Materialization
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A materialization is the creation or appearance of matter from nowhere and out of nothing. Some miracles involve materializations. The existence of the paranormal phenomenon of materializations is disputed and has never been observed under controlled circumstances. Materializations would break generally accepted scientific laws such as the conservation of energy.
The most famous example of a materialization in Christianity is the story of the multiplication of bread and fish by Jesus to feed a hungry crowd, according to the Bible (John 6:1-15 & Mark 6:35-44).
External links
- Report on an Indian Swami claiming to Materialize objects: The value and limitations of field observations (http://www.hi.is/~erlendur/english/Sai%20Baba%20Indians/Gyatri.pdf) by Erlendur Haraldsson and Joop Houtkoper (1994), pdf file, can be viewed with Adobe Acrobat reader
- Sai Baba and Materialisation (http://www.saiguru.net/english/articles/77materialisation.htm), 2003 article by Serguei Badaev, a former follower of Sathya Sai Baba