Awesome so glad this made it, and there were some excellent options in the running which could easily have been picked. A little busy right now, so I’ll just copy an older comment of mine to potentially spark some discussion and return with some fresh thoughts when I’ve got a minute. edit: new comment is at the bottom, seems like the downvote shills don’t appreciate the empowerment of the masses

17min source documentary: https://youtu.be/TdYM0vNufwc

HD version of the LED demo: https://vimeo.com/269359104

After seeing it (almost) first hand in this footage, I was forced to re-evaluate my stance on every other reference to magic throughout history.

In addition to the video footage, in the past westerners have been able to seek out Chang and train under him. A Greek engineer did so for years and wrote a book trying to apply a scientific approach to what he witnessed and experienced. This book really shines an interesting light on not just the what observed in the video, but investigates possible answers for the how as well. In addition, it's just a highly engrossing book.

PDF of the book: https://www.sacred-magick.com/free/files/The%20Magus%20of%20Java.pdf

I believe John Chang is by far the most convincing case of human potential exceeding the limits set by our current paradigms. A thorough look into him and the mystery around him is able to shine a light on the many dark and seemingly disconnected areas that conspiracy research takes us.

Note: If your only contribution will be to cry "fake" or bring up some non-sequitur about Randi and his ilk of mental midgets, look up the Neurophysicist, Neurologist, Medical Doctor, Documentarian, and the Mechanical Engineer who helped design the F-18 fighter jet with General Dynamics, and debunk them first. They saw Chang with their own eyes and walked away convinced. Linking to a video where someone makes a purple fire using chemicals proves literally nothing more than your own lack of comprehension.

A more well studied practice, known as Tummo and practiced by Tibetan buddhists, is quite similar to the foundations of Chang's practice.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WajTafbG7II

https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2002/04/meditation-changes-temperatures/

https://www.nature.com/articles/295234a0

"During visits to remote monasteries in the 1980s, Benson and his team studied monks living in the Himalayan Mountains who could, by g Tum-mo meditation, raise the temperatures of their fingers and toes by as much as 17 degrees. It has yet to be determined how the monks are able to generate such heat."

Dr. Herbert Benson of Harvard Medical, also published in the journal nature.

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/04/130408084858.htm

https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0058244

"The researchers collected data during the unique ceremony in Tibet, where nuns were able to raise their core body temperature and dry up wet sheets wrapped around their bodies in the cold Himalayan weather (-25 degree Celsius) while meditating."

Similarly, Wim Hof has demonstrated a Westernized approach to g-Tummo that removes the more spiritual or "traditional" aspects in favor of a pragmatic "just what works" approach. In this study he taught 25 subjects his method, and they were all able to overcome the negative effects of an endotoxin injection, while the control group who didn't receive the training fell ill with flu-like symptoms

https://www.radboudumc.nl/nieuws/2014/oefeningen-beinvloeden-het-autonome-zenuwstelsel-en-immuunsysteem

(use google translate, they haven't made the article available in English)

Some interesting facts:

The newspaper “The Epoch Times” as many of you may know is run by a “fringe religious group” or “minority oppressed by the CCP” depending on where you get your propaganda. However the group behind The Epoch Times (the Falun Gong) may have been persecuted first for their popularization of ancient traditional knowledge, and in response became the free speech/anti-communist voices they are now.

Thanks to the constant cross-pollinations between the various Asian nations, many of the same ideas have been translated into English in similar but different ways. Learning the nuance of these words and their origins sheds interesting light.

For example:

Qi=Chi

Gong=Kung (think Kung-Fu)

Thus Qi Gong = Chi Kung, more terms to broaden your search

Dao=Tao , (if you’ve ever wondered the difference between Taoism and Daoism)

Read the appendices of the book linked in the OP for an EXTREMELY interesting dissection of these energies from a western or scientific perspective

This energy seemingly specific to conscious beings, or bio-energy, has been noticed by many cultures on earth and been given as many names. What I hope to do is set people on the path of linking the various strands of ancient knowledge so that together we can approach closer to Truth. I do not assert that anything I’ve posted is indisputable fact, but it rises far above what simple minds will instinctively lash out and cry “hoax” to.

Three scholars hear of the Dao. The wisest scholar dedicates every further moment to its study. The wise scholar is intrigued, but unsure of how to proceed. The ordinary scholar bursts out in laughter.