Ascension

The term Ascension may refer to:

• Ascension (mystical), the belief in some religions that there are certain rare individuals that have ascended into Heaven directly without dying first
• Ascension, moving upwards in climbing and mountaineering
• Ascension of Jesus, the bodily ascension of Jesus into heaven
  • Feast of the Ascension, an annual feast commemorating Jesus' ascension; a public holiday in several countries
• The ascension of Muhammad known as Isra and Mi'raj
• Ascension to heaven of Enoch (ancestor of Noah)
• Spiritual enlightenment
  • Ascended master
  • in some New Age teachings the spiritual transformation of the Earth
• 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, Canada

In fiction:

• Ascension (Stargate), in the Stargate universe, a process to become a noncorporeal 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
• Ascension, in the Buffyverse, is to become a Pure Demon, see Richard Wilkins (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
• "Ascension", the final episode in the first season of Batman Beyond
• "Ascension", a novel by Max Overton.

In literature:

• The Ascension, another title for the Old English poem Christ II

In games:

• 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.
• Call Of Duty: Black Ops, a zombie map "Ascension" in the "First Strike" map pack.

In music:

• Ascension (Jesu album)
• Ascension (John Coltrane album)
• Ascension (Misia album)
• Ascension (Pep Love album)
• The Ascension (Glenn Branca album)
• The Ascension (Otep album)
• "The Ascension", an introductory track for the band Manowar's "King of Kings" single
• L'Ascension, an orchestral suite by Olivier Messiaen
• Ascension, a Scottish power metal band.
• Ascension, an alias used by UK trance music act The Space Brothers.
• Ascension, a track from Coptic Rain's 1995 album, Eleven-Eleven.
• Ascension, a song from John Frusciante's 2005 album, Curtains
• "Ascension (Don't Ever Wonder)", a song from Maxwell's 1996 album "Maxwell's Urban Hang Suite"