Les Prophéties

I figured what better way to start of 2024 than with Les Prophéties of Nostradamus

The Prophecies (Les Prophéties) is a collection of prophecies by French physician Nostradamus, which were first published in 1555. The book initially contained three centuries and 53 quatrains. This edition, which was originally published two years after the death of the author, includes ten centuries, as well as the almanacs (1555-1563, and 1564-1567).

The predictions do not follow chronological coherence and were written combining French, Greek, Latin and Occitan. It is believed that it contains anagrams, mythological and astrological references, in a subjective language that makes comprehension difficult. Some scholars claim that this was a resource used by Nostradamus to evade the Holy Inquisition, for fear of being persecuted for heresy. Characteristically vague, it is often argued that the prophecies could refer to anything if enough thought is put into it.

Read online or download at:
-> https://zelalemkibret.files.wordpress.com/2012/02/the-complete-works-of-nostradamus.pdf

As one may imagine, I have always found these to be fascinating.
~ nem

Bad Wolf wrote:

...The predictions do not follow chronological coherence and were written combining French, Greek, Latin and Occitan. It is believed that it contains anagrams, mythological and astrological references, in a subjective language that makes comprehension difficult. Some scholars claim that this was a resource used by Nostradamus to evade the Holy Inquisition, for fear of being persecuted for heresy. Characteristically vague, it is often argued that the prophecies could refer to anything if enough thought is put into it.

So lets play:


This is what fascinates me about The Prophecies Nostradamus, the 'What If...?', not the what if they are true but what if being the type of person Nostradamus was, what if he saw what his country, his world was going through, had gone through and about to go through and saw the pattern, the patter of repetitious cycles of - pain suffering knowledge enlightenment renaissance destruction despair chaos growth rebirth - and was trying to not only "get the word out" in his time (no internet and certainly no social media, not to mention, zero freedom of speech), but leave a means for future generations to see what maybe they could not (especially as one of those in case of emergency break glass scenarios)

~ nem