A physician and astrologer by profession, Nostradamus (1503-1566) is said to have remained awake nights for several years, meditating over a brass bowl filled with water. Through these trances he supp...
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In the following excerpt, Nostradamus justifies and explains the intent of his prophecies. As editor Charles A. Ward indicates, this preface, dedicated to his newborn son, was originally published in ...
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Besant was a prolific English novelist, historian, and critic who sought in his fiction to expose and denounce the social evils of late-Victorian England. In the following excerpt, he sarcastically de...
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In the following excerpt from an essay sympathetic to Nostradamus's prophetic skill, Ward examines several of the quatrains. "Our business, " he writes, "will be merely to ...
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In the following excerpt, Forman examines several prophecies of Nostradamus, positing possible ancient influences, remarking upon his intentional obscurity, highlighting alleged prophecies that came t...
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In the following excerpt from a book published during the early years of World War II, McCann emphasizes Nostradamus's significance as a prophet of the world's current time of troubles a...
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Leoni is the author of Nostradamus: Life and Literature, a work containing what is considered the definitive English-language critical edition of Nostradamus's prophecies. (This work was republ...
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In the following chapter from a reprint of the 1973 edition of his Nostradamus; or, The Future Foretold, Laver interprets sections of the Centuries which have been cited by other commentators as conce...
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In the following excerpt, Pitt Francis engages the question of Nostradamus's legitimacy as a prophet of future events, focusing upon factors that may account for Nostradamus's successful...
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Known as "The Amazing Randi" and described by Time magazine as a "conjurer, showman, crusader, and America's most implacable foe of flummery," Randi is the author of...
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Tell them what you don't like about yourself.That's the question Drs. Troy and McNamara have been asking their prospective patients for four seasons on the outrageous FX drama "Nip/Tuck." A surgica...
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I'm not sure what the New Year has in store. Who does? OK, there are some who religiously adhere to soothsayers such as Nostradamus. I don't. His predictions tend to lean toward the bleak with prop...
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Randy Johnson pitched off a mound Friday for the first time since back surgery in October and said after his private bullpen session that he felt fine. The Big Unit threw 25 fastballs and said he w...
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Rankings for the top 15 programs on cable networks as compiled by Nielsen Media Research for the week of Oct. 22-28. Day and start time (EDT) are in parentheses.1. NFL Football: Colts vs. Jaguars (...
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Question 1 of 10:The new Doctor is generally disappointed with his latest face, but which feature does he think is an "improvement"?a) His eyes (0)b) His ears (0)c) His chin (0)d) His nose (1)Quest...
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RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - A Brazilian judge barred
a samba group Thursday from featuring a Holocaust display
and a dancer dressed as Adolf Hitler in its Carnival parade
after fierce complaints fr...
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Mercedes-Benz and BMW, and to a lesser degree Audi, are in a longstanding mine’s-bigger-and-better rivalry. Who fired first? It’s unclear, although Mercedes does claim to have invented ...
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RIO DE JANEIRO, (Reuters) - A Rio de Janeiro samba
group agreed Wednesday to remove the swastika symbol from
uniforms that its dancers planned to wear in a Carnival parade
after complaints from a ...
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Nostradamus
Critical Essay by Michel Nostradamus
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