All language subtitles for The UnXplained Special Presentation s01e04 Extraordinary Abilities

A death -defying escape performed by the
world's most daring magician.

A man who endures below freezing
temperatures using ancient breathing

techniques. And a baffling crime that
was solved by transcending space

and time.

History is full of incredible
individuals who may seem no different

rest of us.

but have somehow managed to transcend
the limitations of the human body.

How do they do it?

Does the secret lie within the power of
the mind? Or is it possible that some

have learned how to tap into forces
beyond our understanding in order to

the impossible?

Well, that is what we'll try and find
out.

San Francisco, California, June 1899.

A little -known 25 -year -old Hungarian
magician and escape artist by the name

of Harry Houdini makes an astonishing
debut at the Orpheum Opera House, one of

the country's premier vaudeville
theaters.

Houdini's father was a rabbi, and when
he lost his job in Appleton, Wisconsin,

the family moved to Milwaukee and later
to New York.

And it was there he met a friend who had
a mutual interest in magic, and they

formed an act, and they took the name
Houdin, and they added an I to the end,

Houdini. And that was really the
beginning of his magic career.

Houdini would come to town, and he would
challenge police officers and

locksmiths to bring their best locks.

He would put himself in these locks and
he would escape them on stage in front

of a live audience.

Houdini's real power and his gift was
his showmanship, his presentation, his

ability to mesmerize an audience, to
connect with them. Because here was this

small immigrant man that conquered all
his fears, that could do things that

nobody else could do.

And so he would have this power over his
audiences in a way that's never been

achieved since.

Over the course of his career, Houdini
performed thousands of death -defying

escapes.

But of all his astounding feats, one was
considered more dangerous and more

impossible than the rest.

Houdini depended on publicity stunts to
draw people to the vaudeville theater to

see him.

The greatest of those publicity stunts
was the overboard box escape.

He started it in 1912 in New York.

He announced that he would be doing this
escape from a pier.

And a massive crowd assembled to watch
this.

And Houdini showed up with his
assistants, with the reporters, with his

crate. And the police also showed up.
And they said, you can't do that.

laws against that.

Houdini decided to rent a tugboat on his
own out in the middle of the East

River.

There, they started the process of
locking him up in the handcuffs, locking

up in the leg irons, tying him up with
the heavy rope, putting him inside this

escape roof wooden crate, nailing the
lid on so it could be open.

And even that wasn't enough.

Then they tied the packing crate up with
this heavy, strong rope.

Because the box had a number of air
holes all around it, and because it was

weighted on the outside with 180 pounds
of iron, it would quickly sink into the

water, the water would go inside of the
box, and of course Houdini with it.

Everyone who worked with him knew that
it was a dangerous feat. The story was

that they used to hold their breath with
him because they used to anticipate how

long he would be under the water.

And about a minute later, suddenly he
would bob to the surface free,

completely free of the box and the
handcuffs.

And what's amazing about the overboard
box escape is that when the box was

hauled up, it was still locked, it was
still nailed shut.

And when it was opened up, the handcuffs
were found inside, also closed.

How did he escape from this wooden
packing crate?

into the river, and nothing was touched,
nothing was damaged, all in less than

60 seconds. That is beyond belief.

It was indeed beyond belief.

Over the next several years, Houdini
would repeat this incredible escape

countless times and for audiences all
over the world.

How did he do it?

It was such a great escape and it
mystified audiences everywhere.

But Houdini had his skeptics.

They wanted to expose him. They wanted
to explain how he did it. They figured

Houdini would sneak in during the middle
of the night and cut a little trap door

or have an escape panel that he could
get out of it some way that nobody knew

about.

So let's just say for the sake of
argument.

that he did use short nails or trick
knots to escape his contraption.

How is it possible that he got out of
his handcuffs, out of his leg iron, put

the box back together again, tied it all
back up, all within 57 seconds while

holding his breath?

Houdini would invite anyone on stage to
examine the nails, to handle the nails,

to put in your own nails.

And you might also suggest, was Houdini
ever in the packing crate in the first

place?

He was in that these had holes in them,
and he would poke his finger out, and

they would see. And even as he would be
raised, he would poke a little American

flag or something out.

So you could see from the time that it
went under the waves that there's

inside that packing crate.

While there are many theories, no one
knows for certain how Houdini pulled off

his overboard box escape.

Even master escape artists, many of whom
spent decades studying Houdini's tricks

and techniques, are still trying to
figure it out, often with deadly

Many people have died doing this escape.

I mean, I was one of them. I'm living
proof of how dangerous this escape is.

In 1983, I decided to do my variation of
the Houdini packing grip.

I got all chained up and locked. I got
put into a wooden coffin. The lid was

nailed on.

It was wrapped and chained. And then the
coffin was lowered into an icy river in

Canada.

And I didn't escape.

I couldn't get out.

I was underwater for nearly four
minutes.

They pulled the coffin out. My cold,
lifeless body was still inside that

It was only the dedicated paramedics
that were up on standby that saved my

I was a very lucky young escape artist
on that day.

For nearly a century since his death,
magicians have tried and failed.

to figure out just how Harry Houdini
managed this incredible escape.

But there are some who believe that the
reason for their failure is simple.

They never considered that Houdini was
capable of performing real magic.

One of Houdini's great friends was
Arthur Conan Doyle, the author of

Holmes. Conan Doyle believed very
strongly in spiritualism, and he saw a

of things that he considered evidence.

that Houdini was actually a psychic and
was dematerializing out of his escape.

He always chided Houdini that he should
be honest with his audience and tell

them not only that he has these powers,
but that these powers exist for everyone

to share.

Sir Arthur firmly believed that Houdini
was supernatural, and he could not be

talked out of this by Houdini.

But Houdini went out of his way to say
there is nothing supernatural about my

feats.

My brain is the key that sets me free.
That was what Houdini would say over and

over again.

My brain is the key that sets me free.

Could the secret to Houdini's incredible
feats really have been revealed in that

simple phrase?

Did the magician have such an incredible
control over his mind that he could

command his body to perform the
impossible?

We may never know.

On October 31st, 1926, Harry Houdini
died of a ruptured appendix at the age

52, taking many of his secrets to his
grave.

But whether his astounding escapes were
made possible by clever devices,

impressive physical skill, or what some
might call real magic,

Harry Houdini remains the most
mysterious and unexplained magician in

Central Iceland.

Here, not far from a massive glacier
where temperatures average just above

freezing, a man has decided to sit
outside in the cold for over an hour,

wearing only a pair of shorts.

His name is Wim Hof, and although most
people would die if they attempted such

feat, he finds it quite relaxing.

Wim has made a great impression on the
world because of his extraordinary

ability to withstand freezing
temperatures.

His exploits have earned him the
nickname the Iceman.

The most challenging aspect of going
into the cold is

your fear.

Control your fear and let the body do
what the body is capable of.

All the doctors said, you are the
Iceman. You are a freak of nature. You

abnormality. You are a superhuman.

But I'm as human as any person, only I
am challenging my body and mind in

nature.

They misperformed a number of feats that
on the surface seem impossible, such as

climbing Mount Everest wearing nothing
but shorts and shoes.

and spending nearly two hours fully
immersed in an ice bath.

But what motivated them to learn how to
brave the cold in the first place?

As a young kid, I was very interested in
anything that was strange,

and stories and deeds of people going
into the unknown, so -called.

And when I was 17, I began to go in
freezing temperatures.

And there I found a deep connection with
my body, with my gut,

with the depth.

And that is now 45 years ago.

And since then, I have never skipped a
day going into the cold.

In these ungodly, below freezing
temperatures, the average person can

death in less than 30 minutes. It's not
an environment that's suitable for

humans.

So with Wim Hof's ability to withstand
cold is really extraordinary.

It just makes absolutely no sense.

For an ordinary person, attempting these
feats would result in almost certain

death.

And yet Wim Hof doesn't just survive in
frigid temperatures. He seems to thrive

in them.

But how?

Well, according to Wim Hof, This ability
doesn't come from his body, but rather

from his mind.

If we follow the breath, then

the mind begins to see.

I learned how to tap into my brain to
have a much greater control than doctors

thought was possible.

When I go in a brain scan or in an fMRI,
and they put cold water upon my

skin with a skin temperature measurement
device, I'm able to raise my skin

temperature so much that the cold water
is making my skin temperature not going

down. That means through the psychology,
I cause something physiologically.

Wim Hof's work is being widely studied
right now in academic settings.

And what's being found is that he can
get into a kind of transpersonal

mental state where the body is freed
from perceived limitations, making him

resilient and capable of acts of greater
stamina.

We're coming to a whole new realization.

of the powers of the mind over the body.

Could Wim Hof's mind be able to regulate
his body's ability to withstand

freezing temperatures?

Many experts believe it's possible.

And as evidence, they point to an
ancient Tibetan breathing technique

tumu, which, if done properly, can raise
a person's body temperature.

Tummo was first described in the 11th
century.

And what it translates to is inner fire.

And the practice is meditation -guided
breathing, where they literally imagine

that their spine is on fire and they can
feel this flame going from their deep

inside all the way to the top of their
head.

And it's believed that they can raise
their core body temperature and feel

heat by practicing this meditation and
breathing strategy.

Tummo gave them control to be able to
withstand elements, and inner control

amidst this external chaos.

Through this meditative practice, you're
literally able to heat up your body so

you can withstand cold temperatures. But
it's a technique that anyone... can use

it. Anyone can be taught how to do this.

If Tulu can unlock the mind's capacity
to control body temperature, then it

naturally begs the question, what other
incredible abilities do our minds

possess?

Well, in the case of Vimov, it appears
that he has taken his mental powers to

the next level in order to actually heal
his body.

15 years ago, Wim ran a half marathon
barefoot in the snow. After the half

marathon, one of the medics examined his
foot and said, hey, this is pretty bad,

and said he has irreparable damage,
third -degree frostbite.

And Wim just was so mad.

He just felt like he could do something
to heal it.

So Wim was... able to start healing his
frostbitten foot by doing his normal

breathing exercises that he had been
doing for years and focusing and

visualizing his foot being healed. And
over a month and a half, it did get

better. The skin healed completely.

The irreparable damage that he was not
supposed to come back from was gone.

Is it really possible that Wim Hof is
simply using his mind to perform these

superhuman feats?

While that idea may sound far -fetched,
Vim is just the latest in a long line of

people possessing such remarkable
abilities.

We have a much more possible control
over our mind and body than meets

the eye.

We can learn to raise our capacity to
endure pain and to tackle.

biological stress.

And that is there for anybody.

Through your mind, you are able to go
further than you have ever been before.

Greenland, April 2013.

Lying within the coastal mountains of
this frigid landscape is Lake Korkunok.

Covered beneath a million tons of ice,
its crystal blue waters hover at a

hypothermia -inducing 33 degrees
Fahrenheit, one degree above freezing.

Wearing only a pair of swim trunks, four
-time world champion free diver Stieg

Severinsen plunges into the icy water in
an attempt to set a new record for the

longest swim under ice.

Without an oxygen tank?

And unable to surface, he risks
unconsciousness and death as he swims

feet underwater, or nearly the length of
a football field.

When most people jump in ice -cold
water, they start gasping and they

Within minutes, you become icy cold to
the core, and your body can

simply shut down.

I understand that people think it's
crazy or wild or stupid even, you know,

unbelievable.

But I love to challenge science. I love
to challenge the human physiology, human

potential.

Steve's swim beneath the ice wasn't the
first time he went to

his dreams.

In May of 2012, he also held his breath
for an astonishing 22 minutes.

But what would compel someone to push
themselves to the limit, risking death

just to pull off a stunt?

Some of us seem to be hardwired to push
the limits. Some of us seem to crave

excitement, intensity, euphoria.

There seem to be a certain fraction of
people.

in need of physical activities or other
kinds of activities that push the limits

of safety or human possibility or
perseverance.

Now it's a question as to whether these
people are seeking euphoria or whether

they're seeking some greater, more
visceral connection with themselves.

Humans have this drive and this need to
seek novelty, to see what's on the other

side of the unknown.

And it's something that is incredibly
dangerous, but also makes us able to do

insanely difficult things.

In the late 18th and early 19th
centuries, a new breed of thrill

popularized the public display of
pushing the limits of human ability,

life and limb to perform death -defying
feats in pursuit of fame and fortune.

And the first of these daredevils was a
man named...

Sam Patch.

Sam Patch was the Evel Knievel of the
early 19th century.

They called him the Jersey Jumper, the
Yankee Leaper. He liked to jump off

things.

Famously, they had a platform erected in
Niagara Falls so that he could jump

into the water, but from a really high
level, 75 or 100 feet.

Unfortunately, it's risky business, and
in 1829, on Friday the 13th, He either

slipped or fell awkwardly and didn't go
in feet first as he normally did.

The audience of several thousand heard a
splat and he was never seen from again.

But Sam Patch's tragic demise did not
deter other would -be daredevils.

Over the next century, countless more
followed in his footsteps, increasing

danger with every attempt.

Including... One who went to the next
level by taking to the skies.

Clem Stone was an aerialist. One of the
first, maybe the first, to build for

himself a kind of gliding suit.

He would jump out of airplanes with the
wings attached and a kind of tail

structure. One of his nicknames was the
Birdman.

He would glide for thousands of feet and
then eventually pull the ripcord and...

parachute to safety.

And he did this on both sides of the
Atlantic.

Unfortunately, outside of Paris in 1937,
in front of a crowd of as many as 100

,000 people, he glided through the air
and then his first chute failed to open.

And then the second one, and then he
plunged to his death.

The practice of performing thrill
-seeking feats is alive and well today,

if not all daredevils survive their
attempt to push the limits.

But why do so many human beings feel the
need to pursue incredible feats, even

if it means risking their lives?

Pushing boundaries and pushing limits is
part of our human nature.

You would think that would be
counterintuitive.

Seeking pain...

Seems like not the brightest thing to do
because we're going against our

survival.

If you look at any animal in the animal
kingdom, none of them really do things

that go against survival instincts.

They just want to survive.

Human beings, on the other hand, we will
seek out things that put us at immense

risk and not for any external reward.

but really for the internal reward of
doing it.

Seeking something difficult, something
hard, often makes people feel alive.

Does risking one's life somehow push
daredevils beyond the limits of what we

consider physically possible?

It's an intriguing theory, but what's
even more incredible is when people are

able to harness the mysterious powers of
the human mind.

Like in the case of a murder that was
solved not by conventional police work,

but rather by using a strange practice
that is known as remote

viewing.

May 2006.

Stephen B. Williams, a successful radio
host and DJ from Colorado, has gone

missing.

For the next two weeks, Police engage in
a massive search.

But despite their efforts, there's still
no trace of him.

Desperate for answers, a close friend of
Williams decides to enlist the help of

Angela Smith, a woman with a unique
talent.

Remote viewing.

He didn't want to give me any upfront
information.

because in remote viewing often that can
contaminate the viewing and lead to

imagination, etc.

The process I use consists of sitting
with a pack of white paper and a pen, a

couple of letters and numbers, and often
nothing more, to go through accessing

colors and shapes and smells and tastes
and going in your mind to the location

and perceiving and bringing back the
information.

I did a session and found water,
brackish water, a land mass, an event

happened.

And it seemed that the individual in
question had been killed, was in the

and a lot of other surrounding
information.

In 2006, I was a commander for the Los
Angeles Sheriff's Department, and I'd

been in law enforcement about 31 years.

It was quite unusual, to say the least,
that Angela Smith would pick up a

particular homicide and provide detailed
information and then try to help solve

it.

I called the homicide investigator and
just said, is he working on a case with

an anonymous body found floating in the
ocean?

By the fact that I had that much
information, I immediately had his

I says...

I've got some information on this, and I
said, I've got to tell you that it's

going to sound bizarre.

Using the information provided by Angela
Smith, the police were able to identify

a nameless body that had been found off
the coast of Catalina Island.

It was that of Stephen B. Williams.

But it didn't end there.

Angela provided information not only
about the victim.

but also about this killer.

After the body had been identified, I
did a profile, like an FBI profile,

and that matched a profile of an
individual that Williams had been in

contact with.

He had actually swindled Williams out of
some money.

The homicide investigator called me back
three or four days later and said, hey,

just so you know, this stuff's legit.

They had a possible suspect, and they
even had a motive, none of which they

getting through the conventional
methods.

I thought, wow, maybe there really is
something to this.

Stephen B. Williams' killer was
eventually apprehended, thanks, it

incredible abilities of Angela Smith.

The idea of remote viewing has been
around for a long time. It's been around

actually thousands of years.

And it's the idea that you can transmit
yourself out of your body and go view

other places and get information and
then figure out what was going on

ever having to go there.

What science has found so far, they
attach electrodes to the brain while

somebody's doing remote viewing.
Sometimes you're accessing information

right brain, reporting it and writing it
down with the left brain. So there's a

dance going on. It's very much a whole
brain activity.

Can remote viewing really provide
visions of people, places and things, no

matter where they are on Earth?

The very notion seems absurd.

And yet, there was a time when some
thought this practice could be used to

the Cold War.

The Russians, during the Cold War, were
investing millions of dollars in

parapsychology, psychic phenomena,
remote viewing.

And the Americans felt that they had to
keep up with the Russians, and so they

developed their own classified program
and were basically trying to train

psychic spies.

I was one of the first people that was
recruited for the remote viewing

It was now being referred to as the
Stargate program.

I was recruited in October of 1978.

In the late 70s, there had just been a
revolution in Iran, and in November of

1979, a group of students who were
revolutionaries took over the U .S.

and took dozens of American hostages.

So when this hostage situation unfolded,
U .S. intelligence had very little

information about how many hostages they
were, where they were being held, etc.

It was reported later that there was a
team of remote viewers that were

working out of a secret location in
Maryland, just outside of D .C., and

they were trying to find out what was
going on inside the embassy.

They said, we need to know who's a
hostage in this place where an embassy

taken over.

Some of the other things we were asked
to do is describe how they were being

treated, what they were being fed, how
they were being guarded, other things

like that.

In this case, we were able to identify
pretty much most of the hostages.

They actually based legitimate
intelligence efforts on the information

got from any of these psychic remote
viewers.

And so we know it worked, but we're
still trying to figure out exactly how

works.

Espionage typically relies on high -tech
equipment like satellites, radio

receivers, and computers.

But, according to those who practice
remote viewing, this technology is no

match. for the greatest computer in the
world, the human brain.

I've been remote viewing now for 42, 43
years, constantly.

People ask me, well, how do you get
information to come down?

I go to a place in my mind where it's
very quiet, and I just open to whatever

information is going to come.

I believe that everybody has a natural
intuitive ability.

So remote viewing, training focuses on
that natural ability and enhances it.

What it says about the brain is that our
brains are plastic. They're able to

adapt and able to learn.

Ross, California.

In this small town in the heart of Marin
County,

lives world -renowned ultra -marathoner
Dean Karnasas.

And by all accounts, he was born to run.

My earliest childhood recollections are
running home from school when I was in

kindergarten.

Literally, I remember sitting in the
classroom just waiting for the bell to

ring. And as soon as that jingle went
off, I was out of there.

I felt like when I was running, I felt
most alive.

most complete.

It's hard to describe, but I just
remember the way the air used to feel on

skin and the leaves changing color. I
just started relating to the world

running.

Dean's somewhat of an icon in the
running community in the sense that he

things other people can't.

Dean's definitely a superman in terms of
being able to run long distances,

repetitive days back to back.

Among Dean's many record -breaking
running achievements are completing 50

marathons in 50 consecutive days,
running 135 miles across Death Valley,

one of the hottest regions on Earth, and
accomplishing a 75 -day, 3

,000 -mile run across the entire United
States.

But perhaps his most incredible
achievement occurred on October 12,

When Dean ran 350 miles without
stopping.

I think I decided to run 350 miles
nonstop out of curiosity.

I wanted to see how far I could push my
body and my mind. And I completed it. It

took me 80 hours and 44 minutes of
continuous running.

Three days straight without stopping to
eat or sleep.

Dean's feats are astounding.

And he is arguably the greatest athlete
in the history of what is called ultra

running.

Ultra running is any distance running
that goes further than the marathon. So

could be anything from 30 miles all the
way up to races that are hundreds or

even thousands of miles.

The six -day race was the precursor to
modern ultra marathon running. It

originated in the 1700s in England.

These athletes tried to cover as much
distance as they possibly could in six

days. So they would sleep as little as
possible, often only getting an hour or

two of sleep during each day to try and
cover as much distance as possible.

Early on, these athletes would run 400
to 500 miles.

But in 1888, George Littlewood set a new
record for the six -day challenge,

covering 623 miles.

So that's over 100 miles a day of
running or walking.

That was so good that that record almost
stood 100 years until Giannis Kouros, a

Greek runner who was one of the best
ultra runners in history, finally broke

So that gives you an indication of how
good these athletes are.

But it's not just athletes who choose to
run such mind -boggling distances.

In fact, there's an entire community
that runs just as far as

do, and they've been doing it for
thousands of years.

Copper Canyon, Mexico.

Here in this harsh region of 10 ,000
-foot plateaus, far from modern

civilization, live a group of people
known as the Raramuri.

Descended from a prehistoric society of
foragers and hunters, the Rarimuri still

live in relatively primitive conditions.

But incredibly, they possess a unique
ability to run for hundreds of miles

in a single day.

The name Rarimuri seems to be derived
from meaning those who run fast.

So, not surprisingly, the Rarimuri are
known as exceptional long -distance

runners. far in excess of what most
people think people should be able to

They have running competitions and
running rituals that would put a lot of

long -distance runners to shame.

They don't have the modern accoutrements
or modern sneakers. They tend to run in

either sandals or barefoot.

And they do this as a big part of their
culture.

Our ability to run for a long period of
time has given humans a great advantage,

especially when it came to hunting and
searching for food.

Humans are one of the best long
-distance runners in the entire animal

We could actually run down things like
deer and antelope.

We're not as fast in the short run, but
in terms of long -distance running, a

human being could theoretically run down
just about any animal on Earth.

In ancient times, running was not only
used as a means of stalking prey, it was

also a method of long -range
communication.

Running served a vital purpose for the
ancient Greeks. They served as couriers

or messengers. They were essentially the
ancient mail system for the Greeks. It

was vital for military strategy in
particular.

In antiquity, the best way to convey
messages, especially matters of war,

matters of religion and so forth, was to
send a himerodromos. So that's the

Greek word for a day runner. It was a
special class of people specifically

trained for this and specifically
equipped physiologically, not only to

a message in a timely fashion, but to do
it over time.

Very rugged terrain, over several
hundred miles.

So in that regard, the extent to which a
Himero Dromos can perform these amazing

feats would suggest that it requires a
kind of superhuman ability.

In the case of Dean Karnasas, his
superhuman running ability may be due to

fact that he is actually of Greek
descent.

I think my ability to run long
distances, is influenced definitely by

heritage. I'm 100 % Greek, and Greece is
the birthplace of long -distance

running, and I've known that for a long
time.

I think I have the natural ability to
run long distances from my heritage, but

having the will to do it is another
thing.

And I think I just have the will to do
it.

Tokyo, Japan, October 2015.

Professional swordsman Eseo Machi is
about to perform an incredible

demonstration.

He will attempt to cut a baseball
traveling at 100 miles per hour,

half, and from a distance of only 30
feet away.

It seems impossible.

That is, until he does it.

When I first saw the video of the
samurai cutting the ball in half, I was

absolutely amazed.

What I like about video these days is
you can do some simple physics. You

he's maybe sort of 30 feet away.

The ball is roughly 100 miles an hour.
That gives you a reaction time of

essentially 0 .2 seconds in this case.

Typical reaction time for really elite
baseball players trying to hit a

tend to be around 0 .4 seconds.

Actually, this is a more difficult task
than something like baseball pitching

because clearly baseball pitching, you
pick up information from the body shape

of the pitcher.

which tells you loosely when the ball is
going to be released.

Whereas in this instance, he seems to
have a wall in front of him. There's a

of uncertainty in terms of when the ball
will begin its flight.

The fact that he can do all these things
in 200 milliseconds is obviously quite

amazing.

In this and in numerous other
demonstrations,

Machi has shown a remarkable ability to
visually track fast -moving objects with

an acuity that few can even dream of.

But how did this swordsman develop such
razor -thin reaction time?

Some experts believe the answer lies in
the brain's capacity to make exceptional

feats seem almost routine.

Someone who's an expert swordsman,
that's a highly skilled ability. It took

years and years to get to the level that
he's at.

And what happens is when you do that
kind of training, the better you get,

brain at the cortex level becomes
quieter and quieter.

And one thing that that gives you is the
ability to do things more quickly.

The circuits are shorter, they're
faster.

The swordsman being able to cut that
baseball in half in such a

short, brief shot.

He had to have spent enough time
building up a program. He just literally

unleashed that whole program.

And the rest of us would just be
flailing around.

Whether it's split -second reaction
times, surviving freezing temperatures,

performing feats that seem like actual
magic, the potential that human beings

have for developing extraordinary
abilities seems almost limitless.

Just how people acquire these
fascinating talents is an enduring

remains unexplained.