![]() ![]() ![]() He also felt himself to be an instrument of God. Yet, he felt that fate was not fixed and by simply knowing the strongest possibilities for the future, disaster might be averted through understanding. Today, almost 500 years later, Nostradamus is distinguished as the most widely read seer of the European Renaissance.īecause most of his predictions were so gloomy, some antagonists fault Nostradamus as being a negative influence upon history. Thus was born on December 14, 1503, in the south of France, a man destined to influence mankind – perhaps (ac cording to his own calculations) until the end of the time. Fascinated and curious, we can't really know him – yet we can't forget him. ![]() But Nostradamus endures, not only because his writings make predictions until the year 3797, but also because his method of rhyming in riddle and code makes his work impossible to analyze conclusively (See side bar). Had his predictions been an accurate few about events having come and gone, his name would perhaps be quietly relegated to a tattered page of history long forgotten. Michel de Nostredame, astrologer, prophet, doctor of medicine, herbalist, magician and noted creator of fruit preservatives and cosmetics has mystified occult enthusiasts from the fading twilight of the Dark Ages to the present day. His favorite philosopher was Meister Eckhart who said, "The eye, with which I see God sees me my eye and God's eye is one eye, one seeing, one realizing and one love." In Nostradamus and the Millennium, John Hogue writes of Hermetic (literally "secret" or "hidden") mysticism, Nostradamus' strongest occult influence "It is the oldest mystic tradition in the West, having many parallels with the Eastern school of Tantra and Saivite Hinduism which saw the universe as a divine play or dance of paradoxes." Nostradamus was also trained in Jewish and Sufi mysticism. Yet, not unlike similar wonderings ventured often by many through the years about this mysterious man and his foretelling riddles of the future – several of which appear to involve Hinduism. He will revive the memory of the king of the Mongols."Ī recent United Press International wire service report flashed this 400-year-old quote with speculations that its 16th century clairvoyant author, Nostradamus, might have been predicting current heightened tensions in the Middle East as a prelude to worldwide destruction around the year 2000. "In the year 1999 and seven months, from the sky will come the great king of terror. ![]()
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