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Nostradamus

Any information which gives us a glimpse of the future ought to be examined. Ignore the skeptics and the defeatists - they tend to be too negative about anything. They don't provide answers, only negativity and criticisms.

Is it possible to get a glimpse of the future? Einstein once stated the future was 'an illusion.' Psychics state that past, present and future are a 'oneness' - are combined into one phenomenon. That the future has already happened boggles the mind. There must be many gifted psychics who made predictions which eventually were fulfilled.

Although I came across many psychics who were not particularly gifted or talented, I came across too many people who went to gifted psychics and were satisfied with the readings they had and confirmed some prediction made to them.

The Prophesies of Nostradamus contain 1,000 quatrains. My research into these quatrains produced some 10 brilliant direct hits - the others I found a little too general to be convincing. Considering he made these predictions before 1672 one has to allow for some 'time' error, especially when Nostradamus deals with events around the beginning of the twenty-first century.

Here are some of Nostradamus' quatrains that some writers think may be relevant to the present time.

Ennosigee, fire of the centre of the earth (nuclear explosion?),
Shall make an earthquake of the *New City (New York?),
Two great rocks shall long time war against each other,
After that Arethusa shall color red the fresh river

*In Nostradamus' time, the U.S. was referred to as the New Land.

AND

Garden of the world near the New City, in the road of
the HOLLOW MOUNTAINS (*skyscrapers?). It will be seized
plunged in the tank, forced to drink water poisoned with sulphur.

*** Warning that the water is going to be poisoned?

AND

The sky will burn at forty-five degrees, fire approaches the great
New City. Immediately a huge, scattered flame leaps up when they
Want to have proof of the Normans.

New York is between forty and forty-five degrees. Flame leaps up could
refer to some huge bomb.

AND

In the year 1999 and seven months, from the sky will come the great
King of Terror. He will bring back to life the great king of the Mongols.
Before and after War reigns happily.

Critics state that Nostradamus failed because nothing particular happened in July 1999. That may be so. But considering today's circumstances, is it not reasonable to allow a couple of years margin of error - when you consider that he was writing before 1672?

-- Victor Zammit (September 2001)