If Chris Angel can levitate, then so can Shoko Asahara, the cult leader of Aum Shinrikyo crazies in Japan:
He came to public notice through an article in the popular "Twilight Zone" magazine that showed him supposedly levitating in a yoga pose. Yoga exponents had practiced the technique, which consisted of flexing the thigh muscles to imitate levitation, for centuries.
Links: Article on Aum Shinrikyo by Patrick Bellamy at Crime Library (also photo source) | Wikipedia article
They hopped around the studio looking foolish claiming they could develop their 'power' to be able to fly.
It was a real shame he wasted his talents the last decade of his life getting wrapped up with the bunch and stopped performing....