Ascension

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

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

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

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

"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

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

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