One cannot delve far into the depth of divination without coming across the name of Nostradamus, the Master Prognosticator of all times. Prophecies he wrote four hundred and fifty years ago are still being read, and, to all appearances, are still coming true today.
But the prophecies of Nostradamus were written in obscure language. At times it seemed he was writing nonsense verse. His reason for writing in this manner was the times in which he wrote. The Fifteenth Century was at time of Inquisitions, when anything not fully understood was branded as witchcraft - and astrology and prophecy definitely fell into this category.
Witches, and those who just might be witches, were thrown into prison and never seen again. Some were openly executed, others locked into the stocks to be ridiculted and stoned by the masses.
Thus Nostradamus wrote his Quatrains in a strange mixture of French, Latin and anagrams. His words might well have been construed to be the ramblings of a simple or demented poet. So afraid was he of discovery, of being branded a heretic, that he burned some of his best work, lest it lead to his downfall. Who knows what might have been hidden in the pages of the books he destroyed.
He himself explained that they were dangerous times and it was required that hidden events not be revealed too soon, although he did admit that he really knew the exact time of every event he mentioned in the Quatrains.
Nostradamus was born in St. Remy-de-Provence, France, in the year 1503. His real name was Michel de Nostredame and his family was of Jewish ancestry. Although best remembered for his prophecies, he gained fame earlier in life with his work as a doctor during the plague years in France.
Nostradamus wrote ten volumes of four-line prophetic verses or quatrains, nine hundred and forty-two verses in all, prophesying events from the fifteen hundreds until the end of the world. If his prophecies are to be believed, then they bear good news for us. He predicted the world will come to an end in the year 3797.
Some of his most memorable predictions are:
(1) The Great Fire of London.
The blood of the just will be demanded of London, burnt by fire in three times twenty and six. The
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