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Nostradamus and 9/11: Your Comments

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He Was Describing Things He Couldn't Comprehend

Re: Did Nostradamus Predict 9/11?
From: Josh

II.53
The great plague of the maritime city,
Will not cease until there be avenged the death:
Of the just blood, seized & condemned without a crime,
The great lady is outraged by the pretense.

V.8
There will be let loose living fire & hidden death,
Inside frightful globes, horrible, frightful!
By night the city will be reduced to dust.
The city on fire, helpful to the enemy.

X.49
Garden of the world near the new city,
In the path of the hollow mountains:
It will be seized & plunged into the vat
Drinking by force the waters poisoned by sulfur.

Maybe these could be referring to September 11? I didn't believe the hoax emails either. I do believe that Nostradamus did have an uncanny burden of predictions. A lot of his writings are vague, but remember they were written in 1555 and he was describing things he couldn't comprehend. The reason why the quatrains were written in such a vague French, Latin, German verse was because he was trying to protect himself and his family while still getting his message down. He wasn't just an astrologer, he was also a doctor.

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