Awakening Explained

Awakening(s) may refer to:

• Wakefulness, the state of being conscious

Religion

• Awakening (Finnish religious movement), a Lutheran movement in Finland
• Enlightenment in Buddhism, from bodhi ("awakening")
• Great Awakening, several periods of Anglo-American Christian revival
• Spiritual awakening, a religious experience

Film and television

Film

• Awakening (1959 film), a Czechoslovak film starring Josef Kemr
• Awakening, a 1981 Chinese film starring Joan Chen
• Awakenings, a 1990 film directed by Penny Marshall, adapted from the book by Oliver Sacks (see below)
• Awakening (1992 film) or Mary from Beijing, a Hong Kong film
• Awakening (2013 film), a Nigerian thriller
• , a 1989 Indian film
• , a 2012 American action horror film

Television episodes

• "Awakening" (Angel)
• "Awakening" (The Outer Limits)
• "Awakening" (Sanctuary)
• "Awakening" (Star Trek: Enterprise)
• "Awakening" (Stargate Universe)
• "Awakenings" (Devious Maids)
• "Awakenings" (Ninjago)

Literature

• Awakening (comics), a number of titles
• Awakening (book), a 2017 non-fiction book by Nathaniel Frank
• Awakenings (book), a 1990 non-fiction book by Oliver Sacks
• Awakening, a 2008 novella by Judith Berman
• Awakening, a Sweep novel by Cate Tiernan
• Awakening, the U.S. title of Les Mal Partis, a 1950 novel by Sébastien Japrisot
• Awakening, a young adult novel by Robin Wasserman in the Chasing Yesterday series

Music

• Awakening Music, a label specializing in Islamic music
• Awakenings (festival), techno music events held in the Netherlands

Classical

• Awakening, a 2005 composition for string orchestra by Behzad Ranjbaran
• Awakenings, a 1991 composition for solo harp by Barry Conyngham

Albums

• Awakening (Blessthefall album) or the title song, 2011
• Awakening (Iris album), 2003
• Awakening (Jackie Evancho album), 2014
• Awakening (Narada Michael Walden album) or the title song, 1979
• Awakening (Narnia album) or the title song, 1998
• Awakening (Nicole Mitchell album) or the title song, 2011
• Awakening (Promise album), 2011
• Awakening (Sacred Reich album) or the title song, 2019
• Awakening (Sebalter album) or the title song, 2017
• Awakening (Sonny Fortune album) or the title song, 1975
• Awakening!!, by Jimmy Woods, or the title song, 1962
• , recorded live at Passion Conferences 2010, or the title song
• Awakening, by Color Me Badd, 1998
• Awakening, by Hiroshi Sato, 1982

Songs

• "Awakening" (song), by Switchfoot, 2007
• "Awakening", by the Absence from Riders of the Plague, 2007
• "Awakening", by Aurora, 2013
• "Awakening", by Celldweller from Soundtrack for the Voices in My Head Vol. 02, 2012
• "Awakening", by Chuck Salamone from Absent Moon, A Hylics Song Cycle, 2023
• "Awakening", by Disarmonia Mundi from Nebularium, 2001
• "Awakening", by Empire of the Sun from Ice on the Dune, 2013
• "Awakening", by God Forbid from Equilibrium, 2012
• "Awakening", by Living Sacrifice from Reborn, 1997
• "Awakening", by Ravi Shankar from Shankar Family & Friends, 1974
• "Awakening", by Scooter from Wicked!, 1996
• "Awakening", by the Script from Freedom Child, 2017
• "Awakening", by Sylosis from Edge of the Earth, 2011
• "Awakenings", by Symphony X from The Odyssey, 2002
• "Awakening", by Unleash the Archers from Apex, 2017
• "Awakening", from the Final Fantasy XI video game soundtrack, 2002

Other uses

• Awakening (political party), a Latvian right-wing party
• Awakening Foundation, a Taiwanese feminist organization
• Awakening (video game series), a 2010–2014 series of casual puzzle adventure games
• , a 1995 role-playing game supplement for Shadowrun

See also

• The Awakening (disambiguation)
  • Awake (disambiguation)
• Awaken (disambiguation)
• National awakening (disambiguation)
• Romantic nationalism