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===Predictions=== | ===Predictions=== | ||
[[File:Les Prophéties 1568.jpg|350px|thumb|Title page of the 1568 French edition of Les Propheties]] | [[File:Les Prophéties 1568.jpg|350px|thumb|Title page of the 1568 French edition of Les Propheties]] | ||
When he returned to France, Nostradamus devoted a daily period to meditation, locking himself away and seeking visions of the future by staring intently into bowls filled with water and herbs. He wrote his first almanac of visions in 1550, and it became a great success, inspiring him to write out more than six thousand prophecies. His collection of almanacs, titled ''The Prophecies'', was a collection of predictions, written as short verses in cryptic code to avoid charges of [[heresy]] or allegations that he was casting [[horoscope]]s against the king. | When he returned to France, Nostradamus devoted a daily period to [[meditation]], locking himself away and seeking visions of the future by staring intently into bowls filled with water and herbs. He wrote his first almanac of visions in 1550, and it became a great success, inspiring him to write out more than six thousand prophecies. His collection of almanacs, titled ''The Prophecies'', was a collection of predictions, written as short verses in cryptic code to avoid charges of [[heresy]] or allegations that he was casting [[horoscope]]s against the king. | ||
Nostradamus created his predictions by merging multiple sources. For example, he looked at astrological charts and based future events on what had happened in the past during those same planetary conjunctions. He also mixed in [[Bible|Biblical]] predictions from both the Old and New Testaments. To these, he added hints of [[occult]] lore from manuscripts he studied in Italy and a dash of whatever insight he gained while meditating on these topics. | Nostradamus created his predictions by merging multiple sources. For example, he looked at astrological charts and based future events on what had happened in the past during those same planetary conjunctions. He also mixed in [[Bible|Biblical]] predictions from both the Old and New Testaments. To these, he added hints of [[occult]] lore from manuscripts he studied in Italy and a dash of whatever insight he gained while meditating on these topics. | ||