To this day, science has no way to explain the phenomenon of levitation, as it completely contradicts the law of universal gravitation. Numerous ancient documents from both the East and West meticulously record the ability of humans to rise into the air without any assistance. Is this extraordinary skill of levitation a reality or merely a trick of illusion?
What is Levitation?
Levitation is the technique of floating in the air without assistance, entirely contrary to Newton’s law of universal gravitation. Religious texts record 300 saints who could levitate.
The longest recorded levitation was by Joseph Cupertino in the 17th century.
The first recorded instance of levitation was performed by Simon Magus in the 1st century. He was a heretical cleric involved in practicing various “occult arts” such as invisibility and levitation. The person who achieved the longest levitation was Joseph Cupertino in the 17th century. This priest of the Catholic Church floated in the air for about two hours.
Other religious traditions, such as Hinduism, Brahmanism, and Buddhism, also document numerous cases of levitation. In the book “Mystical Science in Ancient India”, author Louis Jacolliot (France) detailed several levitation instances.
The most famous levitator is Milarepa, a leading yogi in Tibet in the 19th century. He was said to possess so many mystical powers that he could walk, eat, and sleep while levitating in mid-air. Not only ascetic monks in India could perform this technique, but disciples of the Ninja sect in Japan also had similar capabilities.
A lesser form of levitation is levitation walking (extremely fast walking), which is quite common in areas with complex terrain in China and Japan. Practitioners of levitation walking can traverse quickly and safely across treacherous mountainous areas using techniques such as flying leaps, divine running (covering hundreds of miles without touching the ground), wall climbing (like a lizard), and running on water.
Regardless of where these levitation techniques are performed, they share one common aspect: the use of a technique to reduce or completely negate the effect of gravitational pull. In discussing this, we must mention a physical concept known as apparent weight. This refers to the force exerted by an object on a surface or the tension of a spring that indicates the weight of an object. It is the apparent weight that creates the sensation of heaviness or lightness in the body. When there is no sensation of apparent weight (such as falling from a height without a supporting surface), we enter a state of weightlessness.
Magician David Copperfield amazed millions with his levitation performance. To this day, no loophole has been found in his act. (Source: mohsinism).
Until now, science has had no way to explain the phenomenon of levitation (if it exists) because it completely contradicts the law of universal gravitation.
It cannot be proven, at least theoretically, how a person could escape the gravitational pull of the Earth under normal conditions simply through breathing or hypnosis to mobilize supernatural energy. Detractors argue that historically, this has only been an illusion tricking the eyes of the audience.
Some recent scientific experiments have shown more positive trends. For example, Russian scientists tested in a special environment (at temperatures below -160 degrees Celsius), finding that a disc spinning at high speed, around 3,000 revolutions per minute within an electric field, would reduce weight. American scientists conducted another experiment: when placing a superconductor in a magnetic field, they discovered that if an object were placed on the surface of the superconductor, its weight would decrease by 5%.
Thus, there remains a glimmer of hope for those who wish to believe in extraordinary phenomena, while con artists still find opportunities to exploit. Is levitation a special ability or merely an illusory desire of humanity? This remains a mystery.
