Human Levitation: A True History and How-To Manual - Softcover

Dennett, Preston

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0764325477 ISBN 13: 9780764325472

Publisher: REDFeather, 2006

Synopsis

Levitation is a rare phenomenon that has been experienced not only by saints, mystics, and mediums, but also by everyday people. In fact, research points to the probability that all people posess the ability.

This book tells the story of how levitation has been understood and treated according to its time and place in history. Human Levitation provides:

- Accounts from ancient times to the modern day
- An up-to-date collection of research and case studies
- Detailed explanations revealing the mechanics of levitation
- Scientifically proven and photographed research
- A wide variety of methods used from different cultures that anybody—even you—can use to achieve the mystical state of levitation.

Is levitation a reality? The answer is a resounding, yes! Human Levitation represents a significant contribution to our understanding of human potential and humanity's place in the universe.

Special Note from the Publisher: Although this book provides instructional guidance for personal levitation, the publisher in no way advocates, advises, or condones these practices due to the varied dangers involved.

About this title

About the Author

Preston Dennett began investigating UFOs and the paranormal in 1986 when he discovered that his family, friends and co-workers were having dramatic unexplained encounters.  Since then, he has interviewed hundreds of witnesses and investigated a wide variety of paranormal phenomena.  He is a field investigator for the Mutual UFO Network (MUFON), a ghost hunter, a paranormal researcher, and the author of 17 books and more than 100 articles on UFOs and the paranormal.  His articles have appeared in numerous magazines including Fate, Atlantis Rising, MUFON UFO Journal, Nexus, Paranormal Magazine, UFO Magazine, Mysteries Magazine, Ufologist and others.  His writing has been translated into several different languages including German, French, Portuguese, Russian, Chinese and Icelandic.  He has appeared on numerous radio and television programs, including Midnight in the Desert with Art Bell, Coast-to-Coast and also the History Channel's Deep Sea UFOs and UFO Hunters.  His research has been presented in the LA Times, the LA Daily News, the Dallas Morning News and other newspapers.  He has taught classes on various paranormal subjects and lectures across the United States.  He currently resides in Reseda, California.

From the Back Cover

Levitation is a rare phenomenon that has been experienced not only by saints, mystics, and mediums, but also by housewives, businessmen, farmers, young children, and other seemingly normal people. In fact, research points to the probability that all people possess the ability. This book tells the story of how levitation has been understood and treated according to its time and place in history. Human Levitation provides:

-Accounts from ancient times to the modern day;
-An up-to-date collection of research and case studies;
-Detailed explanations revealing the mechanics of levitation;
-Scientifically proven and photographed research;
-A wide variety of methods used from different cultures that anybody--even you--can use to achieve the mystical state of levitation.

Is Levitation a reality? The answer is a resounding, yes! Human Levitation represents a significant contribution to our understanding of human potential and humanity's place in the universe.

Special Note from the Publisher: Although this book provides instructional guidance for personal levitation, the publisher in no way advocates, advises or condones these practices due to the dangers involved.

From the Inside Flap

Contents:
Introduction
1. The Emergence of a Phenomenon
2. Levitations in Early History
3. The Levitating Royal Family of Hungary
4. The Saints Come Marching In
5. The Devil Made Me Do It
6. Saint Teresa of Avila
7. Medieval Flying Nuns and Monks
8. The Flying Friar of Europe
9. Seventeenth Century Levitating Saints
10. The Miracle of Saint Liguori
11. Levitations in the East
12. Sorcerers and Shamans
13. More Levitating Saints, Nuns and Monks
14. The Man Who Could Fly
15. The French Magnetizers
16. The Rise of the Mediums
17. Eusapia Palladino and the Scientists
18. Iceland's Greatest Levitator
19. The Levitation Experiments of Baron Schrenk-Notzing
20. Traveling Levitation
21. Crisis Levitations
22. Sleeping Levitations
23. Walking on Water
24. Modern Eastern Levitations
25. The Indian Rope Trick
26. Modern Ecstatic Levitations
27. Modern Mediumistic Levitations
28. The Strange Case of Ted Owens
29. The Floating State (When Children Fly)
30. The Levitations of Rajalakshmi
31. Levitations Today
32. The Secret Behind Levitation
33. So You Want To Fly?
Epilogue
Appendix
Endnotes
Sources

Edition details

• Publisher: REDFeather
• Publication date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0764325477
• ISBN 13: 9780764325472
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 256