It's as if two worlds appear to coincide presenting the viewer with a peek into the timeless.
The hyper rationalist will demand proof of that which we experience enabling reality to be recognised through the senses as if to say, without solid proof the experience is simply the imagination, day dreaming. Here lies a dilemma for personal experience can be interpreted according to ones understandings formed through life's lessons. In other words the sceptical observer may well feel justified when responding that it's all in the imagination remote from that which is reality understood through the senses processing the stimuli that we experience.
Critics provide a valuable service for they encourage us to evaluate our experiences with an eye on our imagination playing tricks, leading us into a false sense of security of that which we believe we have understood.
The events at Fatima, Portugal in 1917 were witnessed by thousands of people, with critics declaring that mass hysteria created an illusion easily believed by religious devotees. On the other hand there were witnesses (with no interest in religious beliefs) living miles away from the mass gathering who publicly declared that they viewed the same phenomenon.
Here's a link detailing Marian appearances that might well suggest there is a little more to these events than personal interpretation might evidence.:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Marian_apparitions
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