Fatima Revisited: The Apparition Phenomenon In Ufology, Psychology, and Science (Paperback)

by Fernando Fernandes (Compiler), Joaquim Fernandes (Compiler), Raul Berenguel (Compiler), Andrew D. Basiago (Editor), Eva M. Thompson (Translator), William J. Birnes (Foreword)

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The Fátima Incident of 1917 was a critical event in the history of the paranormal. Believers and skeptics have long pondered the identity of Our Lady of Fátima, the brilliant entity who appeared above Fátima. Was she the Virgin Mary, sharing divine secrets with believers? Was she an angel, bringing a message of peace to a world at war? Or was she an alien being, inspiring humanity to look up and contemplate the mystery of the Cosmos? Now, in Fátima Revisited, an international panel of top scholars subjects the legendary apparitions of Fátima - widely regarded as a sacred religious event - to the scrutiny of modern scientific analysis; explores the connections between encounters with apparitions, angels, and aliens; and proposes a new paradigm for such unexplained phenomena. This third volume in the acclaimed trilogy, which includes the definitive histories of the Fátima case entitled Heavenly Lights and Celestial Secrets, is the result of a transdisciplinary study by the Multicultural Apparitions Research International Academic Network (Project MARIAN) at the University Fernando Pessoa in Porto, Portugal.

Product Details

• Paperback: 224 pages
• Publisher: Anomalist Books (May 13, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1933665238
• ISBN-13: 978-1933665238
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 5.9 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #644,860 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars A Disappointing Third Volume, January 31, 2009

By	Sidney L. Reiners (Grand Rapids, MN USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Having read the first two volumes in this series with great interest, I have been disappointed in this last one. It is simply a collection of essays by skeptics who are determined to take the inexplicable events of Fatima and turn themn into things such as seismic activity (six months in a row on the thriteenth of each month and on schedule as predicted?). The "scientific" examination and theorizing is filled with sloppy reasoning in an effort to reduce everything to naturalism and scientific orthodoxy.

4 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Behind the veil, June 5, 2008

By	Ernest Baltok (Budapest, Hungary) - See all my reviews

The Fatima phenomenon is a paramount event in the history of the Catholic Church. Its ramifications and effects on the masses were considerable. Outside the religious perimeter, scientists question its validity. Ufologists embraced it as a "Divine Apparition" carrying an extraterrestrial message.

Religious organizations- particularly in Portugal, Spain and Italy- venerated the apparition. Independent thinkers with tendency toward the occult believe that the Fatima phenomenon is a hollographic illusion. To find out a rational explanation of this phenomenon you should read this book.

Some 35 years ago, Padre Pio was referred to as an extraterrestrial incarnation in the body of a Catholic Priest. And centuries before him, saints who levitated were considered part saints and part etheric entities.

Today, the saints, the angels and the religious miracles are part of ufology. Strange? Possible? Read the book. It is fascinating.