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his own disciples doubting his resurrection (Matthew, XXVIII. 17), Jesus led them out as far as to Bethany (Luke, XXIV. 50), and there was parted from them and carried up (Ibid. 51). Walking in the air is a phenomenon falling in the same class as walking on water; they both depend on what has now come to be known as the power of levitation, which is developed by certain well-disciplined souls. Psychic research shows that such a power exists, although its manifestation in the limited circle to which the modern research is confined is extremely rare. The adepts of old possessed the power of levitation,* and could fly from one place to another in the air. An adept of the stamp of Jesus must have possessed it, too, in a highly developed degree. When he disappeared from view and did not return, it was naturally thought thắt he had gone up to heaven.
* There does not seem to be anything in the nature of an impossibility inhering in the power to walk through air. What stands in the way of man, in that respect, is the force of gravitation ; but it is obviously not an uncontrollable force, since the birds can fly, and, also, because he himself walks, jumps and dances in utter defiance of it. What enables him to do this is his will. It would seem that some magnetic law comes into operation on these occasions, enabling man to override the force of gravity, so that when the will is negative, as in sleep, he is unable to break away from the force of gravitation, but when it becomes positive, it is easy to act in defiance of it. Now, since man is able to partially override the force of gravitation in the movements he makes, and since these movements flow from an act of simple volition, it follows that the full development of will must be characterised by mastery over gravitation to a still greater extent. Hence, to the indomitable will of an adept of the type of Jesus, flying in the air would be but a child's play.
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