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Stuff They Don't Want You To Know

CLASSIC: The Mind vs. Matter: Feats of the Mystics

Stuff They Don't Want You To Know

iHeartPodcasts

Society & Culture

4.211K Ratings

🗓️ 27 January 2026

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Summary

How much power does the mind wield over physical matter? Could certain human beings, through the force of focused thought alone, walk on fire, lay on nails, and survive being buried alive for days at a time? Listen in to learn more about the fact, fiction and controversy surrounding the famous feats of the mystics.

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0:00.0

Fellow conspiracy realist, we are returning to you with a classic episode.

0:04.8

This is for all of our fellow fans of Time Life books for your coffee table,

0:10.5

Mysteries of the Unknown, the Mind versus Matter.

0:14.1

Mind science of the mind.

0:16.2

Feats of the mystics.

0:17.8

Have you guys ever seen some of these tricks we're going to talk about like

0:21.9

walking on fire laying on nails being buried alive that kind of stuff yes i watched the finale of that

0:28.5

show called the office the american version or it was maybe it wasn't the finale it was close to the

0:33.2

finale i can't remember it was on that show what happened they walked on cold. That's right. It was a team-building

0:39.3

exercise. Yes, I recall. And as it turns out, laying on nails isn't like much of a feet at all.

0:44.2

Your body kind of balances out and you're not going to ever really sink down.

0:46.9

Same with running across coals, depending on how you do it. So we decided back in 2020, five years ago now, almost, to figure out the science behind how this works,

0:59.6

to figure out the philosophical stuff and to see whether there was indeed anything supernatural about it.

1:05.8

We can't wait to hear your thoughts.

1:07.0

This is an I-Heart podcast. Guaranteed Human.

1:13.2

From UFOs to psychic powers and government conspiracies, history is riddled with unexplained

1:19.2

events. You can turn back now or learn the stuff they don't want you to know.

1:25.2

A production of IHeart Radio.

1:38.9

Hello, welcome back to the show.

1:39.7

My name is Met.

1:40.9

My name is Noel.

1:42.6

They call me Ben.

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