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- For the series finale of Caprica, see "Apotheosis."
As Zoe Graystone perfected her resurrection program, a movement parallel to the technical achievement was occurring in the spiritual world. Inspired by Graystone's achievement Zoe's mentor, Sister Clarice Willow, saw the potential for life after death in the Virtual World as a religious opportunity. Dissatisfied with the monotheist movement as it stood and the actions of the Monad Church, Willow believed the program would serve as a lightning rod that would unite the Twelve Worlds under the "One True God." Willow called this "Apotheosis" and rallied many of the Soldiers of the One of Caprica in its pursuit (CAP: "Pilot", "Reins of a Waterfall", "Know Thy Enemy", "End of Line", "Unvanquished", "Retribution" and "False Labor").
Encountering resistance to the notion of Apotheosis from many among the STO on Caprica—including rival cell leader Barnabas Greeley—Willow presented her idea to the monotheist conclave on Gemenon. There she produced a holoband simulation that depicted the bombing of Atlas Arena in Caprica City by members of the STO and their subsequent rebirth in a virtual heaven. Projecting the casualties of such an act in the tens of thousands, Willow described only a chosen few—those who had rejected the prevailing polytheist beliefs—living on. In an age, Willow said, in which myth and mystery had been replaced by science, the monotheist church would be the only religious movement capable of providing a tangible and assured afterlife (CAP: "Unvanquished").
Still finding those who objected to the very notion—conclave member Obal Ferras describing it as blasphemous and "tacky"—Willow sought the wisdom of church leader Mother. After arranging the murder of Ferras, Willow was persuasive and able to secure power over all STO on Caprica. What followed was a violent consolidation of power as Willow asserted control over all the cells on Caprica, eliminating dissenters like Greeley and kidnapping and torturing Zoe Graystone's best friend, Lacy Rand, in an effort to recreate Graystone's resurrection program (CAP: "Unvanquished", "Retribution" and "Things We Lock Away").
Despite consenting to Willow's pursuit of Apotheosis, Mother refers to it derisively as "artificial heaven" (CAP: "Unvanquished").
- In Battlestar Galactica "The Plan," the Hybrid uses the word as the Cylons begin their attack on the Twelve Colonies: "Apotheosis was the beginning before the beginning." It is not clear if this refers to the STO concept.
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