Nostradamus was a 16th Century French doctor who has
become possibly one of the world's most renowned prophets. Unfortunately,
his marketability has led to enormous amounts of fallacious nonsense
being attributed to him over the years, the most recent misapprehension
being his "end of the world" prophecy for 1999, a spectacular
blunder on the part of the media which has probably scuppered
his reputation in the eyes of most casual observers. In fact he
didn't predict any such thing, but his writings are cryptic enough
to mislead even the most erudite on occasion. [
Click here for a sensible look at that
particular conundrum.]
Nostradamus for the Slow-Witted was written
with some of these interpretational problems in mind, intending
to provide a few hopping-on points for understanding his verses,
and to throw a little light on the vast gulf in cultures there
exists between our day and his. Rather than take a dry and dusty
academic approach, it's written in a light-hearted, contemporary
colloquial style, offsetting in-depth analysis of selected prophecies
with a few smiles along the way.
The whole book is offered free, here online for your
perusal. If you're after secrets of the future, you're looking
in the wrong place, but if you're interested in the human mind's
capacity for prophecy, there's plenty of food for thought in these
electronic pages.
click here to
start the book
and here to see
a prediction on Princess Diana
