Editing Bilocation (section)

==In ancient Greece==
The ancient Greek philosopher [[Pythagoras]] was said to have been capable of bilocation. According to [[Porphyry (philosopher)|Porphyry]] (writing several centuries after Pythagoras):

{{quote|Almost unanimous is the report that on one and the same day he was present at [[Metapontum]] in Italy, and at [[Tauromenium]] in Sicily, in each place conversing with his friends, though the places are separated by many miles, both at sea and land, demanding many days' journey.<ref>{{cite web |author=Porphyry |url=https://tertullian.org/fathers/porphyry_life_of_pythagoras_02_text.htm |title=The Life of Pythagoras (para. 27) |publisher=The Tertullian Project |access-date=13 October 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Riedweg |first=Christoph |translator-last=Rendall |translator-first=Steven |date=2005 |title=Pythagoras: His Life, Teaching and Influence |url=https://archive.org/details/pythagorashislif00ried/page/4/mode/2up |publisher=Cornell University Press |page=4 |isbn=0-8014-4240-0}}</ref>}}

A similar story is told of [[Apollonius of Tyana]], who was supposedly present simultaneously in [[Smyrna]] and [[Ephesus]].<ref>{{cite web |author=Philostratus |title=Life of Apollodorus (4.10) |url=https://www.livius.org/sources/content/philostratus-life-of-apollonius/philostratus-life-of-apollonius-4.6-10/ |publisher=Livius.org |access-date=13 October 2021}}</ref>