Bilocation
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Bilocation is the ostensibly supernatural act of appearing or being in two or more locations simultaneously.
In Christianity, it is said to take place through an act of God, typically in order to effect the conversion and baptism of the worthy who will not be reached in time by missionaries. [citation needed]
Bilocation is claimed to have been experienced, and even practiced at will, by mystics, ecstatics, saints, monks, and magical adepts. Christian saints and monks said to have exhibited bilocation included St. Anthony of Padua, St. Ambrose of Milan, St. Severus of Ravenna, Saint Drogo, Martín de Porres and Padre Pio of Pietrelcina. In 1774, St. Alphonsus Maria de’Liguori was reportedly seen at the bedside of the dying Pope Clement XIV, when in fact Liguori was confined to his cell at a location a four-day journey away.
The Swedish philosopher Emanuel Swedenborg was also said to have exhibited bilocation. The English occultist Aleister Crowley was reported by acquaintances to have the ability, even though he himself was not conscious of it happening at the time.[1]
Another story involves a religious sister (nun) appearing to Native Americans in the American west. (See Maria de Agreda.)
Icelandic sagas also speak of warriors who were able to fall into a trance and appear thousands of miles away in battle.
Some people (such as Robert Peterson) who claim to practice astral projection (the act of inducing an OBE) describe existing in more than one (non-physical) location at once.
Several Indian gurus have been reported at several locations at the same time in waking state, or seen sleeping somewhere while awake and active at another location. Some texts also depict a phenomenon where more than one "copy" of the subject could be seen.
The generally accepted scientific theory of physics provides no mechanism by which bilocation of macroscopic objects could occur.
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- ^ A Magick Life Martin Booth p84
