A mystic claims he can cook fish – using only the power of his mind.

Chinese He Tieheng – who calls himself ‘The Fire God’ – says he uses a technique called Qigong to channel his brainwaves on to food.

He showed off his power to a theatre audience of 7,000 – who said the fish started to smoke and change colour within a minute of him holding it.

Amazed Mei Lee, 29, who was at The Lark Theatre in Guangzhou, China said: “Afterwards he had black soot on his hands where the fish was singed.”

Tieheng said: “The power of the mind is able to conquer natural forces.”

He claimed he could channel “psychopneumatological force”, adding: “I once cooked a carp thinking about a gas range belting out 1,000ºC heat.”

(Original headline: ‘Fire God’ has heating hands )

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