MICHEL DE NOSTREDAME, “Nostradamus” (1503-1566)
STATUS: NOT an approved Catholic mystic. Prophecies are obviously personal interpretations of past historical and previously known prophecies available at the time, he himself many times declared he was not a 'prophet', and his timeline of events is HERETICAL as he proposed a prophecy that is a Millenarian heresy regarding the Age of Peace. Also, he was incorrect regarding the reign of the Antichrist and contradicts Church teaching in this regard.
Admits he used astrology to try and personally predict a timeline of future world events, openly admitted he made 'interpretations' when a strange 'feeling' would come over him and that he used pagan divination practices, ' i.e. 'the blazing tripod', to clear his mind to see and interpret things and 'scenes'.
In all, if he did see things and not only personally interpreted future events, there must have been diabolical interference due to his dabbling with the pagan divination and astrology.
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Michel de Nostredame (depending on the source, was born 14 or 21 December 1503 – 1 or 2 July 1566), usually known by the Latinised form of his name as is typical with the learned people of the time, aka Nostradamus, was a French astrologer, physician and reputed seer, who is best known for his book Les Prophéties, a collection of 942 poetic quatrains allegedly predicting future events. The book was first published in 1555.
Nostradamus's father's family had originally been Jewish, but had converted to Catholic Christianity a generation before he was born. He studied at the University of Avignon, but was forced to leave after just over a year when the university closed due to an outbreak of the plague. He worked as an apothecary for several years before entering the University of Montpellier, hoping to earn a doctorate, but was almost immediately expelled after his work as an apothecary (a manual trade forbidden by university statutes) was discovered. He first married in 1531, but his wife and two children died in 1534 during Nostradamus (1503-1566)another plague outbreak. He fought alongside doctors against the plague before remarrying to Anne Ponsarde, with whom he had six children. He wrote an almanac for 1550 and, as a result of its success, continued writing them for future years as he began working as an astrologer for various wealthy patrons. Catherine de' Medici became one of his foremost supporters. His famous book of so-called prophetic predictions, Les Prophéties, published in 1555, relied heavily on historical and literary precedent. He suffered from severe gout toward the end of his life, which eventually developed into edema. He died on 1 or 2 July 1566.
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The So-Called 'Prophecies' of Nostradamus.
Here are the major red flags:
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His interpretations are of known prophecies, in particular, from the Mirabilis Liber of 1522, and, are more akin to pieces of poetry composed by natural means than by a real prophetic spirit
Of interest, most of the prophecies in the Mirabilis Liber are misattributed, or, in some instances, come from condemned or dubious sources. The book was put on the list of forbidden books by the Church in Lisbon, and so, this source was very sketchy to begin with. I've pretty much debunked a few of the prophecies from that book already!
Then, we see in Nostradamus' Epistle to his patron King Henry II of France, which was printed in the fourth edition of his Les Propheties in 1568, he wrote:
“It is to a most prudent and most wise Prince that I have dedicated my nocturnal and prophetic calculations, which are composed rather out of a natural instinct, accompanied by a poetic furor, than according to the strict rules of poetry. Most of them have been integrated with astronomical calculations corresponding to the years, months and weeks of the regions, countries and most of the towns and cities of all Europe, including Africa and part of Asia, where most of all these coming events are to transpire. They are composed in a natural manner.”
So, he admits to using a natural means of interpreting, nothing mystical or of God. And, are more 'poetic creations' written by 'poetic furor' along with astrology calculations.
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ADMITTED IN THE SAME Epistle there is NO WAY TO INTERPRET THEM = sign of a fake prophet:
Nostradamus: “Indeed, someone, who would do well to blow his nose, may reply that the rhythm is as easy as the sense is difficult. That, O Most Humane king, is because most of the prophetic quatrains are so ticklish that there is no making way through them, nor is there any interpreting of them.”
A true prophet of God is not that cryptic, and when God does shroud His prophecies in mystery to a point, they are made clear when they come to pass. Nostradamus basically admitted his poetic quatrains have no way of being interpreted properly.
People have noticed, if it 'seems' his prophecies actually predict anything, it is because they can literally be interpreted any way one wishes. Often the original texts have been mistranslated badly, or purposely mistranslated to fit a situation to 'prove' they are real.
I have personally read through all the book of quatrains, and the predictions do not follow chronological coherence. It can be twisted to any way one wishes to see or interpret it.
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Influenced by his practice of a more occult form of Astrology, not authentic Biblical sign-reading astronomy.
He admitted in his Epistle that he made astrological calculations according to the 'favourable days' aka, during the more 'fortunate time' for making predictions, meaning, this was more of an occult astrological form of predicting he used, not true Biblical astronomy.
Nostradamus: “I wanted to leave a record in writing of the years, towns, cities and regions in which most of the events will come to pass, even those of the year 1585 and of the year 1606, reckoning from the present time, which is March 14, 1557, and going far beyond to the events which will take place at the beginning of the seventh millenary, when, so far as my profound astronomical calculations and other knowledge have been able to make out, (…) I have calculated and composed all during choice hours of well-disposed days, and as accurately as I could, all when Minerva was free and not unfavourable.”
Note that Nostradamus even uses the name 'Minerva' – he may have been trying to be 'poetic' as they often were back then using the names of pagan gods and goddesses, but this is rather telling when used with astrology. Something is definitely fishy here.
Despite his protest that: “(...) before God and his Saints that I do not propose to insert any writings in this present Epistle that will be contrary to the true Catholic faith, whilst consulting the astronomical calculations to the best of my ability,” he admitted that he used the 'brazed tripod'. See number 4 below.
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Using pagan / occult-type means to 'clear' his mind to see the future – basically admitting he invoked the Python spirit – a DEMON.
Ironically, before his protest he did not insert anything contrary to the Catholic faith, Nostradamus admitted that:
“(...) that this natural instinct (for making predictions) has been adjusted and integrated with long calculations. (I.e. astrology calculations). At the same time, I freed my soul, mind and heart of all care, solicitude and vexation. All of these prerequisites for presaging I achieved in part by means of the brazen tripod.”
In his book of prophecies in 1555 he had cryptically admitted in his prophetic quatrains of using pagan divination means:
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Sitting alone at night in secret study;
it is placed on the brass tripod.
A slight flame comes out of the emptiness and makes
successful that which should not be believed in vain.
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The wand in the hand is placed in the middle of the tripod's legs.
With water he sprinkles both the hem of his garment and his foot.
A voice, fear: he trembles in his robes.
Divine splendour; the God sits nearby.
However, we see in the Epistle published in 1568 he really did employ them, it wasn't just poetic jargon added for effect in his quatrains.
What is the brazen tripod? The ancient pagan Oracle of Delphi used to sit on a brazen or brass tripod over a volcanic fissure to breathe in the vapours of the Python serpent spirit, which the ancient Greeks believed was in the centre of the earth. They believed the gods, especially Apollo at this particular shrine, would grant prophetic words through this oracle. The oracle would then babble out some fume-induced gibberish that the priests of Delphi would try to interpret, or, the oracle would give some seeming prophetic words to people seeking advice or what would happen to them in the future.
However, many times the 'prophecies' from the Oracle were non-prophecies, meaning, they were purposely obscured and vague, purposely so in order that they could come true either way and sound 'real'. 'The Catechism Explained' by Spirago and Clarke have this to say about the Oracle of Delphi and other pagan oracle shrines:
“The oracles of the heathen correspond to the false miracles of which we have already spoken. (i.e. False miracles appear to surpass the powers of nature, but are really the effect of the employment of the powers of nature by the evil spirits, who by reason of their greater knowledge and power are able to produce results that deceive and mislead us.) They (the oracles) were mostly obscure and sometimes ambiguous, as when the oracle of Delphi told Croesus that if he crossed the river Halys with his army he would destroy a mighty kingdom, but did not say whether that kingdom was to be his own or his enemies. Many predictions were given by the oracles and the heathen soothsayers which were not true prophecies, but guesses made from a knowledge of the laws of nature and from the laws that regulate the general course of human development. The evil spirits, through their superior knowledge, were often able to foretell events that men could not foresee, such as the approach of a storm or pestience, or the death of some individual.” ('The Catechism Explained', Spirago and Clarke, 'Faith - The Motives of Faith', pp. 96-96.)
As we know, the Bible says all pagan gods are devils, and the Python spirit is mentioned as a 'voice' that comes out from the earth, basically, an 'earth-god' devil in Isaiah (29:4) We see in the Acts of the Apostles St. Paul cast out a prophetic python devil possessing a girl. (Act 16: 16-18)
In all, Nostradamus admitted to using a similar means used by the pagan Oracle of Delphi to write his interpretations. Is this the work of a true mystic? Of course not.
He also admitted his prophecies were purposely written in an ambiguous fashion, which of course allows them to be open to all manner of interpretation. Again, this sounds like the old pagan tactics.
Obviously, the 'god' that was 'sitting nearby' as he used the tripod was a demon, not God!
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His Prophecy regarding the Antichrist Contradicts Church teaching
While the Church teaches the spirit of the Antichrist will always be at work until the time of his manifestation, and, that the Antichrist will make his presence felt through history through precursors, Nostradamus writes in his Epistle the Antichrist keeps appearing, and getting bound up, then reappearing....no mention of a precursor, or simply his spirit working. No, the Antichrist himself will not keep appearing, then getting bound up, then reappearing.
Also, Nostradamus completely contradicts Church teaching about the length of the Antichrist's reign when he finally appears on earth – Nostradamus says for 25 years, when the Fathers and Doctors of the Church agree his reign will last about 3 and a half years at the end of time. Also, Nostradamus says the Antichrist comes before the Age of Peace and not after, which is a serious doctrinal error contradicting the teachings of St. Paul and the Church. Click here to see the correct teachings regarding the reign of the Antichrist.
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Believed in the MILLENARIAN HERESY
In his Epistle, Nostradamus says the Antichrist will be bound up, then the 'Golden Age of Saturn', aka the Age of Peace will begin, and will last around 1,000 years, after which Satan will be loosed again.
This is a HERESY. The Church has taught the number 1,000 mentioned in the Book of the Apocalypse is symbolical and NOT literal, and it does NOT represent the length of the Age of Peace. The Church teaches it represents the time of the founding of the Church at the time of the crucifixion all the way up to the Second Coming of Christ. For correct teachingsregarding the number 1000 as mentioned in the Apocalypse, click here.
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Considering the demonic practices used by Nostradamus, not to mention the doctrinal errors, his prophecies are not in the Timeline.
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