Ascension
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Ascension or ascending may refer to:
Religion[edit]
- Ascension (mystical), the belief in some religions that there are certain rare individuals that have ascended into Heaven directly without dying first
- Ascension of Jesus, the bodily ascension of Jesus into heaven
- Feast of the Ascension (Ascension day), an annual day of feast commemorating Jesus' ascension; a public holiday in several countries
- The ascending of Muhammad to heaven known as Isra and Mi'raj
- Ascension to heaven of Enoch (ancestor of Noah)
- The Ascension, another title for the Old English poem Christ II
- The Ascension, Lavender Hill, an Anglo-Catholic church situated on Lavender Hill, Battersea, South West London
- Enlightenment (spiritual), including:
- Ascended master, in Ascended Master Teachings a spiritually enlightened being who in past incarnations was an ordinary human, but who has undergone a series of spiritual transformations originally called initiations
- In some New Age teachings the spiritual transformation of the Earth
Geography[edit]
- Ascension Island, an island in the southern Atlantic Ocean
- Ascension Islands, a group of uninhabited islands in Canada
- Ascension Parish, Louisiana, a parish (county) in the U.S. state of Louisiana
- Ascension, Prince Edward Island, Canada
- L'Ascension, Quebec, Canada
Fiction[edit]
- Ascension (science fiction), the fictional process of leaving corporeal reality for a higher reality, often depicted as an evolutionary step in the history of intelligent races
- Ascension (comics), a comic book series (1997–2000) created by David Finch and published by Top Cow Productions
Film and TV[edit]
- L'ascension (film)
- Ascension, an award-winning short film produced by Vickie Gest
- Ascension (miniseries), a television miniseries that aired in December 2014 on Syfy
- "Ascension" (The X-Files), a 1994 episode of The X-Files
- "Ascension", a 1999 episode of Batman Beyond
- Ascension (Stargate), in the Stargate universe, a process to become a noncorporeal entity on a higher plane of existence (first mentioned in season 3, 2000)
- "Ascension" (Stargate SG-1), a 2001 Stargate SG-1 episode
- "Ascension", a 2013 episode of NCIS: Los Angeles
Games[edit]
- The Ascension (professional wrestling), a professional wrestling tag team performing in WWE
- Mage: The Ascension, a role-playing game
- Ultima IX: Ascension, the final part of the computer role-playing game series Ultima
- Ascension: Chronicle of the Godslayer, a deck-building card game
- NetHack, completing the dungeon-crawling roguelike
- A game map in Zombie Mode in Call of Duty: Black Ops, from the "First Strike" map pack
- God of War: Ascension, a 2013 game for the PlayStation 3
Music[edit]
- L'ascension, an orchestral suite by Olivier Messiaen
- Ascension, an alias used by the British trance music act The Space Brothers
Albums[edit]
- Ascension (Jesu album), 2011
- Ascension (John Coltrane album), 1966
- Ascension (Misia album), 2007
- Ascension (Pep Love album), 2001
- The Ascension (Glenn Branca album)
- The Ascension (Otep album)
- The Ascension (2face Idibia album)
- The Afterman: Ascension, by Coheed and Cambria, 2012
- Ascension, by Michael Pinnella, 2014
- Ascension, by Toya Delazy, 2014
Songs[edit]
- "Ascension (Don't Ever Wonder)", by Maxwell from Maxwell's Urban Hang Suite, 1996
- "Ascension" (Gorillaz song), by Gorillaz from Humanz, 2017
- "Ascension," the only song featured in the 1966 John Coltrane album Ascension
- "Ascension," a song by Enslaved from Isa, 2004
- "The Ascension", by Manowar from Gods of War, 2007
- "Ascension", by John Frusciante from Curtains, 2005
- "Ascension", by Mac Miller from GO:OD AM, 2015
- "Ascension", by Vanessa Carlton from Liberman, 2015
Ships[edit]
- HMS Ascension (K502), a British frigate in service with the Royal Navy from 1944 to 1946
- MV Ascension, an American-flagged general cargo and container ship
Other[edit]
- Ascension (sculpture), a 1986 sculpture by Lucien Wercollier
- Right ascension, astronomical positions in the sky
- Ascension (company), a non-profit health system in the United States
- Ascension Health, a faith-based healthcare organization and subsidiary of Ascension
- Ascending (botany), a botanical term for the behavior of stems, roots, or other plant parts
See also[edit]
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