--- In [email protected], "george_deforest" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Angela Mailander wrote: > > > > Unfortunately, I can't remember the names and dates, > > but there are reports of levitation in the Neo-Platonic tradition, > > so the mysterious East is not the only source for such stories. > > Craig Pearson, of MUM faculty, wrote a book about levitation; > i dont think it was published yet; > > but, it includes the spontaneous levitations of > St Joseph of Cupertino, a Catholic saint from the Middle Ages. > > of course there wasnt much Science back then, so there is > not scientific "proof"; however, the suspicious Catholic Church > was convinced of what he was doing; they dont make just anyone > a saint; in their way, they investigate things quite thoroughly. > > this passes for me as: as scientific as you can be for that age; > this monk did float into the air.
Re the Catholic Church's "infallibility" with regard to making people saints: http://www.straightdope.com/columns/020315.html http://www.christiannewage.com/StIodasaph.html http://blogcritics.org/archives/2005/10/20/083045.php http://www.commonwealmagazine.org/article.php3?id_article=1828 Not to mention Saint Dominic, founder of the Inquisition, which brought misery and persecution to millions.
