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Oracle of DelphiThis Day Birth - 14. Dec
December 14th 2006 05:42
Extracted from wikipedia.com
Today marks the birth of the infamous Nostradamus (14 December 1503), whos latinised name of Michel de Nostredame, was one of the world's most famous publishers of prophecies. He is best known for his book Les Propheties, the first edition of which appeared in 1555.
Since the publication of this book, which has rarely been out of print since his death and has always been hugely popular throughout the world, Nostradamus has attracted an almost cult following. His many enthusiasts, to say nothing of the popular press, credit him with predicting numerous major world events.
In contrast, most of the academic sources listed below maintain that the associations made between world events and Nostradamus' quatrains are largely the result of misinterpretations or mistranslations (sometimes deliberate) or else are so tenuous as to render them useless as evidence of any genuine predictive power. Moreover, none of the sources listed offers any evidence that anyone has ever interpreted any of Nostradamus' quatrains specifically enough to allow a clear identification of any event in advance.
Nevertheless, interest in the work of this prominent figure of the French Renaissance is still considerable, especially in the media and in popular culture, and the prophecies have in some cases been assimilated to the results of applying the alleged Bible Code, as well as to other purported prophetic works.
Nostradamus original portrait by his son Cesar
Today marks the birth of the infamous Nostradamus (14 December 1503), whos latinised name of Michel de Nostredame, was one of the world's most famous publishers of prophecies. He is best known for his book Les Propheties, the first edition of which appeared in 1555.
Since the publication of this book, which has rarely been out of print since his death and has always been hugely popular throughout the world, Nostradamus has attracted an almost cult following. His many enthusiasts, to say nothing of the popular press, credit him with predicting numerous major world events.
In contrast, most of the academic sources listed below maintain that the associations made between world events and Nostradamus' quatrains are largely the result of misinterpretations or mistranslations (sometimes deliberate) or else are so tenuous as to render them useless as evidence of any genuine predictive power. Moreover, none of the sources listed offers any evidence that anyone has ever interpreted any of Nostradamus' quatrains specifically enough to allow a clear identification of any event in advance.
Nevertheless, interest in the work of this prominent figure of the French Renaissance is still considerable, especially in the media and in popular culture, and the prophecies have in some cases been assimilated to the results of applying the alleged Bible Code, as well as to other purported prophetic works.
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Comment by Jessicca
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Thank you so much for dropping by.
Comment by LaurenD
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Comment by Jessicca
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There are always a lot of question concerning his prophecies. Debates, etc.
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That's true but there are still vast numbers of people who quote him. His prophecies are so general there is no way they can't come true.
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Comment by Jessicca
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True but the thing is you are given so many visions that comes in and out from your mind all the time sometimes it is really hard to take the details.
I heard someone once quoted him when he had those visions he hardly slept.