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To many interpreter's, the Centuries of Nostradamus are rife with prophesies of the violent and savage events of our own day - from the rise of Hitler to the assassinations of both President John.F. Kennedy and his younger brother, Robert. The supposed references to the third Reich were so widely believed in Germany, in fact that both England and the Nazis created counterfeit quatrains favorable to their side and dropped from planes as tools of propaganda. On the other hand, one of the authentic quatrains struck many as prefiguring the war itself: "Living fire and death hidden in globes will be loosed, horrible, terrible; by night enemy forces will reduce the city to powder"A flurry of renewed interest in the Renaissance seer came because of the climatic events in Iran when the ruling shah was forced off Peacock Throne by a populace devoted Ayatollah Khomeini, who had been exiled to France. According to one translation, Nostradamus had written: "Rain, famine, and war will not cease in Persia; too great a faith will betray the monarch. Those{actions} started in France will end there, a secret sign for one to be sparing." An accurate prediction or tortured interpretation?For the early 19th century, it seemed that Nostradamus had predicted that Napoleon would successfully invade England and rule Britannia long and serenely. In fact, of course, he died a prisoner of the victorious British. Controversial Celebrity One of France's greatest poets, Pierre de Ronsard, wrote: "Like an ancient oracle, he has for many years predicted the greatest part of our destiny" Clearly, the prophet delighted in the respect paid by royalty and the fame that continued to grow until his death in 1556. Inevitably, many remained highly skeptical of his work or, worse, considerate him nothing but a clever charlatan, preying on the credulous. Nostradamus also predicted the manner of his own death: "Close to the bench and bed will I be found dead." After announcing one evening that he would not survive the night, he succumbed to goat and was discovered dead the next morning alone in his bedroom, near his writing desk. Did Nostradamus Predict the 9/11 Attacks?"In the City of God there will be a great thunder,Two brothers torn apart by Chaos, while the fortress endures, the great leader will succumb",The third big war will begin when the big city is burning" - Nostradamus 1654 Nostradamus didn't write the passage. He died in 1566, nearly a hundred years before the date of attribution. The quatrain in question is nowhere to be found. Can it be that a Nostradamus -like passage can be so cryptically composed as to lend itself to myriad interpretations?
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| 1. the_punisher (90) | 1 year ago | i'm not familiar with nostradamus or any of his quatrains and neither do i intend to read about them because i don't believe in them.i do like controversial stuff though like the third secret of fatima but i don't know much about it.from the ones you posted they seem pretty cryptic and you could draw plenty more meanings from them.maybe its coincidence maybe its not,i wouldn't know and i don't think anyone other than nostradamus would know.i guess like the amber room this is going to be a secret too:)
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Anniedup (1700) | 1 year ago | I joined hubpages months ago for creative writing and started this piece about Nostradamus under the heading Mysteries and Unanswered Questions,not because I believe in it, but merely for the interest of it. So many other events in history, like you mentioned, the room that vanished, there are many different interpretations of events and people.
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| the_punisher (90) | 1 year ago | i knew you were on hubpages i've had a look at a few of them too and i remember telling if you google this "annalene on hubpages" your page is the top result and thats how i found your page.i always wanted to do some creative writing,but desire is not the same is action.so admire those who can.my english is not as fluent as yours but i try and i write stuff struggle with it:) maybe someday when i'm satisfied with it i'll send you some to read
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Anniedup (1700) | 1 year ago | You are way too kind I don't think my English is that good and there is nothing wrong with your English I have no problem understanding you at all xx
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| the_punisher (90) | 1 year ago | well its not about making the other people understand its about expression and art and creation and that sort of thing i don't know the words for it(poor vocabulary) :( i like your style so much because you can do something that i can't and that impresses me because despite my efforts i don't think i will be able to match you any time in the near future,i'm too darned lazy anyway:P
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2. deadraven999 (537) | 1 year ago | Hi there ... Well about Nostradamus, I guess it could be one of the two things: 1) Some said he did not write prphecies but he commented on events that were taking place during his time but he wrote them in a cryptic and symbolic way. But Nostradamus enthusiasts credited him with predicting huge events like Adolf Hitler and 9/11 attacks. 2) Another possiblity is that he based his predictions on astrology. Some believe that Nostradamus used some prophecies (mainly bible-based) and historical events then he projected those into future with the aid of horoscopes. Note that Nostradamus was familiar with latin printed editions of a range of esetoric writings. Anyhow, Nostradamus claimed in 1555 he burned all occult works in his library but no one can say what books were destroyed on fire. Very Nice Post xxxxxxx
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Anniedup (1700) | 1 year ago | Nice to see you hear my friend, sometimes when I post something on Nostradamus, it is almost like the old musicians, people love the mystery that surround them. He was one thing for sure, a very bright human being, thank you for your knowledgeable input as always. xx
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3. Yestheypayme2dothis (2105) | 1 year ago | I do not consider him to be a prophet at all. I believe that people can know about the future in ways that have nothing to do with the Bible. An example would be fortune tellers. They are not God's Phophet by any means. There are those who learn about the future through satan.
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Anniedup (1700) | 1 year ago | Yessie your response reminds me of my Dad he always use to tell us, "take a beautiful flower the bee visits it and makes honey, the spider visits it and makes poison"
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Anniedup (1700) | 1 year ago | Oh J.. I could not in my wildest dreams explained it like you just did. I totally agree with you he was a very intelligent human being indeed. He fine tuned his ability to observe human behavior, to a fine art. "If you put a few people of expertise in front of a herd of the far less informed and these few tell the masses what to think the power of the group's thinking will become the "word." And from that day forth it is figuratively written in stone." Absolutely TRUE!
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jumpinjack00 (1370) | 1 year ago | Thanks for the vote my SA friend. ‹(°¿°)›
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5. liperoterachel (10204) | 1 year ago | Hi, I find Nostradamus very interesting and think that some of the things he predicted are amazing. Especially the whole necklace with the date of when he would be unearthed. Regarding the trade centers, being link to the two brothers! Possibly, I know many people thought he was talking about the kennedy brothers! Part of the problem with his stuff is they are gerneral, are open for interpertation, also there are translation issues with his writing! The list goes on from there! The fact many of his prophecies fit versus from the Bibles Revelation gives me reason to pause. But oh who knows maybe he has a time travel device like Davinci!
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6. xfahctor (1919) | 1 year ago | it's amazing how many of his predictions are true, after the fact. Any time a new event happens, nostradamous predicted it. You can take any number of his writings and draw predictions of current events out of them. there are probably a few that predicted the O.J. saga, rosie o'donnel's fall from grace, and the cold i came down with yesterday.
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7. bhubaneshwar (5517) | 1 year ago | Yes, the predictions come true, no doubt. But it is very difficult to get them interpreted in anvance. Once an incident takes place, then only people come fprward and say, this was there . Here the killing of Indira Gandhi, the ex-prime minister of India was also said to be predicted. Well, in my place Orissa state of India, there is a book, known as"Malikaa", this gives predictions, that are several hundred years old, not in any confusing language, but that comes out 100% true and accurate. DR.B.SARAF Ph.D.
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8. islander7 (2490) | 6 months ago | A short reply. Charlaten.
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9. Zmugzy (562) | 3 months ago | It's been a while since I read him, but like you say in your last sentence, his predictions can be interpreted in so many ways that in the end they predict nothing. They're still fun to read though.
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10. flowerchilde (5833) | 2 weeks ago | I think as a prophet or foreteller, he was both right and wrong.. some things being accurate (as accurate as his sayings can be!) and some were likely wrong.. I've heard the last one you listed, but didn't know it had such a late date on it! Thanks for the info!
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