A closer look
Levitation has been claimed by mystics, saints, and yogis for centuries as a sign of ultimate spiritual detachment from the physical world. Some devout practitioners supposedly meditated so hard they just floated away from the floor, though surprisingly, these miracles only seemed to happen when camera equipment was not around to document them. In the modern era, transcendental meditation groups charge thousands of dollars to teach yogic flying, which in practice just looks like a bunch of cross-legged people aggressively hopping on foam mattresses. The fact that anyone pays top dollar to basically engage in spiritual potato sack racing while calling it mystical levitation shows exactly how profitable the intersection of gullibility and enlightenment can be
