You are kind of right, but not fully.
earth is in space, and we are on earth. would you say we are in space?

Technically yes, since earth 'takes up space', and you take up 'unused space' on earth, then you are technically 'in space'.

Would you say we exist outside of space?

Exactly.

Really? So once you're in one of the 16 realms, you're in the "Oblivion dimension"? Well, from there, couldn't you go to the aedric planes as well? Everybody so far has agreed that this picture I made is as precise as you can get with using Photoshop: http://img188.imageshack.us/img188/6984/lorej.jpg
And with that, the 8 aedric planes are also in Oblivion, just like the 16 daedric realms. Uhm..... okay, lemme make sure I'm grasping this, because http://www.imperial-library.info/obscure_text/cosmology.shtml doesn't say it directly, are the daedra also the holes that are the stars that are on the edge of oblivion that bridge to Aetherius?

And Don't forget this, are you implying that we could also go through the stars and into Aetherius as well? Or is Aetherius a separate dimension from Oblivion? Or do we not have enough information for that? Why do the stars shimmer any ways? If they're holes, is that implying that Aetherius is super bright on the other side of Oblivion? :huh:

Aetherius supposedly shines with the light of Magnus, which is seen through the holes as stars.

Magnus is just a hole like all the rest, he's just a much bigger hole which is why he appears as the sun. So that implies that there is bright light on the other side of Aetherius then?

Magnus gives us magicka, and the elves consider light to be the strongest manifestation of magicka.

Where'd you read that at?

Av molag anyammis, av latta magicka.

"From fire, life; from light, magic."


http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Lore:Ayleid_Reference_Text

And for Magnus, from the http://www.imperial-library.info/obscure_text/cosmology.shtml:
"What is the sun?

Magnus is the sun, the largest hole in Oblivion, and the gateway to magic. Magnus was present at the creation of the mortal plane, and, in fact, was its architect (Lorkhan was its advocate and inspiration). Prehistoric (before ME2500, startyear) Nirn was a magical place, and highly unstable to the first mortals. Magnus then left, some say in disgust, and Oblivion filled in the void with the Void. His escape was not easy, and tatters of Magnus remain in the firmament as stars."

Also, from http://www.imperial-library.info/obbooks/glories_laments.shtml:
The ancient Ayleids recognized not the four elements of modern natural philosophy -- earth, water, air, and fire -- but the four elements of High Elf religion -- earth, water, air, and light. The Ayleids considered fire to be but a weak and corrupt form of light, which Ayleid philosophers identified with primary magical principles."

That's just a metaphor. That doesn't mean its true.

Where the hell does magic come from then?

It's not a metaphor when you can identify undeniable properties of magicka contained within light; how do you think the Ayleids managed to craft their welkynd stones?

Indeed, they light their halls with the stuff.

Yeah, you're right. But that still doesn't answer my first question; where is the light coming from?

Magic, IE, Magnus.

Ohh, I think I might be getting it. http://www.imperial-library.info/obscure_text/cosmology.shtml

...Magnus then left, some say in disgust, and Oblivion filled in the void with the Void. His escape was not easy, and tatters of Magnus remain in the firmament as stars.
So all the other holes are not created by the daedra, but they're actually just the other rips in the edge of Oblivion that Magnus made when he left? Oblivion is a sphere in another dimension right? That would explain why all the holes Magnus left are the same distance from Mundus. So, if Magnus was a bee, it'd be like he was a bee stuck in a spherical cloth container. And this bee buzzed it's way through the fabric and left a big hole. But some how, as the bee did that, it also left many other holes all around the inside of this cloth sphere, albeit, much smaller holes.
So does that mean that Magnus is in Aetherius now? I mean, where did he take off to?

More like a bee and a lot of little bees.

If I remember correctly, Magnus wasnt the only one to flee. There were other spirits who left with him

And those other spirits created the stars. And because there are holes pretty much dotting oblivion to the aethrius, radiation (magic) leaks out from those holes and descends upon everyone

Where these other spirits created from the bloodshed of Anu and Padomay?

And who or what is this AE? http://www.imperial-library.info/fsg/luagararticle1.shtml

All creation is subgradient. First was Void, which became split by AE. Anu and Padomay came next and with their first brush came the Aurbis.

Err...I was also saying that Magnus was not the only one to leave, he just made the biggest hole. The smaller holes are the other spirits that left with him.

AE is the godhead I believe. It's also used as "and" ala AYEM AE VEKH AE SEHT - Alamenxia and Vivec and Sotha Sil

They?re the rest of the et'ada we know nothing about; not aedra, not daedra

Where they the ones that became the EarthBones? (The natural forces of Nirn?)

No. The Earthbones are the spirits that completely gave themselves (as opposed to what the aedra did, which was give a piece) to create Mundus, and give it its laws of physics and such.

The spirits that left with Magnus are known as the a fourth classification that I forgot about. By the way, they want nothing to do with Mundus at all. Heck, it is sometimes surmised that Meridia was once those people, but Magnus tossed her sorry butt out, because she was flirting with people outside the Aerithus, and is now the daedra of illicit spectra and radiation.