Nostradamus (1503–1566)
Author of The Complete Prophecies of Nostradamus
About the Author
Michel de Nostredame was born on December 14, 1503 in St. Remy de Provence, France. In 1522, he decided to study medicine and enrolled at Mont Pellier. He achieved his bachelor's degree and was soon licensed to practice medicine. He was active in treating the victims of the Black Plague and show more developed unique and effective methods of treatment which helped to lessen the suffering of many people. At 26, Nostradamus returned to Mont Pellier to obtain his doctorate. He was recruited as an instructor after his graduation and taught for about a year. In 1538 Nostradamus was falsely accused of heresy by Church officials, due to an innocent comment he made one day about a church statue. One misconception led to another, and the agents of the Spanish Inquisition sought his arrest. Wishing to avoid arrest, Nostradamus left France and fled to Italy. And after traveling through Italy and France for six years, Nostradamus returned to his native land where he was employed by the city of Aix in 1546. For a period of three years he again fought the plague. During this period of his life, Nostradamus acquainted himself with the apothecaries and healers of the area in order to include them in his book Traite des Fardmens, the world's first medical directory, which listed the names, location and specialties of physicians and healers practicing in Europe. By 1555, Nostradamus had finished the first phase of his book that would contain his prophecies. Upon its publication, Nostradamus' fame quickly spread throughout Europe. This first version of his prophecies contained over 300 predictions. His book became very popular among the literate and educated Europeans of the day, and the French Queen, Catherine de' Medici, summoned Nostradamus to her court in Paris. He and the Queen became close personal friends. It was during that era that Nostradamus was appointed as the personal physician and royal advisor to Henry II. Later, he also advised the French Kings Francis II and Charles IX. In 1557, when he was told that the Justices of Paris were again asking about his magical practices, he hurriedly returned to Salon. On June 28, 1559, quatrain # 1-35 which predicted the accidental death of an "old lion" (an allusion to Henri -- the King of France) came true. Some people were upset with Nostradamus, others amazed. His fame grew even more. Nostradamus remained in Salon for a number of years, and continued to work on his writings. Nostradamus' health began to be troubled with gout and arthritis. His health continued to worsen and he died on July 2, 1566. After his death, his son Caesar gathered the remaining prophecies which had been unpublished up to that point, and published them in 1568, two years after Nostradamus passed away. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
Disambiguation Notice:
Please be very careful combining editions of Nostradamus' prophecies. Many are incomplete selections and contents vary widely.
Image credit: Portrait of Michel de Nostredame (Nostradamus), Painted by his son César de Nostredame about 1614 A.D.
Works by Nostradamus
The Elixirs of Nostradamus: Nostradamus' Original Recipes for Elixirs, Scented Water, Beauty Potions and Sweetmeats (1995) 69 copies
The Nostradamus Code: For The First Time The Secrets Of Nostradamus Revealed In The Age Of Computer Science (1554) 46 copies
As Profecias de Nostradamus 2 copies
Les Oracles de Michel de Nostredame, astrologue, médecin et conseiller ordinare des Rois Henri II,… (2001) 1 copy
Le profezia 1 copy
O Breviário de Nostradamus 1 copy
Центурии 1 copy
the oracles of nostradamus 1 copy
The New Revelations 1 copy
Prophecies You Can't Ignore 1 copy
NOSTRADAMUS PROFETIOR 1 copy
Nostradamus profetier 1 copy
Traite des confitures 1 copy
The Elixirs of Nostradamus 1 copy
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Prophecies on World Events by Nostradamus by Stewart Robb
Robb was an early twentieth century interpreter of Nostradamus's prophecies, with a big emphasis on Nostradamus's supposed prophecies of French history. No biggie there, as Nostradamus was a French prophet, wouldn't most of his prophecies be geared at the French? Robb here does his admirable and scholarly best to try and prove that the quatrains he choose do that. But, of course, it is all a matter of post-diction, selective cherry-picking, and outré interpretations of words and phrases and anagrams sometimes but not others. Oddly, Robb doesn't select the young lion, old lion joust quatrain to explify. And Robb is okay with admitting Nostradamus is wrong, like p. 37: "It seems then that Nostradamus got the color of his hair wrong." And, prophecy C87, Q71 on astrologers in 1607? Robb repeats the fiction that there was a Council at Malines in 1607 that condemned astrology. Even Hogue is honest enough to admit there was no such council or ruling or anything in 1607 that could conceivable be construed to fulfill this prophecy. If Nostradamus (and his commentators) can be so wrong, how can he ever be right? A broken clock is right...… (more)
A cookbook (found in Charles Boer's library) on preserving fruits and vegetables for the future, from the great French Renaissance predictor of the future (original in French, this one a translation into Italian). Charles Boer bought this in Milano on the way from Parma to Eranos in August 1983. He was working on "Freud's Own Cookbook" at the time with James Hillman, hence the interest in such an odd work translated into Italian.
If you try hard enough, each of these prophecies" is mere hallucination. How people could be stupid enough to believe them is beyond me."
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