-shaped walls covered in white dust with unknown symbols carved on them.

Zone of the guardians: area dominated by armored and armed giants protecting "something".

Cliff zone: area that has only one sharp-shaped boulder in the middle of the sea of essences. This sea is made up of the essences of people who decided to detach themselves from their material bodies (leaving them as unwilling carcasses) in a failed attempt to ascend to some higher plane. Now, they are condemned to a miserable existence being part of the eternal and dizzying swaying of the waves.

Ice and fire zone: an area similar to the North Pole or Antarctic regions but with lava and ice coexisting together without altering their relative chemical compositions.

Absorbed zones: these were areas that disappeared because of wormholes. It is unknown how many there were and whether their disappearance was caused by some other factor.

Zone of junk information: an area with a floating floor in the void that is decorated by thousands of floating documents in the air and that have little comprehensible information.

Necropolis Zone: an area that looks like a long corridor full of doors.

Prison Zone: is a gray area where several humanoid figures are locked in small floating rooms and only their arms can be seen. They try uselessly to free themselves from this small prison.

## Appearances

Several characters from all the sagas have been able to access the Mindverse in some way, either by deep introspection, splitting, hypnosis, near-death experiences or using special objects.