Carlos Ayer
T. Laurson Riggs Professor of History and Religious Studies at Yale University and author of They Flew, specializing in medieval and early modern European history with expertise on accounts of levitating and bilocating saints.
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Mar 19, 2026 • 1h 27min
Did These Saints Actually Levitate and Bilocate? The Christians Who Flew With Dr. Carlos Eire
Dr. Carlos Ayer, Yale historian of medieval and early modern Europe and author of They Flew, investigates hundreds of reports of levitating and bilocating saints. He examines canonical inquiries, mystic practices like fasting and prayer, surprising Transatlantic bilocations, and how inquisitions distinguished divine from diabolical claims. The conversation probes why these phenomena cluster among famous holy figures.
