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[edit] Human levitation
I remember reading a non-fiction book years ago a man who travelled to Tibet (it wasnt the german bloke Sven somebody), or who perhaps lived in that area themselves, and who described how the monks could levitate. I cannot remember the author or title, but it probably was around the early to mid 20th. century, or maybe late 19th. They would sit cross-legged meditating in a cell in isolation for a very long time - months or years. With a lot of practice they were able jump into the air while still cross legged. As far as I remember when they could jump over the wall surrounding their cell, they ended their hermitage. The book was a good read - anyone know which one it was? Perhaps the man was a monk himself. Maybe I downloaded it from Project Gutenberg - cannot remember.
I have seen a modern photo of western people who claimed to be flying. The photo showed a group of them in the air and cross-legged above what looked like a room-sized mattress. I expect they all jumped into the air at the same time, and the photo was snapped. I have seen a cow jump over the moon, and counting sheep flying in the air in numerical order. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 192.107.181.232 (talk) 17:49, 26 February 2008 (UTC)
See:antigravity, gravifugal and human levitation
[edit] Human Levitation 2
Now I've had time to try to remember, what I meant to say was that the book referred to was not Seven Years In Tibet by the austrian geezer.
The book I read could have been A Conquest of Tibet by Sven Hedin, but I'm not sure.
[edit] Cleanup
See WP:CONTEXT. A user [1] added a number of unnecessary links and this was done to a number of pages. I'm currently tagging all pages he messed up and will attempt to clean them all up, as this will be extremely time consuming anyone willing to remove the links from this page before I get back will be greatly appreciated. --Crossmr 07:11, 18 June 2006 (UTC)
Added cleanup tag. Article has no intro, no separation between physics and esoteric meaning. Somebody added a terrible esoteric and unsourced POV 'see also' section, intersecting the stub tag. Boo 03:27, 30 August 2006 (UTC)
- The first reference link is dead btw--69.47.207.100 01:38, 5 October 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Where is the segment on human levitation?
I can't believe anyone would even think of leaving it out, regardless of their beliefs. It is a time-honoured and widely discussed phenomenon, with a short but impressive list of "celebrities" (St. Theresa of Avila, to mention just one).
Again, people who find it difficult to synthesise information - ALL pertinent information - should stay away from the lexicography business, even if it is only (?) virtual.—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 89.142.146.72 (talk • contribs) 21:31, 2 August 2007 (UTC).
- Human levitation is addressed in its own articles, including Metaphysical levitation (which mentions Theresa of Avila) and Party Levitation. --Headwes 23:11, 4 August 2007 (UTC)
There really ought to be some sections about levitation as a magic trick, and human levitation, with links to articles, and hte disambiguation should be clearer, It ought to group hte magical levitation techniques and the real levataion effects together. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.86.51.104 (talk) 02:14, August 29, 2007 (UTC)
They say that-At the moment, in practice it is only going to be possible for micro-objects with the current technology, since this quantum force is small and acts only at short ranges," he said.
"For now, human levitation remains the subject of cartoons, fairytales and tales of the paranormal."
Their research was to be published in the New Journal of Physics.
-I wonder what Criss Angel thinks about it ?
piknosa00@googlemail.com--78.146.210.166 20:04, 4 September 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Fictional Levitation
Levitation that is clearly impossible as a feature in fictional books/films etc - shouldn't there be a section for this? Ecth (talk) 22:55, 31 December 2007 (UTC)
- Why? what encyclopedic benefit would it be other than to remind the reader that what happens in books can't always happen in the real world?--Crossmr (talk) 23:40, 31 December 2007 (UTC)
[edit] I get redirected here from "hovering"...
I was actually hoping to find information on the ability of some animals to hover (that is, stay suspended in air without moving in space), such as hummingbirds. I wonder if there would be enough information to start an article or section on that? StroboX (talk) 18:13, 12 April 2008 (UTC)
