Who Was Nostradamus?
French Astrologer, Physician, and publisher of prophecies
Michel de Nostredame usually Latinised to Nostradamus, was born December 1503 and died July 1566. He published collections of prophecies that have since become well known worldwide.
Before his turn to Prophecy and the Occult
Nostradamus very well known in his ealier life for research and theories on hygiene and immunology. Both his wife and childeren died of the plague, this drove him to try and develop his ideas further.
Unfortunately, the church was apposed to some of his ideas, this led to him falling out of favour and banned from his practice. He was laso branded a heretic by the church for his practices.
After the tragedy of loosing his family he turned to new ideas, and began to write. This led to his book "The prophecies" for which he is most famous and remembered for.
Many of his prophecies dealt with disaster such as plagues, earthquakes, wars, floods and the coming of three antichrists.
Nostradamus' way of writing
When Nostradamus wrote his so called predictions he split them up into rhymed quatrains, these are small rhyming paragraphs. Each of his quatrains relates to different events of different natures.
In the last edition of The Prophecies there were three hundred new quatrains, this final edition before his death was reportedly printed in 1558, but now only survives as part of the omnibus edition that was published after his death in 1568. All together there are now only 941 rhymed quatrains remaining.
Nostradamus' Predictions
The Prophecies explored. Predictions or coincidence?
The prophecies consists of rhymed quatrains, 4-line poems, grouped into sets of 100, called Centuries. This book is where many of his predictions originate.
Many of his prophecies dealt with disaster such as plagues, earthquakes, wars, floods and the coming of three antichrists.
Nostradamus' predictions themselves are one thing, but can any of them actually be credited? Is there proof of any of his predictions taking place? In the following paragraphs we will explore this in more depth.
Nostradamus and the September 11th Attacks
"From the sky will come a great King of Terror: To bring back to life the great King of the Mongols, Before and after Mars to reign by good luck."The prophecies - Century 10, Quatrain 72
Although if stuided in more detail it is unlikely, this quatrain is regually linked to the september 11th attacks on new york, 2001. The king can be interpreted as Osama Bin Laden and "from the sky" realtes to the aeroplanes used within the attacks.
However investigations into this quatrain show it is not accurate enough to be linked with those attacks. Are we apposed to connect mongols and Islamic terrorists with each other?
Many of Nostradamus' Quatrains have been linked with terrorist attacks, but do any of his predictions make real sense? The following quatrant is the most accuarete in predicting the 9/11 attacks.
"Sea of fire at the world centre, The tower of the new city will tremble: Two great blocks will be at war for a long time, Then Arethusa will redden a new river."The prophecies - Century 1, Quatrain 87
This Quatrain really could be linked to the 9/11 attacks in new york. If we break it down and analyse it we get many realistic links. To find out more please read on.
"Centre of the world" has been interpreted as "world centre", as in "World Trade Center", "Two rocks" as "Two blocks" and so on. We have to remember when Nostradamus wrote his prophecies, it was before the days of city blocks, terrorist activity, and modern technology such as the stock market. Therefore, interpreting them properly is key.
