Nostradamus
What if I could tell you that a prophet had predicted the rise and fall of Hitler, the assassination of John F. Kennedy, and maybe even the horrifying attack of the World Trade Center on September 11? How would you feel? I’m here to tell you about a sixteenth-century prophet and astrologer by the name of Nostradamus, and his fascinating, yet frightening prophecies.
Before I go into the content of Nostradamus’ prophecies, I want to tell you about his own background. The name Nostradamus is the Latinized form of Michel de Nostredame. He was born on December 14, 1503 at Saint-Remy in Provence, France (Cohen 61). He was born into a well-educated family. Nostradamus in his early years studied to be a physician. He actually did not show much interest in astrology and prophecy until a plague hit parts of France and killed his wife and children (Cohen 62). When he did start committing himself to seeing the future, he wrote in prophetic verses in forms of quatrains. These verses were......
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