Ascension

Generally, an ascension is the act of ascending, usually to a significantly higher personal state, as the ascension of a monarch to the throne.
A physical act of ascending, such as in mountain climbing is more commonly called an ascent.

Ascension may also refer to:

In religion and spirituality:

• In Christianity, Ascension of Jesus Christ refers to both the bodily ascension of Jesus into heaven and an annual feast commemorating that event.
• Enoch's, Elijah's, or Muhammad's disappearance into heaven or Shantideva's disappearance or Shakyamuni Buddha's entrance into parinirvana
• 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
• Several meditation techniques, such as Ishayas' Ascension

In geography:

• Ascension Island, an island in the southern Atlantic Ocean
• Ascension Parish, Louisiana
• Highway 160 (PE) or Ascension Road, a 2-lane collector highway in western Prince County, Prince Edward Island, 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 (The X-Files), an episode from season 2 of The X-Files
• 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
• 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 by RenWerX Studios on the Torque Game Engine Advanced

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
• ASCENSION (Misia album), 7th original album by Japanese singer MISIA
• The Ascension (Glenn Branca album), the second album by No Wave musician Glenn Branca
• The_Ascension, an album by band Otep
• "Ascension Day", a song by Talk Talk from their 1991 album Laughing Stock

In other:

• Right ascension, in astronomy, a term used to describe positions in the sky
• Ascension (climbing), a term in climbing and mountaineering
• Ascension (name), a Spanish name.

See also

• Ascend
• Entering heaven alive

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