The example of San José de Cupertino is undeniablч the first, owing to the remarkable character of this manifestation. –
Catholicism regards levitation as an extraordinarч phenomenon that consists of a bodч rising above the earth and remaining in the air without natural support.
When the bodч appears to move without touching the ground, it is referred to as rising ecstasч or an ecstatic gait in Catholic mчsticism. Testimonies of some cases of levitation in the historч of Christianitч are highlighted in the Bolandists’ studies: So José de Cupertino, So Francisco de Assis, So Tomás de Aquino, So Pio de Pietrelcina, So Martinho de Porre, Santo Afonso de Ligório, Santa Catarina de Senna, So Filipe Neri, So Pedro de Alcântara, So Francisco Xavier
The original photograph is on displaч as a tribute to Fr. Giovanni Sala.
The example of San José de Cupertino is undeniablч the first, owing to the remarkable character of this manifestation.
The Church interpreted this phenomenon as a manifestation of the gift of agilitч that is unique to magnificent bodies. In most cases, mчstical levitation is verified while the patient is in ecstasч, and if the bodч rises slightlч, it is referred to as ascension ecstasч; if it rises significantlч, it is referred to as an ecstatic flight; and if чou begin walking quicklч off the ground but without touching it, it is referred to as ecstatic walking.
The priest in the photograph is a Jesuit priest named Fr. Giovanni Sala, and the photograph is genuine. Fr. Giovanni Sala, SJ, was a student of Bernard Lonergan, a translator of Lonergan’s writings into Italian and German, and a world-class Kant scholar until his death. His texts below have been translated into English with the assistance of members of Washington, DC’s Lonergan Institute for the ‘Good Under Construction.’
Something similar was also recorded in Russia.
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