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Jacob's Ladder

The original Jacob's Ladder was the biblical ladder to heaven on which Jacob saw angels ascending and descending.

The term has been used metaphorically or as a direct reference in titles:

• A 1990 movie of the same name
• An opera of the same name (Die Jakobsleiter in German) by Arnold Schoenberg
• The spiritual "We Are Climbing Jacob's Ladder"

It has also been used to describe many vaguely ladder-like objects:

• A genus of plants, Polemonium in the family Polemoniaceae
• A string figure created as part of a children's game
• A folk toy consisting of blocks on strings that, when held at one end, appear to cascade down the strings
• An electronic rack that causes dramatic electric arcing (a form of spark gap), often seen in movies about mad scientists
• A type of body piercing
• Another name for the Abscess root plant
• An old Indian, and then pioneer, trail between the Connecticut and Hudson rivers, rebuilt in 1910 as the first highway for the horseless carriage

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