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The name Nostrodamus evokes everything from reverence, mystery and the occult to total skepticism. It is easy to be a skeptic. It is far more difficult to truly understand. A man from the 16th Century should NOT have been able to write about these 20th Century things:
* U.S. & its Eagle symbol. * Free America to the west.
* Napoleon.
* Hitler. * Mussolini. * Franco. * Roosevelt.
* Pasteur.
* Atlantis. * U.S., French & Russian revolutions.
* WWI & WWII.
* The atomic bomb. * Air warfare; 'flying boats and galleys.'
* The submarine. * Motors & antennae.
* Man-made mountains.
Nostrodamus often mentions exact specifics such as 'Franco' and 'Pasteur.' Even a hardcore skeptic must soften when they realize that somehow...modern events were published in the 1672 edition: 'The True Prophecies and Prognostications of Michael Nostrodamus.' In 1946, Henry C. Roberts wrote as he read the 1672 edition: 'I had perused but a few pages when I was struck by the sense of familiarity that these verses seemed to hold for me. Words that that the author claimed held no significance for him, took on for me a definite meaning, became clearly focused into patterns of events - past, present and future.'
Seer to French kings, Nostrodamus was careful not to be too specific. He understood that this could trouble powerful people in his own time. The result is 4-lined quatrains that serve as enigmatic puzzles. Nostrodamus wrote: 'They would condemn that which future ages shall find and know to be true...(quatrains) are perpetual prophecies from this year to the year 3797, at which some perhaps will frown, seeing so large an extention of time...'
The following verses are some of the most extraordinary. At times, the seer is very specific and the quatrains are not a matter of interpretation. How did Nostrodamus predict? We may never know. Although in the very first two quatrains, the prophet described his source of knowledge:
I / 1 - Seated at night in my secret study,
Alone, reposing over the brass tripod,
A slender flame leaps out of the solitude,
Making me pronounce that which is not in vain.
I / 2 - With divining rod in hand, I wet the limb and foot,
Set in the middle of the branches.
Fearsome awe trembles my hand, I await,
Heavenly Splendor! The Divine Genius sitteth by.
His nightly preparations and visitations seem like a para-normal experience in an occult setting. He employs a divining rod; used for dowsing. Clearly, Nostrodamus trembled in fear during these encounters. As to precisely what 'Genius sitteth by' him, we can only imagine.
X / 66 - The chief of London by rule of America,
The Island of Scotland shall be tempered by frost,
Kings and Priests shall have one who is a false Anti-Christ
Who will put them altogether in discord.
This remarkable quatrain states that British & USA leaders will empower a dictator. An Anti-Christ will betray the leaders and peoples of both countries. The French prophet should not have written 'L'Americh' but he did in X / 66.
VI /33 His last hand bloody through all U.S.
Shall not save him by sea,
Between two rivers he shall fear the military hand,
The black and wrathful one shall be repentant.
Here Nostrodamus actually writes of the U.S.; similar to the previous verse. A number of quatrains speak of the 'Black One' which refers to the leader of the Black Shirts; Mussolini.
VIII / 1 - Pau, nay, loron, more in fire their blood shall be,
Seen to swim, great ones shall run to their surreys,
The aggassas shall refuse the entry,
Pampon, Durance shal keep them enclosed.
This odd quatrain is actually a play on words. If 'Pau, nay, loron' is switched around, it becomes Nay, pau, loron or Napoleon.
III / 35 - Out of the deepest part of the west of Europe,
From poor people a young child shall be born,
Who with his tongue shall seduce many people,
His fame shall increase in the Eastern Kingdom.
Hitler (Anti-Christ #2) was born in Austria and in poverty. With his powers of speech and mob-control, he seduced many. Hitler's influence was even felt in the Eastern empire of Japan.
VIII / 71 - The number of Astronomers shall grow so great,
Driven away, banished, books censured,
The year one thousand six hundred and
seven years by Glomes,
That none shall be secure in sacred places.
Nostrodamus dates all events starting with the Council of Nicaea; A.D. 325. With a given date, 325 must be added. 1607 + 325 = 1932. In January 1933, Hitler became the Chancellor of Germany; banishing and burning books.
VI / 49 - By the project of Mammon, high priest,
They shall subjugate the borders of the Danube,
They shall pursue crosses of iron,
topsy-turvy,
Slaves, gold, jewels, more than a hundred thousand rubles.
'Crosses of iron, topsy-turvy' is certainly a description of the Nazi Swastika. Hitler and his men also wore the Iron Cross. Subjugating the lands around the Danube was foreseen as well.
11 / 22 - The Camp Ascop shall go from Europe,
And shall come near the submerged
Island,
From Arton shall a phalange go by sea and land
By the navel of the world, a greater voice shall be subrogated.
Classic interpretations of this quatrain attribute it to Atlantis (Arton). Nostrodamus did not speak of fantasy-lands, but real history. Atlantis was the 'navel of the world' and spread out to all corners of the Earth.
I / 69 - The great mountain encompasses seven
stadia,
After peace, war, famine, and inundation,
Shall tumble a great way, sinking great
Even ancient houses and their great
foundations.
Could the 'great mountain' be a very large pyramid? This quatrain could speak of the Atlantean destruction. A great tumble might be the Fall of Man. The sinking of the continent is the reference. The 'great foundations' could be massive monoliths that compose the ancient structures.
I / 91 - The Gods shall make it appear to
mankind,
That they are the authors of a great war,
The sky that was serene shall show
sword and lance,
On the left hand the affliction shall be
greater.
Does 'Gods' refer to an advanced technology in our far future? Are the sword and lance hi-tech weapons like lasers and EMPs?
VI / 34 - The contraption of flying fire,
Shall trouble so much the captain of
the besieged,
And within shall be so much rioting,
That the besieged shall be in despair.
The word 'contraption' could mean your basic flying-machines. The rest of the verse seems to describe the destruction airplanes have caused in the World Wars.
IV / 42 - The head cut off of the valiant
Captain,
Shall be thrown down before his
adversary,
His body hanged from the ship's
antenna,
Confused, they shall fly with
oars against the wind.
Here is a remarkable quatrain because of the modern word: 'antenna.' Henry C. Roberts interpreted this to mean radio. Roberts wrote before the age of UFOs. A 'ship's antenna' could mean a flying saucer topped with a power/receiver-type of antenna.
III / 67 - A new sect of Philosophers
shall rise,
Despising death, gold, honors
and riches,
They shall be near the
mountains of Germany,
They shall have abundance of others
to support and follow them.
This quatrain appears to describe the origin of the Secret Society known as the Illuminati. In Bravaria of 1776, the Order of the Enlightened planned to take over the world by deposing Imperial rule.
IV / 27 - Salon, Mansol, Tarascon of six
arches,
Where is still standing the pyramids,
Shall come to deliver the Prince of
Denmark,
A shameful ransom shall be paid
into the temple of Artemis.
Could the 'shameful ransom' be the killing of Princess Diana? She died in France, not far from the Louve where a glass pyramid stands. Artemis is the Greek goddess that in Roman mythology was called Diana. Around where she died is a garden devoted to the goddess Diana.
On the Internet, under Nostrodamus, you can read where he predicted 9/11. They have posted that Nostrodamus wrote of the destruction of the 'twins.' This is not exactly true. On line never gives you the quatrain # where you could look it up in his completed works. The following quatrains could refer to 9/11. They are actual Nostrodamus verses that any reader can verify:
I /87 - Ennosigee, fire of the center
of the earth,
Shall make an earthquake of
the New City,
Two great rocks shall long time
war against each other,
After that, Arethusa shall color
red the fresh river.
V / 8 - The fire shall be left burning,
the dead shall be hid,
Within the globes terrible and
fearful,
By night the fleet shall shoot
against the city,
The city shall be on fire, the
enemy shall be favorable to it.
VI / 97 - The heaven shall burn at five and
forty degrees,
The fire shall come near the great
New City,
In an instant a great flame
dispersed shall burst out,
When they shall make a trial of
the Normans.
I /41 - A siege laid to a city, and
assaulted by night,
A few shall escape to fight
not far from the sea,
A woman swoons for joy to
see her son returned,
A poison hidden in the fold
of letters.
'Assaulted by night' could mean the WTC attack was first initiated at night or mean by dark forces. New York is not far from the sea and some escaped the tragedy. The POISON hidden in the fold of letters is an obvious reference to the anthrax scare that hit D.C. and the rest of the country.
X / 96 - Religion of the name of the
seas shall come,
Against the Sect of Caitifs
of the Moon,
The deplorably obstinate sect,
shall be afraid,
Of the two wounded by
A. and A.
'Caitifs of the Moon' translates to the Arab nation. 'A. and A.' is an incredible reference to America. Nostrodamus might be describing the U.S. and its 21st Century war with Afganistan.
X /67 - The earthquake shall be so
great in the month of May,
Saturn, Caper, Jupiter,
Mercury in Zero,
Then shall hail fall bigger
than an egg.
Confirmation of a previous prophecy (IX / 83) of a May 10th destruction of the 'great theatre.'
VI / 2 - In the year five hundred eighty
more or less,
There shall be a strange age,
In the year seven hundred and
three (witness heaven)
Many kingdoms, one to five
shall be changed.
Adding 325 to 1589, we arrive at 1914 or WWI; a very critical time in our history. 325 added to 1703 is 2028; where powerful nations war and realign.
IX /66 - Peace, union, shall be and
profound changes,
Estates, offices, the low high
and the high very low,
A journey shall be prepared
for, the first fruits, pains,
Wars shall cease, also civil
processes and strife.
The classic interpretation is that a 'Utopian age' shall come to be; but not without much pain. Is this when the meek inherits the Earth?
X / 72 - In the year 1999 and seven
months,
From the skies shall come an
alarmingly powerful king,
To raise again the great King
of the Jacquerie,
Before and after, Mars shall
reign at will.
This is one of Nostrodamus' most famous predictions and the reason Prince wrote his 1999 song. Does 999 mean 666? Could it possibly foretell of a Martian invasion in 2324?
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The following two verses predict an End of the World! In 7000 years, will the sun expand and consume the Earth as in I / 48?
I / 48 - Twenty years of the reign of
the moon having passed,
Seven thousand years another
shall hold his monarchy,
When the sun shall resume
his days past,
Then is fulfilled and ends
my prophecy.
X / 74 - The year seven of the great
number being past,
There shall be seen the sports
of the ghostly sacrifice,
Not far from the great age of
the millennium,
That the buried shall come
out of their graves.
EPILOG: Skeptics should think again before they criticize Nostrodamus. Investigate the prophecies yourself. Recommended reading: The Complete Prophecies of Nostrodamus by Henry C. Roberts.
Recommended viewing: The Man Who Saw Tomorrow; hosted by Orson Welles. Somehow, Nostrodamus knew the future. What other quatrains will suddenly become understandable due to current events?
Comments? Email Doug at: dugko@surfside.net
Additional articles also written by the author:
Shroud of Turin or Carbon 14
Buckminster Fuller: The World Is Round
Who Stops to Question The Man in the Moon?
Betty Hill's Star Map vs Real Astronomy
Wireless World
Life Inside Venus?
© 2002 - D.Y.
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