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== Literature ==
* In the New Age science fiction novel ''2150 AD'' by Thea Alexander (1971), in 2150 AD society is ordered according to a philosophy called the Macro-Philosophy and they have supercomputers with video screens that can access the akashic records.
* In ''[[Warhammer
* In the ''Immortals'' series, there's an akashic library in Summerland that Ever uses to find out what's wrong with Damen in the second book.
* [[Jorge Luis Borges]]' ''[[The Library of Babel]]'' takes this idea to its most literal extreme. The library contains every possible arrangement of letters, spaces, and punctuation that will fit in a 410-page book. Unfortunately, too much information is just as bad as no information at all - the inhabitants of the library have no way to index the books. In theory, a true index is hiding in one of the books, but so are millions of false indexes.
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== Live Action TV ==
* In season two of the television series ''[[Eureka]]'', director of Global Dynamics Allison Blake discovers that through a freak accident, her son Kevin is able to access and control what they refer to as the "Akashic Field."
** Actually, this story element is [[Foreshadowing|foreshadowed]] in the pilot episode. Specifically in the first few minutes. When Susan Perkins is in bed, yelling at her husband, take a look at the topic of her reading material.
* In the ''[[Charmed]]'' episode "They're Everywhere", the plot revolves around demons wanting to find the knowledge contained in the Akashic records.
* In ''[[Kamen Rider Double]]'', the Gaia Library which Phillip ({{spoiler|and later Wakana}}) can access is said to be the sum of the Earth's knowledge on all subjects, making it a combination of this trope and [[The Lifestream]].
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== Video Games ==
* In various media by [[Nasuverse|Type-Moon]] the ultimate goal of the magi of the Mage's Association is to find a path to obtain the Akashic Records. Another name for this in the [[Nasuverse]] is The Origin, and also the goal of every magus. Fundamentally, the Akashic Records is a database for the world's history, and serves as a place where souls are recycled. The reason why no mage has ever reached Akasha is mainly due to the [[Gaia's Vengeance|Counter Force]], a protective energy that repels and destroys those who attempt to interfere with the balance.
** Close contact with the Akasha through near-death experience may provide that person with an extremely rare ability called "Mystic Eyes of Death Perception", which currently, only [[Tsukihime|two]] [[Kara no Kyoukai:|characters]] in the multiverse possess. Specifically, it allows the user to see the Akashic record of the predetermined "death" of a person or object in the form of lines and cut the object in pieces by tracing the line with a cutting tool of any size and/or sharpness, even hands, or outright [[One-Hit Kill|kill the object (or person) by stabbing them in their "point of death", erasing them from existence]].
** The original goal of the [[Fate/stay night|Holy]] [[Fate/Zero|Grail]] [[Fate/hollow ataraxia|War]] was to reach "the origin" which, unsurprisingly, is Akasha. The Holy Grail is a means to channel The Origin's powers by pulling Heroic Spirits from the Akashic Records and make them fight as Servants in the war. When all seven Servants are returned to the Grail, it will access the Akashic Records and allow the granting of one wish through the temporary omnipotence of the Grail.
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* In ''[[Dominions]] 3'', this Astral spell reveals all magical sites within a province.
* In ''[[No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle]]'', Akashic Points are used to travel to other dimensions to fight certain assassins.
* The records also appear as an item available for points scored in multiplayer games in [[Final Fantasy: The 4 Heroes of Light]].
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