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Originally Posted by BigJohn
As mentioned, Maṅgala Buddha, is the sixth of twenty-seven Buddhas who preceded the historical Gotama Buddha as recorded in the Buddhavamsa. The Buddhavamsa is the fourteenth book of the Khuddaka Nikāya, which is the fifth division of the Sutta Piṭaka. Maṅgala Buddha was also the first Buddha of the World called Sāramaṇḍa Kalpa. The Sāramaṇḍ Kalpa is a place where four Buddhas were born. That World was nothing like our current World. As for the word Kalpa, it appears to be a modified Hindu share word.
In the Buddhavamsa, Maṅgala Buddha is described as a Buddha that used the Dhamma Torch to enlighten the dark World. His rays, emanating from him, out shined the Sun and Moon so nobody could see the Sun nor the Moon.
Like his predecessor Buddhas, Maṅgala Buddha was a giant standing about 132 feet tall.
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In Buddhism, there are Siddhis that seem to resonate with Out of Body Experience (OBE), Astral travel, Bi-Location, Levitation, make objects move, psychic ability to know the past, present and future, etc. But in order to do these things, Kasina meditation must be mastered along with other, rarely mentioned meditations. These resonates very much what some other religions teach.
This is all explained in the Visuddhimagga which is a text given second in importance by Buddhist. The first, is the Tipitaka canon of scriptures.