Ascension (disambiguation)
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Generally, an ascension is the act of ascending, usually to a significantly higher personal state, as the ascension of a king to the throne. A physical act of ascending, such as in mountain climbing is more commonly called an ascent.
Ascension may refer to:
In religion and spirituality:
- Ascension, in Christianity, the bodily ascension of Jesus into Heaven and an annual feast commemorating the event
- Enoch's, Elijah's, or Muhammad's disappearance into heaven
- In Theosophy, and some New Age groups, a process of enlightenment whereby any person may escape the physical plane of existence to become an ascended master
- Ishayas' Ascension, a form of meditation
In science:
- Right ascension, in astronomy, a term used to describe positions in the sky
In geography:
- Ascension Island, an island in the southern Atlantic Ocean
- Ascension Parish, Louisiana
- Ascension, Prince Edward Island, a small community in eastern Canada
In fiction:
- Ascension (Stargate), in the Stargate universe, a process to become a noncorporeal god-like entity on a higher plane of existence
- Ascension (Stargate SG-1), a Stargate SG-1 episode
- Ascension (comics), a comic book series created by David Finch and published by Top Cow Productions
In games:
- Mage: The Ascension, a role-playing game
- Ultima IX: Ascension, the final part of the computer role-playing game series Ultima
- Ascension (Halo 2), a multiplayer map in the video game Halo 2
- In the games NetHack and Kingdom of Loathing, a term used for winning
- Ascension (Game), an upcoming computer game, styled after the Tribes series of games, created (in part) by the RenWerX Team on the Torque Shader Engine
In music:
- Ascension (album), an album by John Coltrane
- Ascension (DJ duo), an alias of trance music DJs Ricky Simmons and Stephen Jones, who also record as Lustral, Space Brothers, Oxygen and Chakra
In sports:
- Ascension (climbing), a term in climbing and mountaineering
- See also
- "Ascension Day", a song by Talk Talk from their 1991 album Laughing Stock
- Ascent
