tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16158865.post4324578940307079815..comments2024-01-26T00:50:50.752-08:00Comments on Entangled Minds: Levitation in ParisDean Radinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16131263574182645280noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16158865.post-89121913252912433222014-06-10T04:48:19.347-07:002014-06-10T04:48:19.347-07:00There was a guy using the same trick in my hometow...There was a guy using the same trick in my hometown a few months ago. It drew a small crowd and is admitadly quite ingenious, though easy enough to figure out. He's obviously sitting on a kind of chair (of sorts) that uses the pipe as an oversized chair leg and a supporting base under the carpet.AABhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17046686945000483196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16158865.post-12597317807130572572014-05-24T12:17:47.418-07:002014-05-24T12:17:47.418-07:00gotta say, dean, i like your outfit better.gotta say, dean, i like your outfit better.Vasilios Billy Mavreashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15505611354134648734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16158865.post-43677447647205030932014-05-12T09:02:19.693-07:002014-05-12T09:02:19.693-07:00Truth is stranger than fiction
While on the su...Truth is stranger than fiction<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />While on the subject of levitation, 2 respected Indian scientists, Prof U R Rao (ex-chairman of the Indian Space Research Organization) and Dr S Shukla (ex-scientist, National Chemical Laboratory, Pune), are on record for saying that they experienced levitation and nuclear transmutation (alchemy) while on a visit to a remote Himalayan town where they were led to a cave by a guide that was inhabited by a yogi. They say that the yogi imparted a supraphysical power to them via a mantra that caused their bodies within minutes to levitate 4 feet above the ground and that on being given a piece of iron they were able to convert it into pure gold after chanting a certain mantra 108 times given to them by the same yogi. The gold bit was later tested in a lab and found to be 24 carat. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04961289751116673080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16158865.post-61509342781450519512014-05-12T07:22:25.831-07:002014-05-12T07:22:25.831-07:00Madame David Alexandra Neel (24 October 1868 – 8 S...Madame David Alexandra Neel (24 October 1868 – 8 September 1969) has given a firsthand account of levitating lamas that she saw travelling at great speeds in the inner reaches of the Himalayas. The books on Tantra state that levitation occurs when one of the 5 pranas (life forces) in the body called the uddaan prana gets activated and ascends from the feet to the head making the body as light as a feather. Madame David Neel was a close acquaintance of the Mother, the Jewish spiritual collaborator of Sri Aurobindo. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04961289751116673080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16158865.post-51018282672803686942014-05-10T20:55:40.339-07:002014-05-10T20:55:40.339-07:00Eric Dingwall, noted skeptic (I would say that ter...Eric Dingwall, noted skeptic (I would say that term actually applies to him, as opposed to others who claim the term), put forth strong evidence supporting the claimed levitations of the "thaumaturgist monk" Joseph of Cupertino, suggesting that the case was authentic, in a book I am currently reading, "Some Human Oddities".Benjamin Steigmannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14305345132918618601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16158865.post-68497327605170948772014-05-05T08:05:54.030-07:002014-05-05T08:05:54.030-07:00Action-reaction forces at work involving the staff...Action-reaction forces at work involving the staff and his body functioning as one system. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04961289751116673080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16158865.post-23932638462068144492014-04-28T01:44:41.549-07:002014-04-28T01:44:41.549-07:00Out of curiosity, Dean. What are your opinions on ...Out of curiosity, Dean. What are your opinions on Christof Koch and his IIT? Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03791854711303345266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16158865.post-83315919041813334502014-04-23T11:05:25.822-07:002014-04-23T11:05:25.822-07:00This is how it works: https://www.youtube.com/watc...This is how it works: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FTmg5jdKskE<br />see at 4min15sEnfant Terriblehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08363106780909274692noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16158865.post-47908362390916958892014-04-20T13:25:40.903-07:002014-04-20T13:25:40.903-07:00Thanks for the distinction Topher!Thanks for the distinction Topher!Dean Radinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16131263574182645280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16158865.post-74903551781896825312014-04-19T13:28:15.617-07:002014-04-19T13:28:15.617-07:00Just a minor point -- in the parlance of prestidig...Just a minor point -- in the parlance of prestidigitation this is referred to as a "suspension." In a levitation there is no apparent contact with the ground. In a suspension there is but it does not appear to be adequate -- a casually held staff in this case, but two classic forms are an inverted broom being leaned against or a neck resting on the top of a chair back.Topher Cooperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15558539031346968387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16158865.post-15022559426708351192014-04-19T07:53:27.481-07:002014-04-19T07:53:27.481-07:00Really there is a trick? I was sure it was a real ...Really there is a trick? I was sure it was a real levitation phenomenon ... (just commenting as skeptics think a believer in ESP would answer)Gianfranco Bussalaihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06966201008652172709noreply@blogger.com