Nostradamus: The Complete Prophecies for the Future

Interpretations at any need to be taken as possibilities rather than fact. This author really believes he has cracked the time line code and maybe he has. However, the interpretation of the 2016 USA Presidential Election was definitely wrong as Hillery Clinton did not become president. However the interpretation that the new 2017 president would offend allies appears to hold true. Some interpretations appear very possible. Quite interesting whether factual, time will tell.

I had an original copy of this book and sold it in a garage sale. But things started to happen that I read about years ago and I had to purchase another one. Not one book store had this book,but I found it on Amazon. I seem to find things that are hard to find on Amazon.Carlotta SmitkoRiverside, California

Great book, perfect formatting with the original French, English and then the interpretation

Love the book. Great thought out prophecies. A definete must.

Good book

I was very pleased with the condition of the book and the speed it was delivered in.

An interesting book, but flawed and incomplete. The idea that the prophecy quatrain numbers are possibly related to the year of their occurrence is nothing new: Hogue calls them index dates or some such thing. (Thus, according to this theory, quatrain 4.40 will happen in 2040.) This makes for some neat ways to interpret things, but some old "proven" quatrains don't fall into Reading's theory. Even the ones he says have already happened, such as 9/11, have quatrain numbers like 1.87 and 10.49! What is this? How does this fit his little schema? He doesn't even explain the scheme all that well, devoting maybe a paragraph to it in the introduction. His only explanation for why some (the ones that have already occurred) have funny quatrain/dates is trite: Nostradamus was scared of the Inquisition and changed them. Eh.

Everyone seems to know at least something about Nostradamus' prophecies, although this knowledge is often hazy, frequently second-hand and never fully based on the evidence. Mario Reading has done us all a favour by re-examining the original texts and offering what must surely rank as one, if not the, authoritative translation.To begin with, he provides a short biographical sketch of Nostradamus' life and times, which not only establishes Nostradamus' place in society but also firmly helps to dispel some of the myths about his person.We then turn to the prophecies. The original French text is provided alongside the new English translation. This serves to show not only the frequently puzzling ambiguity of the original text, but also the care that has gone into providing an authoritative translation. By using a new technique that is often alluded to, but obviously never fully disclosed, the author is able to draw out references and meaning between -- as much as within -- the prophecies.By providing a new, authoritative translation of Nostradamus' complete prophecies of the future, Mario Reading has cut through the thicket of much of the more speculative Nostradamus industry that is out there. I am certain that one of the prophecies, as yet undiscovered (or falsely translated), will in future admonish us all to read only this book about the prophecies of Nostradamus.

I purchased this book as it was recommended for me due to the nature of my research into history for an author who wishes to link plot to certain historical people as well as historical events.This book does not give anything worthwile when it comes to actual historical events prophesised by Nostradamus. Firstly Mario Reading has no merrits of translation skills, as he clearly states in the introduction that he is not translating directly but taking liberties. I do however know some of the language in question, and have to say that he has not made a good enough translation, and have thus made numerous errors in the actual deciphering of meaning. Normally when translating a text one should always look at the text as a whole as some things does sound wrong when each word is translated directly. In this case however, Nostradamus has done much to conceal his true meaning and one should never change the wording of such texts as each word has a specific purpose and usually several meanings.This has damaged the true meaning underneath, which has been conceald within the text, although I will give some credit to the fact that he realises that one has to look at all the text to decipher one quatraine, which is a new way of looking at his work.Considering that Nostradamus was an accomplished qabbalist, alchemist, philosopher as well as learned in the ways of books, you cannot for one second think you have all figured out as he dabbled in many areas and often combined these in his writings. For instance he used numerology, hermetic thinking, poems, classical litterature and myths of old as puns, twists and turns along side the very fact that french is an extremely rich language, where words often have numerous meanings.Many of the prophesies chosen here seems as distant as they were before reading the book, as there is clearly a lack of knowledge when it comes to codebreaking, translation and symbols on the part of the author.My advise to anyone interested in Nostradamus and his prophesies is to look for another source of knowledge because this one is not providing you with a clear picture or the complete texts themselves.Hope to have been of assistance and wish you luck in obtaining more knowledge!

This is the best explanation of Notradamus's visions, and it certainly made me think, some of the symbols are explained especially about the nights Templar and explanations of certain carvings and prophesies. Puts a whole new prospective on his quatrains.

Even though I read the reviews and product details thoroughly I am disappointed that the print is massive so not much substance for your money. Would not recommend.

Interesting

Extremely interesting, many prophesies are just for the present world situation!! amazing!!