Editing Materialization (paranormal) (section)

{{short description|Alleged creation or appearance of matter from unknown sources}}
[[File:Sir William Crookes and Katie King.jpg|thumb|A depiction of Sir [[William Crookes]] confronting the alleged spirit materialization of [[Katie King (spirit)|Katie King]]]]
In [[Spiritualism (movement)|Spiritualism]], [[paranormal]] literature and some [[religion]]s, '''materialization''' (or '''manifestation''') is the creation or appearance of [[matter]] from unknown sources. The existence of materialization has not been confirmed by laboratory experiments.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Roach|first1=Mary|author-link=Mary Roach|title=Six Feet Over: Adventures in the Afterlife|date=2008|publisher=Canongate|location=Edinburgh|isbn=9781847670809|pages=122–130}}</ref> Numerous cases of fraudulent materialization demonstrations by mediums have been exposed.