Nostradamus
Those who can foretell the future are not restricted to bearded sages and withered hags. Pretty young ladies have from time to time been located capable of the most uncanny predictions. When the words of prophecy seem too grim it is as well to remember that prognostication is about what could happen, not only what will happen.
Reading the prophecies of Nostradamus is not a comfy experience for twentieth century man. The legendary French seer, who was proved time and time once more to have an awesome gift for predicting the future, forecast that in 1999 our world would be shattered by global conflict in a war to end all wars. 4 100 years ago he wrote: ‘In the year 1999 and 7 months From the sky will come the great king of terror … Before and afterward war reigns happily.’
He seems to indicate, however, that the war, which will take place in the Northern Hemisphere, will involve 2 great powers in an alliance against the East: ‘When those of the Northern Pole are united together In the East will be great fear and dread. 1 day the 2 great leaders will be buddies The New Land [America] will be at the height of its powers To the man of blood the number is repeated.’
‘The man of blood’ is recognized elsewhere as being the world’s 3rd anti Christ who will emerge in China. Thus, surprisingly, Nostradamus, seems to be suggesting a war between that country and a Russian; American alliance. And after it is over? ‘For forty years the rainbow shall not appear. For forty years it shall be seen every day The parched earth shall wax drier and drier, And a great flood when it shall appear.’ This, he seems to forecast, would be the wasteland resulting from a nuclear war. He permits us 1 glimmer of hope. Before all hell breaks loose ‘the Heavens shall show signs’, perhaps giving mankind a opportunity to turn back from his/her folly.
Surveying our century from 4 100 years ago, Nostradamus also predicted strife in the Middle East which would bring a Moslem rebellion against the Christian West; he wrote of the Iraq-Iran war and of how ‘the city of Hashem’ [Beirut] would be ‘attacked by several armies and destroyed’. He is credited with having prophesied the atom bomb attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945. Many of his/her predictions are stated in quite clear terms, even mentioning individuals by name, whereas others are phrased in such general terms that even the most devoted Nostradamus scholars some- times disagree on their interpretation. However his/her reputation as Europe’s greatest prophet rests on the number of times he was proved right, both in his/her own lifetime and beyond. Nostradamus was born in Provence on December 14, 1503. His real name was Michel de Nostredame. He decided to change it to the Latin form when he was a student at university. His family was of Jewish descent, but their conversion to Christianity meant young Michel was brought up in the Catholic faith. His grandfathers undertook his/her education between them, teaching him classical languages, Hebrew and astrology. As an adolescent he studied philosophy at Avignon, after that he went on to the University of Montpellier, where he took up medicine, proving himself a brilliant scholar. His fame as a doctor spread quickly during an outbreak of plague, when he saved many patients who had been regarded by other doctors as incurable. Some of his/her success was undoubtedly due to his/her refusal to ‘bleed’ patients who were desperately ill a revolutionary idea in the medical world of the early 16th century.…more…Part-2…
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