qi

Ever wanted to throw fireballs with your hands as if you were the Human Torch or perhaps Jean Grey?  Well, as chucking scorching flames around the room might get a little, uh, exciting, most would settle for just being able to start something on fire.  The power of combustion in the palm of my hand?  You can count me in! Well, setting the morning paper alight seems to be just one of the many talents of the man in this video.  Now, considering the lack of documentation of this study, it’s pretty difficult to outright say, “Yeah, this is soooo real!” without receiving some raised eyebrows. But qi (or chi), is a theory of body-energy that’s been explored with in various cultures for thousands of years.  Qigong, an inner-energy which can be trained to heal, has been a part of Asian (particularly Chinese) medicine for centuries, right along side acupuncture and herbalism.  Some would call it the magic of Asian folklore.  In parts of Africa, Dogon doctors would practice juju,