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Nostradamus: The Complete Prophecies
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Nostradamus: The Complete Prophecies
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by John Hogue and Michel Nostradamus
Sales Rank : 437609
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Hardcover: 961 pages
Publisher: Element Books April 1997
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1852309598
ISBN-13: 978-1852309596
Product Dimensions:
9.8 x 6.5 x 2.5 inches
Shipping Weight: 3.3 pounds
Product Review
On the cusp of the millennium, this weighty volume will likely ride the wave of renewed interest in fin de siecle-type prophecies. This 16th century French physician and occultist has a four century edge of notoriety over contemporary prognosticators. Noting his quarter century investment of research, this Seattle author is admittedly a longtime Nostradamus believer who still claims to present a comprehensive, objective interpretation of these prophecies into the distant future. Written in archaic French, in 1,100 cryptic quatrains (filling 10 volumes in their original incarnation!), they aimed to give rational semblance to the mysteries of the divine while confounding the ever-threatening Inquisition. Like all believers in matters beyond verification by science, Hogue (credentials unspecified) harnesses Nostradamus' ambiguities to buttress his own beliefs - a fault he acidly criticizes in others, as well as to rationalize that averted (i. e., incorrectly predicted) destinies are either misinterpretations or the result of free will. Whether or not one accepts that symbolic representations such as "the crooked cross" portend the Nazi swastika, and others the AIDS epidemic, this compendium is fascinating for its biography of a man - and elucidation of the controversies over his interpreters - who will continue to be controversial into the 21st century. -- From Independent Publisher
Product Description
From the bestselling author of Nostradamus: The New Revelations comes the most complete book ever published on the life and prophecies of the 16th-century French doctor/astrologist. This new examination of his works includes interpretations based on computer analyses of all 36,000 words of Nostradamus' original writings.
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