Apparition may refer to:

Supernatural

Apparitional experience In parapsychology, an apparitional experience is an anomalous experience characterized by the apparent perception of either a living being or an inanimate object without there being any material stimulus for such a perception. In academic discu ...

, an anomalous, quasi-perceptual experience * A

vision Vision, Visions, or The Vision may refer to: Perception Optical perception * Visual perception, the sense of sight * Visual system, the physical mechanism of eyesight * Computer vision, a field dealing with how computers can be made to gain un ...

, something seen in a dream, trance, or religious ecstasy *

Ghost A ghost is the soul or spirit of a dead person or animal that is believed to be able to appear to the living. In ghostlore, descriptions of ghosts vary widely from an invisible presence to translucent or barely visible wispy shapes, to rea ...

, the soul or spirit of a dead person or animal that can appear to the living *

Doppelgänger A doppelgänger (), a compound noun formed by combining the two nouns (double) and (walker or goer) (), doppelgaenger or doppelganger is a biologically unrelated look-alike, or a double, of a living person. In fiction and mythology, a doppelg ...

, the ghostly double of a living person *

Bilocation Bilocation, or sometimes multilocation, is an alleged psychic or miraculous ability wherein an individual or object is located (or appears to be located) in two distinct places at the same time. Reports of bilocational phenomena have been made i ...

, the ability to be in two places at once

Media

Music

* ''Apparition'' (EP), 2009, by The Contortionist * ''Apparition'' (The Legendary Pink Dots album), 1982 * "Apparitions" (song), 1998, by Matthew Good Band *"Apparition", a 2006 song by Canadian band Delerium on their album ''

Nuages du Monde ''Nuages du Monde'' is the twelfth studio album by Canadian new age/electronic music group Delerium in 2006. The title is French, and translates to "Clouds of the World". Track listing #"Angelicus" (featuring Isabel Bayrakdarian) – 5:10 #"Ex ...

'' *"Apparition", composition by Vladimír Hirsch, from the album (soundtrack) "Markéta, the daughter of Lazar", 2010 *"The Apparition", a song by Beyond The Bridge *"The Apparition", a song from Iron Maiden's 1992 album ''Fear of the Dark'' * "The Apparition", a song by Sleep Token from ''

Take Me Back to Eden ''Take Me Back to Eden'' is the third studio album by anonymous English rock band Sleep Token. Produced by the band's frontman Vessel with Carl Bown (the first time the band had produced a record without their previous producer George Lever), it wa ...

'' * ''Apparition'' (Jambinai EP), 2022

Film

* ''The Apparition'' (1903 film), a silent comedy * ''The Apparition'' (2012 film), a 2012 supernatural horror film * ''The Apparition'' (2018 film), a drama

Other media

Apparition (company) Apparition was a Los Angeles-based film distribution company founded by Bob Berney and Bill Pohlad in 2009. It purchased, distributed and marketed films of a more "art house" and "cutting-edge" flavor than do major studios. It also released selec ...

, a former U.S. film distribution company * Apparition (''Harry Potter''), a fictional form of teleportation * ''Apparitions'' (TV series), a 2008 BBC series about an exorcist *

Phantom Girl Phantom Girl (Tinya Wazzo) is a superhero appearing in books published by DC Comics, and is a member of the Legion of Super-Heroes in the 30th and 31st centuries. In the Post-'' Zero Hour'' continuity, she is known as Apparition. She has the power ...

(also known as Apparition Girl), a DC Comics superheroine *''Apparitions'', an orchestral work by

György Ligeti György Sándor Ligeti (; ; 28 May 1923 – 12 June 2006) was a Hungarian-Austrian composer of contemporary classical music. He has been described as "one of the most important avant-garde composers in the latter half of the twentieth century" ...

*''Apparitions'', a 1936 ballet choreographed by Sir

Frederick Ashton Sir Frederick William Mallandaine Ashton (17 September 190418 August 1988) was a British ballet dancer and choreographer. He also worked as a director and choreographer in opera, film and revue. Determined to be a dancer despite the oppositi ...

with music by Franz Liszt

Other uses

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, Alberta, Canada * Apparition, the appearance of a