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Published on March 26, 2024

Bilocation

  • Multilocation

Description

It is a supposed psychic or miraculous ability in which a person or object is (or seems to be) in two different places at the same time.

For example, it is believed that the ancient Greek philosopher Pythagoras was capable of bilocation. According to Porphyry (who wrote several centuries after Pythagoras):

It is almost unanimously reported that on the same day he was present in Metaponte in Italy and in Tauromenia in Sicily, in each place talking with his friends, although these places are separated by many miles, both by sea and on land, requiring a multi-day journey

Bilocation in popular culture