Nostradamus: The Complete Prophecies

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His sometimes extraordinary and shocking forecasts include the demise of the British Monarchy, the breakup of the European Union, and Global War. He studied at the University of Avignon, but was forced to leave after just over a year when the university closed due to an outbreak of the plague. One of the legends of Nostradamus says that, during his travels in Italy, he came upon a group of Franciscan monks, identifying one as the future Pope. Modern views of plagiarism did not apply in the 16th century; authors frequently copied and paraphrased passages without acknowledgement, especially from the classics. In 1538, an offhanded remark about a religious statue resulted in charges of heresy against Nostradamus.

None of them were based on the original editions: Roberts had based his writings on that of 1672, Cheetham and Hogue on the posthumous edition of 1568. Quatrain 5/23 reads: “The two contenders will unite together / When most others unite with Mars / The African leader is fearful and trembles / The dual alliance is separated by the fleet. These predictions include the demise of the British Monarchy, the break-up of the European Union and Global War. He invoked obscure Latin words to create possibilities of double meanings; he omitted prepositions, articles, reflexives and connectives, and favoured the infinitive as a timeless, personless form that can be read many ways. Evidently the school took a dim view of anyone who was involved in what was considered a “manual trade.Please give a donation to help me continue offering this service - any amount is appreciated and it only takes a minute.

Nostradamus's father's family had originally been Jewish, but had converted to Catholic Christianity a generation before Nostradamus was born. Revealed that toponymic enfilades in the Prophecies, and in particular that in the famous Varennes quatrain, were certainly borrowed from the Guide des Chemins de France, by Charles Estienne. Hence the headline in the Guardian on Monday 5 July 1999: “Nostradamus wrong (please ignore if the world ended yesterday). Nostradamus: The Complete Prophecies for the Future, by Mario Reading, sold almost 8,000 copies in the week ending 17 September, after selling only five copies the week before the Queen’s death. He became known for creating a “rose pill,” an herbal lozenge made of rosehips (rich in vitamin C) that provided some relief for patients with mild cases of the plague.We human beings cannot through our natural consciousness and intelligence know anything of God the Creator's hidden secrets, For it is not for us to know the times or the instants, etc. After that came Erika Cheetham's The Prophecies of Nostradamus, incorporating a reprint of the posthumous 1568 edition, which was reprinted, revised and republished several times from 1973 onwards, latterly as The Final Prophecies of Nostradamus. His prophecies have been continuously in print since his death on 2nd July 1566, an event that he accurately foretold on the night before it happened.