2020 Nostradamus Page #2

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It has always been an easy task

to take the vague,

undated ramblings

and associate them with any

particular period in time.

He produced his

works, he claimed, on

astrological judgment,

or the possibility of events

such as births and coronations.

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There is evidence,

however, that he stole

and adapted collections

of ancient prophecies,

making them relevant

to his own time.

It is fact that he stole

from Livy, Plutarch,

Suetonius and more, and

much of it word for word.

Today we would call

this plagiarism,

but in the 16th

century it was common.

There is, in fact, a method of

prophecy called bibliomancy,

and it is believed

he practiced this.

All you do is randomly

select a book,

and whichever page it falls

open on gives you your prophecy.

It's all very scientific.

In fact, Nostradamus refused

to call himself a prophet.

He wrote, "Although, my son,

"I have used the word prophet,

"I would not attribute to myself

"a title of such

lofty sublimity."

And again, "Not that I

would attribute to myself

"either the name or

role of prophet."

His book was entitled "The

Prophecies by Nostradamus,"

not "The Prophecies

of Nostradamus."

We do not know the specific

methods Nostradamus used

when writing his

prophecies down.

It is believed he did tell us

that he used flame and water

gazing to enter trance,

but nobody is completely sure.

He did say that he emptied

his soul, mind and heart

of all care, worry and unease

through mental calm

and tranquility.

The majority of his prophecies

speak of catastrophes;

earthquakes, wars, floods,

plagues, murders and more.

All are undated.

Some deal in generalities

and others in specifics

and particular people.

There is a major theme, and one

that has been taken up today

by many believers: the

impending nightmare

of a Muslim invasion of Europe.

They would follow the

antichrist himself.

This, as today, was simply

a mirror of current events.

In the days of Nostradamus,

the powerful Ottoman Empire

was a constant threat,

and many believed

they would soon invade.

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It is this doom that could bring

about the end of the world.

It was a popular theme, and

even Christopher Columbus

published a collection

of such prophecies.

So what is it that Nostradamus

supposedly predicted?

Why has it become so infamous

to the greatest of prophets?

In fact, these are difficult

questions to answer,

because so many people

have credited Nostradamus

with having predicted events

by looking back with hindsight

and assuming that what he wrote

actually meant that

particular event.

The great fire of London

is one of the big disasters

he supposedly predicted.

The rise of Adolph

Hitler is another.

In fact, even the

attack on New York

on September the 11th

has been claimed.

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The famous skeptic, James

Randy, said that Nostradamus

suffered from modern day

manufactured reputation,

his words being fitted to events

that have already occurred

or are so close that they

are predictable anyway.

The truth of the

matter is simple:

absolutely no prophecy

written by Nostradamus

has been interpreted and

proven to have predicted

a specific event before

it became reality,

even those with dates.

Even the false claim

that Nostradamus

said the world would end

in 2012 is not only untrue

but never came true and

wasn't even said by him.

Of course, it could be

that none of his prophecies

have yet to come true,

and we're all waiting

around for it to happen.

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A simple search of the

hundreds of websites and books

dealing with his prophecies

reveals one thing:

that the words were so vague

that almost anything

can be claimed.

If they were specific and clear,

then all the websites

and books would agree.

The truth is they don't;

they differ wildly,

and they do so because everybody

has a different ax to grind.

There are some major events

that are agreed upon, though:

the birth of Hitler,

the rise of Napoleon,

the French Revolution,

the world wars,

and even the nuclear destruction

of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

- [Voiceover] The day

of doom is coming!

Your blood will turn white!

Your face will turn green!

Your eyeballs will pop ...

with pressure!

Because our doomsday

show is the living end!

- [Narrator] The problem

is when the academics

started to get

involved in the 1980s,

they discovered that

none of the actual

documentary evidence backed

up any of these claims.

They had, in fact, been

taken from commentaries

on Nostradamus by other people

and not the actual words

of the man himself.

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Even the prediction of

the death of Henry II,

an event widely claimed

to have been predicted

by Nostradamus was

in fact not true;

It didn't appear in

print until 55 years

after the king's death.

The academics discovered

that the English translations

were so bad that

they were worthless.

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They did not take into

account 16th century French,

and twisted the words to

fit contemporary events.

None of the English translations

were based on the

original source material.

It was, in fact,

a complete mess.

The question now is

this:
if everything

that has been claimed

for Nostradamus so far

has been hogwash,

then could it be

that everybody is looking

in the wrong direction,

that there are predictions

about our relatively near future

that he made that

will come true?

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Let's have a look at some

of the current theories

and interpretations.

One of the really big things

that grabs the attention

of the world right

now is Russia.

It is stated that Nostradamus

wrote a lot about Russia,

that Russia was even good,

and that events in Russia

will one day affect

the entire globe.

Russia, he said, will be

weak in the new century

compared with the West.

Well, in the 20th century

this turned out to be true.

Russia will have a

choice, to join the West

or to stick to its ideology.

By 2018, it is claimed,

Nostradamus said

that Russia will unite

under "his" rule,

whoever "he" is.

There will be a third world

war from 2018 to 2020,

and Russia will capture Europe.

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China will capture the whole

of Asia, apart from India.

By 2025, Russia will

be completely renewed

and then the messiah will rise,

bringing together the

religions of the world.

Well, that's what they say.

It's not too far off,

so we should know soon.

Of course, the other

great threatening element

of our modern

times is terrorism,

and specifically

Islamic terrorism.

There is a lot of

chatter on the internet

about how Nostradamus had

already predicted this.

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Here's how it goes:

in century two, quatrain

30, Nostradamus wrote:

"One who the infernal

gods of Hannibal

"will cause to be reborn,

terror of mankind.

"Never more horror

no worse of days

"in the past than will come

to the Romans through Babel."

Well, Hannibal isn't

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