Brief
Levitation
The claims the writer was given for Levitation, in the order they were given.
1
The powers described by different religious traditions of siddhis and their equivalents include healing, levitation, instantaneous movement and/or bilocation.
“While many different powers are described by the different religions, they all include healing, levitation, instantaneous movement and/or bilocation.”
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2
Whitley Strieber considers levitation, shape-shifting, telepathy, spontaneous healing, and instantaneous movement to be side effects of the ability to address the universe from outside of time.
“The ability to move and function outside of the block—outside of time—is the key to what appear to us as skills—levitation, shape-shifting, telepathy, spontaneous healing, instantaneous movement, and so forth—are actually side effects of their being able to address the universe itself from the outside looking in.”
The Fourth Mind 2025-01-15 ch21:1868-2179 opinion first hand
3
Some practitioners of kundalini activation report perceiving themselves to be floating, though there is no unquestionable photographic evidence of this.
“Some report that during this time, they perceive themselves to be floating, but there is no unquestionable photographic evidence of this.”
The Fourth Mind 2025-01-15 ch21:21685-21817 testimony
4
Milarepa was also reported to have become able to levitate through his practice of Tummo.
“Milarepa was also reported to have become able to levitate and to move great distances instantaneously through his practice of Tummo.”
The Fourth Mind 2025-01-15 ch21:22305-22432 hearsay
5
Studies of energetic meditation practices other than the Kozhevnikov et al. 2013 Tummo study have recorded profound physical effects, though nothing as dramatic as levitation.
“This is not the only such study. While nothing as dramatic as levitation was recorded, profound physical effects occur during this and other such practices.”
The Fourth Mind 2025-01-15 ch21:23832-23978 observation
6
The six siddhi powers shared across major religious traditions are healing, clairvoyance, levitation, telepathy, astral projection (out-of-body travel), and manifestation (the ability to materialise objects).
“The powers are healing, clairvoyance, levitation, telepathy, astral projection (also known as out-of-body travel), and manifestation, or the ability to materialize objects.”
The Fourth Mind 2025-01-15 ch21:4712-4876 opinion first hand
7
Among the secondary siddhis, which visitors are also seen to possess, are levitation and telepathy.
“Among the secondary ones, which the visitors are also seen to possess, are levitation and telepathy.”
The Fourth Mind 2025-01-15 ch21:7935-8025 opinion first hand
8
The Buddha was said to be able to both bilocate and levitate.
“In the east, the sage Vyasa, author and narrator of the Mahabharata, was said to be able to both bilocate and levitate, as was the Buddha.”
The Fourth Mind 2025-01-15 ch22:14344-14475 hearsay
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In the eastern tradition, the sage Vyasa, author and narrator of the Mahabharata, was said to be able to both bilocate and levitate.
“In the east, the sage Vyasa, author and narrator of the Mahabharata, was said to be able to both bilocate and levitate, as was the Buddha.”
The Fourth Mind 2025-01-15 ch22:14344-14475 hearsay
10
Levitation has been part of Catholic tradition in the West at least since the medieval period.
“In the west, levitation has been part of Catholic tradition at least since the medieval period, inspired, no doubt, by Jesus’s famous Sea of Galilee excursion.”
The Fourth Mind 2025-01-15 ch22:14601-14750 observation first hand
11
The book They Flew by Carlos M. N. Eire discusses medieval to early-modern accounts of levitation.
“which discusses the medieval–early modern accounts, and which I shall shortly address more fully.”
The Fourth Mind 2025-01-15 ch22:15269-15360 administrative second hand
12
According to a London Review of Books correspondent, the levitated girl in the schoolgirls' game would rise about 0.3 metres off the floor and remain suspended for a few seconds before settling gently back to the classroom floor, supported only by the other girls' fingertips.
“the girl would “levitate about a foot off the floor and remain suspended for a few seconds before settling gently back to the classroom floor.””
The Fourth Mind 2025-01-15 ch22:15756-15892 testimony second hand
13
The book They Flew by Carlos M. N. Eire concerns the tradition of saintly levitation that spread across Catholic Europe between the years 1300 and about 1700, when the tradition gradually faded away.
“The book that inspired the letter, They Flew, concerns the tradition of saintly levitation that spread across Catholic Europe between 1300 and about 1700, when it gradually faded away.”
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14
The Italian saint Padre Pio (1887-1968) might have been the last Catholic levitator to have been witnessed while in float.
“An Italian saint, Padre Pio (1887–1968), might have been the last Catholic levitator to have been witnessed while in float.”
The Fourth Mind 2025-01-15 ch22:17523-17640 opinion first hand
15
Padre Pio's fellow monks reported that they saw him levitate during moments of spiritual ecstasy.
“it remains true that his fellow monks say that they saw him levitate during moments of spiritual ecstasy”
The Fourth Mind 2025-01-15 ch22:17693-17790 testimony second hand
16
Padre Pio's reported levitations were consistently associated with him being in a state of religious ecstasy.
“One thing that mitigates in favor of Padre Pio’s levitation is the fact that it was consistently reported to happen when he was in a state of religious ecstasy.”
The Fourth Mind 2025-01-15 ch22:18585-18737 observation first hand
17
Whitley Strieber considers the case that historical levitation accounts caused people to levitate to be strong, despite lacking scientific understanding of the mechanism.
“the vast amount of testimony he has gathered speaks for itself: Something we do not understand happened to these people, and the case that it caused them to levitate seems strong.”
The Fourth Mind 2025-01-15 ch22:25663-25835 opinion first hand
18
Whitley Strieber considers it clear that any open-minded study of the data must compel the conclusion that levitation of human beings and objects is possible and does happen.
“I think it’s clear that any open-minded study of the data must compel the conclusion that the levitation of both human beings and objects is possible and does happen.”
The Fourth Mind 2025-01-15 ch22:30175-30334 opinion first hand
19
During the exorcism of a seventeen-year-old girl witnessed by Paul Eno, the patient rose out of her wheelchair without using her legs while remaining in a seated position, and two attendants had to push her back down.
“the patient “rose out of the wheelchair not using her legs—she was still in the seated position—and Leonard and I (the other attendant) had to push her back down.””
The Fourth Mind 2025-01-15 ch22:3944-4101 testimony first hand
20
An object with a density of about 1.0 gram per cubic centimetre rising into air, which has a density of only 0.001225 gram per cubic centimetre, would defy known physics.
“What this means is that an object with a density of about 1.0 gram per cubic centimeter rose into air, which has a density of only 0.001225 gram per cubic centimeter.”
The Fourth Mind 2025-01-15 ch22:6930-7085 measurement first hand
21
Whitley Strieber believes the sheer pressure of constant danger during the Younger Dryas would have disrupted skills requiring extreme concentration, such as levitation.
“The sheer pressure of constant, immediate danger would have disrupted skills that require extreme concentration such as levitation.”
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22
Whitley Strieber believes ancient peoples worldwide lost or intentionally abandoned old powers of mind, including levitation and telepathy, believing their use had angered the gods.
“I think that the old powers of mind were lost or perhaps even intentionally abandoned by peoples worldwide who concluded that their use of them were angering the gods. And it wasn’t just levitation that was involved, but also other siddhis, such as telepathy”
The Fourth Mind 2025-01-15 ch25:16133-16382 opinion first hand
23
Whitley Strieber believes levitation of both the body and objects, mind control, and telepathy are real human capabilities that people simply do not realise they possess.
“What this all adds up to is that levitation, both of the body and of objects, is real, as are mind control and telepathy. These are all human capabilities that have been observed even in people like Ed and the woman Paul Eno saw levitate. It’s not that we don’t possess them, but that we don’t realize it.”
The Fourth Mind 2025-01-15 ch25:18947-19249 opinion first hand
24
Paul Eno witnessed a woman levitate.
“the woman Paul Eno saw levitate”
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25
Whitley Strieber considers telepathy the lost human power most needed to restore the fractured human community, more so than levitation.
“Of all the powers we have lost, the one we need most is probably not levitation. It is, rather, the one that is most able to restore the fractured human community, which is telepathy.”
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26
Whitley Strieber believes that people in an ecstatic state can profoundly change their physical status, transforming a heavy body, complete with clothing, into something lighter than air.
“Judging from the stories of the levitators, it seems clear that the power is much greater in people who are in an ecstatic state. Such people can change their physical status profoundly, transforming a heavy body, complete with its clothing, to something that is lighter than air.”
The Fourth Mind 2025-01-15 ch27:16212-16488 opinion first hand
27
Whitley Strieber states that some people have experienced levitation while in close proximity to the visitors.
“Some have experienced levitation while close to them, as if proximity can spread it.”
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28
During Whitley Strieber's 1985 close encounter at his upstate New York cabin, he was lifted up into the air without an elevator, which he still does not understand.
“I went up in the air without an elevator, and that certainly doesn't make sense to me.”
The Terrible Truth About the Visitors - Whitley Strieber | ep. 96 2026-07-24 01:38:45.4-01:38:51.8 testimony first hand
29
Whitley Strieber believes levitation is real and possible, and wants to do it himself.
“Number two, I know levitation is real, and it is possible, and I want to do that.”
The Terrible Truth About the Visitors - Whitley Strieber | ep. 96 2026-07-24 01:57:20.2-01:57:27.9 opinion first hand
30
The medieval levitation events described in Carlos Eire's book They Flew had thousands of witnesses and were carefully studied by the Roman Inquisition, which conducted a large number of investigations into them.
“not only were there thousands of witnesses to these events, they were studied by the Inquisition very carefully. And there are massive numbers of inquisitorial investigations into these levitations.”
The Terrible Truth About the Visitors - Whitley Strieber | ep. 96 2026-07-24 01:57:59.9-01:58:14.0 testimony second hand
31
The Roman Inquisition investigated medieval levitations because if it judged the levitation to be caused by demons the levitator would be burned.
“the reason being that the Inquisition was interested because if they thought it was demons, then they were going to definitely fire you up.”
The Terrible Truth About the Visitors - Whitley Strieber | ep. 96 2026-07-24 01:58:16.6-01:58:27.0 testimony second hand
32
Medieval people who levitated did not advertise the fact, and their levitation typically became known because other people witnessed it.
“So these people who flew, you didn't you didn't make a big deal of that you didn't advertise it exactly unless you were sure and usually it was because other people saw it”
The Terrible Truth About the Visitors - Whitley Strieber | ep. 96 2026-07-24 01:58:29.0-01:58:39.7 testimony second hand
33
Joseph of Cupertino levitated in front of the Pope and a room full of people.
“Joseph of Cupertino yeah was seen by even the pope ... well he levitated in front of the pope and and a room full of people”
The Terrible Truth About the Visitors - Whitley Strieber | ep. 96 2026-07-24 01:58:41.7-01:58:49.4 testimony second hand
34
The Pope who witnessed Joseph of Cupertino levitate said that if Joseph of Cupertino died before he did, he would make him a saint, but the Pope died first.
“the pope at that time said if he dies before i do i am going to make him a saint And unfortunately, it happened the opposite way.”
The Terrible Truth About the Visitors - Whitley Strieber | ep. 96 2026-07-24 01:58:52.8-01:59:03.3 testimony second hand
35
Mary of Agreda, a nun in a convent, levitated and was not conscious while doing so.
“There's another wonderful story about a lady called Mary of Agreda. ... she was in the convent and she used to levitate and she was not conscious when she”
The Terrible Truth About the Visitors - Whitley Strieber | ep. 96 2026-07-24 01:59:04.3-01:59:23.2 testimony
36
While Mary of Agreda was levitating, other nuns could blow on her and move her about like a helium balloon, and they took her out into the convent courtyard where people paid to come in and blow her around.
“the other nuns took to moving her out you could apparently you could literally blow on her and you know she got blow away like a balloon in the like a helium balloon and uh she would uh they would get her out into the courtyard and people would pay to come in and blow her on her and move her around the courtyard.”
The Terrible Truth About the Visitors - Whitley Strieber | ep. 96 2026-07-24 01:59:32.6-01:59:54.1 testimony
37
When Mary of Agreda found out that people were paying to blow her around the convent courtyard while she levitated, she was angry at being made a spectacle of, and she was eventually able to get God to stop her levitating.
“And when she found out about this, she was pissed off because, you know, she was being made a spectacle of and stuff. And she eventually was able to get God to stop her levitating.”
The Terrible Truth About the Visitors - Whitley Strieber | ep. 96 2026-07-24 01:59:54.6-02:00:04.1 testimony
38
Most of the historical levitators did not want to levitate very much.
“And most of them didn't want to levitate very much. I want to, though.”
The Terrible Truth About the Visitors - Whitley Strieber | ep. 96 2026-07-24 02:00:04.7-02:00:08.4 opinion first hand
39
Chris Ramsay is a magician and is familiar with essentially all the conjuring techniques used to create the illusion of levitation.
“As a magician, you know, I'm very familiar with techniques in the illusion of levitation, obviously. ... And I've pretty much, I know them all.”
The Terrible Truth About the Visitors - Whitley Strieber | ep. 96 2026-07-24 02:00:10.0-02:00:18.0 testimony first hand
40
Chris Ramsay has seen friends of his perform some of the most convincing levitation effects ever captured on video and knows how they are done.
“I've seen friends of mine create some of the most incredible moments of levitation that have ever been captured on video, and I know how it's done.”
The Terrible Truth About the Visitors - Whitley Strieber | ep. 96 2026-07-24 02:00:18.8-02:00:28.7 testimony first hand
41
Xavier Mortimer performs a levitation in the middle of a park with nothing overhead, using a skipping rope during the effect, which eliminates several possible methods, though a conjuring method is still at work.
“I think of Xavier Mortimer who, in the middle of a park, right? No, nothing overhead. just levitates and has a jump rope. and uses the jump rope as well. So now he's eliminating multiple methods here. And still there is a method at play and there's trickery afoot.”
The Terrible Truth About the Visitors - Whitley Strieber | ep. 96 2026-07-24 02:00:29.9-02:00:47.7 testimony first hand
42
Chris Ramsay considers that the further back in time one goes, the easier people are to fool, and his knowledge of deception limits how readily he accepts historical levitation accounts.
“But I have a limitation for that stuff in my own mind because of my knowledge in deception. And I know that the further I go back in time, the easier people are to fool as well.”
The Terrible Truth About the Visitors - Whitley Strieber | ep. 96 2026-07-24 02:00:48.8-02:01:06.3 opinion first hand
43
Whitley Strieber considers it unlikely, though not impossible, that the medieval levitators were fooling thousands of witnesses, because the stakes were so high for them given the trouble they could face with the Roman Inquisition.
“Could it be that these people were all fooling thousands of witnesses? ... It's not impossible. It might be unlikely. The reason it might be unlikely is that the stakes are so high for them because they could get into terrible trouble with the Inquisition.”
The Terrible Truth About the Visitors - Whitley Strieber | ep. 96 2026-07-24 02:01:10.5-02:01:29.6 opinion first hand
44
Paul Eno told Whitley Strieber that during the exorcism the 17-year-old girl rose out of her wheelchair and floated in the air still in a sitting position, in front of Paul Eno, the exorcist, a second assistant, a psychiatrist and three attendants, all of whom could see it.
“So the exorcist goes in to this room where the girl is sitting in a wheelchair. Paul is with him. There's a psychiatrist and three assistants, three attendees in the room as well. ... And suddenly, still in a sitting position, she rises up out of the chair. ... And she's like floating in the air, still in a sitting position. They all can see it.”
The Terrible Truth About the Visitors - Whitley Strieber | ep. 96 2026-07-24 02:02:49.0-02:03:21.8 hearsay second hand
45
Paul Eno told Whitley Strieber that when the exorcist instructed him to push the floating 17-year-old girl back down into her wheelchair, he felt a mild electrical energy entering his hand as he did so.
“And the exorcist simply says to Paul, push her down into the chair. And he pushes her down into the chair again, and he said, I could feel an energy, a sort of mild electricity coming into my hand.”
The Terrible Truth About the Visitors - Whitley Strieber | ep. 96 2026-07-24 02:03:31.3-02:03:44.6 hearsay second hand
46
A sensation of electricity is reported in a few of the medieval levitation cases as well.
“And that's reported in a few of the cases in the medieval era as well.”
The Terrible Truth About the Visitors - Whitley Strieber | ep. 96 2026-07-24 02:03:46.0-02:03:49.9 testimony first hand
47
Whitley Strieber considers that the sensation of electricity reported during levitations is the key to many phenomena that are not understood.
“that if this is real, then that feeling, that sense of electricity, whatever that is, is the key to a lot of things that we don't understand.”
The Terrible Truth About the Visitors - Whitley Strieber | ep. 96 2026-07-24 02:03:54.4-02:04:04.6 opinion first hand
48
Chris Ramsay suggests the electrical energy felt when the Non-Human Intelligence touches people may be how they are able to levitate people through walls.
“perhaps how they were able to levitate them through the walls and through”
The Terrible Truth About the Visitors - Whitley Strieber | ep. 96 2026-07-24 02:04:29.1-02:04:32.0 opinion first hand
49
Whitley Strieber considers the energy involved in levitation and in contact with the Non-Human Intelligence to be real and not supernatural or magical, but something not yet understood.
“it's not magic it's real it's not supernatural but it feels that way because we don't understand”
The Terrible Truth About the Visitors - Whitley Strieber | ep. 96 2026-07-24 02:04:39.2-02:04:45.8 opinion first hand
50
Chris Ramsay considers that the many reported cases of levitation probably involve electromagnetic forces or something similar that behaves like gravity without being gravity.
“the amount of cases that report these levitations and this technology, it's something obviously we don't understand, probably something to do with electromagnet, uh, magnetic forces. ... That behaves in the same manner, but isn't quite gravity.”
The Terrible Truth About the Visitors - Whitley Strieber | ep. 96 2026-07-24 02:04:49.8-02:05:00.4 opinion first hand
51
Whitley Strieber thinks of the energy behind levitation as an earth energy connected with the planet.
“i think of it as an earth energy it's something to do with the planet”
The Terrible Truth About the Visitors - Whitley Strieber | ep. 96 2026-07-24 02:05:08.7-02:05:11.5 opinion first hand