Happy birthday Nostradamus
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PEMBROKE, England (Wireless Flash) -- Sunday (Dec. 14) is the 500th anniversary of the birth of the French prophet Nostradamus and, predictably, it's getting lots of attention from his fans in the 21st century.
One of those who plans to celebrate is British linguist Peter Lemesurier, one of the world's most knowledgeable Nostradamus experts.
He appreciates Nostradamus more as a poet than a prophet but says that only recently have translators made his predictions rhyme.
While Lemesurier is impressed with Nostradamus' notes, he warns people not to read into them too deeply because "much of it is based on pre-existing events, and Nostradamus wrote them up with the idea that history repeats itself."
Nostradamus Turns 500 On Sunday (Dec. 14)
From Peter Lemesurier's Nostradamus 500:
How often has Nostradamus been proved right in the past?
Certainly such of his Presages as were specific seem to have turned out to be largely wrong at the time -their success-rate seems to have been about 5.73%!
From Common misconceptions about Nostradamus:
Well, in his Epistle to King Henri II he did claim that, when divinely inspired (whether directly, via the planets, or via his guiding spirit or claimed Guardian Angel [Michael, naturally!]), he was capable of not erring, failing or being deceived. But then, in his letter to the Canons of Orange of 4th February 1562, he pointed out that, as a human being, he could quite easily do all three. Which of course poses the interesting question...how, as a human being, could he be absolutely sure of when he was being divinely inspired?!
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