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BRIEFLY ABOUT THE LIFE OF MICHEL NOSTRADAMUS.
Michel Nostradamus (de Notre Dame), the greatest of earthly
astrologers and clairvoyants, born December 14 (24), 1503 at 11
hours 15 minutes in the small town of Saint-Rémy in the south of France. And by
Father Jacques (a successful notary and doctor with numerous
French clientele), and through Reni's mother he is Jewish, but his
parents in 1501 did not convert to Christianity of their own free will,
otherwise they faced expulsion from Catholic France and excommunication
professions. Both grandfathers of Nostradamus - Pierre Nostradamus (descendant
ancient Italian family Nostradonna) and Jean de Saint-Rémy -
were influential and held a high position in society
doctors who treated dukes and kings. I wonder what
the Latinized surname Notre Dame (Nostradamus) includes
encrypted name Adam and Astra (star), that is, Nostradamus -
"Star Adam"
Michel received his primary education at home under supervision
his grandfather Jean de Saint-Rémy, who was at one time a courtier
physician to René the Good, King of Provence. His grandfather did not advance
only as a doctor, but also as a mathematician, philosopher and astrologer. Family
Nostradamus consisted of scientists, respected by the authorities and loved
by the people. His brother Jean becamefamous French poet.
In 1519, as a sixteen-year-old young man, Michel went to study at
Avignon, where the humanities were taught at the ancient university
science and philosophy. With his understanding, he brought teachers to
delight. His memory was so accurate and fast that he
quoted entire chapters by heart after the first reading. B
1522-1525 Michel de Notre-Dame studied medicine at the famous
then the University of Montpellier, together with François Rabelais, predicted
success of the novel "Gargantua and Pantagruel" and its immortal glory
creator.
Even before he became a bachelor of medicine, Nostradamus decided
that his calling is to fight epidemics. And he has been successful for 4 years
fought the plague in Narbonne, Carcassonne, Toulouse, Bordeaux, villages
and towns in Provence and Languedoc. In 1529 it was again
invited to Montpellier, so that after graduation and passing
exams to award a doctoral diploma. With his abilities and
energy did not want to stay at the university, becoming a professor, and
in 1532 he set off on a journey, treating people. In Ajan (the city of
southeast of Bordeaux) Nostradamus settled down for several years,
making friends with the famous humanist, physician and poet Caesar
Scaliger. There, at the age of 30, he married a beauty who gave birth
He will soon have a son and a daughter. He was appreciated as a doctor, and spiritually
communication with ScaligerNostradamus improved and grew.
Suddenly his life changed dramatically. Everything went to waste. B
1537-1538, unable to cope with the epidemic, the great scientist
lost his wife and children. He quarreled with someone who was disappointed in him
Scaliger because of different views on poetry. At the same time
Nostradamus incurred the suspicions of the Inquisition. Because of the first
prophecies and the discovery of new ways to combat epidemics to him
there was even a threat of a fire. Therefore, come to the summons of the Inquisitor of Toulouse
on charges of heresy and communication with the Devil, he did not risk it, and in
1538-1545 Nostradamus wandered around Europe, mainly in
Italy, Switzerland and the south of France. For the last 2 years he has been hiding in
monastery to escape hunger.
In 1545, Michel Nostradamus appeared in Marseille as
assistant to physician Louis Serra, who led the fight against pneumonic plague.
This time he carried out the treatment in Marseille and Aix thoughtfully and
skillfully, and won. He managed to make up flowers and
medicinal herbs, healing and disinfectant against pestilence,
thereby anticipating sanitary and preventive
activities, taking into account the religious feelings of the population and their
suggestibility. For the victory over the epidemic, the municipality of Aix
awarded Nostradamus a lifelong pension. He got a lot
expensive gifts, which he immediately distributed to the disadvantaged orbought food for the sick with them.
In his master's thesis, Nostradamus indicated
the possibility of using vaccinations against smallpox, which was done
only 200 years later by Edward Jenner. Also a great scientist
suggested that a person has two circles
blood circulation, anticipating the discovery of William Harvey by 120 years.
Nostradamus predicted humanity's use
electricity, radio, television, steam engines, airplanes and
etc. He developed laws 200 years before Henry Cavendish
interactions of electronic charges. Great scientist of the era
Renaissance predicted a number of directions for the development of technology, including
including astronautics.
From 1547 Nostradamus lived in a small
Provencal town of Salon - between Avignon and Marseille. B
in the same year he married for the second time the rich widow Anna
Ponsale-Zhemal (Poussard), who bore him three sons
(Caesar, Andre, Charles) and three daughters (Madeleine, Diana, Anna). B
In the widow's house, Nostradamus furnished himself an office where no one could
enter. There he kept valuable papyri from Egyptian temples,
brought by Jews expelled from Egypt. Famous doctor and
the astrologer knew Latin, Hebrew, ancient Greek and
Italian languages, studied ancient Egyptian and oriental beliefs,
knew howmake miracle cures, wrote poetry,
philosophical and medical works. He also worked for many years
chemical and physical experiments, contemporaries compared it
versatile talent with Leonardo da Vinci. Glory to him as
the astrologer grew up, despite the machinations of envious and untalented people
competitors. They tried to kill Nostradamus for his witchcraft, but he
he was a staunch Catholic, avoiding even the remotest
contact with black magic. Nostradamus grew taller
embittered ignoramuses and cruel intriguers.
Nostradamus penned a number of books: "Universal
cure for the plague" (1561), "How to prepare jam of various
varieties of honey, sugar and wine" (1552), "A useful brochure about many
excellent recipes" (1572), etc. He is credited with writing
astrological treatises - "Presages" and "Signs",
written as 6-line poems.
But the main business of the life of the great predictor was books
predictions covering a period of 2242 years (from 1555 to 3797
year). "CENTURIES" (each with 100 predictions) are written in
Old French with inserts in Latin in the form
quatrains and two messages - to his patron
the French king Henry II (or the "Great Apocalypse") and
to his eldest son Caesar(“Small Apocalypse”). First 4
"Centuries" was published in Lyon in 1555, other predictions
saw the light in 1557-1568. Later the scientist's sons released
additions to the "Centuries" (or "Centuries"), called "Oracles".
Interestingly, the impetus for writing mysterious predictions was
vision that visited Nostradamus in 1549, and in the preface he
emphasized that all his prophecies "come from the mouth of the Spirit
Saint." He had to write in an allegorical form,
use the language of symbols, comparisons, encrypted dates and
names, because Nostradamus was afraid of persecution from
the "holy" Inquisition, which assigned permanent
informants.
Nostradamus encrypted the first letters of the quatrain
numerological code indicating the dates of fulfillment of the predicted
events. Each line of the quatrain means a certain number - 1st
the line gives a numerological sum equal to 1, 2 or 3 (i.e.
We are talking about a specific millennium). Numbers of the remaining lines
show the remaining numbers of specific events. Sometimes in the text
Nostradamus deliberately made mistakes in order to get it right
encrypt the date of the event.
12 "Centuries", numbering 970 quatrains, is like
description of the author's journey through the future destinies of humanity
up to the 7th millennium (unfortunatelyquatrains,
concerning events after 2300 are irretrievably lost). This is -
a journey through wars, disasters, disasters. This book is one
one of the most amazing books known to mankind. Nostradamus
not only the greatest prophet and clairvoyant, but also the medieval
forerunner of such famous science fiction writers as Jules Verne and Herbert
Wells.
After the unprecedented success of the first edition of prophecies-rebuses
Michel Nostradamus was invited to Paris by the French court
Queen Catherine de' Medici, for whom poetic riddles
made a strong impression. This trip, which lasted about
month - from July to August 1556 - became a true triumph.
He was received by Duke Anne of Montmorency and other nobles
people who showered the astrologer with favors and gifts. In 1564
after the tragic death of King Henry II at a knight's tournament
and the sudden death of his heir Francis II (about what they
warned Nostradamus) the new king of France, Charles IX, did
Nostradamus as his personal physician and court astrologer. By
at the request of the Queen Mother Joan of Navarre, the great astrologer and
the clairvoyant also examined another crowned teenager, Henry
Bourbon, predicting his reign as King of France and
Navarre Henry IV. There is also a known case when Nostradamus fell
kneel before the young FranciscanFriar Felice Pieretti,
foreseeing in him the future head of the Roman Catholic Church. That one
Then he didn’t believe it and laughed, and 19 years later he became Pope
Sixtus V.
A short biography of Nostradamus would be incomplete if not
mention that he provided material and moral assistance
engineer Adam de Grappon, builder of the canal connecting the Rhone
with Durance, which made it possible to connect the Mediterranean Sea by water
with the Atlantic Ocean. The canal took 5 years to build - from 1554 to 1559
year, and its discovery exalted Nostradamus even more.
Nostradamus was slightly shorter than average and had
strong physique. Until the last year of his life his cheeks
kept their blush. He had a large and open forehead, straight and
straight nose, gray eyes, soft gaze that lit up in anger
flame. The smile never left his stern face, so together
With seriousness, a lot of humanity was manifested in him. Despite
in his old age, Nostradamus was always full of energy, laughed a lot,
he joked caustically, loved and praised the free sincerity of expressions. He
had an amazing memory and freshness of perception. By
By nature, Nostradamus was silent, thinking a lot and little
speaking, but when necessary, he knew how to speak perfectly. B
His movements were quick and lively, he was observant and patient
at work, but prone to anger. Sleptscientist no more than 4-5 hours,
He fasted willingly, attended church regularly and donated a lot to it.
He led a life worthy of a Christian and was merciful to the sick,
who did not have the opportunity to thank him for his help.
As an experienced doctor and astrologer, Nostradamus knew the exact time
his death, dictating his will (by which he
asked to be buried standing up so that the decayed bones would not crumble
in a heap). He died of a broken heart at dawn on July 2, 1566
years at the age of 63 years. The gravestone inscription read: "Here
rest the bones of Michel Nostradamus, one of all mortals,
considered worthy to report and record with his almost
divine pen about the influence of the stars on future events, which
must happen on the globe." Those envious of his fame wrote,
that the astrologer was a simple drunkard who created his own “delusional”
quatrains in a state of delirium tremens. Francois Rabelais with irony
wrote about him as “the oracle of the divine bottle.” Be that as it may
was, the percentage of confirmation of Nostradamus’s predictions, according to
Pavel Globa, is equal to 95 percent, besides, the first one used it in
there are 7 planets in their calculations, but modern astrology uses 12
real planets and 4 fictitious ones.
In 1781, the Pope anathematized predictions
Nostradamus and forbade their distribution. 10 years later
revolutionary Jacobinsdestroyed the tomb of the hated scientist,
hanging his skeleton and then scattering the bones (which, by the way,
Nostradamus foresaw). His relics were saved by admirers who moved them
to the Church of St. Lawrence in Salona (where they are located to this day
day), the defilers were soon executed by order of Robespierre,
who found in the "Centuries" a prediction about the "renewal of the century"
(new chronology introduced in France since 1792) and
overthrow of the king. The convention even decided to install
grave of the great prophet, a slab with the inscription "To the Foreteller
freedom." In the birthplace of Nostradamus in the town of Saint-Rémy (France)
A memorial was also erected to him...
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