The "Resurrection" of Nostradamus - The 'Prophecies of Nostradamus' were written in recent years as a thought exercise that spread on the Internet and got out of control

The wave of attacks in the USA brought up a new interpretation of Nostradamus' old prophecies but it was not enough and those who did not find what they wanted simply invented new prophecies

The attacks in the USA are running around on the Internet a quote from the alleged prophecy of Nostradamus, according to which he foresaw the horror that struck Washington and New York on September 11, 2001. It turns out that even Nostradamus, whose poems he wrote in medieval French are attributed with inspo meanings, failed to predict something that could be interpreted as the terrorist attacks On September 11th. What do his followers do who want to show that he is omnipotent? They invent and, in the best case, combine fragments of different prophecies into one prophecy.

Here is the quote: "In the year of the new millennium and another nine months, a great Norman king of terror will come from heaven. The sky will burn at 45 degrees, and fire will reach the big city."

And the interpretation circulating on the net: there will be a major meltdown in New York City. Two twin brothers will be separated in chaos, while the citadel falls, the great leader will die. A horror war will begin while the great city is burning.

Here is the place to mention Nostradamus' technique (you can read about it in detail in the article Nostradamus - A hundred prophecies in every century) He wrote collections of a hundred poems, each of which was called "Maa", and whose name was the inspiration as if he was talking about hundreds of years in the future.

So let's examine the quote, and see if Nostradamus really wrote these passages:
The first two lines seem to be a variation on the tenth century, quartin:72
L'an mil neuf cens nonante neuf sept mois
Du ciel viendra vn grand Roy d'effrayeur
or in a free translation (unfortunately from the English translation and not from the French original)
This year, 1999, seventh month. From heaven will come the king of terror.

The other two are generally taken from the sixth century, Quartin:97
,Cinq & quarante degrez ciel bruslera
Feu approcher de la grand citi, neuue

45 degrees from the sky will pass. Ash will reach the new big fire. Some have tried to speculate that this reflects the latitude of New York, but the latitude in Central Park is 40 degrees 47 minutes.
The rest of the sixth century, Quartin: 97
Instant grand flamme esparse sautera
, Quand on voudra des Normans faire preuue
Scattered flames will immediately appear that will erupt.
When someone wants proof of the truth of Nostradamus. Of course there are a number of people named Neroman in New York and Bushington.

There are several other such scams going around. See the article Urban legends and folklore page on ABOUT.COM

These scams are disgusting and disgusting, as Sylvia Brown (a well-known psychic) ​​claims that she predicts disasters but she cannot provide the details in advance because she does not know all the details. For the first time she tells the truth.
According to David Emery, one version of the scam was written several years ago by a student named Neil Marshall. "To demonstrate that the writings of Nostradamus are so vague that they can be interpreted to explain almost anything.:.

If someone has a little imagination, almost any event can be interpreted. As an example of this, it can be seen that this is always done after the fact.

By the way, in the first three days after the disaster, the SKEPTIC.COM website system also received thousands of e-mail messages showing that the disaster was predicted either by Nostradamus or by means of the biblical code. I wonder why those thousands kept these prophecies and did not share them with the FBI?

Superstar Nostradamus

18/9/2001 *

A few hours after the terrorist attacks in the USA, the horror, the embarrassment and the longing for information and explanations began to be expressed in the sale of books. People rushed to buy books about the World Trade Center; In scholarly analyzes dealing with terrorism and the Arab world, and as happens after such horrific events, many looked for books that predicted the tragic event.

In the case before us, consumers rushed, in surprising numbers, to the writings of Nostradamus, a French soothsayer from the 16th century, whose believers claim that he foresaw events such as the rise of the Third Reich, the Challenger space shuttle disaster, and even the AIDS epidemic. Among the 25 best-selling books at online retailer Amazon for most of last week and yesterday, there were three editions with Nostradamus prophecies; Four books about the Taliban movement in Afghanistan and two historical books about the World Trade Center and Osama bin Laden's terrorist network. Amazon's bestseller list is the only one available to the public and updated daily.

"Our Islam department has simply been emptied," reports Virginia Harbin, a supervisor at the Politics and Prose bookstore in Washington. Among the best sellers, she said, were two books by Karen Armstrong: The History of Islam and A Biography of the Prophet Muhammad. There was also a great demand for the books of the American intellectual of Palestinian origin, Prof. Edward Said.

At the Strand, a second-hand bookstore in Manhattan, customers were looking for copies of Eric Darton's book on the history of the World Trade Center. 27 copies of the book out of 44 that were in stock were sold on Tuesday. Sellers at the Barnes & Noble store on Court Street in Brooklyn reported 20 customers asking for something about Nostradamus.

An astrologer who wrote gibberish

Michel de Notre Dame, or Nostradamus (1503-1566) was a French astrologer and physician of Jewish origin. He first became famous thanks to his innovative medical treatment for an epidemic that broke out in 1546. Several years later, he became known as the author of "hundreds", rhymes of hundreds of verses that claimed to predict the future. At a time when astrology was very popular, Nostradamus was welcomed by members of the French royal family, including Catherine de' Medici.

Today, in the eyes of many the writings of the 16th century scholar are nothing more than incomprehensible gibberish, but their vague wording is probably what made them fodder for prophecy consumers.

But while booksellers and publishing industry executives report that the demand for information and background material accompanies any significant international event, there are those who believe that the demand for Nostradamus' doomsday prophecies is unprecedented. "This time we feel it's different," says Anna Smith, director of operations at Powell Books in Portland, Oregon. "There is a growing demand from people who don't know Nostradamus, and want to read it."

The Internet also contributed to the popularity of Nostradamus, thanks to websites and e-mails that spread the idea that he predicted everything. In one e-mail that was particularly widely circulated last week, quotes from various places in Westradamus's letters were combined with words he did not write, to create a provocative text with unmistakable implications: "The year of the new century and nine months / from heaven will come the great king of terror," it says by email "The sky will be 45 degrees. Fire will come to the great and new city/ In the city of York there will be a great collapse/ Two twin brothers will fall apart in chaos/ While the fortress falls the great leader surrenders/ The third great war will begin as the great city burns”.

In a similar spirit and inspired by Nostradamus, the cover of "The Prophecy of Nostradamus", a thriller from 99 by John S. Powell, was designed. The cover showed the twin towers collapsing. The book's publisher, Dorchester Press, decided not to reprint it, because its people believe that it would be in bad taste.

Joanna Jusino, a 32-year-old Bronx resident, ordered a book about Nostradamus at the "Strand" yesterday. She explains that an e-mail she received prompted her to read his writings. "I don't usually have superstitions," Josino says. "But the e-mail was so precise about what happened, that it made me find out what was here."
And to find out what was really going on here (probably a hoax), you are invited to go through the following links
Everything you wanted to know about Nostradamus by Avi Blizovsky

The prophecy of Nostradamus, according to which he predicted something around the ninth month in the year of the millennium, is spreading on the Internet like a field of thorns. What is the kernel of truth behind it? It turns out that this is an urban legend. This is a prophecy that was written a few years ago (after the first attack on the Twin Towers) by a student who asked to conduct a mental exercise.
Says the editor of the site - SKEPDIC.COM, the guide to the doubter, following e-mail messages he received. The article itself is published in the "Israeli Skeptic"
Link to article

On the YNET website, Ariana addresses the issue in a fascinating article under the title "Returning to Nostradamus"
Link to the article Returning to Nostradamus - Ariana Melamed at Ynet
Who was Nostradamus? The answer to this question has been on the Hedaan website since its inception. In an article by scientific editor Dava Sobel, published in the late Omni magazine in December 1993 (in Hebrew translation).
Link to Nostradamus' article raising immigration

Towards the end of the millennium, the science section in Ma'ariv published a comparison between the prophecies of Nostradamus and those of Arthur C. Clark: The Prophecy Festival of the End of the Millennium

And as an appendix, the section also provides quotes about prophecies and their interpretations
All because a comet unloads a yoke
Here are more articles about Nostradamus collected with the help of the search engine of
Google in Hebrew

Calculate the End by Guy Wiener on the Tripod site
Link to article
Nostrabagus by Ziggy Ohana on the Arshet site

Nostradamus and the solar eclipse of - 1999 another journey/swallow

* This section of the article was published in Haaretz newspaper. The knowledge website was until 2002 part of the IOL portal of the Haaretz group.