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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. | ||
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His almanacs drew the attention of the upper echelons of French nobility. After providing some specific predictions to the Queen of France, Catherine de Medici, he was welcomed into the royal court and appointed to the post of Counselor and Physician-in-Ordinary to her son. All did not accept his presence in the court. Queen Catherine was an unpopular consort who was widely despised by the French people and treated with outright hostility by the noble class. Her reliance on a fortuneteller was viewed with suspicion, and rumors began to circulate that she participated in [[black magic]] rituals to seize power for herself. | His almanacs drew the attention of the upper echelons of French nobility. After providing some specific predictions to the Queen of France, Catherine de Medici, he was welcomed into the royal court and appointed to the post of Counselor and Physician-in-Ordinary to her son. All did not accept his presence in the court. Queen Catherine was an unpopular consort who was widely despised by the French people and treated with outright hostility by the noble class. Her reliance on a fortuneteller was viewed with suspicion, and rumors began to circulate that she participated in [[black magic]] rituals to seize power for herself. | ||
A [[talisman]] he created to benefit her love life has survived to the present day. | |||
==Death== | ==Death== | ||
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