15. Materializations were accompanied by flashes of divine light and a strong crackling
During interviews, Sathya Sai Baba occasionally materialized various objects such as rosaries, rings, medallions, and figurines of the Deities. Materialization is a miracle, as a result of which an object that has never existed before this moment appears in physical space.
I often saw how he performed materializations. Outwardly it looked like this: Sathya Sai Baba made characteristic circular movements with his right hand, and after a few moments a flash of bright light occurred in his hand, which was sometimes accompanied by a crackle as an object appeared from the flash of light.
I repeatedly witnessed when materializations occurred through those bright flashes of light and were accompanied by a loud and sharp sound, but sometimes the process of materialization looked a little different. He also made several characteristic circular movements with his right hand and several luminous balls appeared from his hand, from which an object appeared from the balls. There were cases when he materialized objects without a flash of light – objects simply appeared in his hand.
As an interpreter, when I was present at the interviews, I sat under his right arm. As soon as Sathya Sai Baba began circular movements with his hand, it became clear that materialization was about to happen. At such moments, I tried as closely as possible to peer into what was happening.
I was less interested in the objects themselves, which appeared in his hand, as for me the energy sensation at the moment of materialization was more important, especially when it was accompanied by flashes of divine light.
Being close enough to Sathya Sai Baba, at the moment of materialization, I experienced various sensations, for example, a sharp cold, and sometimes, on the contrary, a slight heat wave. Most often, Sathya Sai Baba materialized objects in his room, but sometimes it happened in the large temple in the presence of thousands of people.