This article summarizes the thematic contents of the first sixteen of the thirty-two Nostradamus prophecies identified in medieval mystic circles as the Paths of Wisdom. Their original source was a secretly guarded book known as the Book of Light.
This article summarizes the thematic contents of the first sixteen of the thirty-two Nostradamus prophecies that were known in mystic circles as the Paths of Wisdom, and for cross-reference to the underlying prophecies the Nostradamus numbers will also be noted. Years of investigation unwinding the cryptic writings of medieval mystics reveal that these thirty-two prophecies stood among one hundred prophecies that formed the Book of Light, and the idea of extracting thirty-two of them as Paths of Wisdom came from a book known as the Book of Creation.
The medieval mystics had divergent ordinations for the Paths and it doubtful that any of them mirror their order of appearance in the Book of Light. This article will therefore present the Paths in their order of appearance within Nostradamus' published book. Internally, the prophecies point to authorship by a fish (that's the correct word) who was capable of time travel, and in the first draft of this article the phrase “the alien” was present in each description. This has now been changed to “the Prophet” so that people who wish to deny that these prophecies were known in medieval times may now continue to believe that Nostradamus used his psychic powers to write them.
The Paths of Wisdom were written in elementary code, requiring only one decoding key (for the given dates). The Prophet also employed classical poetic devices and a variety of psychological divergence techniques whereby readers fail to recognize the interdependency of the thirty-two Paths.
Path of Wisdom #1 [I-53] The prophecy of the Andeans under Spanish rule, 1571. The Prophet expresses grief for the descendants of his Andean friends at the hands of the Spanish in the 16th century. He refers to the enactment of unjust laws and to forced labor in the new mines of gold and silver.
Path of Wisdom #2 [I-62] The story of The Book of Light in the hands of Nostradamus, 1566. The Prophet expresses grief over the burning of his original work, and he complains that to the surviving prophecies there was added a great flood of false prophecies.
Path of Wisdom #3 [I-81] The story of the astronomical arrows. The Prophet provides details of a star arrow and insinuates that this, together with a planetary arrow, will point to the galactic coordinates of his home planet.
Path of Wisdom #4 [II-99] The prophecy of Russia, Napoleon Bonaparte, and Adolf Hitler, 1812, 1942. The Prophet refers to Russia, to the attack of Napoleon in 1812, and to the attack of Hitler in 1942. He attributes the defeat of the Napoleonic and Nazi armies to cold of winter.
Path of Wisdom #5 [III-57] The prophecy of Ireland under British rule, 1689-1979. The Prophet refers to the efforts of the Irish to free their island of English control, covering the period from James II in 1689 up until events of the year 1979. He also refers to Afghanistan and Poland.
Path of Wisdom #6 [III-77] The prophecy of the fall of the Shah of Iran, 1979. The Prophet refers to the fall of the Shah of Iran in 1979 and his escape to Egypt. He also refers to the Pope John Paul II, to the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, and to the New York City.
Path of Wisdom #7 [IV-89] The secret history of the Glorious Revolution of England, 1689. The Prophet informs us that there were thirty conspirators in the Glorious Revolution of 1689. He also refers to the Falkland Islands War of 1982 and to the use of American satellites in that war.
Path of Wisdom #8 [V-35] The prophecy of the Falkland Islands War, 1982. The Prophet here speaks exclusively of the war between Argentina and Great Britain for the Falkland Islands in 1982. He refers to the islands by their Spanish name, and to Puerto Argentino by its English name.
Path of Wisdom #9 [V-81] The prophecy of the nuclear attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, 1945. The Prophet refers to the atomic explosions over the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945, noting that this resulted in a rapid end to the Second World War.
Path of Wisdom #10 [V-92] The prophecy of six popes of the Catholic Church, 1922-1978. The Prophet creates a spinning cross to refer to six popes: Pius XI, Pius XII, John XXIII, Paul VI, John Paul I, and John Paul II. He adds that the last-named, John Paul II, was not in conformity with the Russians.
Path of Wisdom #11 [VI-2] The prophecy of the proliferation of atomic bombs, 1945-1964. The Prophet alludes to the start of the golden age of Tiwanaku, to the start of the technological age, and to the start of the nuclear age. He refers to nuclear explosions in the atmosphere by five nations.
Path of Wisdom #12 [VI-5] The story of Andean Sky God during the Ice Age. The Prophet insinuates that his first visit to Earth occurred during the Ice Age and he refers to widespread hunger among the humans in those days. The Prophet also informs us that he resided in space at a distance of one hundred leagues above the Earth.
Path of Wisdom #13 [VI-11] The secret history of the assassinations of the Kennedy brothers, 1963, 1968. The Prophet refers to the Kennedy family of the United States and its three brothers, adding that the two older brothers will be assassinated by conspirators.
Path of Wisdom #14 [VI-37] The secret history of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, 1963. The Prophet refers to the murder of U.S. president John F. Kennedy, in Dallas, Texas, 1963, and he indicates that Kennedy's vice-president, Lyndon Baines Johnson, was behind the murder.
Path of Wisdom #15 [VI-49] The secret history of the attempted assassination of John Paul II, 1981. The Prophet refers to the great Polish Pontiff, John Paul II, and to the attempt to kill him at Vatican City in 1981. He indicates that the Russians paid to the Bulgarians more than 100,000 rubles to assassinate the Pope.
Path of Wisdom #16 [VI-54] The prophecy of the Arabs and North Africa, 1859, 1982. The Prophet refers to the French invasions of North Africa in the 19th century and to the efforts of King of Morocco to combat them. Via a time leap from one prolonged lunar eclipse to anther, he carries the history of the Arabs to Lebanon, 1982.
To be continued in Nostradamus and the Paths of Wisdom - Part II.
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