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* ''[[A Certain Magical Index]]'' has Magic Gods, people who have mastered magic where they can bend reality without exception through it. To obtain such godhood, a magician needs to master a path (such as a theology based onin Shinto, Voodoo, Hindu, Buddhism, Norse, Greek, etc.) to the end and perform a special ritual. There is also the possibility of becoming an impure Magic god due to a magician's stopping their growth.

** On the Science Side, Level 6 Espers are comparable to Magic Gods, which is why Academy City was created. They are trying to achieve this to gain knowledge about the world's truth, which even the Magic Side has been trying to gain. Many experiments have involved getting Espers to level up, especially with the Level 5s. There has been success, but only temporarily.

* ''[[Buddhism]]'': Siddhartha Gautama abandoned his luxurious life and spent six years as an ascetic. He spent his years conquering the need for sex, comfort, and food through yogic disciplines. Being near death from fasting, he accepted a bowl of rice from a girl. He realized that physical asceticisms are not the means for achieving spiritual freedom. At the place known now as Bodh Gaya, he sat under a pipal tree and meditated overnight; he defeated the demon Mara and reached enlightenment, thus becoming a Buddha( (which means "enlightened one") at age thirty-five. Despite trying to present himself as a teacher rather than a god or object of worship, it's said that he performed miracles throughout his life until he died at the age of eighty.