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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. Matter is commonly referred to as the substance of which physical objects are composed. ... According to many religions, a miracle is an intervention by God in the universe. ... Anomalous phenomena are phenomena which are observed and for which there are no suitable explanations in the context of a specific body of scientific knowledge, e. ... Conservation of energy also known as the first law of thermodynamics is possibly the most important, and certainly the most practically useful, of several conservation laws in physics. ...


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). Christianity is a monotheistic religion based on the life, teachings, death by crucifixion, and resurrection of Jesus of Nazareth as portrayed in the New Testament writings of his early followers. ... This 11th-century portrait is one of many images of Jesus in which a halo with a cross is used. ... The holy Jewish scripture: The Torah. ...


Another example that is not paranormal is psychosomatics. The psyche - non-material - is manifested in the body (matter). When people have psychological problems those can be manifested in the body. A common example is a stomach/gastric ulcer.


The contemporary gurus Indian Sathya Sai Baba (SSB) and Swami Premananda claim to perform materializations but both are accused of fraud. Spontaneous vibuthi (holy ash) manifestations are also reported by followers of SSB on his pictures at their homes. A guru (गुरू Sanskrit) is a teacher in Hinduism, Buddhism and Sikhism. ... Sathya Sai Baba Sathya Sai Baba (born Sathya Narayana Raju with the family name Ratnakaram, circa 1926-1929) is a popular, controversial Indian guru who has millions of followers and hundreds of Sathya Sai Baba groups in many countries. ... Swami is a Hindu monastic title that can refer to a person who has taken sanyasa. ... Vibhuti is the name for sacred ash used in religious worship in Hinduism, especially connected with Lord Shiva. ...


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CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Materialism (5324 words)
Materialism in the narrow sense, that is the denial of the soul.
Materialism, must deny the immortality of the soul, since in the dissolution of the body the soul must also perish, and he labours to no effect when he tries to bolster up the doctrine of survival with all kinds of fantastic ideas.
Materialism." What he says indeed of the relaxation of philosophical effort is no longer true today; on the contrary, seldom has there been so much philosophizing by the qualified and the unqualified as at the beginning of the present and the end of the last century.
Materialism (613 words)
Materialism can refer either to the simple preoccupation with the material world, as opposed to intellectual or spiritual concepts, or to the theory that physical matter is all there is. This theory is far more than a simple focus on material possessions.
Materialism as a philosophy is held by those who maintain that existence is explainable solely in material terms, with no accounting of spirit or consciousness.
Materialism, at its simpler level, involves the focus on material "things" as opposed to that which is spiritual or intellectual in nature.
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