Bilocation, or sometimes multilocation, is a term used to describe the ability/instances in which an individual or object is said to be, or appears to be, located in two distinct places at the same instant in time. The term has been used in a wide range of historical and philosophical systems, including early Greek philosophy, shamanism, paganism, folklore, occultism and magic, the paranormal Hinduism (as one of the siddhis), Buddhism, spiritualism and Theosophy, mysticism in general, as well as Christian mysticism and Jewish mysticism.