Sightings Posted January 19, 2003 #1 Share Posted January 19, 2003 On 6th June 1936, Indian Yogi Subbayah Pullavar levitated for four minutes in front of 150 witnesses. He was in a state of deep trance and, oonce back on the ground, his limbs could not be unbent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr-X Posted January 20, 2003 #2 Share Posted January 20, 2003 I had this book once (NEVER LEND YOUR BOOKS TO ANYONE) that had this picture of four levitators. What was so amazing was 3 of the 4 levitators were children. I have nothing to say about the pic posted. However have you ever seen pics of those magicians who levitate someone off the ground. They place a sword under them so that the pointy bit is directly under the middle part of the peson levitating. Could just be another David Copperfield stunt I've done this before and it works. Once we done it on a fat guy much older and heavier than me and my mates. http://antigravitypower.tripod.com/BioGrav...y/clarklev.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kismit Posted January 20, 2003 #3 Share Posted January 20, 2003 We tried this at my cousins party once , but we couldn't stop giggiling long enough for it to work Sorry X It might work I don't know but we were only 15 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mystify Posted January 23, 2003 #4 Share Posted January 23, 2003 Now... if this really does work... and I think it could.... would this explain many other levitations done on inatimate objects? Coral Castle....etc.. Obviously with a slightly different technique? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bizarro Posted January 23, 2003 #5 Share Posted January 23, 2003 here is how to make your arms levitate have someone hold your arms to your sides while you try to push them away from your body. after around 20-25 seconds, have the person holding you let go and stop stuggling. your arms will levitate upwards with no effort. same type of thing involved in party levitation- its just making you feel like its effortless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest lord of the rings fan Posted January 26, 2003 #6 Share Posted January 26, 2003 she is holding something where the on the towel ok Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Test_Bear Posted January 26, 2003 #7 Share Posted January 26, 2003 "she is holding something where the on the towel ok " 1 - If she was holding something, it wouldn't properly balance her body to sit like that, unless.... 2 - The very thing item under the towel was some form of anti-gravity pole, or... 3 - She captured a Rod, which granted her anti-gravity powers, only as long as she held it or.... 4 - What the heck did you say? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mothman Posted January 30, 2003 #8 Share Posted January 30, 2003 Actually this is a very simple Trick and yes there is a stick under the robes that is cured under the Levators boby , the real trick is balancing on the set and not actual levatation. Thought the balance they demonstrat is amazing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Test_Bear Posted January 30, 2003 #9 Share Posted January 30, 2003 Seeing as how I trust you, the only words I have to say are... THAT'S AMAZING BALANCE! I wish I was that coordinated... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr-X Posted January 31, 2003 #10 Share Posted January 31, 2003 People forget about the balancing. Do you have any idea how much strength is needed to hold yourself up like that with ONE hand. I did gymnastics through Uni and using the pommel horse was hard enough, sheeeeeeeeeeesh........and to think this lady is holding herself up by one hand out like that, I DONT THINK SOOOOOOOOO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Test_Bear Posted January 31, 2003 #11 Share Posted January 31, 2003 The majority of the people relate to photograph empathically... "I can't balance, so balancing isn't the answer." That's really crazy stuff. Even if it is just balancing on one arm on a stick, my goodness, that's worthy of accolade. How does David Blain do it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest lord of the rings Posted February 1, 2003 #12 Share Posted February 1, 2003 i still think its fake lol no matter what u say Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Guest Posted February 8, 2003 #13 Share Posted February 8, 2003 Don't you people watch TV? They've shown how this is done several times. Hell, you can buy the kit to do it. It doesn't take any strength because you are sitting on a piece of metal. The flowing robe hides the device, which is pretty large. The arm is extended to cover the piece of metal that connects the seat to the vertical rod, which is also covered and is all connected to mopre metal on the ground covered by more blankets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Test_Bear Posted February 8, 2003 #14 Share Posted February 8, 2003 T...V? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest skeptic Posted April 4, 2003 #15 Share Posted April 4, 2003 this is an old indian trick. the robe is covering up a steel pole in the ground. connected to the pole in a bench. this is one of the oldest tricks in the book (really, it is)/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psychicx Posted April 23, 2003 #16 Share Posted April 23, 2003 i believe it can happen .. yogies seem to have power that is unexplainable. brenda Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sageghost Posted April 24, 2003 #17 Share Posted April 24, 2003 Fair enough if levitation can be faked using metal rods - but how does the person 'levitating' get from the floor to mid-air? Or do they hide behind a veil/curtain until such time as they can say "OK look at me now". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheOracle Posted April 24, 2003 #18 Share Posted April 24, 2003 I think they could quite possibly of had something around him while the fake levetation was set up and then removed the curtain veil or whatever and there you go...1 floating yogi. I mean the followers of these sort of people would believe any reason the yogi would have given them as to why he needed to be cover up untill he was levetating. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sageghost Posted April 24, 2003 #19 Share Posted April 24, 2003 I also remember reading somewhere that it could also be a case of mass hypnotism, but can't find the article. What do people think? Could this also be possible? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheOracle Posted April 24, 2003 #20 Share Posted April 24, 2003 Sageghost, I have heard of that happening also. I think it is definately a possibility. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpaceyKC Posted April 24, 2003 #21 Share Posted April 24, 2003 HI Sageghost, I have also heard mention of that reason, but then when a magician was on a tv program, I wondered how they were able to affect every one watching at home too. Especially when they made Diamond Head in Hawaii completely disappear! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kismit Posted April 24, 2003 #22 Share Posted April 24, 2003 I have to agree with K.C. on this one . I watched David Blane stand on a really high post for a very long time ( I'd be more acurate but I've been down the pub ) and people said that was mass hysteria. Forgive me if I am wrong but don't even the most advanced hypnotist's believe that not everyone is hypnotisable ( Wow I think I made up a new word ) So how is it possible to make everybody present hallucinate the same thing ? Allthough If the guy needed to cover up befor the hypnotism then possibly he had something to hide. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheOracle Posted April 24, 2003 #23 Share Posted April 24, 2003 Hi Kismit. I understand where you and KC are coming from, but, if the 150 witnesses were followers of this man then I think hypnotising that many would not have been a problem. If they were average joes off the street then that would be another story. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kismit Posted April 24, 2003 #24 Share Posted April 24, 2003 Hi Oracle (my drunkerd smilie ), If they where his follwers then possibly it could explain how there minds where easily bent . However it dosen't say that they where , it only states that there where 150 witnesses . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sageghost Posted April 24, 2003 #25 Share Posted April 24, 2003 Maybe a person with the right sort of personality could convince people he is able to do something simply by the power of suggestion? They may not need to hypnotise people at all...they may not have ever done the thing they claim to be able to do in front of anyone... Maybe simply by stating they can do this thing the rumour would circulate around...until one day you're talking about this person to someone else and they say "I've believe that he/she can levitate" (for example). Over the course of years their unproven abilities may become a popular "urban legend" that some Westerner hears about in their travels. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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