Death is followed by either ascension into a higher plane or descension into a lower plane.
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Descension
//dɪˈsɛnʃən//
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From a God to a Bull? a heavy descension. It was Jove's case.
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For in regard of time (as we elsewhere declare) the stars do vary their longitudes, and consequently the times of their ascension and descension.
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