For Many years scholars and interpreters have been trying to find any truth that
could possibly be found in the writings of Nostradamus. For many occasions people have
been convinced that this man could see the future and he documented it in his many
journals and books titled The Centuries. The writings and prophecies have been a
controversial issue for many years. Most Nostradomus translators have more than likely
misinterpreted his work because of his nearly illegible style of writings, thus false
information is commonly found about this man of the past.
Nostradamus, a French Jew converted to Christian who lived in France in the 16th
century. Born Michel de Nostredame on December 14th 1503 in St. Remy, France. He
was the oldest of five children. His grandfather, Jean, taught him Latin, Greek, Hebrew,
mathematics and astrology at an early age. Nostradamus received a medical degree in
1529 and became a physician. “Nostradamus made his reputation as a doctor of
extraordinary skill gave generously to the poor.” (Sobel B)
Nostradamus was in his late when he frequently went into a meditative state and
reported to have visions of the future. He began to document his visions in a number of
journals in a mixture of Latin, French, and Greek quatrains, publishing his famous
“Centuries” in 1558. Nostradamus had married twice, losing his first wife and children to
the plague. Living in France from 1503-1566 AD, making a living as a wealthy French
astrologer and physician, Nostradamus led an almost perfect life for his time.
The Frechman also predicted his own death which occurred on July 2, 1566. I t
was the end of his foretelling the future on this planet.
De retour d`ambassade, don de roy mis au lieu,
Plus n1en fera: sera alle a Dieu
Parans plus proches, amis, freres du sang,
Trouve tout mort pres du lict et du banc.
When translated:
On his return from the embassy, having secured the kings gift,
He will be no more, (his spirit) having returned to God,
Nearby will be his close family, his friends and his brothers,
He will be found dead near the bed and the bench.
Nostradamus returned to his home late in the day returning from a visit of the king
for which he was presented with three hundred gold crowns. After being worn out from
the carriage ride home he decided t...
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... predictions are fake
many do believe that he could accurately predict the future.
Lets just think for a second, What could I predict for the future that will ensure my
prediction to come true? The first thing that I would do is predict something to happen
with fire. Come on how many events in the past, present, and future result in a fire? I
would also predict it to happen in a large city like our ever so brilliant Nostradamus.
Answer this, how many things have happened in the city as result to fire. Eventually it
would come true and Nostradamus was no dummy.
Is it wrong to assume that Nostradamus could in fact predict the future? From the
information gathered it is easy to come to the conclusion that the writings of Nostradamus
can no more tell the future than a child’s nursery rhyme.
A prediction that can only be interpreted after the events it supposedly foresees
have occurred is not a “predition” at all. Anyone could spew out a thousand vague
“prophecies” and not have to explain what they meant until after the events they
supposedly predicted had occurred. With this it is possible for anyone to manage a pretty impressive
record for accuracy too.
Probably Nostradamus’ most incredible predictions are the ones of the future. He is said to predict the third antichrist as one from the middle east which would bomb the new city and he gives the latitude of New York city. Not only that, though, he says specifically that the city would be attacked twice. This relates tremendously to the attack on the world trade center believed to be planned by Osma Bin Laden. But, even though it does say that the city would be attacked twice, it also says that the first attack would fail.
A prophet uses prophecies to not only prove they have powers, but also to benefit others. The second prophecy came to Owen in his dreams when he envisioned the reason and the way his life woul...
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The difference between a fire that is warm and friendly and one that is ferociously hot and destructive is size. A small fire in a campsite can take the edge off the cool night air, and a raging forest fire can destroy a thousand acres in a few hours. Fire has been one of our most important tools on our journey from the beginning of time to the present day. It also poses a severe threat to mankind if it is not controlled. Children often experiment with fire. Any time a child starts a fire he endangers himself and the people around him. Juvenile arson happens on a routine basis, and has very outreaching consequences. Fires statistics reported by fire departments in 2003, show that children started approximately forty-two thousand fires, causing an estimated one-hundred sixty-five civilian deaths, nineteen hundred civilian injuries and two-hundred seventy-two million dollars in direct property damage (United States Fire Administration, 2004). The price that society pays for juvenile-set fires is extremely high. Tragically, the lives of the very children setting the fires account for most of the lives that are lost.
“The most conspicuous… is probably their practice of obtaining supernatural power in a dream or vision…” (519). The Dionysian cultures believed that they could go on quests to achieve a vision of the future. Today, those quests are no farther than the telephone, advertisements on television, or on your computer screen. Everyday, people are introduced to different experiences where they can “find out their own future”. Societies have always wanted to know their futures. Recently though, the urgency to know one’s own future has increased dramatically. With the technological advances that have taken place in our society, fortune telling has become more apparent. Societies are feeling increasingly out of control of their own lives, and are going to these fortunetellers to feel more self-assured. “On the western plains they believed that when the vision ...
could never be as successful as his past. He did know that his work would have
On January 15th, noontime, in the year of 1929, a man of great pride, diligence, and intellect would be brought into the world. When his time came forth, he would display an image of humanity living, loving, and coming together as brothers and sisters under God, to outweigh the inequality ingrained in society for hundred of years. He was a smart man, smart indeed, but overall he was well motivated, driven, and willing to work for what he wanted. He embodied the mindset that anything was possible if you put your mind to it. Follow your dreams and they will become reality.
Considered one of the worst natural disasters in world history, the Black Death came through Europe in 1347 A.D. It ravaged cities and town, causing a death to the masses, and no one was considered safe. The Plague is any epidemic scourge or calamity for which remedies are difficult to find, and according to the encyclopedia, plague is a common term for a disease of rodents that occasionally cause severe human infection. Named for the black spots that appeared on the victims’ skin, the original disease originated from Oriental Rat Fleas and black rats. It first infected Mongol armies and traders in Asia, and then began moving west with them as they traveled. There was no natural immunity to the disease, and standards of public health and personal hygiene were nearly nonexistent. It is believed that if people had not fled to nearby cities in hopes of escaping the plague, it might not have ever spread like it did. In the end, it passed through Italy, France, England, Germany, Denmark, Sweden, Poland, Finland, and even up to the island of Greenland. City dwellers were hit the hardest due to the fact of crowded streets and the lack of sanitation. Up until the mid-15th century, recurrent epidemics prevented the recovery of Europe’s population to pre-plague levels. The Black Death was an important turning point for the history of Europe. This time was “the beginning of the end of the medieval period and the start of a social transformation of the continent.” The social and economic impacts of the plague were so huge, economics, politics and the European society would never be the same again.
...s a document in his coffin which would decode his prophecies. From reading the book 'The Legends of The Renaissance: The Life and Legacy of Nostradamus' by Charles River Editors, it states that in 1700 the coffin was moved to a wall of the church where a quick look inside the coffin proved that as suspected, the rumours were in fact, incorrect.
vision which inevitably led him disgracing his son and making mistakes as his own father did. “I will not
saw the future demands of the computer industry. He was able to build a personal
on the radical views of the time. After all of his adventures, big and small,
church in New York in 1830. He said that he had visions of God and other
I once knew a madman who thought the end of the world had come. He was a painter—and engraver. I had a great fondness for him. I used to go and see him, in the asylum. I'd ...
Whether you consider the future to be one hundred years away or just a second the conception of the future is always the same. There are numerous views on the future but each one says the identical thing. I don?t know what the future holds but I know who holds the future.