Levitation (paranormal)
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Levitation eller transvektion, i den paranormale eller religiøse kontekst, er den hævdede evne til at hæve en menneskekrop eller et andet objekt op i luften med mystiske midler.
Selvom det tros, at nogle religiøse og New Age-samfund opstår på grund af overnaturlige, psykiske eller "energiske" fænomener, er der ingen videnskabelige beviser for, at levitation forekommer. Påståede tilfælde af levitation kan normalt forklares af naturlige årsager såsom tricks, illusion og hallucinationer.[1][2][3][4][5]
Se også
Referencer
- ^ Stein, Gordon (1996). The Encyclopedia of the Paranormal (2nd udgave). Amherst, New York: Prometheus Books. ISBN 9781573920216.
- ^ Carroll, Robert Todd (2003). The Skeptic's Dictionary: A Collection of Strange Beliefs, Amusing Deceptions, and Dangerous Delusions. Hoboken, New Jersey: Wiley. s. 198. ISBN 9780471272427.
Levitation is the act of ascending into the air and floating in apparent defiance of gravity. Spiritual masters or fakirs are often depicted levitating. Some take the ability to levitate as a sign of blessedness. Others see levitation as a conjurer's trick. No one really levitates; they just appear to do so. Clever people can use illusion, "invisible string", and magnets to make things appear to levitate.
- ^ Nickell, Joe (2005). Camera Clues: A Handbook for Photographic Investigation. Lexington: University Press of Kentucky. s. 177. ISBN 9780813191249.
Some claims — of levitation, for instance — may be performed either as an illusion for an audience, as a magician's stage trick, or for the camera.
- ^ Smith, Jonathan C. (2010). Pseudoscience and Extraordinary Claims of the Paranormal: A Critical Thinker's Toolkit. Malden, Massachusetts: Wiley-Blackwell. ISBN 9781405181228.
- ^ Livingston, James D. (2011). Rising Force (engelsk). Harvard University Press. ISBN 9780674061095. Hentet 25. oktober 2019.
Yderligere læsning
- John Booth (1986). Psychic Paradoxes. Buffalo, New York: Prometheus Books. ISBN 0879753587.
- Andrew Neher (1990). Paranormal and Transcendental Experience: A Psychological Examination (2nd udgave). New York: Dover. ISBN 0486261670.
- James Randi (1987). "Chapter 5: "The Giggling Guru: A Master of Levity"". Flim-Flam! Psychics, ESP, Unicorns, and Other Delusions (9th udgave). Buffalo, New York: Prometheus Books. ISBN 0879751983.
- Gordon Stein (Spring 1989). "The Levitation of the Lore". Skeptical Inquirer. 13 (2): 277-288.
Eksterne henvisninger
- Levitation by Mark Edward
- Levitation – Skeptic's Dictionary
- The Flying Mystics of Tibetan Buddhism art exhibit, Oglethorpe University, 2004