
Profezie di Nostradamus
Prophecies of NostradamusDa Nostradamus
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Questa edizione della New Albion Press contiene tutti e dieci i "secoli", o gruppi di 100 quartine, che compongono le Profezie, è illustrato con dipinti contemporanei e xilografie, nonché illustrazioni successive, e include le lettere di Nostradamus a suo figlio Cesare e ad Henri II re di Francia.
Il significato psichico di questa quartina così stabilito, scopriamo una vera profezia!
The great one shall be no more in a false sleep,
The restlessness shall take rest,
He shall raise an army of gold and azure
He shall conquer Africa and gnaw it to the bone.
"The great one" qui è un riferimento alla guardia Trey Burke, che ha segnato trenta punti per guidare il Michigan (mais e blu) sul Minnesota, 73-69, negli straordinari, nei quarti di finale di un torneo di basket maschile Big Ten il 9 marzo 2012. Nostradamus è incredibilmente preciso nel prevedere "irrequietezza" di Burke - ha giocato tutti i 45 minuti. (casella di punteggio) Burke "si riposa" dopo la semifinale, vinto 77-55 dallo Stato dell'Ohio. Viene descritto come "rosicchiare fino all'osso" per chiarire ulteriormente l'allusione ai Wolverini. "Africa" si riferisce al capo allenatore dei Golden Gopher, Tubby Smith, che è afro-americano.
Henry C. Roberts scrisse alcune sciocchezze associando questa quartina alla seconda guerra mondiale; forse la sua visione profetica lo ha deluso.
*** segue una recensione seria ***
L'apoteosi della malattia mentale, raggiunta con grande sforzo da generazioni di truffatori e sciocchi creduloni.
Questa traduzione delle profezie di Nostradamus arrivò in un momento in cui la data dichiarata del suo armageddon era vicina. È passato più di un decennio, ma le persone dovrebbero essere ancora caute. Il mistico francese aveva un'incredibile capacità di pronostico e sebbene non fosse preciso al cento per cento, era ancora spaventosamente vicino. Questa era una ragione sufficiente per le persone nei secoli successivi alla sua morte per studiare le sue quartine più oscure e ancora attive.
Non sono certo della mia interpretazione, ma sembrava che persino Nostradamus avesse predetto l'9 settembre e l'avvento di Osama bin Laden e Al Qaeda; l'ascesa della Cina e il recente tracollo economico globale. Leggi e vedi cosa ne pensi.
I enjoyed the introduction that Nostradamus wrote for his son and King Henry as they gave me an insight to Nostradamus as a person and to a small extent the way in which he came up with prophecies and how he himself did not consider himself a prophet. What was surprising to me was the prophecies themselves as they are written in verses like a poem which I didn't expect. While the prophecies themselves are not poorly written I felt that I was reading a riddle through the entire book or like reading a book without ever determining the context of it just because I wasn't able to visualize or pin point any historical events myself. Nostradamus' period of reference (the 15th century) didn't work to his advantage when writing about centuries to come as much of his references had to do with monarchy which, no longer exists and hasn't existed for some time.
I think if I were to have a reference novel or research paper to accompany me while I read this I would have been able to take a lot more away from this book. In saying that, I now have a strong desire to read some essays and books by people who have taken the time to analyze this work properly so that I pursue what I properly missed by reading this book on my own.
mon bien-aimé sage, michel de nostredame
I don’t know what I was expecting, but Nostradamus has so much hype as to how he predicts the future, but these predictions are SO vague, obviously you can twist it around to fit the events. Much like any religion IMO
It’s okay if you are into Nostradamus, this was written in 1555. Interesting to see what he wrote down back then
There is not the slightest attempt to be in any way impartial, at one point going so far as to include in writing that the original editor (the current revisions grandfather) had it in his mind that he was the reincarnation of Michel.
I think these kinds of books can be interesting if approached with the right mindset. Who hasnt had a curiosity about the occult, and wondered if there was anything to it, or even just wanted to explore it as an entertainment.
This volume fails on all scores for me personally. I think it lost a lot of credibility for me, when the introductions (there are a few) mention how the quatrains were re-translated and re-interpreted. I played telephone as a kid. I know that more often than not, a "RE-TRANSLATION" by someone even FURTHER removed from source is pretty unlikely to yield anything CLOSER to the original. And "RE-INTERPRETATION" to me sounds an awful lot like just trying to find something to cram into line and say the original author meant.
I do not remember every instance from the book, but there was a great example on the one that is talking about a King in the west, and the city of Condone, and prisoners going free.
This they decided was about Rodney King.
Just so unrelated and such a stretch to even begin to try and cram the "meaning" with the original text, no matter how vague - and the Nostradamus centuries are NOTHING if not vague
I guess at the end of the day, the lesson is there, and clear for all to see. If you are interested in silly nonsense, and read a book about silly nonsense, you shouldnt complain when what you find is silly nonsense...
Coeditor
From the coeditor: "The first major literary presentation of Nostradamus's Prophecies, newly translated and edited by prizewinning scholars.
"The mysterious quatrains of the sixteenth-century French astrologer Nostradamus have long proved captivating for their predictions. Nostradamus has been credited with anticipating the Great Fire of London, the rise of Adolf Hitler, and the September 11 terrorist attacks. Today, as the world grapples with financial meltdowns, global terrorism, and environmental disasters—as well as the Mayan prediction of the apocalypse on December 21, 2012—his prophecies of doom have assumed heightened relevance.
"How has The Prophecies outlasted most books from the Renaissance? This edition considers its legacy in terms of the poetics of the quatrains, published here in a brilliant new translation and with introductory material and notes mapping the cultural, political, and historical forces that resonate throughout Nostradamus's epic, giving it its visionary power."
What does kind of amaze me is that I still have this darn thing in my possession after all these years. Is it possible that I might be a book hoarder??