Nostradamus And World War III
What the Legendary Prophet
Said About Our Future
by Stephen Wagner
Nostradamus is not known for his cheery
prophecies.
Most interpreters of the 16th century physician,
astrologer and prophet say he accurately predicted two world wars, the rise of
two antichrists - Napoleon and Hitler - and even the assassination of John F.
Kennedy.
While skeptics are quick to point out that
Nostradamus's quatrains, the four-line verses in which he wrote his prophecies,
are so cryptic that they can be interpreted in any number of ways.
Scholars who have meticulously studied his work conclude
that Nostradamus has been uncanny in his predictions of some of the most
dramatic events of the 20th and previous centuries.
But what of the 21st century? What, if anything, does Nostradamus have to say
about the events of the current century?
Many fear that his prophecies point to the event that
most of the world has been dreading since the end of World War II and the
introduction of nuclear weapons: World War III.
Some say it's right around the corner, and with the
events of September 11 still
haunting our psyche and the continuing tensions in the Middle East, a new war
with global involvement isn't hard to imagine.
PREDICTIONS OF WORLD WAR III
Several
years ago, author David S. Montaigne predicted the next world war would start
in 2002 in his unambiguously tilted book, Nostradamus:
World War III 2002.
Although Nostradamus never
specifically names the year in which World War III would begin, Montaigne cites
this quatrain:
From brick to
marble, the walls will be converted,
Seven and fifty peaceful years:
Joy to mankind, the aqueduct renewed,
Health, abundant fruits, joy and honey-making times.
- Quatrain 10:89
Seven and fifty peaceful years:
Joy to mankind, the aqueduct renewed,
Health, abundant fruits, joy and honey-making times.
- Quatrain 10:89
Although
it can be debated that the 57 years previous to 2002 were peaceful and a joy to
mankind, Montaigne interpreted this quatrain as meaning "progress for fifty-seven years between World War II and World War
III."
And since the Second World War ended in 1945, 57 years
brought us to 2002.
Who would start the war and how?
Montaigne pointed the finger at Osama bin Laden who, he says, would continue to stir
up anti-American feelings within Islamic nations and would mastermind his
attacks on the West from Istanbul, Turkey (Byzantium):
Of beyond the
Black Sea and of the great Tartary,
A king comes who will see Gaul,
Piercing across Alania and Armenia,
And within Byzantium he will leave his bloody rod.
A king comes who will see Gaul,
Piercing across Alania and Armenia,
And within Byzantium he will leave his bloody rod.
Was Montaigne wrong? Some would argue that
the September 11 attacks and our subsequent "War on Terrorism" could
represent the opening battles in a conflict that could eventually escalate to
World War III.
From there, things get worse, of course.
Montaigne suggests that Muslim armies will see their first big victory over
Spain.
Soon after, Rome will be destroyed with nuclear weapons,
forcing the Pope to relocate:
For seven days
the great star will burn,
The cloud shall make two suns to appear:
The big mastiff will howl all night
When the great pontiff changes country.
The cloud shall make two suns to appear:
The big mastiff will howl all night
When the great pontiff changes country.
Montaigne interprets Nostradamus to say that
even Israel will be defeated in this war led by bin Laden and later Saddam
Hussein, both of whom, he says, are the Antichrist.
(Obviously, he was wrong by naming those two leaders
since they are both dead. But what of their followers and successors?)
The war goes in favor of the Eastern forces (Muslims,
China, and Poland) for awhile until the Western allies are joined by Russia and
are finally victorious around the year 2012:
When those of
the arctic pole are united together,
In the East great dread and fear:
Newly elected, supporting the great trembling,
Rhodes, Byzantium with Barbarian blood stained.
In the East great dread and fear:
Newly elected, supporting the great trembling,
Rhodes, Byzantium with Barbarian blood stained.
Well, 2012 has come and gone with no world war, so is the timing
just off?
And will it all work out in the end? If these
interpretations of Nostradamus are to be believed, it's going to be after a lot
of death and suffering, much of it caused by the use of nuclear weapons by both
sides in the fight.
And Montaigne isn't alone in his reading of Nostradamus.
Not everyone takes Nostradamus seriously
either, of course. James Randi, for instance, doesn't think Nostradamus's
predictions are worth the scrying mirror he saw them in.
In his book , magician and pseudoscience debunker Randi
contends that Nostradamus was not a prophet at all, but rather a clever writer
who used purposefully ambiguous and cryptic language so that his quatrains
could be interpreted to be referring to events once they had taken place.
And more often than not, Nostradamus's
"prophecies" are sought out after a tragic event to see if any of his
quatrains fit.
The events of September 11 are a prime example.
No one before September 11 held up a Nostradamus prophecy
that warned of the attacks on The World Trade Center and the Pentagon, yet
after the fact a few quatrains were said to accurately describe the tragedy.
However, those who say Nostradamus has
predicted World War III, possibly in the near future, are giving us the word ahead of time.
If he's wrong, time will tell and we'll be grateful.
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