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Prophecies of Nostradamus
by Michel Nostradamus
Contents
Preface
Century I
Century II
Century III
Century IV
Century V
Century VI
Century VII
Epistle to Henry II
Century VIII
Century IX
Century X
Almanac of 1555
Almanac of 1558
Almanac of 1560
Almanac of 1562
Almanac of 1564
Almanac of 1566
Preface
Preface by M. Nostradamus to His Prophecies
Greetings and happiness to Cesar Nostradamus my son. Your late arrival,
Cesar Nostredame, my son, has made me spend much time in constant
nightly reflection so that I could communicate with you by letter and
leave you this reminder, after my death, for the benefit of all men, of
which the divine spirit has vouchsafed me to know by means of astronomy.
And since it was the Almighty's will that you were not born here in this
region and I do not want to talk of years to come but of the months
during which you will struggle to grasp and understand the work I shall
be compelled to leave you after my death: assuming that it will not be
possible for me to leave you such writing as may be destroyed through
the injustice of the age. The key to the hidden prediction which you
will inherit will be locked inside my heart.
Also bear in mind that the events here described have not yet come to
pass, and that all is ruled and governed by the power of Almighty God,
inspiring us not by bacchic frenzy nor by enchantments but by
astronomical assurances: predictions have been made through the
inspiration of divine will alone and the spirit of prophecy in particular.
On numerous occasions and over a long period of time I have predicted
specific events far in advance, attributing all to the workings of
divine power and inspiration, together with other fortunate or
unfortunate happenings, foreseen in their full unexpectedness, which
have already come to pass in various regions of the earth. Yet I have
wished to remain silent and abandon my work because of the injustice not
only of the present time but also for most of the future. I will not
commit to writing.
Since governments, sects and countries will undergo such sweeping
changes, diametrically opposed to what now obtains, that were I to
relate events to come, those in power now - monarchs, leaders of sects
and religions - would find these so different from their own imaginings
that they would be led to condemn what later centuries will learn how to
see and understand. Bear in mind also Our Saviour's words: "Do not give
anything holy to the dogs, nor throw pearls in front of swine lest they
trample them with their feet and turn on you and tear you apart." For
this reason I withdrew my pen from the paper, because I wished to
amplify my statement touching the Vulgar Advent by means of ambiguous
and enigmatic comments about future causes, even those closest to us and
those I have perceived, so that some human change which may come to pass
shall not unduly scandalize delicate sensibilities. The whole work is
thus written in a nebulous rather than plainly prophetic form. So much
so that, "You have hidden these things from the wise and the
circumspect, that is from the mighty and the rulers, and you have
purified those things for the small and the poor," and through Almighty
God's will, revealed unto those prophets with the power to perceive what
is distant and thereby to foretell things to come. For nothing can be
accomplished without this faculty, whose power and goodness work so
strongly in those to whom it is given that, while they contemplate
within themselves, these powers are subject to other influences arising
from the force of good. This warmth and strength of prophecy invests us
with its influence as the sun's rays affect both animate and inanimate
entities.
We human beings cannot through our natural consciousness and
intelligence know anything of God the Creator's hidden secrets, For it
is not for us to know the times or the instants, etc.
So much so that persons of future times may be seen in present ones,
because God Almighty has wished to reveal them by means of images,
together with various secrets of the future vouchsafed to orthodox
astrology, as was the case in the past, so that a measure of power and
divination passed through them, the flame of the spirit inspiring them
to pronounce upon inspiration both human and divine. God may bring into
being divine works, which are absolute; there is another level, that of
angelic works; and a third way, that of the evildoers.
But my son, I address you here a little too obscurely. As regards the
occult prophecies one is vouchsafed through the subtle spirit of fire,
which the understanding sometimes stirs through contemplation of the
distant stars as if in vigil, likewise by means of pronouncements, one
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