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Bilocation

Bilocation, or sometimes multilocation, is a term used to describe the ability/instances in which an individual or object is said to be, or appears to be, located in two distinct places at the same instant in time. The term has been used in a wide range of historical and philosophical systems, including early Greek philosophy

Greek philosophy

Greek philosophy focused on the role of reason and inquiry. Many philosophers today concede that Greek philosophy has shaped the entire Western thought since its inception....
, shamanism

Shamanism

Shamanism is a range of traditional beliefs and practices concerned with communication with the spirit world. A practitioner of shamanism is known as a shaman, , noun ....
, paganism

Paganism

Paganism is the blanket term given to describe religions and spiritual practices of pre-Christian Europe, and by extension a term for polytheistic?traditions or folk religion?worldwide seen from a Western or Christian viewpoint....
, folklore

Folklore

Folklore is the body of expressive culture, including tales, music, dance, legends, oral history, proverbs, jokes, superstitions, customs, and so forth within a particular population comprising the traditions of that culture, subculture, or group ....
, occultism and magic

Magic

Magic may refer to:* Magic , anything that is not explainable by any present laws of science.** Magical thinking** Folk magic, traditional systems of magic...
, the paranormal

Paranormal

Paranormal is a general term that describes unusual experiences that lack a scientific explanation, or phenomena alleged to be outside of science's current ability to explain or measure....
Hinduism

Hinduism

'Hinduism' is the predominant religion of the Indian subcontinent. Hinduism is often referred to as , a Sanskrit phrase meaning "the eternal dharma", by its practitioners....
(as one of the siddhis), Buddhism

Buddhism

Buddhism is a family of beliefs and practices considered by most to be a religionand is based on the teachings attributed to Siddhartha Gautama, commonly known as "The Buddha" , who was born in what is today Nepal....
, spiritualism

Spiritualism

Spiritualism is a monotheism belief system or religion, postulating a belief in God, but the distinguishing feature is belief that spirits of the dead can be contacted, either by individuals or by gifted or trained "Mediumships", who can provide information about the afterlife....
and Theosophy

Theosophy

Theosophy is a doctrine of religious philosophy and metaphysics originating with Madame Blavatsky . In this context, theosophy holds that all religions are attempts by the "Mahatma" to help humanity in evolving to greater perfection, and that each religion therefore has a portion of the truth....
, mysticism

Mysticism

Mysticism is the pursuit of communion with, Unio Mystica with, or conscious awareness of an ultimate reality, divinity, Spirituality, or God through direct experience, intuition, or insight....
in general, as well as Christian mysticism

Christian mysticism

Christian mysticism is traditionally practised through the disciplines of:* prayer ;* fasting, broadly understood as self-denial in general; and...
and Jewish mysticism.

hristianity, bilocation explains the dual location of Christ

Christ

Christ is the English language term for the Greek meaning "the anointing", which is a title given to the Reigning Messiah in the given age of the Zodiac....
at the Last Supper

Last Supper

In the Christian Gospels, the Last Supper was the last meal Jesus shared with his Twelve Apostles and Disciple before Crucifixion of Jesus. The Last Supper has been the subject of many paintings, perhaps The Last Supper by Leonardo da Vinci....
in both the transubstantiated

Transubstantiation

In Roman Catholic theology, transubstantiation is the change of the Substance theory of Host and Sacramental wine into the Body of Christ and Blood of Christ occurring in the Eucharist while all that is accessible to the senses remain as before....
host and in the person of Jesus of Nazareth.

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Greek philosophy

Greek philosophy focused on the role of reason and inquiry. Many philosophers today concede that Greek philosophy has shaped the entire Western thought since its inception....
, shamanism

Shamanism

Shamanism is a range of traditional beliefs and practices concerned with communication with the spirit world. A practitioner of shamanism is known as a shaman, , noun ....
, paganism

Paganism

Folklore

Magic

Magic may refer to:* Magic , anything that is not explainable by any present laws of science.** Magical thinking** Folk magic, traditional systems of magic...
, the paranormal

Paranormal

Hinduism

Buddhism

Spiritualism

Theosophy

Mysticism

Christian mysticism

Christian mysticism is traditionally practised through the disciplines of:* prayer ;* fasting, broadly understood as self-denial in general; and...
and Jewish mysticism.

In Christianity

In Christianity, bilocation explains the dual location of Christ

Christ

Christ is the English language term for the Greek meaning "the anointing", which is a title given to the Reigning Messiah in the given age of the Zodiac....
at the Last Supper

Last Supper

Transubstantiation

Catholicism

Catholicism is a broad term for the body of the Catholic faith, its Theology and doctrines, its Catholic liturgy, Ethics, spiritual, and behavioral characteristics, as well as a religious people as a whole....
which acknowledged that Christ was fully present in the Eucharist

Eucharist

The Eucharist, also called Holy Communion or Lord's Supper and other names, is a Christianity sacrament commemorating, by consecrating bread and wine, the Last Supper, the final meal that Jesus Christ shared with his disciples before his arrest, and eventual crucifixion, when he gave them bread saying, "This is my body", and wine...
.

Several Christian

Christian

A Christian is a person who adheres to Christianity, a Monotheism#Christian view religion centered on the life and teachings of Jesus and interpreted by Christians to have been prophesied in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament....
saint

Saint

A saint in Christianity is a human being who has been called to holiness. The term is used differently by various denominations, with some, such as the Anglicans, Methodists, and Lutherans distinguishing between Saints and saints....
s and monk

Monk

A Monk is a person who practices religious asceticism, the unconditioning of mind and body in favor of the realization of one's true nature, and does so living either alone or with any number of like-minded people, whilst always maintaining some degree of physical separation from those not sharing the same purpose....
s are said to have exhibited bilocation. Among the earliest is the apparition of Our Lady of the Pillar in the year 40. In another instance, in 1774, St. Alphonsus Liguori is said to have gone into a trance

Trance

Trance denotes a variety of processes, techniques, modalities and states of mind, awareness and consciousness. Trance states may occur involuntarily and unbidden....
while preparing for Mass

Mass (liturgy)

The Mass is the Eucharistic celebration in the Latin liturgical rites of the Roman Catholic Church. The term is used also of similar celebrations in Old Catholic Churches, in the Anglo-Catholic tradition of Anglicanism, and in some largely High Church Lutheranism Lutheranism regions, including the Scandinavian and Baltic states countries....
. When he came out of the trance he reported that he had visited the bedside of the dying Pope Clement XIV

Pope Clement XIV

Pope Clement XIV , born Giovanni Vincenzo Antonio Ganganelli, was Pope from 1769 to 1774. At the time of his election, he was the only Franciscan friar in the College of Cardinals....
. His presence is then said to have been confirmed by those attending the Pope despite his being four days travel away, and not appearing to have left his original location. Other Christian figures said to have experienced it include St. Anthony of Padua

Anthony of Padua

Saint Anthony also venerated as Saint Anthony of Lisbon and Saint Anthony of Padua, is a Catholic saint who was born in Lisbon, Portugal, as Fernando Martins de Bulh?es to a wealthy family and who died in Padua, Italy....
, St. Gerard Majella

Gerard Majella

Saint Gerard Majella is a Roman Catholic saint. He is the saint whose intercession is requested for children , childbirth, mothers , motherhood, falsely accused people, good confessions, lay brothers and Muro Lucano, Italy....
, St. Pio of Pietrelcina

Pio of Pietrelcina

St. Pio of Pietrelcina was a Order of Friars Minor Capuchin priest from Italy who is venerated as a saint in the Roman Catholic Church. He was born Francesco Forgione, and given the name Pio when he joined the Capuchins; he was popularly known as Padre Pio after his ordination to the priesthood....
, St. Severus of Ravenna

Severus

Severus is Latin cognomen, most often used for Septimius Severus, Alexander Severus and other members of the Severan dynasty.Severus can also refer to:...
, St. Ambrose of Milan

Ambrose

Saint Ambrose was a Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Milan who became one of the most influential ecclesiastical figures of the fourth century. He is counted as one of the four original doctors of the Church....
, Maria de Agreda

Maria de Agreda

Mar?a Fern?ndez Coronel y Arana, Abbess of ?greda or, known in religion as Sor Mar?a de Jes?s de ?greda , also known as the Lady in Blue and the Blue Nun, was born and died in ?greda, a town located in the Soria , Castile and Le?n, Spain....
, and St. Martin de Porres

Martin de Porres

Saint Mart?n de Porres was a Dominican Order Lay brother who was beatified in the year 1837 by Pope Gregory XVI and canonized in 1962 by Pope John XXIII....
, as well as Pope Cyril VI of Alexandria

Pope Cyril VI of Alexandria

Pope Cyril VI of Alexandria also called Kyrillos VI, born Azer Youssef Atta , was the Coptic Pope of the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria ....
.

Other examples

In the 17th century, persons accused of witchcraft were reported to appear in dreams and visions of witnesses. The trials at Bury St. Edmunds

Bury St. Edmunds witch trials

The Bury St Edmunds witch trials were a series of trials conducted in the town of Bury St Edmunds in Suffolk, England intermittently between the years 1599 and 1694....
and Salem

Salem witch trials

The Salem witch trials were a series of hearings before local magistrates followed by county court trials to prosecute people accused of witchcraft in Essex County, Massachusetts, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, and Middlesex County, Massachusetts Counties of colonial Massachusetts, between February 1692 and May 1693....
included this "Spectral evidence

Spectral evidence

Spectral evidence was a form of evidence, accepted in court during the Salem Witch Trials, that was based upon dreams and vision . Spectral evidence was admitted at the Salem witch trials by the appointed chief justice, William Stoughton ....
" against defendants. Matthew Hopkins

Matthew Hopkins

Matthew Hopkins was an England witchhunter whose career flourished in the time of the English Civil War. He held, or claimed to hold, the office of Witch-Finder General, though this was not a title ever bestowed by Parliament of England, and conducted witch-hunts in the counties of Suffolk, Essex, England, Norfolk and other eastern co...
described the phenomenon in his book The Discovery of Witches.

The English occultist Aleister Crowley

Aleister Crowley

Aleister Crowley, born Edward Alexander Crowley , , was a United Kingdom occultist, writer, mountaineering, poet, and yogi. He was an influential member of several occult organizations, including the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn, the A?A?, and Ordo Templi Orientis , and is best known today for his Works of Aleister Crowley, especi...
was reported by acquaintances to have the ability, even though he himself was not conscious of its happening at the time.

In Islam Idries Shah

Idries Shah

Idries Abutahir Shah , also known as Idris Shah, n? Sayyid Idris Hashemite , was an author and teacher in the Sufism tradition who wrote over three dozen critically acclaimed books on topics ranging from psychology and spirituality to travelogues and culture studies....
and Robert Graves

Robert Graves

Robert Ranke Graves was an England poet, translator and novelist. During his long life, he produced more than 140 works. He was the son of the Anglo-Irish writer Alfred Perceval Graves and Amalie von Ranke, a niece of the famous German historian Leopold von Ranke....
mention the case where senior members of the Azimia order were "reputed to appear, like many of the ancient Sheikhs at different places at one and the same time".

The phenomenon of bilocation is also referred to as an 'out-of-body experience

Out-of-body experience

An out-of-body experience , is an experience that typically involves a sensation of floating outside of one's body and, in some cases, perceiving one's physical human body from a place outside one's body ....
', in which one's consciousness leaves the body and visits a separate location.

In popular fiction

In the movie Poltergeist the gateway to the afterlife is known as the "area of bilocation".

Bilocation

In Christianity

Other examples

In popular fiction

See also