My own experience is not a physical 'bi-location' so it would have astral or other simpler connections. Still, what difference is between physical and metaphysical might be a large part of whole reality we are struggling to conceptualize. Whether we call it 'The Theory of Everything’ like Stephen Hawking and Einstein or Unified Force Field of Tesla and Michael Faraday we are treading in some truly exotic territory. Though that is true, there are many exotic realities to be considered and 'denial' isn't a river in Egypt. That is one of places that Pythagoras (born to at least one acknowledged Phoenician) went to learn some very amazing things from Pyramid. There are numerous people who reported upon his 'bi-location' experiences. These same people are considered credible when they report other things. Michael Grant is arguably top modern classical history scholar and he writes that Pythagoras had some 'weird' ideas, even as he acknowledges he knows little about things that were so well by and about a sage who affected all areas of life in his time. He reports these stories as fairly as can be expected for a person who has no basis to judge such things. The idea of 'bi-location' certainly is 'weird' but so are parallel universes, dark matter, intelligent design, cold fusion and a whole host of genetic, robotic and other scientific realities starting with computers which are about to include quantum teleporting gates.

For those who want a little more insight to Pythagoras and Pythagorean Brotherhood we have an entry under Croton. The issue of 'bi- location' itself relates to a variety of other concepts and mysteries but if it is a purely physical experience it might involve time and dimensional shifts, both.

"After Saint Therese Neumann, Padre Pio {Carmelites are very psychic Christians whose learning may include things of Enoch and Jasher, which sadly were removed from Bible.} is perhaps most widely observed Western saint to demonstrate divine powers of healing and regeneration. The first signs of his extraordinary qualities occurred unexpectedly on September 20, 1918. Then a 31-year-old Capuchin monk, Padre Pio was sitting alone in monastery chapel, praying after mass. Outside, Padre Leone heard a scream within chapel and ran in to find Padre Pio lying unconscious on floor, bleeding profusely from five wounds of stigmata.

Several monks carried him to his room, where he begged them to keep his condition a secret. But word spread. The Church quickly put a ban of silence on Padre Pio, concerned that this untested monk might be manifesting symptoms of hysteria. He was forbidden to write or speak in public--'yet over next five decades, Padre Pio would prove to be one of most remarkable Western saints in history.'

Conscious dreaming may have an element of positive thinking and visualization or prayer (wishful thinking) that pure astral travel does not. Some purists will say that OOBEs or 'Out of Body Experiences' are only astral events. It is possible for others to take you with them on their 'travels' and adept I mentioned in relation to mountain-climbing Sutra did that with me. I met Blue Harary at Psychical Research Foundation in Durham North Carolina many years before he wrote his book on subject. He had a black cat in his room when I saw him doing his research with them. I have found this helpful myself. Whether that is a 'familiar' or a guide and sometimes even known as an ally is also just words. What might work is what should matter.