Bilocation, the ability to be in two places at once, is a concept explored within both pagan and other spiritual traditions, often seen as a manifestation of heightened psychic abilities or spiritual connection. While bilocation is sometimes attributed to saints or other figures within specific religious contexts, it also finds a place in pagan spirituality, particularly within practices like shamanism and traditions emphasizing spiritual travel and expanded consciousness.
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Bilocation, or sometimes multilocation, is an alleged psychic or miraculous ability wherein an individual or object is located (or appears to be located) in two distinct places at the same time.What is bilocation?
What is spiritual bilocation?
Bilocation, a phenomenon often deemed supernatural, which defies the laws of physics by suggesting that an individual can manifest in two separate places simultaneously. This extraordinary concept has been chronicled throughout history, weaving its way through various cultures and belief systems.
Is bilocation possible?
While the phenomenon of bilocation, being in two places at once, is often discussed in religious and spiritual contexts, it's important to note that there is no scientific evidence to support its physical reality. However, cognitive neuroscience suggests that the human mind can experience a sense of being present in multiple locations simultaneously, often through mental processes or sensory experiences.
- Scientific Perspective:
Skeptical investigators, like Joe Nickell, argue that bilocation cases are usually anecdotal and lack verifiable evidence. While some researchers explore the possibility of mental bilocation, there's no scientific consensus on its physical occurrence.
- Mental Bilocation:
Studies suggest that the human mind can experience a sense of being present in two places simultaneously, often through vivid mental imagery, emotional connections, or sensory experiences.
- Religious Context:
Bilocation is a concept found in religious traditions, particularly Catholicism, where it's linked to the miraculous abilities of saints or figures with strong spiritual connections. There are suggestions that bilocation stems from the belief in God's omnipresence.
Born in 1602, Sor María de Ágreda, is said to have experienced bilocation starting in 1620. While in a trance at her convent in Ágreda, Spain, she claimed to be spiritually present in areas of what is now the American Southwest and Mexico.Who was the female saint who bilocated?
What causes bilocation?
When bilocation occurs, the true and physical body is present in one place and is only apparently present in the other by means of a representation of some kind. This representation could be caused supernaturally, diabolically, or by means of a natural power or energy as yet unknown.
What is an example of bilocation?
The Shaman talks about how to learn the art of bilocation:
Bilocation is often traditionlly thought of as a shaman's work. I recommend that you do it wide awake, not during sleep or meditation. Doing bilocation work while you are fully awake will begin rocking you off those comfortable foundations upon which your existence sits in this mundane predictable world. Some, but certainly not all, of the side effects of doing bilocation work include: spatial lapses, involuntary movements to places, depression, euphoria, etc.
The mechanics of what we are as energetic creatures is nowhere more evident than when doing this sort of work. We exist, of course, as a duality. We are here in this world, and yet, we sense and sometimes catch glimpses of other worlds. The simple reason is that we are not whole in this consciousness. Casteneda refers to this as the dreaming body, or the double. In my tradition, it was simply referred to as "the other". This concept underlies all shamanic practice, and yet, it is one of the most over looked aspects of the practice. The mechanical reason for this oversight is simple. We live inside our heads. Real bilocation is only possible when we can get outside our heads, i.e., this world consciousness, and move along with and use the other. Shamans must reclaim the other and so become whole again in their natures. Bilocation is one way to start that journey, to make overtures to that other energetic body.
Practical bilocation is achieved with the small things. First, you must learn to "see" with your eyes closed. Get a little basket, a paper bag, it doesn't really matter, just a small container of some sort and in it place maybe four small items, your choice. Now sit at a table, close your eyes, and dump the contents of your container out in front of you. With your eyes still closed, look at the table. Look at the table until you visualize the exact pattern in which the objects fell. Once you have that image, open your eyes and see if you are correct. Keep at it. This is important to gain accuracy.
The mechanics of what we are as energetic creatures is nowhere more evident than when doing this sort of work. We exist, of course, as a duality. We are here in this world, and yet, we sense and sometimes catch glimpses of other worlds. The simple reason is that we are not whole in this consciousness. Casteneda refers to this as the dreaming body, or the double. In my tradition, it was simply referred to as "the other". This concept underlies all shamanic practice, and yet, it is one of the most over looked aspects of the practice. The mechanical reason for this oversight is simple. We live inside our heads. Real bilocation is only possible when we can get outside our heads, i.e., this world consciousness, and move along with and use the other. Shamans must reclaim the other and so become whole again in their natures. Bilocation is one way to start that journey, to make overtures to that other energetic body.
Practical bilocation is achieved with the small things. First, you must learn to "see" with your eyes closed. Get a little basket, a paper bag, it doesn't really matter, just a small container of some sort and in it place maybe four small items, your choice. Now sit at a table, close your eyes, and dump the contents of your container out in front of you. With your eyes still closed, look at the table. Look at the table until you visualize the exact pattern in which the objects fell. Once you have that image, open your eyes and see if you are correct. Keep at it. This is important to gain accuracy.
Helpful hint: don't stare too long, we don't want your brain interfering with your visualization. It will try its best to take over. Don't fight it, just work around it.
Once you are doing pretty well with the objects, move on to whole rooms. After people have been in the bathroom in the morning, before you go in, close your eyes and visualize exactly what it looks like, where what has been placed, etc. Or take a pair of socks, make them into a ball, open a door, reach your arm around and toss, then close the door and visualize the socks. And while you are "in there", visualize the rest of the room as well.
Once you have all this down, start working with people. You can do this at work, visualizing what someone is wearing before you see them in the morning. All this trains your other self to be aware, and to trust your instincts. Once you have accomplished this art and you become more proficient at it, then start working outward towards bigger and more distant targets.
Once you are doing pretty well with the objects, move on to whole rooms. After people have been in the bathroom in the morning, before you go in, close your eyes and visualize exactly what it looks like, where what has been placed, etc. Or take a pair of socks, make them into a ball, open a door, reach your arm around and toss, then close the door and visualize the socks. And while you are "in there", visualize the rest of the room as well.
Once you have all this down, start working with people. You can do this at work, visualizing what someone is wearing before you see them in the morning. All this trains your other self to be aware, and to trust your instincts. Once you have accomplished this art and you become more proficient at it, then start working outward towards bigger and more distant targets.
Bilocation & Objects Appearing
from Nowhere
from Nowhere
by Martin K Ettington
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