Interpreters of the creative heritage of Michel Nostradamus today are looking for indications of 2012 in his works, because they are confident that a real predictor would not leave such a date unattended. These expectations are not without meaning, since, judging by the numerous coincidences between the interpretations of Nostradamus’s quatrains and historical events, the 16th-century doctor managed to grasp certain patterns in the development of civilization.
Michel de Notredame was born on December 14, 1503 in the small town of Saint-Rémy in Provence into the family of the notary Jaume de Notredame, who shortly before was forced to choose Catholicism over the Jewish faith (according to the decree of Louis XII that determined the fate of French Jews). The family of the future master of Nostradamus was very wealthy: according to the “Chronicle of Provence” by Cesar de Notredame (one of the sons of Nostradamus), Michel’s great-grandfathers were doctors at the courts of the rulers of Provence - Count Rene the Good and the Duke of Calabria. Relatives of Nostradamus continued to secretly observe the rituals of Judaism. Thus, Michel’s worldview was based on two faiths: first of all, the Jewish one, which was certainly accompanied by an atmosphere of dangerous secrecy, and, of course, the officially introduced Catholicism.
In 1521, Michel de Notredame received his Master of Arts degree in Avignon. The next eight years of the young master’s life fell out of the attention of biographers - according to Nostradamus himself, they were spent in wanderings and research, the purpose of which was to accumulate medical and pharmaceutical knowledge. In 1529, he entered the medical faculty of the University of Montpellier and, despite several conflict situations with teachers, came out with a doctorate and the right to write his last name in the Latin manner: Nostradamus. During the new stage of his wanderings that followed, Nostradamus became close friends with the famous scientist, poet and humanist figure Jules Cesar Scaliger, and then settled in the town of Agen. However, in 1537, a plague came to this city, from which the wife and children of Nostradamus died. A year later, the doctor was imprisoned by the Holy Inquisition on charges of blasphemy - according to an anonymous denunciation, he spoke unflatteringly about one of the sculptures of the Virgin Mary. However, the accusation was found to be false. Once free, Nostradamus soon left Agen - apparently, this happened after a quarrel with Cesar Scaliger, from whom the doctor subsequently received a number of caustic epigrams - including accusations of hidden Judaism.
Michel de Notredame, who gained fame greatest seer of all times and peoples
For the next few years, Michel de Notredame practiced medicine in Italy and Germany. In 1546, he again found himself in France, where he took an active part in the fight against the plague in the city of Aix in Provence - so active that the city’s parliament awarded the doctor a lifelong pension. A year later, Nostradamus remarried (his second marriage subsequently brought him 6 children).
Soon Nostradamus managed to break through the veil of church censorship and begin publishing an annual astrological almanac. The first issue was published in 1555 in Lyon. At the same time, the first edition of “The Prophecies of Master Michel Nostradamus” was published, which consisted of 353 predictions, made in the form of quatrains (quatrains) and an epistolary preface in the spirit of the times - “Letters to his son Cesar.” But, despite the fact that the Catholic Church had previously given the go-ahead for the publication of the fortuneteller’s works, Nostradamus still had to justify his quatrains again and again in the face of “God’s representatives on Earth.” Then secular power joined the church, which made the astrologer’s life unbearable - he moved from place to place, until in 1558, in the preface to the last part of the “Centuries” (collections of 100 quatrains), he addressed King Henry II. The soothsayer called the monarch the ruler of the world and in an allegorical form revealed to him the future of humanity for many centuries to come. A year later, Henry II died at a tournament, perhaps without having time to familiarize himself with Nostradamus’ extensive message. It is assumed that the predictor wrote about the future death of the king back in the first “Century” (its 35th quatrain), and it is possible that it was thanks to this prediction that turned out to be correct that Nostradamus received an audience with Catherine de Medici.
In 1561, the astrologer was taken into custody in his own house in Provence, in the city of Salon, - the authorities demanded from him a detailed description of the life and future achievements of the young king Charles IX. It is known that Nostradamus composed his response letter in such a way that, on the one hand, he gave in to the persistent wishes of those in power, but on the other hand, he did not say anything specific. The text of the letter, unfortunately, has not been preserved.
In 1564, Michel Nostradamus received the post of court physician and so, being at the peak of his career, died from complications of gout on July 2, 1566. Over his grave in the Salon there was a slab with the inscription: “Here lie the bones of the famous Michel Nostradamus, the only mortal who was worthy to capture with his almost divine pen, thanks to the influence of the stars, the future events of the whole world.”
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The first complete edition of “The Prophecies of Master Michel Nostradamus” appeared in 1568 - 2 years after the death of the predictor. It contained all ten "Centuries", which included 942 quatrains - it is known that the seventh "Centuria" remained incomplete. The publication also included the entire prose address to Henry II, consisting of prophecies, and a “Letter to his son Cesar,” explaining the occult views of Nostradamus. It was the quatrains that brought Michel de Notredame the posthumous fame of the greatest, apart from biblical characters, seer in the world.
Nostradamus owes his lifetime popularity to his annual astrological almanacs, which were regularly published from 1555 to 1567. Most of this almanac was occupied by predictions in prose. In addition, one quatrain was dedicated to the next year as a whole and each of its months separately.
Page of the first edition of “The Prophecies of Master Michel Nostradamus”
The prophetic verses of Nostradamus set out the history of the future in an allegorical form, so they can have a lot of different interpretations. This is both their disadvantage and advantage, since it is unknown what the proportion of coincidences would be if the predictor spoke about specific dates and events. It often turns out that one or another quatrain is indeed suitable for describing events that have already happened, but these quatrains can hardly be used for confident forecasts for the future.
This does not prevent followers of Nostradamus from attributing to their idol descriptions of all significant events in human history for thousands of years to come. For example, according to interpreters, the 32nd quatrain of the fifth “Century” warns about the American disaster of September 11, 2001:
Where everything is good and beautiful - the Sun and the Moon, abundance -
Ruin is coming,
It will come from the sky to cast your fate
To the state of the seventh stone...
Despite the fact that this prediction is one of those that do not have a chronological reference, thousands of people around the world are confident that Nostradamus still managed to foresee the destruction of the skyscrapers of the World War II that occurred as a result of the terrorist attack. shopping center. In alchemy, the Sun and Moon symbolize gold and silver, and the “seventh stone” (“seventh metal”) is mercury, which in this context signifies destruction. Thus, the quatrain really speaks of a catastrophe coming from heaven to the center of wealth - according to interpreters, this is enough to give specific meaning general prophecy.
However, the legacy of Nostradamus includes many predictions that came true with dates embedded in them. Below are just a few examples of such prophecies.
Thousands of people around the world are confident that Nostradamus managed to foresee the destruction of the World Trade Center skyscrapers that occurred as a result of the terrorist attack on September 11, 2001
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An adapted translation of the 71st quatrain of the eighth “Centuria” into Russian looks like this:
The number of astronomers will increase so much
Persecuted, banished and banned books
In the year 1607 thanks to the holy cups,
That no one can be saved from the holy gifts.
In 1607, Johannes Kepler's work “New Astronomy” was published, laying the foundation for modern astronomy. A year later, the telescope (spotting scope) was invented. The operating principle of this device, which was simple at that time, became generally known, which led to a wave of enthusiasm for officially prohibited astronomy. At the same time belong Galileo's discoveries Galileo and many astronomers who disappeared into obscurity in the basements of the Holy Inquisition and the “Towers of Jesters” (a prison and an insane asylum at the same time). Few people were truly saved from the “sacred gifts.”
49th quatrain of the first "Century":
Eastern people, led by lunar power,
In 1700 they will commit great marches,
Almost conquering the corner of Aquilon.
The traditional poetic meaning of Aquilon is “the land of the north wind.” In 1700, the Northern War of Russia and its allies against Sweden began, as a result of which the “corner of Aquilon” - the Baltic states - went to Russia. Speaking about “people led by lunar power,” the soothsayer, according to interpreters, means that the Northern War (1700-1721) coincides in time with the peak of the astrological epoch of the Moon - therefore, the cause of wars lies in its destructive influence.
25th quatrain of the same “Centuria”:
The lost is found, hidden for a long century,
This pastor will be revered as a demigod
Thus the Moon, having completed its cycle,
Will be defiled by other desires.
According to the concept of planetary ages, formulated by the Jewish philosopher Abraham ibn Ezra in the 12th century, the age of the Moon begins in 1535 and ends in 1889. This year the future “pastor” Adolf Hitler was born. “Demi-god” (superman) is the main figure of the philosophy of Friedrich Nietzsche, whose works inspired Hitler to create his own ideology.
In his message to Henry II - the same one that never reached its immediate addressee, but became the property of mankind - Nostradamus mentions the French Revolution of 1792.
In addition, the same message contains a prediction of the rise and fall of the USSR: “And in the month of October it will happen that some great movement will occur - such that they will think that the colossus of the Earth has lost its natural direction and plunged into eternal darkness. Before this, in the springtime, and after this, there will be exceptional changes and shifts of power, great earthquakes, with the growth of New Babylonia, a despicable daughter, increased by the abomination of the first Holocaust, and it will last only 73 years and 7 months.” Surprisingly, the lifespan Soviet Union indicated here almost without error.
Probably, in the quatrains of Nostradamus one can really find a warning about cataclysms that could befall humanity in 2012 or in the foreseeable future. But even today, when there is not much left until this, apparently, turning point date, it is almost impossible to guess which of the probabilities will prevail first - too many threats to the existence of humanity have converged at one point in time. Therefore, now it is difficult to say what exactly you need to look for in quatrains. Perhaps the quatrain about the catastrophe will be found after the fact - if, of course, there are those willing to look for it in the ruins of human civilization.
For five centuries now, the image of the seer Nostradamus has been an integral part of the cultural space of human civilization. In the picture: fragment from computer game"The Mysteries of Nostradamus. In search of the ring of fate"
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This amazing thinker became famous throughout the world for being able to judge the near and distant future with unusual accuracy. He was a very widely educated man, whose interests included natural sciences, philosophy and alchemy. Even among his contemporaries, he became known for publishing forecasts about future changes in agriculture.
Michel Nostradamus also made predictions about the fate of the world. He created prophecies about different countries up to 3797. They were highly valued already during the philosopher’s lifetime. In our time, not all of them have been preserved in such a form as to be accessible for reading.
Historians and experts in the field of esotericism are still trying to understand what exactly Nostradamus meant in his predictions. They have been proven to be about eighty percent accurate.
Most likely, the remaining twenty percent, when the prophecies by year did not come true, relate to their incorrect interpretation.
Many of his predictions were made for the distant future and were comprehended by historians and futurologists much later.
Many of them were of a completely unambiguous nature, especially those that predicted severe cataclysms, pestilence, crises, adverse natural phenomena, etc. for people. Nostradamus explained that he based his predictions on a careful study of the astrological chart.
The thinker lived during the rampant Inquisition, so he had to express many of his thoughts indirectly.
In those days, futurology, like astrology, was not highly valued and could lead to persecution from the church. This is precisely why the philosopher’s works are so difficult to comprehend.
Scientists have discovered that Nostradamus' quatrains do not lend themselves to easy interpretation. You can understand their general meaning only by very carefully studying the prefaces to them. And yet, for centuries, historians and esotericists have been struggling with the most accurate interpretation of his amazing prophecies.
It should also be understood that no predictions of the future are made in an absolutely unambiguous form. People are simply unable to comprehend the direct meaning of what is said, so it often remains too difficult to understand or seems simply dubious.
In many cases where Nostradamus' predictions related to political or scientific trends, they were also not always understood accurately.
Sometimes his prophecies are in the nature of warnings, which, if correctly understood, can save humanity from many problems.
Therefore, their correct interpretation becomes very important. The greatest difficulty is caused by the fact that not all of them are tied to specific dates; they need to be studied in their entirety.
Particular attention must be paid to events in the near future, many of which can be prevented if the worst case scenario is accurately studied.
His predictions become important if we consider them chronologically. It becomes clear that Nostradamus saw a clear logic in the development of events and could stretch a thread from the near future to the more distant one.
Fulfilled predictions of Nostradamus
Fully fulfilled forecasts include:
- Formation of the state of Canada in 1536;
- the emergence of the Gregorian calendar in 1582;
- the United States gained independence in 1776;
- hot air balloon flights, which first took place in 1778;
- the advent of the beginning of telephony in 1876;
- Oktyabrskaya socialist revolution in Russia 1917;
- the beginning of the world war in Europe in 1939, etc.
The works of Nostradamus have gained great respect. Many scientists are still analyzing and understanding them today.
Prophecies about the current times
Experts in the field of esotericism experience increased interest to the knowledge of a philosopher. There is a lot of information about him.
Some of them are aimed at predicting events that have already happened or are yet to happen in the 21st century. In many ways, they should be treated with caution, since researchers have added their own interpretation to them. It must be taken into account, but leave the possibility of misinterpretation of the prophecy.
For example, many predictions about wars turned out to be warnings about cyber threats. The end of the world in 2012 also did not happen.
It becomes clear that the great scientist was not mistaken, but those who misunderstood his unique lines were mistaken. Sometimes the general public is offered an explanation that is beneficial to certain political and social circles.
And yet, looking at the past year, it is necessary to admit that many of Nostradamus’s predictions turned out to be correct.
These include:
- Economic crisis;
- wars;
- a general decline in the role of the European Union;
- Russia's entry onto the world stage;
- solar eclipse;
- weakening magnetic field Lands, etc.
It becomes clear that what Nostradamus predicted must be taken seriously. Even taking into account the fact that not all of his prophecies were correctly interpreted and correctly presented to the reader, it should still be recognized that they are distinguished by extraordinary insight.
The one that deserves special attention obvious fact that the thinker did not use his enormous influence vainly. He tried to deeply understand the path that the world had to go through. Despite a series of gloomy predictions, he still believed that humanity would be able to see the light of truth in the future.
The near and distant future - what the prophet predicted
Nostradamus' predictions about the main events that await world history in the twenty-first century can be presented as follows:
- In 2018 China will begin to take a leading position. Europe and the states will be weakened and lose their authority.
- In 2018 Northern and South Korea will unite again. This will happen after the war on the peninsula.
- In 2020 tectonic weapons will be created, the most powerful in the world. People will learn about the coming of the Antichrist. The unification of Catholics and Orthodox Christians will begin. The first unified church will be built in Ukraine.
- From 2022 to 2041– during this period, armed conflicts may occur, in which many countries will be involved.
- In 2023 The Earth's orbit may change, a meteorite or asteroid may fall. There will also be a wave of natural disasters across the world this year. Much of England will be flooded. Under the water will go away southern coast of South America. Famine will break out.
- 2024 will be marked by terrible man-made and environmental accidents in the states and Europe.
- In 2025 The world order will change completely. Ukraine and Belarus will become the center of European trade.
- 2027- a new tyrant-dictator will appear in India or China, who will be worshiped by one fifth of the world's population.
- In 2028 humans will fly to Venus for the first time.
- From 2034 to 2043 there will be a nano-revolution. The use of robotics in all areas of activity will become popular.
- 2038– the beginning of the third world war.
- In 2045 Humans will visit Mars for the first time.
- 2060– use of nuclear weapons.
- In 2068 the largest space expedition will be carried out, as a result of which most of the astronauts will die. People will encounter for the first time new form mind.
- 2084 children will study according to a new system that will combine both art and scientific disciplines.
- In 2090 A despot will come to power on Earth.
- From 2087 to 2098 humanity will struggle with the syndrome of instant premature aging.
- In 2104 The era of matriarchy will begin.
- In 2115 scientists will create cyborgs for space flights and protection from extraterrestrial civilization.
- In 2150 An artificial celestial body will be created.
- In 2167 a new religion will appear.
- Since 2170 humanity will begin to develop life on other planets, mass migration to other worlds will begin.
- In 2196 a new race of people will appear.
- In 2260 A comet will approach the Earth, which will change its orbit and bring drought.
- 2280– people begin to travel through time using the energy of black holes.
- In 2292 As a result of a catastrophe on the Sun, the gravitational balance on our planet will change.
- In 2350 scientists will breed a species of intelligent animals.
- In 2410 It will become possible to teleport over long distances, including to neighboring planets.
- In 2485 the natural Sun will go out, earthlings will be left without a heavenly body for a long time.
- By 2713 Very few people will remain on our planet - most will move to other planets.
- In 3005 The sun will be reborn, interplanetary military conflicts will begin.
- In 3500 will appear virtual worlds, in which clones of earthlings will live.
- In 3977 As a result of a catastrophe on the satellite, the atmosphere on Earth will practically disappear. A wave of natural disasters will begin on the planet.
- In 4000 earthlings will fly to the neighboring galaxy - the Magellanic Cloud.
- In the year 5000 The era of cars and computers will end. The human mind will have inexhaustible resources.
From the list of prophecies it becomes clear that he believed that in the coming years the greatest natural scientific discoveries would be made, which would largely change the further course of people's lives. Of great importance is the fact that Nostradamus saw the possibility of acquiring less expensive energy.
He also warned humanity that demographic, environmental and political difficulties were coming, which, however, people would successfully overcome.
The scientist also believed that especially increased attention is required to the emergence of new dangerous diseases and infections caused by the resistance of microorganisms to open antibiotics.
Now the time has come when the fulfillment of the philosopher’s prophecy about the European Union, which is facing severe upheavals that will not end in the near future, is becoming clear.
His predictions regarding China's global role also came true. Most likely, his expectations about Korean events are also not without foundation.
Despite the abundance of gloomy predictions, it is clear that Nostradamus was counting on an improvement in the world situation. If we completely weed out prophecies that were misunderstood or fulfilled somewhat differently, it becomes obvious that humanity is moving towards positive goals. The scientist believed that this trend would continue in the distant future.
Predictions of Nostradamus about Russia
He did not ignore our country with his keen interest. He was of the opinion that, despite the difficult trials that had already befallen her and would still befall her, she would not lose her enormous significance in world history.
When analyzing the events that, according to Nostradamus, are destined for Russia, one must conclude that a great future awaits it. The country will become stronger and achieve a high standard of living. Most likely, she will have a predominant position on the political Olympus.
IN general view The list of the scientist’s predictions is as follows:
- 2019- a time of social unrest and discontent. There is a risk of Russians splitting into several groups.
- In 2020 our state will take on the role of a world arbiter, which will have to resolve most conflicts in Europe, Asia and the East.
- In 2023 New horizons will open up for Russia, but the ruler of the state will have to make a difficult choice.
- In 2025 Russia will expand its borders. Relations with the United States and some European countries will deteriorate. This could lead to armed conflict. The President will initiate the creation of a powerful union of several countries. This alliance will include Russia, China, Great Britain and India. Subsequently, a number of other countries will join it. It will be new step for Russia, which will bring it closer to global influence.
- From 2029 Russia will begin to fight a new enemy. A person will appear on the political arena whose influence and power will threaten all of humanity.
- 2035, according to prophecy, will mark the beginning of a golden age for the Russian Federation. The state will have a strong economy and developed trade. Russians will be among those who will make new discoveries in science and astronomy.
- 2039– Russia, despite its rise, will be in crisis due to armed conflicts around the world.
- 2045– a new danger for Russia is coming. The country will begin to unite states into a strong union to combat new disasters and wars.
In the very near future, Russia will overcome the economic crisis and become one of the leading suppliers of agricultural products.
Despite certain political difficulties, our country will be able to maintain its leading political situation. It will continue its movement along the path of democracy further.
Russia will acquire enormous importance as a peacemaker. With its help, diplomatic victories will be won in Europe and the Middle East.
Nostradamus' predictions about Russia are of great interest in terms of the distant future. Apparently, the republics former USSR will again strive for unification.
However, the scientist understood that the United States of America would forever remain a certain threat to it. However, it will not be possible to implement it, since Russia will enlist the help of influential allies. Because of this, she will have a great impact on world peace.
During the first third of the twenty-first century, our country will occupy a leading economic and scientific position.
The Thinker's Last Prophecy
The predictions of Nostradamus are of great value in terms of knowledge about the future destinies of the world. At the end of his life he made one last prediction.
It is already clear that it is not without foundation, although it refers to the year 2388: universal brotherhood will be achieved on Earth and humanity will come to complete harmony.
Periods of severe upheaval will end and poverty will be completely overcome.
It is very difficult to say how correctly his words are understood by interpreters. Their descendants will judge their correctness. We can only hope that at least their general meaning is close to the truth. Since the previous prophecies of Nostradamus turned out to be true, it is to be hoped that the latter are also not without foundation.
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Michel de Notredame, better known as Nostradamus, is a fortuneteller, doctor, alchemist, who described future events in a rather vague form... The books of Nostradamus' predictions are written in the form of so-called centuries (one century has 100 lines) and quatrains. It is widely believed that the predictions cover a period of 2240 years - from 1557 to 3797. He is also the author of two letters: one was intended for King Henry II of France, the second for his son Caesar.
Michel de Notredame born December 14, 1503 in the town of Saint-Rémy in Provence in a family of Jews who converted to Catholicism in the 15th century. According to family legend, his ancestors served as doctors at the courts of Rene the Good and the Duke of Calabria. The father of the future fortuneteller, Jaume de Notredame, was a notary, his grandfather, Pierre de Notredame, and his great-grandfather, Davin de Carcassonne, were engaged in trade in Avignon in the south of France.
Michel studied in Avignon and in 1521 received a Master of Arts degree. In the next eight years of his life, he was engaged in self-education: he constantly traveled with the goal of “learning and learning the sources and origin of plants and other simple substances relating to the pinnacle of medical science,” as he himself wrote in his book. During one of his wanderings, he meets the famous astrologer and scientist Jules Cesar Scaliger. He then continued to study medicine at the medical faculty of the University of Montpellier, from where he was almost expelled for his harsh statements about teachers and his passion for prohibited pharmaceuticals (from then on he began to write his surname in the Latin manner: “Nostradamus”). In 1534, he finally received his doctorate.
A tragedy occurred in the life of Nostradamus in those years: his wife and children died from the plague. In addition, the Inquisition began to take an interest in him.
After new travels in Italy and Germany, Nostradamus 1544 resumes medical practice in Marseille, and two years later he fights the plague in the southeast of France and even, according to legend, invents a remedy for the plague, the recipe of which, however, was subsequently lost. For his dedicated work, doctor Michel Nostradamus was awarded a lifetime pension by the Aix-en-Provence Parliament. There were legends about the miraculous power of the medicines he created, but the recipes preserved from his time medical practice, do not go beyond traditional medicine of the 16th century.
In 1547 he married again - to Anna Ponsard, from whose marriage he subsequently had six children.
The famous doctor unexpectedly became interested in astrology and prophecies.
This turn of events interested the authorities in Paris, who intended to interrogate Nostradamus about what sciences he practices and how he makes predictions. Deciding not to tempt fate, he left for Italy, where he continued his activity as a fortuneteller.
In 1558 he turned to to the French king Henry II, calling him master of the world and revealing to him the history of mankind in a vague form for many centuries to come. IN next year the king died at the tournament, and in 1561 Nostradamus himself barely managed to avoid death from Catholic peasants, who accused him of sympathy for the French Protestants - the Huguenots. A few years later, the fortuneteller became the royal physician and adviser to Catherine de Medici, regent of the French throne.
In 1566 Nostradamus died from complications of gout. On the marble slab above his grave is carved the inscription “Here lie the bones of the famous Michel Nostradamus, the only mortal who was worthy to capture with his almost divine pen, thanks to the influence of the stars, the future events of the whole world.” According to his will, he was buried standing. What caused such a strange wish is unknown. As a physician, Nostradamus knew for sure that over time the bones would fall and pile up.
In 1791, during the French Revolution, the church in which his burial was located was destroyed.
The creative heritage of Nostradamus includes 10 centuries (942 quatrains), prefaces to them (letters to his son Cesar and King Henry), a number of quatrains without numbering, annual almanacs since 1555, as well as a number of non-prophetic works, in particular a free translation of the “Interpretation of the Hieroglyphs of Horapollo.” The archives preserved the will and personal correspondence of Nostradamus. There are also a number of manuscripts, the authorship of which is not precisely established, but which are attributed to Nostradamus.
The main theme of his predictions is the political future of Europe, up to the beginning of the astrological era of Saturn, which Nostradamus defines as the “Golden Age”. The prediction ends with an almost quotation from the Bible: “The end; the wolf, the lion, the bull and the donkey, the timid doe will be with the dogs.” Nostradamus describes in detail the three Antichrists: the first of them will appear in the “lands of Attila” and create a new Babylonia, which will exist for 73 years and 7 months; the second will unleash a war in the center of Europe, and the third should lead the union of the countries of the North and the East at the end of time. “The third is worse than the first, more terrible than Nero. Run, brave men, so as not to shed blood. He orders the stove to be put on. The golden age is dead, great sin."
Many works devoted to this topic tried to explain the predictions of Nostradamus. One of the books, written by Jean Charles de Fontbren, volume of 600 pages, was published in Paris in 1980. This book gained particular popularity in 1981, since the assassination attempt on the Pope recalled the coincidence with one of the prophecies of Nostradamus. Fontbren's words that Nostradamus predicted the third world war in 1998 fueled interest in this work.
According to this interpretation, Nostradamus foresaw the following events that occurred during his lifetime from 1529 to 1969:
1529 - the Turks besieged Vienna;
1536 - Canada discovered;
1546 - The Portuguese reach Japan.
After the death of Nostradamus, the following predictions were fulfilled:
1582 - the Gregorian calendar was introduced;
1597 - flintlock guns began to be used;
1618 - The thermometer was invented;
1642 - Australia discovered;
1769 - the steam engine appeared in England;
1776 - The United States declared independence;
1778 - the hot air balloon is invented;
1789 - revolution in France;
1795 - electricity discovered;
1812 - Napoleon is defeated in Russia;
1825 - the first railway in England;
1844 - the telegraph is invented;
1866 - dynamite invented;
1869 - the Suez Canal was dug;
1873 - the electric light bulb appeared;
1876 - the telephone is invented;
1895 - X-ray machine invented
1903 - the first aircraft was built;
1912 - war in the Balkans;
1914 - the Panama Canal was dug;
1914 - the beginning of the First World War;
1917 - October Revolution in Russia;
1925 - the birth of television;
1927 - Lindbergh's flight across the Atlantic Ocean;
1927 - the first sound film was made;
1929 - the beginning of the great economic crisis;
1939 - the beginning of World War II;
1961 - first man in space;
1969 - first man on the moon.
In addition, Nostradamus predicted many other events: disasters, diseases, earthquakes, famines... In the future, he foresaw the settlement of Europe by the yellow race. He predicts the appearance of an invisible celestial body, which he calls the White Star, eclipses of the Sun and Moon, weather anomalies caused by “trips into space,” floods and new diseases.
He predicted St. Bartholomew's Night in 1572, Thirty Years' War 1618-1648, the reign of Louis XIV, the rise and fall of Napoleon, the Austro-Italian War, the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand in Sarajevo, and the emergence of intelligent beings from outer space.
Nostradamus wrote that in a barbarian state, a significant part of the court nobility would be sent to death. Was this a prediction of the October Revolution? It is quite possible, especially if you consider that only Tatarstan - Muscovy - was called a “barbarian state” in Europe at that time.
The lines “grand myths will deceive people, and they will commit many misfortunes” fully reflect the vicissitudes of the 20th century. Nostradamus calls Geneva the “garden of the world” and predicts that it will be destroyed and poisoned. However, the events that await Europe in the 22nd century can be avoided if the continent is united, and the center of power is located in Switzerland. Nostradamus predicts a time in Europe when peace and freedom will reign there.
In Palestine there will be a long war between the Arabs and the Jews until the Jews are defeated. After this, the Arabs will have a desire to conquer Europe.
Nostradamus predicts the invasion of the yellow race after a “strange fish with a human head” is found in the Adriatic Sea. He predicts endless rains, hot winds, devastated fields.
But then, under the influence of the Moon, peace and prosperity will be established.
IN solar system he also foresaw great changes: the Moon and many stars would approach the Earth, which would cause cataclysms and climate change throughout the planet. People and animals will move from one hemisphere to the other.
This is all, of course, one of many interpretations famous predictions, written vaguely and allegorically.
The prophecies of Nostradamus were criticized both during his life and after his death. The main argument of critics is that his predictions are too vague and unspecific and each phrase of his quatrains can be interpreted in dozens of different ways, adjusting the interpretation to events that have already happened. Indeed, so far no one has been able to predict a single future event based on the texts of the quatrains. But this does not stop the interpreters of Nostradamus’s texts, of which there has been no shortage for almost half a millennium - ever since a doctor from France suddenly began writing down obscure lines about future events.
Prophecies of Nostradamus
Michel de Notredame, better known as Nostradamus, was born on December 14, 1503 in Saint-Rémy (Provence, France) into a family of baptized Jews. He received his initial education at home, and this education covered classical literature, history, astrology, medicine and traditional medicine. He graduated from the University of Avignon, where he studied philosophy, grammar and rhetoric.
His fame as a doctor came to him when he discovered a cure for the Black Death, a plague that devastated Europe in the sixteenth century. This medicine "consisted" of fresh air, clean water and vitamin C; Thanks to Nostradamus's medicine, dozens of people were saved - but Nostradamus was unable to save his wife and two children. They died in 1537, and Nostradamus left Aachen, where he then lived, and embarked on a journey that lasted six years.
The beginning of the prophecies
Around this time, he felt the “awakening” of his prophetic abilities. In 1547, Nostradamus settled in the city of Salon, where he remarried and where he had six children - three daughters and three sons. He turned the top floor of his house in Salona into a laboratory - with magic mirrors, astrolabes, a brazier and a tripod, made in the image and likeness of the sacred tripod in the temple of Apollo at Delphi.
In 1550, after much deliberation, Nostradamus published an almanac containing twenty-four prophetic quatrains (quatrains). The popularity of the almanac among the public exceeded all the author's expectations, and until the end of his life Nostradamus was simply forced to release similar almanacs every year.
He began the famous “Centuries” in 1554; a year later, the first four parts were published, each containing one hundred quatrains. The last, tenth part of “Centuries” was published in 1558. It is believed that in one of the quatrains of this part, Nostradamus predicted his own death. Legend has it that on the evening of July 1, 1566, he told his assistant, who wished him good night: “In the morning I will no longer be alive.” And the next morning he was found lifeless on the office floor.
In accordance with his will, Nostradamus was buried in the cemetery of the Franciscan monastery; on the tombstone it is written: “Here lies the ashes of Michel Nostradamus, the only mortal who, by the will of heaven, was granted the grace to write down with his almost divine pen the events of the coming years.”
Manuscripts of Nostradamus
The creative heritage of Nostradamus is quite large. There are also medical treatises in which various drug recipes are combined with cosmetic recommendations and memoirs. There are also works of art (“Interpretation of the hieroglyphs of Horapollo”, “Paraphrase of Galen”). There are numerous astrological almanac calendars, as well as extensive correspondence (however, little studied and not even fully published). However, the main work of Nostradamus was and remains the famous prophetic book - “The Prophecies of Master Michel Nostradamus.”
What is this creation? This is about a thousand quatrains, combined into chapters (centuries) of 100 quatrains each. In addition, the book includes two prose prophecies, written in the form of a letter to his son Cesar and a message to King Henry II. By the way, the message was published only after the death of Nostradamus, in 1568.
The quatrains are vague in content, they contain very few specific dates, and the chronology is not followed. True, quite often they contain dates of an astronomical nature, for example: “When Mars, Venus and Mercury will be in backward movement...,” “When Mars and Saturn are equally combusted” (i.e., the conjunction of these two planets will be in a certain aspect to the point of the solar eclipse). But even if it is possible to at least approximately establish the year, the nature of the event still remains unclear before it occurs.
Most modern scientists who have studied the prophecies of Nostradamus believe that there is “something” in these quatrains. They estimate the accuracy of predictions to be approximately 70-85%. Nostradamus was especially successful in his predictions about the future of Great Britain - here their accuracy is close to 100%. The reasons, as they say, are unknown.
Nostradamus himself wrote in a letter to Cesar that the predictions covered Europe, Asia and part of Africa and extended to the period up to 3797. Studies of the text of the prophecies made it possible to establish that the date of 3797 is a crude camouflage covering 2242 - the first year of the 7th millennium “from creation of the world” according to the Old Testament chronology, the year of the onset, according to Nostradamus, of the end of the world. The Last Judgment will occur even later - in 3242.
In addition, modern researchers believe that in his prophecies Nostradamus predicted the future of the USA, Japan, Australia and almost Antarctica. However, of these countries, only America is mentioned by the soothsayer (“America”; “West, free of the British Isles”; “New Earth”).
Prediction for 2010
2010 is just around the corner. According to Chinese astrology, this will be the year of the White Tiger.
And of course, I want to know what famous soothsayers and astrologers predict for us this year.
Nostradamus encrypted his prediction for 2010 in the text of the X century, X quatrain. The original reads like this:
Attempted murder, terrible adultery,
Great enemy of the entire human race,
Which will be worse than his ancestors, uncles and parents.
The bloodthirsty and inhuman [will rule] with sword, fire, water.
The essence of the prediction according to the method of adding 3 letters of each line, known in a narrow circle of interpreters of the great prophet, will sound like this: “Satanic arc of rage.” "Satanic Arc" - the flight path of a ballistic missile.
There are many versions of what is discussed in the quatrain: about the destroyer of skyscrapers Osama Bin Laden, or about the presidents of Iran - Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Venezuela - Hugo Chavez, America - Barack Obama, Russia - Dmitry Medvedev. Or about the Leader of the DPRK Kim Jong Il. Choose who likes what.
There are also such versions (M. Dimde, S. V. Korsun, S. A. Khvorostukhina, A. P. Krasnyashchikh, A. I. Denikin):
- Japan creates the first underwater settlements and aquafarms;
- Poland joins the union Slavic peoples;
- November 2010 - October 2014 the possibility of unleashing a Third World War using chemical and bacteriological weapons (an acute confrontation between Muslim and Euro-Atlantic values);
- weakening of the Vatican's influence on believers and world politics;
- conflict between France and Great Britain.
- hydrogen sulfide disaster in the Black Sea.
- the threat of armed conflict on the Crimean Peninsula;
- economic downturn in Europe;
- confrontation between the USA and Western European countries;
- an attempt at revenge by Islamic fundamentalists.
The future is just around the corner: 2009-2029
The following calendar of future events in human history has been prepared on the basis of interpretations of Nostradamus’s quatrains, made at one time by S.V. Korsun (1990), Manfred Dimde (1996), S.A. Khvorostukhina (2002), A.P. Krasnyashchikh (2005) and A.I. Denikina (2006). This “calendar” is a reprint of 2006, which makes the forecast interesting from the point of view of being open-minded to the facts, since at the time of publication no one could have predicted them.
2009-2012 - crisis of the system of organization of state power and government structure in Ukraine and the USA.
2010 - Japan creates the first underwater settlements and aquafarms; Poland joins the union of Slavic peoples; November 2010 - October 2014 the possibility of unleashing a Third World War using chemical and bacteriological weapons (an acute confrontation between Muslim and Euro-Atlantic values); weakening of the Vatican's influence on believers and world politics; conflict between France and Great Britain.
2010-2011 - hydrogen sulfide disaster in the Black Sea.
2011-2012 - threat of armed conflict on the Crimean peninsula; economic downturn in Europe; confrontation between the USA and Western European countries; an attempt at revenge by Islamic fundamentalists.
2011-2014 - creation by Japan of an invulnerable missile defense system; the beginning of the political careers of four political leaders on a global scale.
2011 - the beginning of the strongest economic and political crisis in Europe; a radioactive disaster in the Northern Hemisphere, from which England would suffer the most; the possibility of Islamic fundamentalists using nuclear and chemical weapons as a result of the seizure of a nuclear submarine; declassification of data on an attempt by one of the space powers to make a solo manned flight to Mars; a secret Islamic fundamentalist could provoke a world war.
2012 - peak of the global economic crisis; creation by Ukraine of a new generation of rocket engines; receiving an artificial signal from Space containing scientific information that is fundamentally important for humanity.
2013 - damage to cereal crops by an unknown disease; the possibility of a bacteriological attack on London.
2013-2019 - increasing influence of African states on world politics.
2014 - growing cloned organs of the human body in laboratories; splash skin diseases among the population of European countries.
2015 - (in another version, 2029) - a revolution in the energy sector, the discovery of a method for obtaining cheap solar energy and its wireless transportation; ending the war in the Middle East with the active participation of Ukraine, which will come up with a number of peace initiatives.
2015-2017 - negotiation process on the annexation of part of the territory of Moldova to Ukraine.
2015-2025 - another escalation of the confrontation between Islam and Christian culture, but in Europe, with the active participation of Muslim emigrants, a new world war was prevented thanks to the peacekeeping efforts of China.
2016 - a sharp decline in the birth rate in Europe as a result of environmental pollution; possible release radioactive substances into the atmosphere in one of the European countries (most likely in England).
2017 - political split of the European Union and its reconstruction on new principles; the abolition of marriage in Germany and the creation of new principles for building a family with full support from the state; the possibility of Britain abandoning the monarchy.
2018 - revolution in construction - invention of ultra-strong and ultra-light material - metal foam; construction of bridges across all major straits; invention of the “second skin” - an ultra-light suit that protects a person from the effects of adverse thermal factors.
2018-2024 - China's leadership in world politics; transformation developing countries in economic blackmailers of the USA and Europe.
2020 - creation of tectonic weapons of colossal power; the beginning of the active activity of the Antichrist in the information space; the unification of Catholic and Orthodox Christianity into a single church begins from the lands of Ukraine; complete robotization of everyday life and industrial production; transfer of the UN headquarters to Geneva.
2022-2041 is the last period in world history when a global armed conflict could be unleashed.
2023 - threat of changes in the Earth's orbit under the influence of cosmic factors.
2024 - large man-made and ecological disasters in the USA and Italy.
2025 - demographic crisis in Europe; creation of a new world economic order, transformation of the territories of Ukraine and Belarus into leading centers of European trade.
2027 - a new dictator appears on the stage of world history, to whom 1/5 of the world's population will obey (probable place of birth: India or China).
2028 - manned flight to Venus; discovery of a method for producing powerful sound waves that perform useful physical work; controlled thermonuclear fusion; overcoming hunger on Earth.
2028-2034 - construction on Earth of a super-powerful power plant pyramidal type.
2029 - a new breakthrough in the technology of wireless transportation of converted solar energy.
Nostradamus life and predictions
- Birth name: Michel de Nostredame, Michel de Notredame
- Occupation: French astrologer, seer, physician and alchemist
- Date of Birth: December 14, 1503(1503-12-14)
- Place of Birth: Saint-Rémy (Provence,France)
- Date of death: 2 July 1566(1566-07-02) (age 62)
- A place of death: Salon de Provence (Provence, France)
- Father: Jaume de Notredame, notary
- Mother: Rainier de Saint-Rémy
- Spouse: Anna Ponsard
- Children: Cesar de Notredame and others
- Awards and prizes: Royal physician, advisor. Awarded a lifelong pension for the fight against the plague epidemic in Aix-en-Provence.
Michel de Notredame (French Michel de Nostredame), also known as Nostradamus (December 14, 1503 - July 2, 1566) was a French astrologer, seer, physician and alchemist, famous for his prophecies.
1 Biography
Origin
Coat of arms of Nostradamus (reconstruction based on descriptions) Michel de Notredame was born on December 14, 1503 in the town of Saint-Rémy (Provence) into a family of Jews who converted to Catholicism in the 15th century. A family legend, retold by César de Notredame in his Chronicle of Provence, states that the prophet's ancestors served as physicians at the courts of René the Good and the Duke of Calabria. However, based on the available facts, one can only say that they were fairly educated and wealthy people. The father of the future predictor, Jaume de Notredame (1470-1547) was a notary, grandfather Pierre de Notredame (1430-1484) and great-grandfather Davin de Carcassonne (1410-1473) were engaged in trade in Avignon, and great-grandfathers Pierre de Sainte-Marie (? -1485 ) and Jean de Saint-Rémy (?-1504) were doctors in Arles and Saint-Rémy.
Although the secular authorities of France were kind to baptized Jews, the common people always suspected them of secret unbelief in Christ. Spiritual power over the minds and hearts of the French belonged to the Roman Catholic Church, with whose blessing at that time the persecution of Jews was carried out in many countries. This encouraged the latter to live in relatively isolated communities, preserving their culture, traditions and customs.
Doctor's career
In 1518, Michel de Notredame went to study in Avignon, where in 1521 he received a Master of Arts degree. We know about the next eight years of his life only from his own phrase in a culinary and cosmetic book, according to which these years were spent in continuous travel in order to “learn and learn the sources and origin of plants and other simple substances relating to the pinnacle of medical science.”
In 1529 official biography The future predictor continues: he enters the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Montpellier. Due to harsh statements about teachers and a passion for prohibited pharmaceuticals, he was immediately almost expelled from the university. However, the conflict was resolved, and in 1534 Michel received his doctorate. From this moment on, his surname is written in the Latin manner: “Nostradamus”.
In the same 1534, he again went on a journey, during which he met the famous astrologer and scientist Jules Cesar Scaliger. Probably at the suggestion of Scaliger, Nostradamus settled in Agen in 1536. Soon a dark streak begins in his life.
In 1537, his wife and children died from the plague in Agen, in 1538 he was interrogated by the Inquisition because of alleged unflattering statements about a certain statue of the Virgin Mary, and in the same year, for unclear reasons, a deadly quarrel between Nostradamus and Scaliger arose. Nostradamus leaves Agen. From Scaliger he will subsequently receive several poisonous anti-Semitic epigrams, in which he hints at the hidden Judaism of Nostradamus. But the youngest son of Nostradamus will be named Cesar - possibly in honor of Scaliger. Nostradamus spends the next few years traveling around Italy and Germany.
In 1544 he resumed medical practice in Marseille, and in 1546 he fought the plague in southeastern France in Aix-en-Provence. For his dedicated work as a doctor, he was awarded a lifetime pension by the Aix-en-Provence Parliament. There are legends about the miraculous power of the medicines he created, but the recipes that have survived to this day do not go beyond the scope of traditional medicine of the 16th century.
In 1547, Nostradamus married Anne Ponsard, and from this marriage six children were subsequently born, including Cesar de Notredame.
Astrologer and soothsayer
The famous doctor’s appeal to astrology and prophecies seemed unexpected. In 1555, Nostradamus published his first astrological almanac, and in the same year the first edition of Centuries was published in Lyon, containing 353 quatrains with a preface to his son Cesar. It is known that these prophecies brought him trouble. Upon arrival in Paris, Nostradamus was warned that the authorities were preparing to interrogate him about what sciences he practiced and how he made predictions. He urgently returns to Salon de Provence, and then in 1556 he goes to Italy. At the same time, prophetic activity continues.
In 1558, in the final part of Centurius, Nostradamus addresses King Henry II, calling him the ruler of the world and revealing to him the history of mankind in a vague form for centuries to come. It is unknown whether the king, who died at the tournament already in 1559, had time to familiarize himself with the fortuneteller’s letter. After the death of Henry II, at the invitation of the deceased’s sister, Nostradamus meets Queen Catherine de’ Medici at court.
In 1561, the predictor barely managed to escape from Catholic peasants who accused him of sympathy for the Huguenots. In the same year, the authorities put Nostradamus under house arrest for a couple of days, demanding to describe the fate of King Charles IX. Nostradamus' answer has not been preserved.
In 1564, Catherine de Medici and Charles IX visited the soothsayer in the Salon and then invited him to a meeting in Arles, where they appointed him royal physician and adviser.
However, already on July 2, 1566, Nostradamus died in Salon from complications of gout. On the marble slab above his grave is carved the inscription “Here lie the bones of the famous Michel Nostradamus, the only mortal who was worthy to capture with his almost divine pen, thanks to the influence of the stars, the future events of the whole world.”
Legends of Nostradamus
Family tradition, reflected in the Chronicle of Provence, written by Cesar de Notredame, states that the royal physician Abram Salomon was the great-grandfather of Nostradamus. This legend is not supported by facts, but family ties with Abram Salomon could be more complex. It is often claimed that the fortuneteller's grandfathers introduced him to astrology and Kabbalah. In fact, they died early, and Michel came to everything with his own head. They say that already at school he was nicknamed “the little astrologer.” There is a well-known legend about how Nostradamus once predicted the fate of two piglets: the white piglet, he said, would be eaten by a wolf, and the black one would be served for dinner. To shame the seer, the owner ordered the white pig to be slaughtered, but it had already been eaten by the wolf, and the cook slaughtered the black one, which he then admitted to. The legend of the prediction dates back to the period of Italian travels papal throne to the young monk Felice Peretti (future Pope Sixtus V).
In 1820 and 1839 The "Prophecy of Philip Olivarius" and the "Prophecy of Orval, recorded by Philip Olivarius" were published, supposedly dated 1542 and 1544. respectively. Rumors arose that they were actually made by Nostradamus during his stopover during his wanderings at Orval Abbey. An old legend, retold by Chavigny, the first scholar of Nostradamus, claims that the seer once helped a royal servant find a lost purebred dog. The loudest legend is associated with the prediction of the death of King Henry II of France at the tournament (Ts.1.K.35). It probably has some basis, since after these events Nostradamus received recognition at the royal court. However, these reasons are not known to us; the idea of quatrain Ts.1.K.35 is in the nature of interpretation and first appears many years later in Cesar. Previously, Chavigny used more complex reasoning to substantiate this legend. The same Chavigny writes that he witnessed how Nostradamus predicted in advance the day and hour of his death.
The mystery of the family coat of arms
On the family coat of arms of Nostradamus there are two black eagle heads and two golden wheels with eight spokes each, on a red field. Wheel rims are broken between adjacent spokes. The motto on the coat of arms reads: "Soli Deo" (Latin: "To God the Only"). It is unclear whether this coat of arms was inherited by Nostradamus, or whether it was created specifically after receiving his doctorate in 1534. Interpreters believe that the heads birds of prey indicate the doctor's calling - to fight diseases. However, the interpretation of the wheel symbol remains ambiguous. The popular version that a yellow wheel with a broken rim signifies a break in connection with Judaism does not stand up to criticism. Indeed, according to the edict of Saint Louis IX, after 1269 Jews were required to wear a yellow mark on their clothing. However, the shape of this mark changed frequently, and the eight-spoke wheel never became one.
Most likely, Nostradamus uses the wheel as a common solar symbol, often found in Christian iconography, which in this context may indicate the values of enlightenment. The motto "Soli Deo" represents the beginning of the Catholic motto "Soli Deo Honor et Gloria" ("To God alone is honor and glory"), under which the Reformation movement took place, which may indicate the sympathies of the predictor towards the Huguenots.
2 Legacy of Nostradamus
The creative heritage of Nostradamus includes 10 centuries (942 quatrains), prefaces to them (letters to his son Cesar and King Henry), a number of quatrains without numbering, annual almanacs since 1555, as well as a number of works that are generally considered non-prophetic, such as, for example, the free translation of “Interpretation of the Hieroglyphs of Horapollo” (1545). The archives contain the will and personal correspondence of Nostradamus. There are also a number of manuscripts whose authorship is not reliably established, but is sometimes attributed to Nostradamus.
Prophetic works
Nostradamus penned the annual almanacs published from 1550 until his death. Each of the almanacs contained one general quatrain for the year, 12 quatrains for the months of the year, and an extensive prose section with predictions. It was the almanacs that brought Nostradamus fame during his lifetime. However, not all of their texts have survived to this day; Currently, a selection of 141 quatrains from almanacs (1555-1567) is often published as an independent prophetic work.
The first edition of “The Prophecies of Master Michel Nostradamus,” now called “Centuries,” was published in Lyon in 1555. It contained a “Letter to his son Cesar” and 353 prophetic quatrains. The letter to Cesar sets out the occult philosophy of prophecy and gives several predictions of a global nature (... the world is approaching an anaragorical revolution... the deadly sword of pestilence and wars more terrible than have happened in three human lives is approaching us...)
The number 353 is close to the so-called “planetary era” of 354 years and 4 months, which was known in medieval astrology. The second edition (Lyon, 1557) also contained 288 new quatrains and a warning to ignorant critics (unnumbered quatrain). The earliest surviving complete edition of the Prophecies dates back to 1568, that is, after the death of the prophet. It contains a letter to Cesar, 942 quatrains (the 7th century remained unfinished) and a letter to King Henry, entirely prophetic in content. ([I] calculated almost as many events of the future time as of the past years... until the [Second] Coming at the beginning of the seventh millennium). It is unclear whether the nominal addressee, King Henry, who died at the tournament in 1559, saw this letter. It is only known that quatrains from the last centuries were quoted during the life of the prophet; there may have been an unknown edition that predates 1568.
“Additional quatrains” given by Chavigny in “The First Face of the French Janus” (Lyon, 1594) under the name of fragments of the 11th and 12th centuries, most likely belong to one of the lost almanacs of Nostradamus. The origin of the six new quatrains of the 8th century in the edition of Roffe (1588) is doubtful, and the sixens of Vincent Seve (1606) are considered falsifications.
The prophecies of Nostradamus led to the publication of almost 10 thousand books, the authors of which try to answer the question of what Nostradamus wanted to say. Created in a semantic space medieval France, in Central French, with elements of Latin and Greek, the prophecies of Nostradamus look even more vague and mysterious to the modern reader than in the 16th century. Since only some quatrains have a clear chronological reference, interpreters are often convinced that Nostradamus wrote specifically about their time. Meanwhile, according to authoritative researchers, the end date of the prophecies is clearly visible and coincides with the end of the Jewish Calendar (2240). At the same time, borrowings of individual text fragments are found, almost verbatim from Titus Livius, Savanarola, Crinitis, Russ.
3 Nostradamus calendar
In the Letter to Cesar (LS), the date of the end of the prophecies is indicated contradictorily, as the beginning of the era of Saturn and the year 3797, and in the Letter to Henry, the Second Coming falls on the “beginning of the seventh millennium.” The idea that the world has 6,000 years first appears in the Talmud, and is subsequently borrowed by Christian mystics. The theory of planetary epochs was consistently presented in the works of Ibn Ezra, Abraham (XII century) and Abu Mashar (IX century) and gained popularity in the astrology of the Middle Ages. According to this theory, the age of the Moon ends in 1889, the age of the Sun in 2242, and then the age of Saturn begins.
Speaking about the return of Saturn, Nostradamus could be directly guided by the astrological treatise of R. Russ (1550), in which these dates were named. It is noteworthy that the beginning of the era of Saturn (2242) is really close to the end of 6000 years from the Creation of the World according to the Jewish calendar (2240) . However, the seer does not blindly follow the Jewish tradition, defining the same date as “the end of the seventh thousandth” (PS, Ts10.K74).
Thus, at the same time he refers to the Hebrew calendar and proposes his own system of calculating time, in which the Creation of the World (CM) is shifted back by 1000 years, so that 2242 RH corresponds to 7000 CM. This assumption is consistent with Ts.1.K.48 (“20 years of the reign of the Moon have passed, in 7000 another will reign. When the Sun completes its weary days, then my prophecy will be fulfilled and end”). Indeed, by the year of publication of the first part of the prophecies (1555), exactly 20 years of the Moon era had passed. In addition, the first chronology from the Letter to Henry dates the birth of Jesus to 4758 years SM, from which 4758+2242=7000. Therefore, in the time system used, in addition to the cycle of planetary eras, there is also a 1000-year cycle. The “Nostradamus Calendar” covers, as it were, one planetary “week”, in which each day is equal to 1000 years. This calendar begins with "Great Saturday" and ends with the beginning of the second "Great Saturday" in the years 2240-2242.
The “Era of Saturn” begins simultaneously in both the 1000-year cycle and the cycle of planetary eras. The predictor characterizes such a great intersection of cycles with the words “anaragonic revolution” (PS). From this point of view, the number 3797 from the Letter to Cesar is of a mystifying nature: 3797−1555=2242. However, it should be noted that leaning towards 2242, the predictor also spoke about other dates for the end of 6000 years of SM: 1826 (in the Letter to Henry), 1945 (in the almanac for 1566), 2033 (in the almanacs for 1557, 1559 , 1562, 1563, 1566). In addition, perhaps at the initiative of the publisher, the almanac for 1565 is dated in such a way that the 7000 years of SM expire in 2000 AD. It is likely that some of these dates are used in the cipher system created by the predictor.
Summary of prophecies
The main theme of the prophecies is the political future of Europe, up to the beginning of the astrological era of Saturn, which Nostradamus defines as the “Golden Age”. As a result, his prediction ends with notes of peace: “The end; the wolf, the lion, the bull and the donkey, the timid doe will be with the dogs” (Ts.10.K.99). On the one hand, this is a clear Old Testament motif, but on the other, the Second Coming is mentioned only once, in the Letter to Henry, marking the end of 6000 years. The three Antichrists are described in more detail: the first of them appears in the “lands of Attila” and creates a new Babylonia, which will exist for 73 years and 7 months; the second starts a war in the center of Europe; the third should lead at the end of time the union of the countries of the North and the East. “The third is worse than the first, more terrible than Nero. Run, brave men, so as not to shed blood. He orders the stove to be put on.
The golden age is dead, a great sin” (Ts.9.K.17). The prophecies also describe new religions and prophets, which are assessed ambiguously by interpreters. For example, “The Great Jupiterian” in Ts.10.K.73 will “judge the present by means of the past,” that is, he denies the evolution of morality and calls for a return to primitive values; Moreover, the mention of Jupiter hints at pagan religion Ancient Rome. Most of the quatrains, when examined individually, are of dubious usefulness because they are not dated in any way. However, in the Letter to Henry, after the second chronology, Nostradamus explicitly states that the quatrains are dated by means of the formula: “I have calculated the prophecies entirely according to the order of this chain, which contains its circuit.” The movements of the planets described under the chronology point to 1606 as the starting point.
Criticism of predictions
Both during his life and after his death, Nostradamus' prophecies were criticized. The main argument of critics is that quatrains are too vague and unspecific to be considered real predictions - each phrase can be interpreted in dozens of different ways and, in the end, the interpretation can be “tailored” to the events that actually occurred. This, according to critics, is what fans of Nostradamus do. Indeed, so far no one has been able to publicly predict a single event in the future using so-called “prophecies.” All interpretations of Nostradamus’ texts are the imposition of “predictions” on past events in order to prove their truth. IN modern period the camp of skeptics was headed by a representative Educational Foundation James Randi and parapsychology debunker James Randi. Employees of the Educational Foundation (Fort Lauderdale, Florida) regularly refuted newspaper publications about the apparent connection of the poetry of Nostradamus with modern events. In turn, defenders of Nostradamus point out that the value of the prophecy is not lost because the understanding of the text occurs after the predicted event. The very fact of correct prediction says a lot about the nature of time and is an important argument in favor of the existence of God. It is this, and not the ability to know political upheavals in advance, that gives significance to predictions of this kind.
Nostradamus himself warned against free interpretation of his texts:
Let the uninitiated and ignorant crowd not touch them.
And let all astrologers, brats, and barbarians stay away from them.
Anyone who does otherwise will be cursed according to the ritual.
(Postscript after the 6th century)
They will be looking at it for more than 500 years,
The one who was the ornament of his time,
Then in an instant greater clarity will be granted,
Which will make them very happy with this century.
(Quatrain 3:94)
Translations, little-known manuscripts, personal correspondence
Around 1545, Nostradamus, in a free poetic manner, translated from the Greek “Interpretation of the Hieroglyphs of Horapollo.” The manuscript was kept by one of the ministers of Louis XIV, and then ended up in the National Library of France, where it was discovered in the 20th century. According to the author, the text of the manuscript describes ancient Egyptian drawings and gives their interpretation. This text is of great interest to researchers because many of the images from it are also present in the “Prophecies”. So at the end of the translation an interpretation of the mysterious signs “D. M.”, which denote the underground gods. The same letters are mentioned in quatrain 66 of the 8th century, but they cannot be found in source texts Horapollo.
Almost simultaneously with the “Prophecies,” Nostradamus published two works in the field medical sciences: free translation of “Paraphrase of Galen, his exhortations to Menodotus in the study of the fine arts and medicine” (1557) and “Treatise on the preparation of preserves” (1555). In the first of them, researchers found signs of a cipher.
In 1888, a manuscript containing 72 watercolor drawings was found in a library in Rome, the authorship of which is attributed to Nostradamus, although without evidence. She is now known as code name « Lost book Nostradamus" (" The Lost Book of Nostradamus").
Coincidences with history
When discussing coincidences with history, interpreters often rely on free poetic translations that are far from the original. Unfortunately, when checked, it turns out that Nostradamus did not write this. The optimal translation of the prose part of the prophecies can be found in the books of A. Penzensky, candidate of historical sciences. Translations of quatrains must be compared from several sources. Planetary configurations can be calculated using astrological programs.
St. Bartholomew's Night
Two evil [planets] will conjoin in Scorpio,
The Grand Seigneur is killed in the hall,
Plague in the church, thanks to the new king,
Lower and Northern Europe. Les deux malins de Scorpion conioncts,
Le grand seigneur meurtry dedans sa salle:
Peste a l'eglise par le nouueau roy ioinct,
L'Europe basse & Septentrionale.
(Quatrain 1:52)
Two evil planets - Mars and Saturn - for the first time since the promulgation of the prophecy united in Scorpio in August 1572, which corresponds to the events St. Bartholomew's Night(24 August 1572); the apogee of the schism of the church in France. A plot organized by the mother of King Charles IX, Catherine de' Medici, to eliminate the leader of the French Protestants, Admiral Coligny, got out of control. The admiral was killed at the Hotel de Betisy, but the massacre began to spread like a plague throughout Paris, the surrounding area, and spread to neighboring cities. King Charles IX could only join the Catholics and take responsibility for what happened. After this, the southern Protestant provinces with their capital in the city of La Rochelle declared their political independence.
Scientific revolution
The number of astronomers will increase so much
Persecuted, banished and banned books,
In the year 1607 thanks to the holy cups,
That no one can be saved from the holy gifts. Croistra le nombre si grand des astronomes
Chassez, bannis & liures censurez,
L'an mil six cents & sept par sacre globes
Que nul aux sacres ne seront asseurez.
(Quatrain 8:71)
In 1607, Johannes Kepler laid the foundations of modern astronomy in his work “New Astronomy”, which formulated the laws of planetary revolution around the Sun. In 1608, the Dutchman Hans Lippershey invented a telescope based on the combined use of convex and concave lenses, and in 1609 Galileo Galilei first used it to astronomical observations, which led to a revolution in astronomy, as Galileo's observations confirmed Copernicus' theory of the heliocentric world system. The Church greeted these discoveries with caution, Copernicus's books were banned, Galileo had to renounce his beliefs and spend the last years of his life under house arrest. However, make a telescope with two lenses and independently observe the movement celestial bodies Now almost everyone could.
Execution of Charles I Stuart
Ghent and Brussels will go against Antwerp,
The Senate of London will put its king to death,
Salt and wine will do him no good:
Because of them, there is turmoil in the kingdom. Gang & Bruceles marcheront contre Enuers
Senat de Londres mettront a mort leur roy
Le sel & vin luy seront a l'enuers,
Pour eux auoir le regne an desarroy.
(Quatrain 9:49)
The first line talks about the confrontation between the Northern Netherlands (Antwerp) and Belgium (Brussels), which actually took place in 1579-1648 after the bourgeois revolution in the Netherlands (the struggle of the Utrecht and Aras unions) and ended with the recognition of the Dutch Republic. In January of the following 1649, King Charles I Stuart was executed in England by decision of the people's court. Interpreters pay attention to the “speaking” number of the quatrain: 49.
Great Northern War
Eastern people led by lunar power,
In 1700 they [will make] great campaigns,
Almost conquering the corner of Aquilon. Beaucoup beaucoup auant telles menees,
Ceulx d'orient par la vertu lunaire:
L'an mil sept cens seront grands emmenees,
Subiugant presque le coing Aquilonaire.
(Quatrain 1:49)
The year 1700 is known in history as the beginning of the Northern War, launched on the initiative of Russia and its allies against Sweden, as a result of which Russia will return the Baltic states (the “northern corner” of the empire) and capture part of Finland, providing itself with reliable access to the Baltic Sea. "Aquilon" is a poetic term denoting the land of the north wind; this can be called both Russia and Sweden. The term "lunar power" is understood in the context of quatrain 1:48: chronological framework The Northern War (1700-1721) falls in the middle of the astrological epoch of the Moon (1535-1888).
Spanish inheritance
Head of Aries, Jupiter and Saturn,
God Almighty, what changes!
Then after a long century his evil time will return,
Gaul and Italy, what excitement! Chef d'Aries, Iupiter & Saturne,
Dieu eternel quelles mutations!
Puis par long sciecle son maling temps retourne,
Gaule & Italie quelles esmoutions!
(Quatrain 1:51)
The conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn in the first degrees of Aries was observed only in May 1702. This is the start date biggest war XVIII century (for the Spanish inheritance), in which Gaul (France) and Italy acted as opposing sides. The third line takes us to the end of XVIII - early XIX century, the conquests of Napoleon Bonaparte.
Fall of Persia
In the third climate, under the sign of Aries,
The king of Persia is taken by the Egyptians,
Death, loss, shame on the cross. Le tiers climate soubz Aries comprins,
L'an mil sept cens vingt & sept en Octobre:
Le roy de Perse par ceulx d'Egipte prins:
Coflit, mort, perte: a la croix grand oprobre.
(Quatrain 3:77)
On October 3, 1727, the protege of the Afghan nobility Ashraf, the Shah of Persia, whose country was split by internal conflicts, recognized vassal dependence on Turkey, and also transferred about half of the territory of Persia to the Turks, including Tehran (the capital of modern Iran). Egypt in 1727 was part of the Ottoman Empire. Russia suffered shame, refusing the opportunity to remove the usurper Ashraf for fear of ruining relations with the Turks. After the death of Peter I, Russia switched to a cautious foreign policy. The head of foreign affairs of Russia, Vice-Chancellor Osterman, wrote in 1727: “Our system should be to run away from everything that could lead us into problems.” The quatrain was only partially fulfilled: the Shah was not captured, and Persia itself, according to Agapius of Manbij, is under the sign of Taurus.
French Revolution of 1792
“The year 1792 will be considered the year of renewal of the century” (Letter to Henry)
On August 10, 1792, the monarchy was overthrown in France. The revolutionaries proclaimed this year to be the beginning of a new era, the first year of the French Republican calendar. Critics say that Nostradamus here is merely pointing to the theory of planetary cycles. From the treatise of R. Russ (1548): “... let's talk about the great and wonderful conjunction, which, as gentlemen astrologers say, will occur around the year 1789 of our Lord, after 10 revolutions of Saturn... We are approaching the coming renewal of the world... approximately 243 years from the present treatise."
Napoleon's invasion of Russia
Mars and the Scepter will conjoin,
Under Cancer there is a disastrous war:
A little later a new king will be anointed,
Which will calm the earth for a long time. Mars & le sceptre se trouuera conioint,
Dessous Cancer calamiteuse guerre:
Vn peu apres sera nouueau Roy oingt,
Qui par long temps pacifier la terre.
(Quatrain 6:24)
In astrology, the scepter represents Jupiter. Mars and Jupiter conjunct every other year, and in Cancer every 12 years. However, since the event itself takes place under the sign of Cancer, it can be assumed that we're talking about about the July conjunction, that is, the Sun is also in this sign. In this case, we come to the triple conjunction of the Sun, Mars and Jupiter in July 1812, which corresponds to Napoleon's invasion of Russia. This disastrous war ended with the defeat of the French, the abdication of Napoleon I and the restoration of the Bourbons in 1814.
European revolutions of 1848
They will see the British change seven times,
Painted with blood after 290 years:
France will not become a German fulcrum,
Aries fears his border in Bastarnia. Sept fois changer verres gent Britannique,
Taintz en sang en deux cens nonante ans:
Franc[h]e non point par appuy Germanique,
Aries doubte pole son Bastarnan.
(Quatrain 3:57)
The quatrain allows for serious discrepancies, but the date and general meaning (unrest in Europe) are beyond doubt. The indicated 290 years from the date of publication expired in 1845, and in 1848 a wave of revolutions swept across Europe. K. Marx and F. Engels made a revolutionary appeal to the proletarians of all countries in the “Manifesto of the Communist Party.” The rebels managed to seize power in Paris, after which K. Marx hoped to import the revolution into Germany: “With the victory of the Red Republic in Paris, armies will move from within the country across its borders, and then we will exclaim: “Woe to the vanquished.”” However, these hopes are not true. justified; The uprising in Germany did not receive outside support and was suppressed. The attempt at world revolution was put to an end by the 150,000-strong Russian corps sent by Nicholas I through Eastern Europe(Bastarnia) to suppress the uprising in Austria-Hungary. The first line talks about the transformations of power in England over 290 years: the beginning of the Stuart dynasty, the dictatorship of Cromwell, the restoration of the Stuarts, the glorious revolution of William III, the union with Scotland, the beginning of the Hanoverian dynasty, the union with Ireland. Under the sign of Aries (according to Ptolemy) are Germany, France and Bastarnia.
Hitler's birth
The lost is found, hidden for a long century,
[This] pastor will be revered as a demigod,
Thus the Moon, having completed its cycle,
Will be defiled by other desires. Perdu, trouue, cache de si long siècle
Sera pasteur demi dieu honore,
Ains que la lune acheue son grand cycle
Par autres veux sera deshonore.
(Quatrain 1:25)
The works of A. Penzensky show that Nostradamus adheres (with minor changes) the concept of planetary epochs, which was formulated by the Jewish philosopher Abraham ibn Ezra (XII century), and which was used in the popular astrological treatise of R. Rouss (Lyon, 1550). In this theory, the epoch of the Moon begins in 1535 and ends in 1888-1889. It is known that in 1889, at the end of the Moon era, A. Hitler was born. The second line can be understood in the context of the mythology of the Third Reich. Hitler dreamed of bringing out of the “true Aryans” a new breed of people, a “superman” (demigod). Honors to the Fuhrer himself as a savior German nation, were similar to the veneration of a deity, and the book “ Mein Kampf"replaced the Bible for the Germans. The Fuhrer was called an ascetic and a puritan, a brilliant architect and commander, the new Great Frederick. The image of the Prussian king Frederick II (1712-1786), who was Hitler’s personal hero, became a symbol of the German Renaissance, “the ideal of Nordic beauty” (A. Rosenberg). The actor who played Frederick in the film, Otto Gebuer, was deprived of the right to play other roles, since this, according to Goebbels, could “denigrate the already created image of the Great King.” The mention in the quatrain of the “long century” should be associated with expectations of the coming of the Antichrist a hundred years earlier. So back in 1418, Cardinal Pierre d'Ailly published the treatise “De persecutionibus Ecclesiae”, where he substantiated the date of the appearance of the Antichrist in 1789 from astrological considerations. This idea was then taken up by other astrologers, including Russ.
Formation and fall of the USSR
“And in the month of October it will happen that some great movement will occur - such that they will think that the colossus of the Earth has lost its natural direction and plunged into eternal darkness. Before this, in the springtime, and after this, there will be exceptional changes and changes of power, great earthquakes, with the growth of a new Babylonia, a despicable daughter, grown by the abomination of the first Holocaust, and [it] will last only 73 years and 7 months.” (Letter to Henry)
In 1974, the poet V.K. Zavalishin published in the USA a translation of the prophecies of Nostradamus with comments, where he interpreted this phrase as a prediction about the fall of Soviet power in 1991. Then the astrologer P. Globa ended up in Lefortovo prison for quoting these thoughts. Note that the prediction came true with amazing accuracy. Legally, Bolshevik power was established on January 19, 1918 with the dispersal Constituent Assembly- the highest representative and legislature. Therefore, 73 years and 7 months expire on August 19, 1991 - this day is known in history as the August Putsch. The failure of the coup led to the ban Communist Party THE USSR. The quote from Nostradamus also traces the February Revolution (which began on March 8 according to the Gregorian calendar): “Before that, in the springtime, and after that there will be exceptional changes and shifts of power.” In addition, a “burnt offering” (“holocaust”) is mentioned, after which “Babylonia” increases in size.
The Second World War
The almanac for 1566 provides a chronology according to which 6,000 years from the Creation of the World expire in 1945, which coincides with the end of World War II.
In addition, the events of this period may include a quatrain:
Part Greater Germany will enter
Brabant, Flanders, Ghent, Bruges and Boulogne
As a result of a false truce.
The Grand Duke of Armenia storms Vienna and Cologne. Translatera en la grand Germanie,
Brabant & Flandres, Gand, Bruges & Bologne:
La tresue fainte le grand duc d'Armenie
Assaillira Vienne & la Coloigne.
(Quatrain 5:94)
The occupation of the Netherlands and Luxembourg (Brabant), Belgium (Flanders, Ghent, Bruges) and the north of France (Boulogne) by the German army as a result of the surrender of the French is predicted here. Then the occupation of Austria (Vienna) and Germany (Cologne) by troops from the East. Unfortunately, the date is not specified, but the events described had a literal fulfillment in 1940-1945. During the war between Germany and France and the Benelux countries (Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxembourg), the quatrain was noticed and actively used by Goebbels’ propaganda ministry; however, the last line was deliberately distorted. Later interpreters noticed that the “Duke of Armenia” can be called Stalin, born in Georgia (Transcaucasia), and Cologne can also be Berlin (the old name of the city of Cologne an der Spree).
Holocaust
After burning the shirts
The donkey drivers will change into different clothes.
The people of Saturn are burned by the millers,
Except for those who won't be dressed. Apres les limes bruslez les asiniers,
Constrainctz seront changer habits diuers:
Les Saturnins bruslez parles meusniers,
Hors la plupart qui ne sera couuers.
(Quatrain 6:17)
It is believed that the ancestors of the Jews were nomadic pastoral tribes. In addition, the first Jewish armed formation, created in 1915 in England with the goal of liberating Israel from the Turks, was called “Zion Mule Corps” - “a detachment of muleteers.” Saturn in astrology is associated with Saturday, which is considered a holy day among Jews. The text of K. Marx allows us to identify the “people of millers”: “Mills on trestles, the so-called German mills, appeared before mid-16th century centuries are the only ones known." Since 1942, most of the Jews of Europe were dressed in the clothes of concentration camp prisoners, about 6 million of them. died as a result of the Holocaust.
4 Finding the secret code
Since the interpretation of quatrains is difficult, and the dates to which they refer are in most cases not indicated, there is a widespread opinion among interpreters that the prophecies are encrypted, and the key to them is hidden - in the prefaces, will, or in little-known books of the prophet.
"Lucky Numbers" from the Will
In 1962, Daniel Ruzo suggested that the key was contained in the will of Nostradamus, which he left shortly before his death. The will consists of two parts, with the second part dating 13 days after the first. Ruzo's hypothesis relies on the oddities of the will, in particular the repeating numbers that appear when counting items and amounts of money. So on 13 pages of the Will it is stated that all property should be divided into 13 unequal parts between 13 heirs. Among the items there are: 22 made of cloth, 22 of tin and 22 items of another type. According to the will, 22 people receive money, including 9 heirs and 13 beggars. The total number of ducats (101 simple and 126 double) is 353, that is, the number of quatrains in the first edition of the Prophecies. These oddities suggest that the will contains a secret meaning.
Straight letters from Galen's treatise
In 1557, the publishing house of Antoine du Rhone, in addition to the second part of the Prophecies, published “Paraphrase of Galen, his exhortations to Menodotus in the study of the fine arts and medicine” translated by Nostradamus. François Buguet was the first to suggest that Nostradamus translated Galen for the purpose of showing the reader the key to the cipher in comparison with the original. A fragment of the epigraph to this text in Latin reads: “Volventur saxa litteris & ordine rectis, Cùm videas Occidens & Orientis opes” (“The sacred order will show you in straight letters the treasures of the East and West”).
Ph.D. Patrice Guinard assumes the literal meaning of the phrase: paragraphs typed in italics contain in places, as typos, straight letters.
These typos occur for 11 letters of the alphabet (abfghlntvyz) on 11 pages (2,36,38,45,46,47,48,49,54,61,62), and page 47 (4+7=11) contains 11 typos, on page 48 there are 22 typos (22=2×11), and on other pages there are 13 typos. Full list of straight letters with page numbers: 2(T), 36(F T), 38(V), 45(T y y y), 46(l), 47(h f g l N l g g f f l), 48(h A T h g f z h A v g v b g y f y v y T h v ), 49(f), 54(L), 61(T), 62(z). From here, in particular, it follows that the keys to understanding texts can be lost during translations and reprints.
Lenin, Hitler and Stalin
The prophecies provide three chronologies with the life spans of the biblical ancestors from the Creation of the world to Jesus Christ. The two chronologies are located in the Letter to Henry and have lengths of 4758 (4757) and 4173.666 years respectively. The third chronology, which is 4056 years long, is contained in the almanac for 1566. The discrepancy in the lengths of the chronologies suggests that they are used to predict future events. A. Penzensky finds the origins of this idea in Joachim Florsky’s concept of the repeatability of history, D. and N. Zima turn to the allegorical instructions of Nostradamus along the text, other interpreters refer to the Jewish traditions of interpreting the Torah. In the “Dialogue with Nostradamus...” it was hypothesized that chronologies need to be applied to some reference point (for example, 1557.487 - the date of writing the Letter to Henry, or 1242 - the end of 6000 years from the Creation of the World according to the I chronology) and then compressed so that the end of 6000 years in each of them coincided with the date 2033.02 A.D. (see explanations below).
Then mysterious coincidences arise:
1557.487 + (2033.02 − 1557.487) × 4056.000 ÷ 6000 = 1878.947 (December 21, 1879) Stalin was born
The accuracy is equal to one day, taking into account the +10 day difference between the Julian and Gregorian calendars in the 16th century. The mysterious date 2033.02 has several meanings (justifications):
most almanacs were dated in such a way that 6000 years from the Creation of the World ended in 2033;
this is exactly the midpoint between Yom Kippur (Judgment Day) 6001 AD according to the Jewish calendar (2239.712 AD) and the end of 6000 years in the II chronology of Nostradamus (1826.334 AD):
This is the "first image" of Christ when compressing 6000 years of I chronology to Yom Kippur 6001 of the Hebrew calendar:
1242,000 + (2239,712 − 1242,000) × 4757,000 ÷ 6000 = 2033.02
Yom Kippur in the Jewish tradition occurs on the 10th day of the new year Rosh Hashanah, the period of time between the holidays is called the “ten days of repentance”; 6000 years from the Creation of the World according to the Jewish calendar expire on Thursday, September 17, 2240.
"Winter Ciphers"
In 1998-2001 spouses D. and N. Zima from the pages of the newspapers “Trud”, “Komsomolskaya Pravd”
September, 1937
That day, as always, I was in the bakery that belonged to our family. My mother Anna and my pregnant wife Ingrid worked there with me. Ingrid and I were both eighteen years old. We got married just two months earlier.
I had been helping my mother run the bakery business for several years, and as I grew older, it became something we had in common. family business. Mother was glad that I shifted some of her worries onto my shoulders.
Two elderly women entered the bakery. They looked at different cakes and cookies for a long time, quietly discussing among themselves what was best for them to buy. In the end, they made their choice and made a purchase. On the way out, the postman, who was heading towards us, helpfully held the door for them.
“I brought you a draft notice, Gunther,” he said as he entered.
Hearing these words, I felt that in an instant my life had changed dramatically. I knew that two years ago universal conscription had been restored in Germany, but I treated it somehow with detachment, not imagining that it would affect me.
The postman handed me a small yellow envelope with my name and address printed on it.
“Thank you, Walter,” I said and handed him the cake: “Help yourself.”
Taking the cake, the postman smiled:
“Thank you, Gunther,” raising his hat, he bowed to my mother and Ingrid and left the bakery.
My mother's face immediately became very concerned, she looked at me with concern.
“Mom, everything will be fine,” I tried to reassure her and forced myself to smile.
“Your father died in the war,” she sighed.
“But we’re not at war with anyone now,” I objected.
Opening the envelope, I began to read the summons. It informed me that I had to report to the recruiting station within three days and that if I did not do this, I would face arrest. In addition, the summons indicated the address of my recruiting station, which, as it turned out, was located several kilometers from our bakery.
Three next days flew by very quickly. All this time, my mother endlessly gave me various pieces of advice that, as she thought, could help me avoid army service:
- Tell them you just got married. Tell them that your baby is about to be born...
However, she herself was very afraid that none of these arguments would change anything. And my mother repeated to me several times during these three days:
“Gunther, I beg you, don’t try to act like a daredevil if you ever find yourself in a war.” Your father was a brave man, and he is no longer with us. And you must return home safe and sound.
Ingrid transmitted my mother's worries. One evening, when we were alone, her face became very serious and sad. She said, barely holding back tears:
– Promise me that you will return, Gunther.
– Of course I’ll be back! – I answered with feigned cheerfulness. “But then you, too, promise that you will wait for me.”
She promised and brought my hand to her stomach:
– Tell our child that you will definitely return.
I kissed Ingrid on the stomach and, smiling, said, turning to the one who was inside:
“Baby, your dad is telling you this.” I promise you and mom that I will come back. We will be together again, and everything will be fine with us!
Ingrid accompanied me to the recruiting station. When I got there, I saw a long line of young people. Some of them stood with their wives, girlfriends and mothers. There were even a few small children in the crowd who were brought to see their fathers off.
I got in line. Ingrid did not want to leave and squeezed my hand.
“Don’t worry, we’ll most likely just be sent to guard the border,” I said, not fully believing the veracity of my words.
In those days, many had a presentiment that difficult trials awaited Germany. Life in the country has changed dramatically in just the last few years. With Hitler's rise to power in 1933, the inculcation of Nazi ideology began. Disagreement with the ruling regime was gradually suppressed more and more harshly. Eventually it got to the point where even an innocent joke about Hitler or his party could lead to arrest. However, I myself was too young then to think about such things. The only thing that caught my eye was that about two years before I received my draft notice, several Jews who had previously been regular customers stopped visiting our bakery. But at that time I didn’t give it any thought special significance. Perhaps these people managed to escape the country, or they suffered a much worse fate.
I myself was never a Nazi. But I remember well that by the mid-thirties German people divided into their supporters and those who could only remain silent and afraid. The Nazis were everywhere. Even near the recruiting station, several of them walked around in black shirts with a swastika on the sleeve and handed out propaganda leaflets. When one of them was handed to me, I took it, smiling politely. I didn't need any extra problems.
Soon it was my turn. I hugged my wife tightly:
– Ingrid, everything will be fine. I'll be back soon, trust me!
She almost burst into tears and once again said that she loved me very much and would wait. We kissed and I entered the corridor of the recruiting station. Ingrid looked after me, but the door was on a spring and slammed shut as soon as I entered.
There was also a line in the hallway that led to a massive table. A portly sergeant towered over the table. He took the summons from the conscripts and asked each of them a series of formal questions.
When I finally got to the desk, the sergeant asked me my name, address, age, weight, and the like. When asking questions, he did not pause. His voice sounded monotonous, and his face expressed nothing. He even seemed to me not like a person, but like some kind of machine.
Everything that happened next also resembled a conveyor belt. In the next huge room we went through a medical examination, taking turns moving from one doctor to another. After that, another sergeant handed me a document to sign, according to which I was drafted into the army for four years. I had no choice but to sign.
Soon after this, each of us was given personal soldier's books, which we had to carry with us at all times. In addition, we received special forms on which each of us had to indicate names and addresses immediate family, and also write what he did in previous years and what skills he has. Based on this, our military specialty was subsequently determined.
I couldn’t think of anything better than to write that I worked in a bakery, and also that I have marksmanship skills. I learned to shoot a rifle in a school club. The teacher said that I was the most accurate boy he ever taught. And this was indeed the case.
When we filled out all the papers, we were lined up in the courtyard behind the recruiting station. There were already army trucks there. We loaded into them and were taken to the station. Soon we were already sitting on the train, which was taking us away from our native Hamburg. However, our journey lasted only a few hours. And then we unloaded at the station, where army trucks were again waiting for us.
It was already getting dark when we arrived at the training camp. We were lined up on the parade ground in front of the barracks. Sergeant Krauss, who was later responsible for our training, made a speech, the general meaning of which was that he would make real fighters out of us who would guard the interests of Germany, the Fuhrer and the people. After this, we were placed in barracks, where we were to live for the next three months.