Joaquim Fernandes, professor of History at the Universidade Fernando Pessoa, member of the Center Trandisciplinary of Consciousness Studies (CTEC). He held a PhD in Contemporary History with the thesis "The Extraterrestrial Imaginary in Portugal- from the end of the Modernity until middle of the XIX century"". Co-editor of the journal "Cons-sciences", published by CTEC is interested by the History of Science and namely the compared anthropology of a visionary experiences, such as the "Marian Apparitions" of Fatima, 1917, about which he published three works in co-authorship with Fina d'Armada.