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FATE OF WORLD BEYOND 2012

By ASHOK GHAI

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FATE OF WORLD BEYOND 2012

By ASHOK GHAI

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About the Author An engineer by profession and a futurologist by hobby, Ashok Ghai is convener of a study group comprising of eminent scientists, philosophers, and persons engaged since about thirty years in study of religious scriptures of various faiths and religions. Ghai hit the headlines when a particular prediction made to a US based radio site proved to be true just two days after his interview was put on the site. Though the radio site had interviews of luminaries like Ratan Tata, Azim Premji, Nandan Nilikeni and Shabana Azmi on its site, the interview of Ghai topped their popularity chart after the correctness of his prediction. Ashok Ghai had earlier predicted every event connected with the 9/11 incident of New York till the escape of Osama bin Laden from Afghanistan to Pakistan even before the occurrence of these incidents. In an interview of Ghai, published on 16-11-2002 in Hindustan Times, the newspaper had reported about his prediction made in December 2001 that bin Laden would escape to Pakistan and hide there. Excerpts from the interview: “ THE NEWS that Osama bin Laden is still alive and his call to fight against the US have once again proved the accuracy of the prophecy of the great French seer Nostradamus, said noted scholar Ashok Ghai. Ghai while talking to newsmen on December 30, 2001, had interpreted the (Nostradamus) verse saying that the great army was referred to the army of Laden in the mountain areas of Tora Bora having a number of 'veins' meaning the covered III

ages, against USA, which was described as 'eagle' in the quatrain. According to his interpretation word 'PO' was used to identify Pakistan. Ghai on this interpretation had concluded in December 2001 itself said, “Laden was destined to save himself in the present war and would reorganize his militant group again by July or August 2002 when the Mars and Jupiter con in cancer to wage relentless war against USA.” His interpretation of the quatrain proved to be correct.” Hindustan Times (Nov. 16, 2002) The study group of Ashok Ghai delved themselves so deep in their study that they started receiving direct messages from the cosmic powers. These messages appeared on white papers put by Ghai in his place of worship. These messages told about the period of next incarnation of God referred as 'Kalki Avatar' in Indian scriptures. Reporting these cosmic messages, the Times of India had published following : “Very few would believe Ghai's claims, but the phenomenon has been confirmed by Dr. NSV Kameswar Rao, FIE, department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT-K). Having examined the “cosmic” picture, Dr. Rao in his finding, claimed “the picture is absolutely amazing and unexplainable phenomenon.” “One thing is certain: This can only be divine work, because it does not seem to be humanly possible to create such a picture on a piece of paper that was showed to me. It seems that some cosmic power have created this picture.” Dr. Rao said. He said : I feel this picture should be studied and thoroughly analysed scientifically to understand the cosmic IV

messages embedded in it. I also feel that this message can be important for the mankind.” Professor Rakesh Trivedi, Director, Ambedkar Institute for the Handicapped, averred that scientists must be on the lookout for such supernatural occurrences as analysis of such events can help in understanding the relations between God and man. The Times of India, Lucknow (January 16, 2004) Born in 1945 at Kanpur, Ghai obtained degree in engineering from University of Roorkee (now IIT Roorkee) in 1967. Amazed at the accuracy of predictions made by saints and seers, he started research on such cosmic phenomenon around the year 1973. The accuracy of his predictions published in local newspapers caused the formation of a study group in the city of Kanpur. Based on their studies, his group has also worked for development of a scheme indicated by the cosmic powers to eradicate the unemployment problem and for overall development of the country. The group through its study of futurology feels that golden period in India would start around the year 2014, and the required steps would then be taken. The group is constantly pursuing its study of cosmic messages received by them. Details of this study are given in this book. Ashok Ghai E-mail:[email protected]

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Eye ‘Param Brahma Demon

Lord Krishna

Shukdeo appearing as a ‘White parrot’ holding a book.

This is one of the cosmic pictures received by the author on papers put by him in his place of worship. When this picture appeared, only the picture of Lord Krishna as a child was visible to the naked eye. But, by developing through computers the full view of ongoing war between the God and the Evil, as described in SRIMADBHAGWAT and KALKI PURAN, could be seen. The God has been shown as Lord Krishna, and Evil as a demon. An eye representing the PARAM BRAHMA has appeared in the top portion of picture, which seems to be keeping an eye on what is happening in the world. As these scriptures were written by MAHARSHI SHUKDEV, his picture has appeared as a white parrot & holding a book. The book obeviiously, is SRIMAD BHAGWAT. This is probably for the first time in the history of mankind that such a cosmic message has been sent to us, and therefore, this must be to give the specific message – THE PERIOD OF KALKI AVATAR IS NOW.

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PREFACE The unknown and esoteric has ever tantalised human intellect. It has not unoften chided its assiduous efforts to probe the mystery of the universe and the forces that control it. Prophets, seers, astrologers and other gifted intellectuals have to an extent succeeded in piercing 'the dark backward and abysm of Time' (Shakespeare). They have declared that a cataclysmic change would occur in the world around the year 2000 A.D. and it would witness the advent of an incarnation of God known as 'Kalki Avtar'. Syt. Ghai, in his moments of divine ecstasy, has directly received astonishing revelations regarding the existence of God and the Kalki Avtar. These have been tested and corroborated with the help of computers. I am sure the fruits of these researches will go a long way in enabling us to dissipate the formidable forces of evil that threaten us, and humanity will be able to materialise the dream of poet: 'The world's great age will begin anew, The golden years return.' (Shelly) M. N. Shukla Former Chief Justice Allahabad High Court, U.P.

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Just before start Past is History; Future is Mystery Sometimes persons of future times may be seen in present ones, because God Almighty has wished to reveal them by means of images. Many prophets have come in this world as God's representatives to tell us about the future that we were destined to know. All is ruled and governed by the power of Almighty God, and predictions are made by his appointed messengers through the inspiration of Divine Will alone and the spirit of prophecy in particular. It is written in Bible: 'I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh and your sons and daughters will prophesy'. Famous French Prophet Nostradamus had also written: We human beings cannot through our natural consciousness and intelligence know anything of God the Creator's hidden secrets, for it is not for us to know the times or the instants, etc. God may bring into being, the divine works which are absolute; there is another level, that of angelic works; and a third way, that of the evil doers. However, these prophetic messages can not be understood and appreciated by everyone. Even Jesus Christ had warned against giving this knowledge to those who do not deserve it : Do not give anything holy to the dogs, nor throw pearls in front of the pigs lest they trample them with their feet and turn on you and tear you apart. In 'Gita', Lord Krishna has also warned against giving the divine knowledge to those who do not deserve it. In verse 68 of chapter 18 of 'Gita', Lord Krishna says to Arjun: What I have told you is the highest order of Mystery, and this knowledge should not be given to anyone who is not virtuous and who is not keen to IX

know it. To those who deserve this knowledge, it should be given with full affection, love, and enthusiasm. I hope that, through this book, the divine messages given by saints and prophets for benefit of mankind would reach those who wish and deserve to know and understand them. This book is virtually an extension of my earlier book – “Nostradamus : Third World War and India”, published in 2003. Since then many events have occurred that match the predictions made, and many more divine messages that have been received. I have retained some information given in my earlier book, which is relevant even today, in order to present a complete picture. I will be failing in my duty if I do not express my gratitude towards my friends who not only associated, but also guided and helped me in my writings. I feel deeply obliged to: Mr. Manoj Kapoor (Sahitya Niketan) who has provided me his valuable advice and allowed the use of his personal library containing very rare books and literature on occult, mystical and philosophical subjects. Mr. Arjun Ghosh (Stamp and Book Corner) not only complied with my request for rare books on Nostradamus, but also suggested and emphasised certain points regarding these prophecies. Even during the verification of certain quatrains in relation to Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose, the study of Arjun Ghosh with regard to Netaji was quite helpful. Mrs. Kavita Singhania, editor of Express Star Teller, for providing me the results of latest research work on Nostradamus being carried out in this field in various countries, which has been very helpful in developing this book. Mr. G.P. Verma (Hindustan Times) whose help and guidance X

initiated me in this work. Swami Shivbodh and Vishal Sood for their astrological calculations and advice. Pandit Sumant Misra, the convener of 'Sandhan'- a philosophical circle of Kanpur, who was of such great assistance that the probable dates and time of events ed by the verifications through the planetary movements could be concluded vis-à-vis the predictions given in Srimadbhagwat, and those made by Nostradamus. Mr. Ram Kishore Bajpayee, a philosopher in his own right who has been helpful in editing the book, as well as in giving correct information about the location of 'Shambhal' . Er. Tarun Khamesra, for work of computer applications during study of the subject, and for correct decoding of certain Nostradamus prophecies. Er. Girish Chandra, a senior engineer in HAL (now Retired), who had conducted experiments at the time of statues of Lord Ganesha drinking milk, has concluded that certainly something miraculous happened that day. In all the mystical subjects, the philosophical hotchpotch and fancies to various faiths of different individuals come across in day-to-day life. But those, with positive, practical, and divine blessings are above such complexes. I have been fortunate to know Prof. K.M. Wasim, Head of the Department of Philosophy (Retd.) at D.A.V. College, Kanpur, who is a direct descendant of Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti of Ajmer. He has specified to me the difference between 'Believers and Non-Believers' in the light of works of Nostradamus. XI

I am also thankful to my friends from IIT Roorkee Alumni Association, Kanpur chapter, especially. Last, but not the least I am thankful to my sons Vinayak and Lokesh, and my wife Asha who regularly helped and prompted me for rigorous continuity of this highly complicated task. Ashok Ghai

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Chapters 1.

Impending change of order on earth

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Scientific perception of God

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Prophecies of Mayan Culture and other Races

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Perils of 2012

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Are all the major events predestined?

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Prophecies of French Prophet Nostradamus

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Accuracy of Nostradamus prophecies

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Different Phases in the Predictions of Nostradamus

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Prophet who would bring peace of 1000 years on earth

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Nostradamus on India

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Guidelines to India by Nostradamus

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Veera Brahmendra Swami

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Buddhist prophecies

14.

Divine messages

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There is a divine plan to save the humanity.

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World powers of future

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Shifting of life from earth to another planet of our solar system

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Epilogue

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Two letters of dedication by Nostradamus

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(Chapter-1) IMPENDING CHANGE OF ORDER ON EARTH It has been described in scriptures of almost all religions of the world that a time would come when the mankind will not be able to manage its affairs; there would be widespread disorder on earth due to rampant corruption, selfishness, cruelty, mismanagement of governments resulting in resentments, agitations, and criminal activities leading to a situation of total chaos which would necessitate direct involvement and interference of cosmic powers in order to restore sanity in the mankind. This cosmic process would start in the year 2001; would last till 2025; would become visible in the year 2012, and would be fully evident by 27th July 2014. Whenever untruth and unrighteousness begin to dominate true religion and humanity starts moaning, then for the protection of truth and true religion, the Supreme Consciousness manifests itself on earth to alleviate the vigor of sin, untruth, and unrighteousness. The same tradition seems to have been repeated in the present era, and studies in this regard reveal that the Supreme Consciousness has already manifested itself for bringing about a total change of order on earth through a cosmic process described as incarnation of Kalki Avtar in Hindu scriptures, MehdiAlaisalam by Muslims, Maitreya by Buddhists, Rider on White Horse by Christians, and by many other names written in different scriptures and described by saints and seers. Sikh scriptures also describe this process as incarnation as Kalki Avtar. A study group comprising of eminent scientists and philosophers, to which author is also actively associated, was 1

formed in Kanpur about 30 years back. The group is carrying out research work in this field since then, mainly on following issues: 1. If really, there are GOD and his forces? 2. If they us? 3. What they intend to tell us? 4. Has a supreme consciousness really emerged on earth to bring atotal change of order on the earth leading to a golden era? This group has obtained widespread information through various scriptures and prophecies about the period of advent of this incarnation of GOD on earth and HIS subsequent activities. The group feels that comic powers have themselves helped us in arriving at these conclusions. For this, the group has studied the prophecies given in scriptures of all religions, and also the narrations by Maharishi Vedvyas, Shukdeo, Gautam Buddha, Jesus Christ, Nostradamus, Soordas, Newton, Guru Gobind Singh, Brahmendra Swami, and many other saints. We have also been helped by the research of Dr. N. Rajaram (a Mathematician who worked in American space agency NASA for 20 years). The group finds that events in world are occurring exactly as predicted in our scriptures. A prophecy described in Buddhist scriptures hundreds of years back regarding the King of Tripoli (Libya) i.e. Colonel Gaddafi, has been fulfilled few days back exactly in the same words as described. Number of prophets and visionaries across the world, in their veiled language; have given specific information about this process described as next incarnation of God. This includes eminent scientists like Sir Isaac Newton and Michael D. Nostradamus (the famous French prophet who was a doctor and had obtained the degree of Doctor of Medicine). Sir Isaac Newton had researched on this subject for 55 years and had written nearly 4500 pages about it. He had concluded that there really exists a power that controls the universe. He had also 2

predicted the approximate time of His next incarnation on earth to be around 2000 A.D. French prophet Nostradamus had described many future events that fit the picture of future like pieces of a jigsaw puzzle. His prophecies include advent of an incarnation of God to establish the rule of true religion on earth in order to usher in a golden period of one thousand years for the humanity. Our group has studied these prophecies and also what has been written in ancient scriptures of various religions. On basis of these studies we have tried to find the answers of abovementioned questions. Based on the research up to now, our findings are concluded as under:

Conclusions 1. In Gita (chapter 10, verse-6) Lord Krishna tells Arjun that He had created 25 Powers, which came to establish life on earth. They control the evolution of life, and are Kings of entire mankind on our planet. Our research work proves this to be true, as we have found many events happening on earth which could have been perpetuated only by the cosmic powers. 2. The centre of these powers on earth is a place called 'Shambhal' which is situated underground near Mongolia. Several persons including Pythagoras, Apollonius, Nicholas Roerich, and many saints and seers have visited this place on invitation of these masters, and have written the s of their visits to Shambhal. We have come across many facts during our research which prove these descriptions to be true. 3. After 55 years of research in this field, Sir Isaac Newton had written that there is a superpower known as God that controls the universe, and prophecies regarding the events of distant future are 3

made by God through his messengers, for some specific purpose. 4. Such prophecies,which have been made by many prophets and have also been given in the scriptures of various religions, have mainly been made to tell the mankind about a total change of order in the world to be affected by cosmic powers by 2025. There is to be a war of terrorism; also natural destructions would occur during the period of 2001 to 2025. The world would reach a calamitous situation by end of 2013, necessitating the cosmic powers to take control of the situation, after which there would a Mahabharata type of war between powers of good and evil lasting till 2025. 5. The next incarnation of God described in scriptures and by various prophets is actually the advent of a Super Cosmic Power, which will affect the minds of people to bring them back in the fold of religion. It would be clear to the world by 27th July 2014 that a cosmic power has taken control of the situation on earth. 6. There is a cosmic plan, which if undertaken by the mankind, can minimise the calamities. This plan was told about 40 years back by a Mahatma to an Australian writer Andrew Tomas, when Tomas was visiting Tibet. Tomas tried to publicise this plan through his books, but not much heed was paid to it. It has been described in chapter 15 of this book. 7. There are indications to prove that after the death of Andrew Tomas in 2001, this work was entrusted by the cosmic powers to our study group at Kanpur. We have been trying our best to tell the details of this plan, but still very few people seem to be paying attention. From this we conclude that only after some big disasters occur on earth, people would start heeding the said cosmic plan, but we are afraid that by that time a big chunk of population on earth could be wiped out. 4

8. Some big and unanticipated disasters were destined to occur on earth starting from 2011 to end of 2013. Some events in shape of earthquakes and tsunamis have already occurred in 2011. Further events may include a shift in axis of earth that may cause more earthquakes, tsunamis, and critical weather. This would also cause big chunks of glaciers falling in the sea near North and south poles causing inundation of coastal areas all around the globe. After this, the cosmic powers would take over the control of situation on earth in year 2014, and as they would be able to defeat the powers of evil by 2025, there would usher in a golden period for mankind. This would be as predicted in Hindu, Muslim, Buddhist, Persian, and Mayan scriptures, and also in prophecies of Brahmendra Swami, Nostradamus, Newton, Soordas, and Guru Gobind Singh. In this book I would try to give the details and reasoning regarding the abovementioned conclusions.

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(Chapter-2) SCIENTIFIC PERCEPTION OF GOD First of all we would analyse if there is existence of a super power known as GOD that controls the universe. We find two types of people; those who believe in God and his existence, and the others who do not believe in this phenomenon. Nobel Prize winner scientist Dr. S. Chandrasekhar and another well known scientist Dr. Stephen Hawkins have opined that there is no such power, and everything on this earth has been created through the theory of evolution. Scriptures of many religions and all saints & seers differ on this issue. They accept the existence of God. However, the scientists and scriptures agree on one point i.e. 'The Big Bang Theory'. Scientist say there was a big bang (massive explosion) that created tiny particles known as 'God Particles'; these particles ed to create universe comprising of energy, matter, life, consciousness and intelligence purely through an AT RANDOM process known as 'Evolution' or gradual development. This can also be termed as a process by which energy, matter, and living organism develop from earlier forms. The theory of 'God Particle' was developed by famous scientist named Higgs, and therefore, these particles are also known as 'Higgs Boson'. The existence of Higgs Boson or the God Particle was predicted almost four decades ago by this British physicist Peter Higgs as a mean to explain how fundamental particles gain mass in the space-time continuum. According to Higgs theory, during the Big Bang event all matter had no mass, but that changed in few fractions of a second. A Higgs field might have stuck to the particles as they traveled 6

through space, thus giving them mass. By gaining mass, fundamental particles received the capability of creating gravitational disturbances so that larger cosmic bodies were formed: galaxy clusters, galaxies, stars, planets. According to ancient scriptures, God, which was in shape of an uninterrupted 'PURE ENERGY', dismantled Himself into tiniest known particles (also termed as God Particles). These particles were seeds of universe and each God particle contained the entire SOFTWARE of creation of universe. Each particle was like seed of a tree that develops in a big tree exactly on the basis of a program embedded in the seed. Therefore, it can be concluded that when God Particles were created, there existed some consciousness which formulated the program or software that was embedded in the God Particles. This negates the views of Dr. Chandrasekhar and Dr. Hawkins that universe was created through an at random process known as evolution. Certainly, there was some power before the creation of the universe through formation of God Particles, which formulated the entire program of creation of universe and put it in the God Particles. Similar view was expressed by Newton, who considered himself to be a divine messenger; perhaps correctly. Apples fell on chests of so many persons; why only Newton researched this phenomenon and came up with the theory of gravitational force that paved way for understanding the realm of universe? He had said “Gravity explains the motions of planets, but it cannot explain who set the planets in motion. God governs all things and knows all that is or can be done”. Newton also observed “This most beautiful system of Sun, planets, and comets; could only proceed from the counsel and dominion of an intelligent being. This being governs all things, not as could or would, but as Lord Overall; and on of his 7

dominion HE is wont to be called 'Lord God' or 'Universal Ruler'. The Supreme God is a Being Eternal, Infinite; (and) absolutely perfect”. Opposition to God line is atheism in profession and idolatry in practice. According to Newton, “atheism is so senseless and odious to mankind that it never had many professors”. Newton considered God to be absolutely perfect, but not so His creation. In his opinion the universe needs occasional interventions of God. The views of French prophet Nostradamus in this regard, which he had published in his book of prophecies, seem to be most relevant: Events of human origin are not certain, but everything is ordered and governed by the incalculable power of God, inspiring in us not through drunken fury, nor by frantic movement, but through the influences of the stars. Only those divinely inspired can predict particular things in a prophetic spirit. For a long time I have been making many predictions, far in advance, of events that have since come to , naming the particular place. I attribute all this to divine power and inspiration. We, therefore, can conclude that there exists a power that controls the universe, and He or His forces can interfere in the happenings on earth, or elsewhere, whenever required.

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(Chapter -3) End of world in 2012-13 PROPHECIES OF MAYA CULTURE

A Mayan artifact in Mexico City Considerable research has been done regarding The Mayan Calendar and the Transformation of Consciousness by many scholars including Carl Johan Calleman and Donald L. O'Dell, and a lot of literature is available on this subject including articles by Tap Vann. Also there was a movie named '2012', which was made after studying all the available material on this topic. Through all this, most of us have learned about a Mayan Prophecy which is to signal the end of time or the end of the world by December 2012 (some say 2013). However, many scholars feel that the prophecy is not about the end of the world, but about a total change of order in the world. Predictions made by an Indian saint Veera Brahmendra Swami hundreds of years back (discussed in chapter 11 of this book) are important in this regard. According to his predictions, the life will not end on our planet in 2012. There are several books where prophecies of Brahmendra Swamy have been discussed. These include “Nostradamus and Beyond” by Dr. N. Rajaram, and "2012 and beyond" by Pavuluri Sreenivasachary. According 9

to their research, severe earthquakes and calamities are indicated in the Telugu year 'Nandana' (2012–13) indicating big disasters, and also the revival of Mayan civilization. Pavuluri Sreenivasachary has written in the referred book that Mayan people are said to be the descendants of Viswakarma/Viswabrahmin community of India, who had migrated to North America long ago. If it is true; Mayans were certainly in possession of ancient Indian scriptures. From certain facts about Mayans, verified in Guatemala where they lived after migrating from India, they were able to make s with extra-terrestrials and were able to make remarkable progress in fields of astrology, construction of pyramids and other buildings where they could meditate and gather much information about the mystery of universe, which was not known to them when they were in India. Possible reason behind the ending of Mayan Calendar in the indicated period is that they might have noticed the prophecies about transformation of mankind to be brought about by the cosmic powers in this period as given in Indian scriptures, and as such they would have left the Calendar calculations and predictions to our fate. Surprisingly, it was clearly mentioned about the change of velocity of planets, etc. in 'Kalagnanam' (the book written by Brahmendra Swamy hundreds of years back), and in particular, there would be a change in the velocity of Jupiter after the Telgu year 'Plavanga' (2027–28) and suddenly after 2034 Jupiter will transit three Rasis in one year. This has proved to be astonishingly accurate because Jupiter is actually transiting three Rasis – Aires, Taurus, and Gemini in 2036. Sir Isaac Newton has also mentioned years 2034 and 2060 as important dates during the period of this change of order on earth. Had he studied Mayan prophecies, Srimadbhagwat, and prophecies of Brahmendra Swamy, he might have indicated the period of 2012 to 2014 also as an important period during the said transformation. 10

Maya, an ancient culture

Picture of a Pyramid structure made by Mayans According to the research of many scholars who have studied the Mayan predictions, and have posted the information on internet, the Mayans - living in the Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico - are an old culture, dating back to the time of the early Roman Empire in Europe. They built pyramids with the same precision as the Egyptians, though not quite as large. They had a very sophisticated understanding of astronomy and mathematics, all of which is reflected in the complexity of their calendar. There are nine Underworlds in the universe of the Mayan culture. Each Underworld consists of seven days and has a duration - a length of time - that is equivalent to twenty times the length of the subsequent underworld. These lengths of time are called 'cycles' in the Mayan Calendar. The last day of each cycle contains all of the following cycles, so all cycles will end at the same time. Each cycle is divined to accomplish a "greater" sense of consciousness; built on the previous cycle and, simultaneously, to lay preparations for the following cycle. 11

During the initial cycle, the universal consciousness moved from the Big Bang and the creation of matter to the emergence of cell structures. During the second cycle, consciousness moved from cellular structures to mammalian organisms. Consciousness shifted from animals to primates during the third cycle and from primates to humans in the fourth cycle. During the fifth cycle, humans raised their consciousness with the development of a spoken language and a community organization. The sixth cycle began with the development of a written language and a sense of a national consciousness. During the seventh cycle, beginning about the time of The Industrial Age, the idea that we were a global people was germinated. The eighth cycle, which we are currently in, will see that embryonic sense of a global community come to fruition. The last cycle - or age - the Mayan Calendar records will end in 2012 (or 2013). It marks the end of our dualistic civilization as we currently know it - east/west, rich/poor, either/or, us/them, me/you - and the beginning of a new order of life: Global citizenship; Intuitive knowledge; Sharing of resources; Cooperation rather than competitiveness; Spirit-driven rather than materialistic-driven. Each 'cycle', according to the Mayans, is twenty times shorter than the one preceding. This rather simple fact of the Mayan Calendar very neatly explains what we have all suspected and often hear: Events not only seem to be speeding up, events are speeding up. 12

The first cycle began 16.4 Billion years ago, close to when astronomers now fix the Big Bang event and the beginning of the creation of matter. The second cycle began 850 million years ago, near to the time frame anthropology and geology use as the beginning of the first animals. The third cycle began 40 million years ago, near to when scientists now believe was the emergence of the first primates. The fourth cycle began 2 million years ago, near to when anthropology places the emergence of the first humans. The fifth cycle began 102,000 years ago with the probability of the first spoken language, according to anthropologists. The sixth cycle began 5,125 years ago with the emergence of the first written language, which according to some scholars was 'Sumerian'. However, ancient Indians scriptures including Vedas, Puranas, Upnishads, Ramayana, and Mahabharata are believed to written much earlier. This sixth cycle, known as the National Underworld, is also the beginning of the Mayan "Long Count" calendar.

The seventh cycle (known as the Planetary Underworld) began 256 years ago; about the time historians place the beginning of the Industrial Age. It was near the end of this cycle that the 1st Harmonic Convergence occurred in 1987, ushering in a countdown to the end of the Mayan Long Count. The eighth cycle began in 1999 and will last 12.8 years (4680 days). It is thecycle we are currently in (when this book is being written i.e. 2011) and is called by the Mayans the Galactic Underworld.* ---------------------------------------------------------------------------*During this period there were agitations in many Arab and Muslim countries for restoration of democracy, and in India movements of Swami Ramdev and Anna Hazare were witnessed for end to corruption and for ethical behaviour by politicians. 13

The Galactic Cycle has been marked by the realisation of the true impact of information technology on the global economy, as expressed by the use of the Internet. The marked rise in the importance and role of intuition and the spiritual unity of the global community is also quite evident. The movement will move rapidly from an either/or (or us/them) mentality to one of true global cooperation and sharing. This phenomenon is often referred to as one of higher vibrations or the beginning of a nondual cosmic consciousness. The ninth cycle, known as the Universal Underworld, would last only 260 days. Scholars differ regarding the exact date of its end, but it may be in the period 2012-13. Some believe that the end of this ninth cycle is also known as the birth of the 6th Sun and the 5th Earth - the beginning of a new 5,125-year cycle. In this period the mankind would enter a new phase. At the end of the calendar, according to the Mayans, humankind will have direct divine , understanding and consciousness. This will not happen all at once. Slowly, the mankind will be able to understand the divine plan and act according to the cosmic messages. The end of the Mayan Calendar is not predicting a physical end of the world - just like a physical end of the world is not described in the Book of Revelations in the Bible. But, according to the Mayans, this last Cycle, the Universal Underworld, does mark an end of the world as we know it - as we have come to understand how things work. When these shifts in consciousness or shifts in perceived reality occur, there will be persons - those in power; those interested in keeping the things the way they have been; those immersed in the existing religious systems - who will "fight" to prevent change. So, there will be conflict, as is always the case with change. Could the conflict become so severe that nuclear 14

weapons could be unleashed and the earth would become uninhabitable? It certainly is possible. After all this turmoil is over, we would start moving towards a level of collective consciousness and to an age of peace and harmony. Other spiritual movements have similar traditions. Egyptian and Vedic literature describes the transformation of consciousness. The Incans, the Hopi, and the Keys of Enoch discussed the return of the Children of Light and the rise in spirituality and decline in religion. Theosophical Society, in its literature including 'The Secret Doctrine' has discussed in detail the forthcoming transformation of mankind. Now it is to be seen what actually happens during 2012 to 2014.

Importance of 5125 years cycle Mayans had mentioned about 5125 yearlong cycles. The computer calculations about the time of birth of Lord Krishna suggest this date to be 27th July 3112 B.C. If we add 5125 years to this date, we get 27th July 2013. This may indicate the period of emergence of a Super Consciousness in our era like that of Krishna. Both, Veera Brahmendra Swamy and Nostradamus had indicated this period (from 2014 to 2025) as a calamitous period for mankind, when a Super Consciousness will have to emerge on earth in order to control the situation.

Another film based on Mayan prophecies After the release of a popular film '2012' few years back based on Mayan prophecies, another movie is being made by a producer named Raul Julia Levy titled “Revelations of the Mayans 2012 and Beyond”. This movie, which is due for a theatrical release in late 2012, has been made after actual research which proves that Mayans had with extraterrestrials. This 15

has been stated by the producer of this film who told WWN that the evidence is 'overwhelming ', and his statement has been confirmed by Luis Augusto Garcia Rosado, the Minister of Tourism for the Mexican state of Campeche. He has said that new evidence has emerged of between the Mayans and extraterrestrials, ed by translations of certain codices, which the government has kept secure in underground vaults for some time. “Mexico will release codices, artifacts and significant documents with evidence of Mayan and extraterrestrial , and all of their information will be corroborated by archaeologists,” said Julia-Levy, son of actor Raul Julia. Raul Julia claims there is proof that the Mayans had intended to lead the planet for thousands of years, but were forced to escape after an invasion by “men of dark intentions,” leaving behind evidence of an advanced race. “The Mexican government is not making this statement on their own — everything we say, we're going to back it up,” he said. The film is directed by Juan Carlos Rulfo, who won the Humanitas Prize for “Those Who Remain” in 2009 and the Sundance Grand Jury Prize for International Documentary for “In the Pit” in 2006. “The message of the film is crucial to human survival,” Julia Levy has said. When Julia Levy, producer Ed Elbert and co-producer Sheila McCarthy announced the Mexican cooperation with their documentary to, they were circumspect about claims of alien , with Julia-Levy itting he'd been ordered not to say anything about it. The Guatemalen government was also skeptical and brushed off the question about alien , while allowing the filmmakers' access to previously unexplored sections of a Mayan site at Calakmul. 16

Not only did the Guatemalen government change its tune, but they also ed the project, giving access to artifacts and newly discovered prophecies. “We believe for certain that aliens worked with the Mayans” said Guatemalen Arts Minister, Jose Rosado. “Guatemala, like Mexico, home to the ancient yet advanced Mayan civilization, has also kept certain provocative archeological discoveries classified, and now believes that it is time to bring forth this information in the new documentary,”. Guatemala's Minister of Tourism, Guillermo Novielli Quezada, has said in a statement that his country was working with filmmakers “for the good of mankind.” Raul-Julia also claims that the order to cooperate came directly from the country's President, Alvaro Colom Caballero. Thus, Guatemala is the first country which has given official recognition to Mayan prophecies. Although such research is being made in USA and some other countries also, they have kept it secret. However, Dan Burisch, a noted Micro-biologist who had worked in Area 51 (a secret research station of USA based in Nevada) has disclosed that they have in their possession an alien whom they have named J Rod. This alien, according to interviews of Dan Burisch, has prophetic powers and has predicted widespread disasters on earth. It is also reported that based on these findings, USA has made many shelters to save as many and as much as possible. Our study group did not have direct access to the ancient Mayan literature, and therefore, I have taken liberty to give here the observations of various scholars of Mayan literature in their own words, as posted on internet. It has been our endeavor to make a comparative study of the prophecies made in scriptures of various races, cultures and religions, and to publish it for the benefit of mankind. However, we would like to state that according to some scholars, there may a variation of one year in their calculations, and time of start of total transformation may be in December 2013, not 2012. 17

According to a famous scholar of this subject Dr. Zelta, this transformation would bring us to greater recognition of our spiritual mastery. This gateway to personal empowerment brings the awareness that our reality is less solid than it seems. Within this moment, the fulfillment and realisation we seek would be within our reach.

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(Chapter- 4) PERILS OF 2012 Is a major change coming soon? Such changes have been predicted many times in the past, but not much had happened. May be this time it is different. Let us examine this issue critically. According to NASA and other research organisations, our earth may be hit by a barrage of solar storms in 2012-13. An eminent scientist Dr. Mausimi Dikpati has said that electro magnetic tsunamis are expected on earth in a big way during this period. Solar Conveyer Belts control sun's magnetic field and cause such tsunamis, and are indicated by sun-spots. This phenomenon is not rare, and such activities are recorded on earth every now and then. Similar massive tsunamis came in 1859, Then, Telegraph wires were burnt, electrical installations went berserk, and cables were fried. But, it did not affect the human life to a great extent. Now, such solar storms can paralyse the entire life on earth. Entire communication network, internet, satellites, and computers may go berserk. Today everything is controlled by help of computers and communication networks. If these systems start malfunctioning, power and water supply would be affected; aeroplanes, road traffic, and trains would stop; electric supplies and air-conditioning would shut down; in short, havoc would be created on earth. If essential requirements like power and water are interrupted, widespread disturbance would be caused including possibilities of rioting and looting. Do we expect government employees and other organisations engaged in provision of the essential commodities to resume their duties in these circumstances? No chance. Situation may become out of hand, and governments may collapse. In fact such scenario has been predicted long ago for this period by knowledgeable saints and prophets. 19

Who can help the mankind in such a situation? Perhaps the cosmic powers that control the happenings on earth have a plan to save us. This has been discussed in chapter 16 of this book. Lord Krishna has said in verse 6, chapter 10 of 'Gita' that He had caused the advent of 25 cosmic powers (four Kumars, fourteen Manus, and seven Maharishis) for evolution of life on earth. They are the kings of population on our planet. This phenomenon has been described in many scriptures and literature of Theosophical Society. In fact, some of these cosmic powers described in Gita by Lord Krishna have actually ed the founders and other functionaries of Theosophical society, including Annie Besant, and have told them about the future of mankind and the cosmic plan, but so far not much heed has been paid to it by the mankind. Perhaps for this reason, it has become necessary for the cosmic powers to bring some big disasters (or at least small disasters that earth is facing these days) to warn us, in order to carry on with their plan of evolution of life on earth. Certainly, the powers that could create life on earth can also save us. J. Krishnamurthy, a noted philosopher and theosophist, has said in his book 'At the Master's Feet' that there was a divine plan of God for the humanity. Krishnamurthy has written that this plan is so beautiful that whosoever has understood it can not think of anything else. Our study group is trying to understand this plan, and believe it or not, some of our have also received direct communication regarding this plan from cosmic powers. But, instead of believing in cosmic powers and paying heed to them, the governments of various countries are busy in building shields to save as many persons as possible in the eventuality of such disasters. USA and other governments are building shelters; Norway government is constructing Doomsday Vaults on island of Svalbad, and similar steps are reportedly being taken by many other governments. In fact, it seems that the governments cannot do much in such situation, and therefore, they do not want the people to know, let alone think about this phenomenon. 20

When in 1999 the Y 2K Bug was anticipated, which was a minor problem as compared to what can happen in 2012-13, the official channels of every country were issuing continuous guidelines as what to do and what not to do. Now, when the problem can be massive, no government is saying anything officially; only media is voicing its apprehensions basing on findings of NASA and other scientific organisations, and that too without doing proper research. We can ourselves try to understand what is happening on earth in last few years, and what can happen in future. The last few years have been deadliest in the present period. During 2004 about 2.3 lacs people were killed in Asian Tsunami. In 2005 hurricane 'Katrina' caused massive destruction in USA including thousands of deaths. In 2006 Philippines Mudslides caused massive destruction, and in 2008 cyclone 'Nargis' in Myanmar caused 1.46 lac deaths besides enormous loss to entire cities. During 2011 tsunamis that occurred in Indonesia and Australia caused whole cities to submerge in water. The number of earthquakes and volcano eruptions in last few years has been alarming in recent past. In January 2010 an earthquake of magnitude 6.5 'Eureka' hit California in USA. Earthquakes in China during last few years have caused hundreds of dams to breach causing inundation of large areas and immense loss of life. During 2010, hundreds of tornados hit USA. In January 2011 the number of tornados in USA was 36, while in April this number was 577. The devastation caused by earthquakes and subsequent tsunami in 2011 is still fresh in our memory. The problem with governments of developed countries and the scientist working for them is that they do not want to share their knowledge with anyone. They want to use that knowledge only for their benefit. During ancient times, the saints themselves were scientists. Now, the process of materialism has separated science and spirituality. This is the main cause of the predicament that we are in today. In this book, I have tried to cull out the reality on basis of 21

findings of both – saints & scientists. It has not been done to create some sensation or panic, but to present the view of cosmic powers who want to save the humanity. These cosmic powers have been described in the literature of Theosophical Society, particularly in Annie Besant's book 'The Inner Government of the World'. Basing on their study of sun-spots during the past hundreds of years, scientists at NASA and other research organisations are quite confident that the solar activity would peak in the years 2012-13 (described as 'Solar Maximum'), and would cause disturbances on earth. But if nothing remarkable happens, it could mean that the cosmic powers have intervened to save the life on earth. Already there are reports that some 'cooling effect' on Sun has been observed. Has this cooling effect been created by the cosmic powers to counter the effects of 'Solar Maximum'? When governments cannot do anything to avert the predicted disasters, can the cosmic powers and the mankind do anything about it? Our study group is engaged in this research since about thirty years, perhaps according to the will of cosmic powers. This book is intended to tell the results of our research.

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(Chapter-5) ARE ALL THE MAJOR EVENTS PREDESTINED? Although it is hinted by Lord Krishna in 'Gita' that whatever is happening on earth is predestined, still this is hard to believe. But we have come across so many proofs of this phenomenon being correct that we cannot ignore it also. Apart from prophecies of Nostradamus and many other prophets, discussed later in this book, our study group has come across many eventualities and incidents which prove that all major events in our lives are predestined. Whatever is happening on earth seems to be preordained. Many saints, whose prophetic powers and performed miracles have been personally verified by our group, are also of the view that the script of whatever is happening on earth has already written by the almighty. Some of such eventualities are described in this chapter. Dr. Meher Master Moos, President of Zoroastrian College, Mumbai, in an article published in 'Mystic India' in 1995, had discussed the predictions made about one hundred years back by a Parsi saint regarding the future of India. Zoroastrian College, situated at Pheroz Shah Mehta Road, Mumbai, has been accorded the status of a 'Deemed University' by many universities of the world. The said predictions have been recorded and are kept there. The saint Ustad Saheb Behramshah Nowroji Shrof had met the Rana of Mewar at the beginning of 20th century and had made these predictions which have proved to be astonishingly accurate, particularly in light of the fact that the period when these predictions were made was about fifty years 23

before India's independence, and then no one could even think such events to take place in future. The Parsi saint had predicted following: 1. Swaraj is of no benefit to the people but it will come anyway as it is in the destiny of the country. But by getting Swaraj, the people of India will not be happy. Inflation will rocket sky high and everything will become so very expensive that the ordinary man will not be able to afford to live. A new kind of rulers of India will make the people their servants. 2. The age of princes would be over and age of ordinary people would set in. 3. After the British Raj in India was over, India would be divided in two countries and a man from the North would rule India. 4. Then a man would rule for a very short time, after which a woman from the North would rule for eleven years. 5. She would be followed by a man from Gujarat and then she would again rule for a short time. 6. After that there would be chaos in India. At the beginning of 20th century, when these predictions were made, no one could think that the age of princes would be over and democracy would set in. Also, fifty years before independence, no one could think that the country would be divided. The first ruler, as predicted by Ustad Saheb as 'a man from North', turned out to be Pandit Nehru. Then a man (Lal Bahadur Shashtri) ruled for a short time. Thereafter, as predicted by Ustad Saheb, a woman from North (Indira Gandhi) ruled exactly for eleven years. She was followed by Morarji Desai (man from Gujarat), and she again came back to rule for a short time. 24

The assassinations of Smt. Indira Gandhi and Rajiv Gandhi were accurately described by Nostradamus (refer page-108) indicating even the periods of their death. Ustad Saheb had also described that there would be chaos in India, and inflation will rocket sky high and everything will become so very expensive that the ordinary man will not be able to afford to live. A new kind of rulers would rule India, who will treat the people like their servants. That situation has already come, and we are witnessing a silent revolution against the establishment in India. The events, thereafter, seem to be described by the Parsi saint and Nostradamus in coded words. But, the meanings of predictions of both these prophets are same. They have described a representative of God to take over the rule of the country and set the things right. However, our study group feels this to be description of a 'Consciousness' that would convert the minds of people towards spirituality in order to change things for better. Another prophet Baba Vanga, a Bulgarian lady who became blind at a very young age, had also made some remarkable predictions. Two of her predictions are given below:

New York Incident Horror, horror! The American brethren will fall after being attacked by steel birds. The wolves will be howling in a bush, And innocent blood will be gushing. This prediction was made by Baba Vanga in 1989, twelve years before it actually happened. Nostradamus, in his prophecy describing this event, had also described aeroplanes as 'birds'. In Vanga's prophecy, 'brethren' (brothers) is used to describe Twin 25

Towers which would 'fall' after the attack. 'Bush' has been written to refer President Bush.

Disaster of a Russian submarine At the turn of century, In August of 1999 or 2000, Kusk will be covered with water, And the world will be weeping over it. This prediction was made by Vanga in 1980. Twenty years later, on 12th August 2000, a Russian submarine named Kusk suffered an explosion and sunk in the sea. Rescue operations undertaken by Russian, British and Norwegian governments failed to save anyone. She was visited by many political leaders. Hitler also went to meet her, and it is said that He left in a very bad mood. Probably, he did not like the predictions of Vanga about him. She was said to have s with some spirits or powers that told her about future. She had also predicted a turbulent period for mankind for a long time to come; the calamities would be more pronounced in Christian countries. Many of the prophecies made by these prophets do not turn out to be true, probably due to the fact that there are Divine Powers that try to avoid or minimise the threats to the mankind. But these powers can be successful only to an extent. Almost all prophets agree that the period for a total change of order in the world is now, and the predicted disasters can only be minimised; not completely avoided. The abovementioned instances are really astonishing, but equally amazing are the experiences of Mr. R. N. Trivedi, a retired IAS officer, who had very kindly written following details for inclusion in this book: 26

Orissa Experiences by : R.N. Trivedi In 1974 I got married in a t family in Orissa. My father-inlaw Late Mr. A. N. Tewari was an IAS Officer and was a very popular person in Orissa. My father was quite ill since many years, and Mr. Tewari was very keen to help him regarding his health problems. In early 1977 I visited Bhubaneswar with my wife Nirmala and my little son Gautam. My-father-in law told me about one Mr. Bhagwan Misra who lived in 'Balkati, a village about 20 Km from Bhubaneswar. Mr. Misra was having some ancient scriptures from which he told answers to the questions posed by anyone to him. We decided to meet him for asking about the health problem of my father. The next day was Sunday and we proceeded early in the morning to meet the prodigal of Balkati. When we reached there, we found a very poor and backward looking village with half naked children running about in its muddy lanes. Bhagwan Misra's house was also not at all impressive except for the fact that it was a little bigger as compared to the neighboring houses. After introductions and exchange of pleasantries my father in law told Mr. Bhagwan Misra that I wanted to know the answers to some of my questions. We sat down on the mats spread on the floor and Mr. Misra took out an old looking palm leaf manuscript and after respectfully bowing before it and chanting some 'Mantras' he asked me to think of a question and not to tell it to anybody. He, thereafter, drew a circle on the floor with water in his copper pot and divided the circle into some parts. He asked me to put a finger in one of those parts. He closed his eyes for a moment and then took one leaf out of the volume of palm leaves which were lying before him. Few moments later he started reading from the palm leaf. He was reading fluently in Oriya language which 27

was being translated in English by my father in law for my benefit. He went on like this – “The person who has put forward the question has come from the 'Brahmavart area' on banks of river Ganga*. He wants to know about his father's health which at the time of asking of the question is not good and has been bad for so many years”. I looked with a quizzical face at my father-in-law when Bhagwan Misra took a pause at this point of time and read out that further information will be available at Vol. no. such and such and page no. such and such etc. He went into a room full of palm leaf manuscripts bound in yellow cloth. From the place where I was sitting I could see that the inside room, which was well lit due to the sunlight directly entering from a side window, looked like a library with volumes & volumes of yellow cloth bound palm-leaf manuscripts stacked in number of shelves. My father in law told me that it was only his second visit to this man and he had no inkling of what I was going to ask, and there was no question of his having briefed Bhagwan Misra about my impending query. The doubt in my mind vanished because my father-in-law sounded sincere. My attitude till then was that of a bemused onlooker, but with my unspoken question that was correctly told by a complete stranger and in a completely unknown language, it turned out into that of iration. My father in law had peeped into the palm-leaf manuscripts, from which Mr. Bhagwan Misra was reading, and confirmed that he had really narrated whatever was written on the palm-leaf in Oriya Script but the language was Sanskrit. --------------------------------------------------------------------------*Mr. Trivedi is resident of Kanpur, which is near 'Brahmavart (Bithoor)', and is on the Bank of river Ganges. 28

As soon as our brief conversation was over, Mr. Bhagwan Misra appeared with another volume and opened a page. He again started reading from it, and narrated – “The person regarding whom the question has been asked is of a lean built, suffers from 'Udar Rog' (stomach ailments) and 'Rakt Vikar' (blood disorder). He serves the King and is in 'Maadak Khaadak Dravya Vibhag' of the King”. I was dumbstruck. My father fitted the description physically as well as professionally. He was in the Central Govt. Service and was an officer in Central Excise Department. Perhaps, centuries ago when these manuscripts were written, the department must have been known as 'Maadak Khaadak Dravya Vibhag'. According to the Oxford Dictionary the word 'excise' has been described as 'a tax charged on certain goods, such as alcohol', and alcohol is actually a 'Maadak Dravya' (liquor). Bhagwan Misra paused again. The manuscript leaf now indicated another volume for further instructions. He brought it and read aloud. Some Ayurvedic medicines were indicated for the patient; after taking those he would live for ten years. From another leaf Misra read “The person who has come to ask the question about his father's health has come at such a time when there is 'Stree Shashan' (woman ruler) in Utkala (Orissa) as well as in Indraprastha (Delhi). Few months from this time both the ladies will have to give up their rule”. This was really strange; evidently, the manuscript writer did not want the answer seeker to be left with any doubt regarding the time, place and events when the question was asked. At that time Mrs. Nandini Satpathi was the Chief Minister of Orissa and Mrs. Indira Gandhi was the Prime Minister of India. Mr. Misra also read out that Utkala (Orissa) will have a ruler thereafter whose name would begin from letter 'Na' (N) and his name will have nine letters. As it turned out; Mrs. Gandhi lost the 29

1977 parliamentary election which was one and a half months after I had asked the question. Janta party came to power and dismissed several state governments including that of Orissa. The next Chief Minister of Orissa was Mr. Neelmani Rautrai, whose name started with 'N' and had nine letters (in Sanskrit). After coming back to Kanpur I told the story to a Vaidya (Ayurvedic Doctor), who prepared the medicines accordingly and my father, who was ill since many years, started improving and lived exactly for ten years. Bhagwan Misra was otherwise a simple man – not very scholarly or well versed in Sanskrit Texts. He, however, knew the use of the unparalleled treasure from his ancestors. His neighbors recognized him as an 'Ojha' (Tantrik) who could treat dog bites and common ailments. But when my father in law told about him to others, he became famous and high officials started visiting him. When his fiend Mr. Mathur, a retired IAS Officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre who was appointed as an 'Advisor to Governor' of Orissa, came to meet Bhagwan Misra, he was also told many correct facts about his life. Reading from a leaf Misra said “The person who has asked the question is not from the land of 'Jagannath' but has come from a neighboring area. He has been given the opportunity by Lord Jagannath to serve in his land for some time because he is a great Jagannath devotee”. Mr. Mathur told my father- in- law that he really was a Jagannath devotee and wanted to serve in Orissa, but never got a chance during his active service. Mr. Misra also told him reading from a new leaf that he would soon leave for Indraprastha (Delhi) and would thereafter become 'Up Raja' (Deputy Ruler) of a small kingdom where people wear long boots and angular caps, and where it rains all the time. Mr. Mathur left for Delhi in the indicated period and was later made the Lt. Governor of Mizoram (or Meghalaya; I do not exactly ), and the description of the 'small kingdom' exactly matched the 30

description given by Bhagwan Misra. Also, Lt. Governor seems to be the correct translation of 'Up Raja' for that small state. Mr. Mathur wanted to offer something as a token of appreciation, but Misra refused. However, after great deal of persuasion by my father-in-law, he asked for a mosquito net as there were too many mosquitoes in his village. Such a simple man he was. Orissa has been a seat of 'Tantrik Cult' with sixty four 'Yogini Temples'. In this region another blessed soothsayer named Amar Misra resided in village Kakatpur. On hearing his fame I went to meet him. He had some copper plates, and in order to answer a question he used to submerse one of the plates in water after performing some ritual. Slowly some inscriptions appeared on the plate including the question asked. All the facts he told me proved to be correct, but his most amazing prediction was told by my friend Mr. S. N. Tewari, who accompanied Mr. Krishna Kant (the then Governor of Andhra Pradesh) when he visited Kakatpur to meet Mr. Amar Misra. Mr. Misra told him that soon he would move to Indraprastha (Delhi) and become 'Up Raja' (Deputy King) of 'Bharatvarsha' (India). Few months later Mr. Krishna Kant became Vice-President of India. These instances prove beyond doubt that there are supernatural powers that guide us. The persons whom I met did not claim to be astrologers or very learned persons. They had God's grace; God does protect us through his spiritual messengers – the great souls – who traverse the entire length & breadth of our universe. R. N. Trivedi The above instances of prognostics clearly indicate that all major incidents of our lives, and also about countries and the world, are predestined. At this point of time, when we are being told by the prophets & seers that a change of order is going to take 31

place on earth, we are actually being guided to affect the required changes in our lives in order to enter that era. Those who fail to understand and follow would be removed from the face of earth by the Karmic Lords. I was also told about a similar soothsayer named Haveli Ram who lived in Delhi and had told Mr. Gulzari Lal Nanda (the then Home Minister of India) that despite being the Acting Prime Mister of India twice, he would never become Prime Minister. Some of my family friends had consulted Mr. Haveli Ram who possessed leafs of a scripture named 'Soorya Samhita'; he also submersed those leafs in water and inscriptions started appearing which were used by him to make predictions. About forty years back he had predicted that a great upheaval will take place around the year 2012.

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(Chapter- 6) PROPHECIES OF NOSTRADAMUS Among the prophets world has known, French prophet Nostradamus holds a special place because he had predicted future events with such uncanny accuracy as if he was actually watching these events happen. In his veiled language he has made about 1000 prophecies many of which have been verified to be amazingly correct. He had written that a cosmic power told him about the future events with some specific purpose. Our study reveals that this was done by the cosmic powers to tell the mankind about the exact period of a transformation on earth, which has also been mentioned in the ancient scriptures of almost all religions in the world. Therefore, in this book, I have discussed about Nostradamus and his prophecies in detail. His most relevant prophecy for the present period is that the world will witness a turbulent period of 25 years, which has been described by him as a war between 'powers of good and powers of evil' i.e. powers of God and that of the Devil. Mankind has always been influenced by both these powers, but now, the powers of evil have virtually taken control over the minds of humans to such an extent that the entire mankind is moving towards its destruction. It has, therefore, become necessary that the divine powers should now intervene and take the control in their hands. This eventuality has been described in many scriptures and prophecies starting from the period of Mahabharata up to the present period. The details given by Nostradamus regarding the period of Start of this 25 yearlong war exactly match the 9/11 incident of the terrorist attack in New York. Therefore, it is clear that this 25 year period that has been described by him, starts in2001 and ends in 2025. During this period there would be a certain time frame (during 2012 to 2014), when such a calamitous situation would 33

arise that a Super Cosmic Power would have to come on earth to save the humanity. This power has been described by him as 'CHYREN' (pronounced as SHREEN) – perhaps a nick name of Shree Krishna because Lord Krishna had announced in GITA that he would again come on earth for protecting and re-installing the true religion.

About Nostradamus Michel De Nostradame is generally known by his Latinized name Nostradamus. He was born on December 14, 1503, at noon, in San Remy de Provence, in . His family's faith was Judaism, but they were converted to be Catholics even when Nostradamus was a child. All his life he remained a devoted Catholic and was a conscious and faithful devotee of God. He once wrote “everything proceeds from the divine power of Almighty God, from whom all goodness emanates”. While growing up, he received education in Languages, Astronomy, Mathematics and Arts. He started the study of Medicine in 1522, and obtained his bachelor's degree in 1525 from the Mont Pellier School of Medicine. During his studies of Medicine he also studied Astrology, and after completing his studies, he became more famous as an astrologer rather than a doctor. Later, he devolved himself deep in study of occult sciences and developed mystic powers to see the future and then used these powers in his prophetic writings. Unfortunately, Southern was gripped by an epidemic of plague at that time. Nostradamus, therefore, decided to help the victims of this disease, and moved from place to place using his knowledge of medicine as well as his occult powers to cure the patients. Soon his reputation as a healer grew, and he became famous for his unconventional treatments. 34

After wandering from place to place for four years, he returned to study at his old school at Mont Pellier, and obtained the degree of Doctor of Medicine. He started practice of medicine, and soon became famous as a 'doctor with a healing touch'. He married in 1534, and had a son and a daughter to complete his family. But, misfortune struck, and his wife and both the children died in the plague. Nostradamus was left alone. He again started wandering from place to place till he remarried a rich widow, Anne Ponsart Gemelle. He had six children by his second wife. In the meantime he kept on writing and compiling his book of prophecies and published its first edition in 1555, and the second edition in 1558. He purposely scrambled the chronological order of the events described in Quatrains, due to which, one will find a particular event described in a particular Quatrain in a particular Century (chapter), and a connecting Quatrain in a different chapter. Sometimes, it is essential to study the connecting Quatrains in tandem, in order to decipher the real meaning and to know the entire event, or sequence of events, as the case may be. In some cases, in order to connect the events, he had placed the relevant Quatrains one after the other, or in the same Century of the book. In other cases, he had given enough hints to connect one Quatrain to another relevant Quatrain. In order to decipher the meaning that he wanted to convey, he has also given hints to understand his prophecies in the relevant parts of the two letters of dedication (given at the end of this book). 35

Although, Nostradamus took great pains to hide the obvious meaning of his prophecies, he never wanted the real meaning to remain hidden forever. Generally, the event and the prophecy about that event could be connected only after the event has happened. But it could not be his intention for all the prophecies, otherwise, what was the need of writing these prophecies from his time in 1555 to the year 3797 (when, according to him, Earth will not remain habitable and life will finish from our planet), if the real meaning of prophecies could be guessed only after the event had happened? I feel that Nostradamus has made this point very clear in his first two Quatrains, where he has described the magical practice adopted by him for looking into the future.

His Unique Method of Looking Into future Century-1, Q-1 Seated at night in my secret study, Alone, reposing on the airain saddle (brass tripod), A slender flame leaps out of the solitude, Making me pronounce what is not vain to believe. Century-1,Q-2 With divining rod is in my hand, placed in middle of the branches, With the wave I wet my limb and my feet; A fear and voice trembles my hand. Divine Splendor! The Divine sits near me. Here, he has stated that the work he has taken up will not go in vain. He also tells us that what he has written was told to him by the Divine Will or Supreme Intelligence. 36

He had given certain details in two letters of dedication published in his book of prophecies. In both the letters of dedication, to his son and to the King, he has made it fairly clear that such prophetic powers were given to him for the benefit of mankind. This means that he wanted to convey a message, at appropriate time, to save the humanity. This message would certainly be clear enough for everyone to understand, or at least to his scholars, who in turn, will convey it to all. I feel that he wanted this message to be delivered in time before the beginning of the said 25 yearlong period (year 2001), as it will be the most disastrous period on earth, and at that time, the world will need his counsel. As explained later in the book, the events leading to this period, and its possible effects, have all been deciphered and inferred by the Nostradamus scholars from his book of prophecies, even before the happening of these events. Such predictions were very difficult for the past events. Moreover, after 1985 (the ing of Halley's comet near the Earth) so many of Nostradamus prophecies have been deciphered and predicted by the Nostradamus scholars correctly; it proves that the great astrologer had compiled his predictions in such a manner that he would draw full attention of the world at the appointed date and time. It has been the endeavor of Nostradamus believers, like me, to decipher the works of this great seer, through which fate is delivering us a helping hand at the time when we are nearing a crisis. The message is clear. We will be given one final chance to determine our destiny; we can choose to take that chance or, decide to perish. Refer to Century-9, Quatrain 44 in his book of prophecies.

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Century- 9, Q-44 Leave, leave, go forth out of Geneva, all, Saturn of gold, shall be changed into Iron, The contrary of the positive ray shall exterminate all, Before it happens, the Heavens shall show signs. League of Nations was formed at Geneva after the First World War to maintain peace amongst the nations, but it failed in its purpose. Saturn, here, relates to fate or luck. The seer says that Saturn of gold was changed into Iron during the Second World War by use of atomic weapons. Positive Ray is used to denote atomic, and other such powers that can be used both in positive and contrary (negative) manner and that can exterminate us all. Nostradamus had told us that heavens would, however, show signs before all this happened, and we would be given a final chance before we invite our doom. But, saving ourselves from doom will not be easy for us now. Fate has already stamped at what is our destiny. We will have to have full faith in our ability to avert this disaster, and will have to use our collective will power to oppose those factions that are out to create trouble. Otherwise, we may refer for our fate, as given in the following Quatrain : Century-1, Q-91 The gods will make it appear to mankind That they are the authors of a great war. Before the sky that was serene shall show sword and lance The greatest damage will be inflicted on the left. War and other calamities are predestined; its authors are no others but gods themselves. Sky, which was earlier quiet, will show weapons of war and other (natural) calamities. Greatest damage will be to America and other western countries. 38

He Wanted To Warn Us One more point is also important; Nostradamus has used his prophetic powers to tell us only about the impending disasters. So much so, that his one thousand Quatrains are sometimes called as predictions for one thousand disasters. Very rarely has he described the peaceful periods. And those few instances have also been used as filler material in his predictions before the start of next crisis. This confirms my view that he wanted to warn anyone or everyone, he could, to make us vigilant against bad times; after that, good times will automatically follow.

End of Life on Earth He has predicted that our planet will become un-habitable after the year 3797. He has not declared the time or period for which the earth will remain un-habitable because his prophecies ended there. But, he has said that time will go on even after that. He, probably, wanted to tell us that before 3797, we should make enough scientific progress to station next 'Noah Ark' in space and /or on any other planet. And wait there till our planet becomes habitable again. Then the time, on Earth, will start again. His above observation is not without a scientific possibility. Apart from the rotary motion of Earth around its axis which the Earth completes in twenty-four hours, there is another rotary motion of our planet that takes it about twenty-six thousand years to complete. This motion is due to a tilt in the axis of Earth's rotary motion. It is due to this motion that there occurs a difference between the ephemeris of 'Fixed Zodiac' and 'Moving Zodiac' systems. 'Precession of Equinoxes' is determined by this difference, and this difference creates changes in atmospheric conditions on our planet. Knowledgeable persons have divided this period of twenty-six thousand years in three parts – Hot period, Normal period, and Cold period. According to some 39

scientists and philosophers, normal human life is possible only in 'Normal' period. Perhaps, this Normal period ends in 3797 A.D. Scientists have continuously been discussing about the periods when life is possible on earth, and when it is not. In the July 25, 2003 Science Journal, the “Astrobiology: Latest News” section reported: “Solar System's Path May Have Spurred Ice Ages - Physicist Nir Shaviv of the University of Toronto argues that the path of our solar system through the Milky Way galaxy may be responsible for Earth's periodic ice ages. Our Sun and its planets move in a slow orbit around the center of our galaxy. Over time, our solar system es through the galaxy's spiral arms-regions dense with stars. Where there are more stars, there are also more supernovae-giant stars that explode in a flood of cosmic rays. Such rays could affect Earth's atmosphere and alter its climate.” Shaviv says that the timing of ice ages on Earth correlates closely with the historical levels of cosmic ray exposure and with the solar system's route through the spiral arms. Other scientists have previously suggested that our solar system's galactic orbit makes Earth habitable.

Importance of His Work By making such prophecies, and recording these in the form of a book, Nostradamus has left us an invaluable document, which if properly understood and interpreted, is nothing less than a divine guidance. And, after completing his cosmic mission, on 1st July 1566, he gave his final prediction: 'The world will not find me alive tomorrow'. Like his other predictions, this prediction also came true. 40

Compilation of His Prophecies in form of a Book When in 1958 this fifty-five year prophet presented his book of one thousand prophecies to the king of , Henry the Second, little did the king realize that the book contained accurate predictions about his death, death of his adversary who would accidentally kill him, and also the misfortune awaiting his family. But soon, the prophecy concerning the king, given in Century-1, Quatrain-35, was deciphered and it was understood by many of the king's courtiers that the old lion to be killed by the young lion, as mentioned in the prophecy, was none other than King Henry himself. The prophecy is given as under : Century 1, Q- 35 The young lion shall overcome the old one, In martial field by a single duel, In golden cage he shall put out his eye, Two wounds from one, then he shall die a cruel death. Queen Catherine, wife of King Henry, asked Nostradamus about the prophecy. His philosophical reply was that he wrote whatever he saw in his vision. However, the king believed that there was no danger to him, because he would never go to a battlefield. But, had he read and properly understood another prophecy in Century 3, Quatrain 30 (given below) he would have known that by martial field Nostradamus did not mean battlefield, instead he meant field of martial games. Century- 3, Q-30 He who during the struggle with weapon in martial deed, Had carried the prize before his better, 41

By night six shall abuse him in his bed, Being naked and without harness he shall suddenly be surprised. This prophecy was regarding Earl of Montgomery, the 'young lion' who accidentally killed King Henry. Nostradamus further prophesied, “Six persons will surprise him, who, during the struggle in a type of martial deed, had earlier defeated a better player, in a helpless condition in his bed”. By mentioning 'martial deed', Nostradamus had tried to give the hint that the combat was to be a type of martial game. The 'young lion' turned out to be Earl of Montgomery, who in a tournament with King Henry (the old lion), accidentally pierced king's golden helmet with a splinter of his wooden lance, putting out his eye and penetrating his brain, causing the king to die a cruel death. This happened in 1559, one year after the presentation of the book of prophecies by Nostradamus to the king. The king had held a three-day tournament to celebrate the marriages of his sister Marguerite to the Duke of Savoy, and of his daughter Elizabeth to the King Philip II of Spain. King Henry participated in the event, wearing full armour and a golden helmet (golden cage over the eye). With a wooden lance in one hand, he held a big shield in the other. The shield was decorated with a symbol of 'lion'. His opponent in the combat was the Earl of Montgomery, who was six years younger to him. He was also wearing similar armour and was also holding similar shield decorated with a symbolic picture of lion. The sporting bout between the young lion and the old lion started. The king was a much better player. He started winning easily, and after each round he would raise the visor of his golden helmet to receive the praises of the crowd. On third day, at sunset, 42

Henry participated in his final bout against Earl of Montgomery, which ended in a draw. When Henry insisted for a final match, the young Earl, perhaps aware of the prophecy, tried to avoid. But, as the fate would have it, Henry insisted and Earl relented. In this final bout, once the king failed to lower his golden visor in time and, accidentally the wooden lance of Montgomery, the 'young lion', broke and one of the splinters pierced the eye of King Henry putting out his eye and penetrating his brain and, thus inflicting two wounds. After suffering for ten agonizing days, King Henry, as predicted by Nostradamus, died a cruel death. The Earl of Montgomery was afterwards beheaded for leading a movement of Protestants against the Catholic regime. Catherine, the queen of Henry II, ordered his killing to avenge the death of her husband. He fled to England, but came back later and surrendered under the condition that he would be pardoned, but the Queen sent six men of her secret guard who surprised him in his bedroom in a helpless condition and got him arrested. He was later killed. All this happened exactly in same manner as described by Nostradamus many years back.

Wife of Henry II Nostradamus has also described the fate of Queen Catherine (wife of Henry II) after death of her husband in the said martial game, in Century-6, Quatrain-63. Century- 6, Q-63 The lady shall be left to reign alone in the kingdom By the unique one extinguished first on the bed of honor: Seven years she will be weeping in grief, After, she will live long in the reign by grandeur.

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Queen Catherine actually went into a state of mourning from 1559 to 1566, exactly for seven years after her husband died in 1559. After that, she reigned as Queen Regent from 1566 to 1589. *

Nostradamus' predictions regarding the children of King Henry also proved accurate. Such was the mastery of Nostradamus over the knowledge of future events. No wonder that, today, his one thousand prophecies published about four hundred and fifty years back, are considered and viewed as a guide to future events.

Some Interesting Observations Nostradamus dedicated the first edition of his book to his son Caesar, and the second edition to King Henry. A question arises: why did Nostradamus dedicate the second edition of his book of prophecies to King Henry? If he wanted to honour him, he could have dedicated the first edition itself to the King. Moreover, the first edition of the book that was published in 1555, contained all prophecies about the king and his family, then why the 1558 edition was presented to him? ---------------------------------------------------------------------------*Sometimes, there are astonishing similarities in life of two persons. Such similarities are quite evident in the lives of Queen Catherine and Smt. Sonia Gandhi, wife of Late Rajeev Gandhi (former Prime Minister of India). Husbands of both the ladies were rulers and were killed in abnormal circumstances. Like Queen Catherine, Sonia Gandhi also assumed a self-imposed exile from political life for a long period (about seven years). Now, like Queen Catherine, she has also become 'Queen Regent of India'. It is said that the son of Queen Catharine, who was the King of , always acted according to the advice of her mother; it was Queen Catherine who was actually ruling . Same situation has developed in India. 44

My guess is that he wanted to warn the king about the impending disasters just before the happenings. It is noteworthy that the king was killed in 1559 ; just one year after the book was dedicated and presented to him. In those days, had he done some plain speaking about the King's death and other misfortunes awaiting his family, he would have been hanged by neck. Even today, astrologers refrain from telling their clients about the date of their death, however sure they may be of their predictions. Nostradamus, perhaps, wanted to see if the King could take the hint and try to avoid the misfortune. Otherwise, fate was going to take its course. In this context, I will draw the attention of readers to the first two paragraphs of the ' Epistle to Henry II', a letter of dedication submitted by Nostradamus to the king, with his book of prophecies. The relevant text of this Epistle is given below: “ To the most invincible, most high, and most Christian King of , Henry the Second : Michael Nostradamus, his most obedient servant and subject, wishes victory and happiness.” By reason of that singular observation, O most Christian and victorious King, my face which has been cloudy a great while, did present itself before your immeasurable Majesty.” If we carefully go through these paragraphs, we will find that in first paragraph, there is nothing remarkable except the adjectives used for King Henry & Nostradamus, barring a single observation that Nostradamus wishes victory and happiness to the king. Now the question is : how could Nostradamus wish victory and happiness to the king, when he knew that his statement was going to be wrong? He himself had written about the misfortunes awaiting the king and his family. 45

To my mind, Nostradamus wrote this wish of victory and happiness as customary salutation to his king, but this lie weighed heavily on his mind, and he tried to rectify it by giving a subtle hint in the first line of next paragraph. He wrote that by reason of that singular observation, his face had been cloudy for a great while. I can think of no other explanation for this, except that Nostradamus wanted to state that his vision has been cloudier while making this singular observation ; there was some secret, which was withheld by him. This proves that Nostradamus was not only a great astrologer, but was also a man of complete honesty towards himself and others. This fact, apart from amazing accuracy of many of his one thousand prophecies, has made me believe in Nostradamus, and has been the cause of my subsequent research in order to decipher his works. As mentioned earlier, Nostradamus completed the first edition of his book of prophecies in 1555, which contained seven hundred Quatrains (four lined poems) which indicated future events, and dedicated the book to his son Caesar. Three years later, he brought out second edition of his book adding three hundred more Quatrains, thus, making the total numbers of Quatrains to one thousand. These Quatrains were arranged in ten chapters of one hundred each and the chapters were called 'Centuries'. I would like to repeat that with reference to Nostradamus, the word 'Century' did not indicate 100 years, it only indicates that one hundred unrelated prophecies or predictions has been given in each chapter called Century. Century-7 contained only 47 Quatrains; rest of the Quatrains have either been lost or have not been included by the original publishers of the book as these were duplicate, i.e. these prophecies were already included in other chapters or Centuries. 46

While studying Nostradamus, it is necessary to look for the spurious Quatrains, which were added in later editions of his book from time to time, by interested persons. Fortunately, now so much research work has been done regarding these prophecies by Nostradamus scholars, that latest editions of standard publications generally contain genuine versions, and these are the versions that are proving to be accurate. The two letters of dedication, which Nostradamus wrote in the form of Epistles with each edition of his book, the first to his son Caesar and the second to King Henry are very important for decoding these prophecies. Though, these letters had also been written in the customary veiled language of Nostradamus, as has been used by him in his Quatrains, the letters form an integral part of his work and without these letters it was virtually impossible to decode the Quatrains and to understand their real meaning. These letters have been printed later in this book, in the chapter titled 'Two letters of dedication'. I am surprised that some of the eminent writers of books on Nostradamus have decided to disregard these letters because the language used in these letters was too obscure. In the sixteenth century, when these letters were written, the language might have been difficult to understand, but now, after 450 years, about half of the events predicted by him have already occurred and we can have a fair idea of the intrigues of the language used by Nostradamus. I feel that it was totally impossible to understand some of the Quatrains without the hints given in these two letters. Nostradamus had said in these letters that, earlier, he was not willing to pen down his prophecies, but later, he decided to enlarge himself in 'dark and abstruse' sentences, declaring future events for the benefit of mankind. 47

All earlier efforts of the Nostradamus scholars have been confined to the translation of the prophecies of this great seer in order to find their true meanings. Although Nostradamus had said, time and again, that he was writing these prophecies for the benefit of mankind, yet no serious effort has been made to analyse his prophecies from the point of view of deriving the said benefit that Nostradamus wanted the mankind to have from his works The whole idea of my research on Nostradamus has been to analyse his works and to find the remedies that the cosmic powers wanted to suggest us through him in the time of our crises. .

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(Chapter- 7) ACCURACY OF NOSTRADAMUS PROPHECIES First, we examine the accuracy of those Nostradamus prophecies which describe the events leading to the 25 yearlong turbulent periods from 2001 to 2025. Peaceful period after the Second World War Certain period after the end of Second World War was to be a peaceful period (before the start of a war of terrorism), which has been described in following Quatrain.

Century-1, Q-63 Pestilences extinguished, the world becomes smaller, For a long time the lands will be inhabited peacefully. People will travel safely through the sky (over) land and seas, And then wars shall begin anew After the Second World War and its ill effects are over, people will live peacefully for a long time. So much progress will be made in the means of transport that everyone will be able to travel safely by land, air and sea. (In the period of Nostradamus, no one even thought of traveling through the sky, and through sea, very few could travel.) He had envisioned a period when people (everyone) will be able to do it. Then, the wars will restart. Century- 1, Q-15 Mars shall threaten all of us with war Seventy times blood shall be shed 49

Fragmented and ruined is the Church By those who will not listen to Her Teaching Mars, the planet of war, will cause seventy big and small wars, in which Christians and non-believers (terrorists) shall ruin the Church, her authority, and create much more human sufferings. Century- 10, Q-89 The walls will be converted from brick to marble, Seven and fifty pacific years: Joy to mortals, the aqueduct renewed, Health, abundance of fruits, joy and mellifluous times. It is generally believed that the 57 years mentioned in the above Quatrain refer to the peaceful reign of Louis XIV, king of during the said period. However, Nostradamus had mentioned that image of a future event might be seen in a past event. I feel, intuitively, that this Quatrain may also refer to the period of 57 years after the Second World War (1945 to 2002), when there will be comparative peace on Earth. Use of natural resources will bring joy and abundance to the mankind. This Quatrain indicates that the next war i.e. war of terrorism would have started by 2002. After the start of the War of Terrorism Nostradamus has described three turbulent periods on earth referred by him as period of three Anti-Christs. The present 25 yearlong period is the period of third Anti-Christ. The first two Anti-Christs were representatives of Satan (Evil), but the third Ant-Christ is Satan himself. Nostradamus has described this period as below: “After that the Anti-Christ will be the infernal prince. And in this last era all the kingdoms of Christianity and also of the 50

unbelievers shall quake for the space of 25 years, and there shall be more grievous wars and battles ; towns, cities, castles and other buildings shall be burnt, desolated, and destroyed with a great effusion of vestal blood, married women and widows ravished, sucking children dashed against the walls of towns, and so many evils shall be committed by the means of the infernal prince, Satan, that almost the entire world shall be undone and desolate.” The above is part of the letter of dedication submitted by Nostradamus at the time of presentation of second edition of his book of prophecies to King Henry, in year 1558. In the same letter, even the event leading to the Third War has been described in the customary veiled language of Nostradamus, as under: “Before these events, many unusual birds shall cry through the air, crying “Now, now”. A little while after, they shall vanish. After this shall have lasted a good while, there shall be renewed a reign of Saturn and a golden age. Hearing the affliction of his people, God the Creator will command that Satan be cast into the depths of the bottomless pit, and bound there. Then a universal peace will commence between God and man. The ecclesiastical power shall return in force and Satan will remain bound for around a thousand years, and then will be unbound. First two lines of the above paragraph are to be studied very carefully ; these describe the event that would start this long drawn war of terrorism. We do not need many guesses to know that by unusual birds Nostradamus had described the aeroplanes that vanished in tall buildings. Next line reads: 'After this shall have lasted a good while, there shall be renewed…..'. It is clear from the above that the seer has described 'good while' as period of this war (25 years) and 'this' as the activity 51

during these 25 years, i.e. deliberate crashing of planes and such other terrorist activities. Therefore, this 25 year long war will not be a war in contemporary sense. It will be a fight of terrorism, and according to Nostradamus, almost the entire world will become undone and desolate. Aeroplanes were not invented in the times of Nostradamus, and had he indicated the vanishing of unusual birds in tall buildings, which existed even then, the picture would have been clearer. But still it is clear enough. Isn't it?

Attack on New York Century- 6, Q-97 The Heaven shall burn at five and forty degrees, The fire shall come near the great new city, In an instant a great flame dispersed shall burst out, When they shall make a trial of Normans. Now, that the event has happened, we cannot but be surprised at the accuracy of description. During the times of Nostradamus, the great cities were London and Paris. The great 'new' city can only be New York; further confirmed by its latitude mentioned in ---------------------------------------------------------------------------*A lot of research has been carried out after the New York incident by reputed Nostradamus scholars like David Ovason of England and Prof. Ionescu of USA regarding the actual latitude of New York and the figures mentioned in this Quatrain. They have reached their own conclusions, but they all agree that Nostradamus had undoubtedly described the New York incident in his prophecy. Also, in a movie named Man Who Saw Tomorrow, which was produced many years before this incident, this Quatrain was shown related to an attack to be carried out in future by the Antichrist forces on New York. Prophecy of another renowned prophet Baba, discussed earlier in this book, also gave accurate description of this incident. 52

the Quatrain. Fiveand forty degrees 1-1 may be between forty and forty five degrees. Actual latitude of NY is forty-two degrees. It has also been mentioned by Nostradamus in the letter of dedication to the king, that the degrees mentioned by him for describing the places were 'latitudes', not 'longitudes'.* Just close your eyes and visualize the scene. A huge flame instantly bursting out of World Trade Center buildings, and being dispersed in the sky. How accurate the description is? Now, the trial of vandals causing it has also been completed. In , Norman is a term sometimes used to describe pirates. Thus, the group responsible for hijacking or pirating the planes was referred by Nostradamus as Normans, and it means that the remaining of the terrorist group would face trials, which has actually happened.

Revenge of U.S.A. Century- 6, Q-98 Ruin that happens to vandals will be terrible. Their great city will be tainted with a pestilent deed, They shall plunder sun and moon, and violate their temples, And two rivers shall be reddened with the running blood. Ruin to those, who caused this vandalism, will be terrible. The

affected country (USA) will leave no stone unturned to punish them. Their temples will be violated; their blood will be spilled. Two rivers of (Afghanistan) will turn red with blood. Perhaps, rivers 'Kabul' and 'Amu' are indicated. A great city (of USA) will face germ warfare. Nostradamus had used the word 'pestilence', many times, to describe a scourge like plague, but 'pestilent deed' certainly means intentionally spreading an infectious disease harmful to life. This was also tied by terrorists be sending germs in infected letters to many persons in USA. 53

Century- 1, Q-36 Too late the Monarch will repent, That he did not put his adversary to death. But he will soon come to agree to far greater things, Which will cause all his line to die. The Monarch (President Bush of USA) will repent that he could not kill his adversary earlier. But, he will soon order the killing of his entire group (of terrorists).

U.S. attack on Bin Laden and his camp Century- 6, Q-99 The learned enemy will go back confused, When his great camp will be sick due to effect of ambushes, The Pyrenees mountains and Poenus ranges shall refuse him, Discovering the ancient caves, near the river. The well-educated enemy (Bin Laden, a Civil Engineer) will have to go back confused when mountains will refuse to hold him, and his camp will become sick due to the effect of surprise attacks. These events, though written about 500 years back, have happened exactly in the manner described by Nostradamus. Further, it was predicted that he will discover another range of ancient caves near the river. This may mean that after his camp is destroyed, where he was hiding in mountains, he will discover another set of ancient caves near a river, and his group will hide there. A point to be noted. Nostradamus had always tried to test the interpreters by scrambling various Quatrains connected to an event or sequence of events and keeping them in different chapters. But he was so keen regarding easy deciphering of three 54

Quatrains connected to the New York event, i.e. attack on New York, US retaliation, and flight of Laden from his camp in caves of mountains, that he kept those Quatrains in tandem as Quatrains no. 97, 98, and 99 in same chapter i.e. Century-6. This is the only such instance in his entire book. He, thus, wanted the entire world to understand the meaning of these prophecies quite easily; in order to do whatever can be done to save the world.

Bin Laden in Tora-Bora and his escape from there Century- 4, Q-70 Near the great Pyrenees mountains, One to raise a great army against the Eagle: Veins opened, forces exterminated, Up to PAU the chief will be chased. It seems that Nostradamus, in the above Quatrain, had described the plight of Bin Laden and his group when the mountains will refuse to hold him, and his camp will be destroyed by ambushes (surprise attacks). Again he will raise his group against 'Eagle' (USA) at a place in mountains where there will be a number of veins (covered ages). There, his forces will be exterminated and he will be chased up to a place, which has been named as PAU. It may be noted that the area of 'Tora-Bora' contains about four hundred ages, some of which are covered ages or tunnels (described as veins in the above quatrain.). These covered ages or type of tunnels are actually called veins. It is predicted that his entire group will be exterminated in Tora-Bora, and Laden will be chased and driven up to PAU. This word has been used symbolically, and may mean Pakistan Army Unit. Laden had escaped to an Army Unit in Pakistan. It is also noticeable that in order to connect this Quatrain to Q-99, Century6 (mentioned above) the name of mountain ranges has been mentioned as Pyreness Mountains in both the Quatrains. 55

What happens to Bin Laden after this escape has been described by Nostradamus in other Quatrains where he had mentioned that a tyrant would be killed at a port near a sea or a river. Laden was killed in Karachi and his remains submersed in sea. It is generally presumed that prophecies of Nostradamus are decoded only after the events take place, by all the events connected with the attack on New York to the death of Laden were decoded and predicted by our study group in pressconferences and publications before the happening of these events.

War of the Third Anti-Christ to Last 27 Years Nostradamus has referred to the Third Anti-Christ and his effect on the world, in the following Quatrain : Century- 8, Q-77 By Anti-Christ 3rd, three will be annihilated, Twenty-seven years his war will last. The unbelievers are dead, captive, exiled; Blood, human bodies, water and red hail covering the earth. By Anti-Christ (and his group), 'three' will be annihilated. The war started by these forces will last 27 years. It will be the bloodiest war earth has ever seen. The period of 27 years as mentioned in line 2 of the above Quatrain has been interpreted to be from 1999 to 2025. Two years (from 1999 to 2001) would be for the preparation of attack on New York, after which the 25 yearlong period of war of terrorism and other calamities would start. But, who are these 'three' described in the first line of the above Quatrain, who will be annihilated in this war? 56

According to the letter of dedication to King Henry, these may be three sects : Catholic, Protestant, and Mahometen (Muslims), who will suffer most heavily in this war. However, this point seems to have a deeper meaning, which has been described below.

Believers and Non-believers of Islamic Principles Nostradamus had made it very clear that the next world war would be fought mainly between two sects, Christians and Muslims. At some places he had also mentioned that the war would be between Christians and Non-believers. In order to find out the real meaning of 'Non-Believers' in this context, I have discussed this issue with many scholars, some of them being my friends from Muslim community. During such discussions, it had been made clear to me that all the God-abiding Muslims really detest terrorism, and do not approve the means adopted by terrorists at all. According to them, their religion would not, in any case, permit the killing of the innocent citizens or harming their property. And those, who involve themselves in such activities, cannot be said to be the believers of the God. This makes it clear that the term 'Nonbelievers', used by Nostradamus, refers to 'terrorists' belonging to any sect or religion. The Third World War, therefore, will be a battle between 'Believers' and 'Non-believers' pertaining to any community or religion. Believers will be on the side of God, and non-believers on the side of Satan. A reader, Mr. S. Balakrishnan had aptly expressed this idea in 21st January 2002 issue of 'India Today' as: “It is now for the people to accept the Holy Koran either as it was revealed to Prophet Mohammad or as interpreted by Bin Laden”. And, Bin Laden had been quoted as saying: “Fighting is a part of our Shariyat, Those who Love Allah can not deny that”. 57

This makes us clear that the cause of today's predicament is the difference in interpretations by 'Believers' and 'NonBelievers' of Islamic principles that were revealed by the God to Prophet Mohammad. Nostradamus has hinted about this ambiguity in his letter to his son, in following words : “This is in spite of all the ambiguous opinions suring all natural reason, expressed by Mahomet; which is why God the Creator, through the ministry of his fiery agents with their flames, will come to propose to our perceptions as well as our eyes the reasons for future predictions.” In the above mentioned part of the letter, Nostradamus has revealed that the ambiguous opinions of Non-Believers about the sayings of Prophet Mohammad, which will sur all natural reasoning, will create such a situation, that life on Earth – the most important creation of God - will itself come in such danger that God the Creator, will be compelled to use his fiery agents with their flames to overcome this predicament. This means that the net outcome of difference in the correct and wrong interpretations of the verses of 'Holy Koran' is this War of Terrorism, and there is a possibility of the direct intervention of God through his fiery agents in order to retrieve the situation.

Reasons for coding of prophecies Saints and philosophers generally speak in short and enigmatic sentences. It sometimes creates confusion and ambiguity. The saint-poet Kabir in following words has stated the reason for this obscurity: lk¡p dgs tx d”V gS] >wB dgs tx u”VA rklks lar dgr ukfga cgqr vf/kd Li”VAA 58

(Truth is painful to some; untruth may destroy the world; That is why; the saints have to speak in an obscure manner. ) Such ambiguities that have crept in almost every faith and religion have harmed the mankind no end. It is, therefore, necessary in larger perspective for us to analyse our past, and we find that most of the ugly scenes and blots on humanity are due to conflicting and ambiguous interpretations leading to encroaching tendencies of religions all over the world. It is in this background that certain hardcore fundamentalists and terrorists continue to misread the writing on the wall, which alarms their religion to reach a stage of 'Qayamat' (Armageddon) after the Fourteenth Century 'Hijri'. The idea that was intended to be communicated was the same as written in other scriptures and also by Nostradamus. Like other saints, Muslim saints had also visualised that a stage would come just after the Fourteenth Century (Hijri), when the entire mankind would be in danger of being liquidated (due the actions of the terrorists). It seems that the Non-Believers are again misinterpreting the just message given by the wise Muslim saints and a contrary interpretation is being made by them either to see the entire world under the flavor of Islam or to see the 'Qayamat'. Thus, the pious idea of Prophet Mohammad is being misinterpreted, and this may lead to a calamitous war in the way Nostradamus foresaw and warned through his writings. While the emergence of Islam was basically meant for brotherhood amongst all human beings, whimsical and fanciful interpretation of its basic principles by a small group belonging to the terrorists seems to have created such enmity between different sects in the world that a calamitous situation has indeed been precipitated. Therefore, we must, now, look into the history and find out the reasons for the sufferings that the mankind has faced during the past millenniums so as not to repeat those mistakes. The first 59

such mistake that comes to mind obviously is the aim of religious conversion through force or money. This is being practiced even today. Why the need of conversion arises at all? One reason is to rectify the anomalies that creep into any society or sect or religion after a long gap. Then, the rules of conduct need a revision and a prophet like Buddha, or Christ, or Adi Sankaracharya, emerges on earth and people become his followers in large numbers. But, even the rules of conduct advanced by him may become redundant after few hundred years, and a new set of rules may, then, be required. Therefore, an analysis of the reasons of today's crisis is required with an open mind. But, at present, attitudes of both – Christians and NonBelievers are hardening and a full-scale war of terrorism is becoming inevitable. Nostradamus has given us enough hints about what is going to happen in the world if this war is to continue. We can easily infer from the events of the past period that terrorism is on the increase, and is bound to increase further if solutions to the basic problems are not found. At this juncture, we must pay heed to the fact that Nostradamus had visions for the periods of both, the Second Anti-Christ and the Third Anti-Christ. He had described the events pertaining to the period of the Second Anti-Christ (Hitler) with remarkable accuracy. Therefore, the chances are that his visions regarding the period of Third Anti-Christ may also be true. He had mentioned that during the period of Second AntiChrist, the Satan would be loosened up to some extent, but during the period of Third Anti-Christ (2001 to 2025) Satan would be the 'infernal prince'. If the satanic forces, which were loosened up to some extent during the Second World War, caused so much suffering to the mankind, what will happen this time when Satan becomes the 60

infernal prince? The prophecies of this great seer provide us a clear insight into the future in this regard. It will only be a wishful thinking, particularly on the part of western countries, if they feel that this war of terrorism can be contained through military action. Amicable settlements will have to be arrived at and made between been the warring groups before the situation becomes totally out of control. Predictions made in Mahabharata, Srimadbhagwat and many other scriptures, and the prophecies of Nostradamus, have been discussed in this book. Message is the same. Either the mankind solves its problems on its own, or God solves it for them. But, the later option will leave widespread destruction and disaster on the Earth.

Conclusion I have mentioned earlier in this book that it is not sufficient only to decode the prophecies of Nostradamus, but we must also decipher the message he wanted to convey. He has painted a real grim situation of the world if this war of terrorism is to continue in the manner predicted by him. So, can anything be done about it, or the events will occur as he had predicted? The first question that comes to mind is that how anyone can see the events that are yet to occur? I think that there is an answer to this riddle in Indian philosophy. The future events first occur in 'Sookhshma', which can be explained as a metaphoric yet existing plane at an 'Abstract Level'. Then the events manifest at the time of their occurrence. Perhaps, by a supreme effort we can by that level, and future can be changed. But as I have 61

said earlier, it will not be easy at this stage. The writing is already on the wall, and only a collective effort through a strong will power on the part of the entire mankind can, perhaps, retrieve the situation. After discussing with many knowledgeable persons, I have reached a conclusion. If the world its that certain injustice was done during the formation of Israel by not properly compensating the countries on whose land the new state was created, and this matter is discussed and negotiated across the table, the Third World War can still be avoided. If it is not done, we have already started moving very fast on the road that is destined to end in disaster. Our whole world seems to be a big intellectual, emotional, and physical exercise provided to the mankind by nature. Nature wants to know : how far its children can succeed in this exercise? One day, it is all going to be taken away from us, and the extent of our success in this phase of time shall form the basis of another such exercise in next phase of time. God has provided us with infinite possibilities in our existence. There are infinite laws and rules of nature that can be deciphered to create new ideas, new philosophies, new materials, new combinations, and new contraptions to be used in the manner we like. But nature has also given us a sinister foolishness by which we can destroy ourselves. On the one hand we may conquer new frontiers in space, and on the other we may fail to solve even the trifle problems that threaten our very existence. But, nothing in this world is beyond human intelligence. It seems that Nostradamus has indicated us about a task that must be taken up now and fulfilled. Can mankind prove itself equal to the task? Thus, the overall picture of Third World War (of terrorism), as deciphered from the prophesies of Nostradamus, suggests that the 62

period of 27 years that has been mentioned as period of Satan will be from 1999 to 2025. (The infrastructure of terrorism was completed and took shape in 1999. Plans for the first action were finalised by 2001, and the action was executed in New York and Washington on 11th September 2001). This war of terrorism will continue for a long period, with chances of its conversion into a full-fledged war sometime during 2012 to 2014. In any case, a long lasting golden period starts all over the world by 2025.

Germ Warfare It is said that during the Mahabharata period in India, Karna used 'Germ Warfare' on the cows of King Drupada. The technology of this warfare was taught to him by Lord Parasuram, which should have been used only at the time of war. But Karna, enraged by the fact that he was not allowed to participate in 'swayambara' (process of choosing of bridegroom by the bride) of Draupadi, used it on the cows of Drupada, and made them sick. The cows cursed Karna for his misuse of the technique of Germ Warfare and as a result of that curse, a wheel of his chariot was stuck in mud during the Mahabharata war, and he was killed. Nostradamus may or may not have read Mahabharata, but the great seer has certainly indicated the use of germ warfare during the war to take place in the aftermath of terrorist attack on U.S. cities. USA has ever been vigilant to the predictions of Nostradamus and it is a well-known fact that during World War II, Allied Forces got the interpretation of his prophecies published and distributed to their soldiers in order to boost their morale. The interpretations envisioned their victory and defeat of Hitler, which actually did happen. Famous American Film Company MGM also produced a small film during the Second World War about these prophecies 63

indicating the victory of their forces, which was then used as a propaganda film. In Quatrain no. 98 of Century-6, which is interpreted to be the description of U.S. answer to the terrorist attack on New York, the seer had written 'A great city will be tainted, a pestilent deed'. Pestilent means 'producing infectious disease destructive to life'. It is astonishing that about five hundred years back someone could predict biological wars to take place in great cities in distant future. After this terrorist attack, the U.S. defense secretary Donald Rumsfeld might have this prophecy about germ warfare in his mind, amongst other things, when he expressed his fear about the possibility of biological and chemical warfare by the terrorists. However, in view of some other interpreters, fear was expressed that USA might use such warfare to flush out the terrorists from their safe hideouts in bunkers made in Afghanistan earlier with help of CIA, where other forms of attacks might prove to be futile. Who used such warfare and against whom, only time can tell!

Will the World Really See Any Period of Peace? By the picture made clear by the above inferences, 'A World War of Terrorism' has started, and will continue up to 2025. Today's world is already lost in wars, terrorism, hatred, greed and selfishness ; will it ever enter the golden age of peace, tolerance, love, morality, selflessness and progress? Nostradamus promises us a peace of one thousand years when 'God the Creator shall say, hearing the affliction of its people, Satan will be tied in the deep, and there shall begin an age of universal peace between God and man'. And after those thousand years of peace, Satan is to be loosed again.’ 64

Today, we do not have to worry about the period of loosening of Satan after the said peace period of thousand years ; first we yearn for that promised period of peace and harmony. Is it anywhere in sight? When will it come? If the interpretations of Nostradamus by his numerous scholars prove to be correct, it will take precisely twenty-five years from 2001, i.e. the golden year will be 2025, when the war will finish and period of peace and progress will start. Does it give you any comfort today? Well, it may, if you are a tiny tot smugly sucking your thumb in comfort of your cradle. Because, by that time you will have graduated to practical life after going through the turbulence of war cries, sirens, blackouts and fiery speeches of your leaders throughout your childhood and youth, and glorious period will be before you. But what about those, who will live and perish in these twenty-five years? Nostradamus describes this period of 25 years in his own words as 'There shall be more grievous wars and battles', and so many evils shall be committed by the means of infernal prince, Satan, that almost the entire world shall be undone and desolate'. If the world pays heed to the warnings of Nostradamus, and is able to control the situation, only then there is hope of our survival, otherwise many of us may not even survive to watch our world being undone and desolate. But, Nostradamus has also written: 'A slender flame leaps out of the solitude, making me pronounce that which is not in vain'. His writings will certainly not be in vain if the people of the world can realize the gravity of situation and make collective efforts to thwart successfully what today seems to be the writing on the wall.

Other amazingly accurate predictions of Nostradamus In order to assess the accuracy of these predictions regarding our future, we must analyses the prophecies regarding the events 65

that have already taken place. An astrologer of sixteenth century, predicting events up to year 3797; is it not something miraculous and amazing? Let us examine the issue in detail from his predictions. First, we examine some of his predictions, which are considered by the Nostradamus scholars to be fairly accurate.

Birth of USA and as Republics Century- 4, Q-96 The eldest sister of Britannic Island Would be born fifteen years before her brother, By what is promised her and by help of truth, She will succeed to the kingdom of balance. The eldest sister of Britain, USA, was born in 1776, and fifteen years later, in 1791, became a Republic. Apart from accuracy of timing, Nostradamus also meant that these countries would act as a family in international matters. USA, described as eldest, would act as head of the family. She (USA) would succeed (England) to the kingdom of balance (position of most powerful country of the world; a position which was earlier held by England).

Great Empire for England and India's Independence Century- 10, Q-100 The great empire will be for England, By great power for more than three hundred years: Great forces by sea and land, The Lusitains will not be content therewith. This is one of the most remarkable predictions of Nostradamus. He had not only visualized the exact period of the 66

long rule of England when it would be a great power and its rule would be extended to far ends of the earth for more than three hundred years, but he had also told us about an eventuality which would coincide with the fall of England's 'Jewell in the Crown', i.e. India. In 1947, when England withdrew its great forces through land and sea from India, Portugal (Lusitains)* was still not content with its rule over some parts of India, and continued to rule there (in Goa, Daman, and Diu) for some more time. This means that the great prophet was aware of the exact period when British would leave India, and the country would become independent. In fact, he had mentioned India's year of independence in his letter to King Henry. The relevant portion of letter is quoted below, where he has described the large decrease in the area under British rule, events of Second World War, and also the advent of Hitler.

Excerpt from Letter to King Henry regarding Period of Second World War In the Adriatic there shall be a great discord, what was united shall be put asunder, and what was before a great city shall become a house, including the Pampotan and Mesopotamia of Europe, in (19)45, and others to 41,42, and 47. And in that time and those countries the infernal power shall rise against the Church of Jesus Christ. This shall be the Second Antichrist, who shall persecute the said church and its true vicar by means of the power of temporal kings, who through their ignorance shall be seduced by tongues more sharp than any swords in the hands of man. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------* Portuguese were earlier called Lusitains. 67

The shrinking of England has been described above as 'what was before a great city shall become a house'. The happenings from 1941 to 1945 - the period of second war, activities of Hitler (described as Second Antichrist), and freedom of India in 1947, have all been described in this part of the said letter to Henry II.

Revolution in Russia Nostradamus described another important event of this period, i.e. revolution in Russia, in following Quatrains : Century- 5, Q-26 The Slavic Nation shall by martial luck, Be raised to so high a degree, They shall change their Prince, and elect one from their province, They shall cross the sea with an army raised in the mountains. The Slavic Nation (Russia), by a military revolution, shall change their form of government, and they will grow to be a great power and invade many countries. Century- 1, Q-14 Slavic people's requests for dance and books, Being kept prisoners by princes & lords, In future, idiots without heads, Shall be received by divine prayers The request of Slavic (Russian) people for dance and books, i.e. freedom to live the way they like, will not be fulfilled till they are prisoners of princes & lords. But, in future also, they are destined to get idiots as their leaders, who will not have any faith in divine powers. After that, they will get the freedom of religion. 68

Nostradamus, himself a conscientious devotee of God, here condemns those, who will try to suppress religion.

Formation of Israel Another important event, the formation of Israel, is given in following Quatrain : Century-3, Q-97 A new law shall occupy a new land; Around Syria, Judea and Palestine. The great barbarian empire will crumble; Before the century of sun is finished A new country (Israel) will be formed in the area known as Palestine. A savage empire will trouble it, but that empire will be defeated (by Israel) before twentieth century is finished. Century-2, Q-19 Newcomers will build a place without a fence, And shall occupy a place that was not then habitable. They shall at their pleasure take fields, houses and towns. There shall be famine, plague, war, and a long arable field The newcomers (Israelis) will build their country in a place, which will not be habitable. But they will make it habitable and arable (fit for farming) fighting against all odds e.g. war, famine and plague. This prediction is also remarkable in the sense that conversion of non-arable land by the Israelis into agricultural land is considered to be a miracle of modern age. Besides above, there are many Quatrains, which have clearly matched with the events e.g. Quatrains depicting rise and fall of – Napoleon, Hitler, Mussolini, and other leaders. 69

Napoleon During the period covered by his prophecies Nostradamus has described three Anti-Christs (evil powers / persons). An important event of this phase was the advent of Napoleon, who according to some scholars, was considered by Nostradamus as the First Anti-Christ. Century- 8, Q-1 Pau, Nay, Loron will be more of fire than blood, Seen to swim in praise, the great one to flee to the confluences. He will refuse entry to the magpies. Pampton and the Durance will keep them confined. In the above Quatrain there is a play on words. The words “Pau, Nay, Loron” are names of three places in , but by sating that he will be more of fire than blood, Nostradamus had made it clear the he was referring to a person, not places. These words can also be rearranged as 'Roy Naupolon' (Roy, in French, means king). Nostradamus had, thus, given us the name of King Napoleon in a scrambled form two hundred years before Napoleon was even born. Century- 1, Q-60 An Emperor will be born near Italy, Who will cost the Empire very dearly. They will say, when they see his allies, That he is less a prince than a butcher. It is noteworthy that Napoleon was born in Corsica, which is near Italy, and perhaps it was then in Italian possession. He cost the empire of very dearly through wars and destruction. 70

His (mis) adventures killed so many persons that the seer had described him as more a butcher than a king. Century- 4, Q-54 Of the name which no Gallic King ever had Never was there so fearful a thunderbolt, Italy, Spain and the English trembling, Very attentive to women and foreigners” ( Amazing accuracy. Napoleon added his name to the line of kings in . Earlier, the kings were named Louis, Charles, Henry, etc. After Napoleon, the kings were named Napoleon II, III, etc. His being like a thunderbolt so much feared, is also an astonishingly accurate description of the great French Emperor. His two foreign wives, Josephine and Marie, as well as his foreign mistresses - Grassini and Walewska, are also indicated in the above Quatrain.) An astonishingly accurate prophecy of Nostradamus regarding the son of Napoleon, Napoleon the II. Century- 4, Q-7 The minor son of the great and hated Prince, He will have a great touch of leprosy at the age of twenty: Of grief his mother will die very sad and emaciated, And he will die where the loose flesh falls. Napoleon II, son of great and hated prince (Napoleon), who was born in 1811, died after a sickness of one year at the age of 21, in 1832. Marie Louise, her mother, also died in the same year. There is some controversy regarding his sickness, whether it was leprosy or not. But it is immaterial; even if it is not confirmed, the prophecy is remarkable for exactness of other events. It is notable 71

that since the publication of Nostradamus prophecies, this is the only recorded event when son of a king has died in age of 21, and his mother has also died in the same year. And, this was predicted more than two hundred year before this actually happened. Some other astonishingly accurate predictions of Nostradamus are given below : Though, even dynamite was not discovered at the time when Nostradamus lived, but he had described events matching explosions, Atom Bomb, and other devices used during world wars. In his time, no one had thought of aeroplanes, submarines, or even ships made of iron. But, Nostradamus speaks of Iron fishes in which people will travel. Safe traveling for everyone by air, land and sea has also been predicted. An event of war, when someone traveled in a submarine, is indicated in following Quatrain : Century-2, Q-5 When in an iron fish, a letter shall be shut up, He shall go out, that shall afterwards make war, He shall have fleet by the sea well provided Appearing by the Roman land In a submarine, one will travel with an important letter that will be used in a war. There had been many instances of such acts in Second World War about traveling in submarines with important war documents, but probably, General Clark's feat is foretold here. Century-1, Q-63 The scourge being past, the world shall be made smaller peace for a long time, lands inhabited. 72

Everyone safe shall go by air, land and sea. And then, the wars shall begin a new During the times of Nostradamus, there might be some mythological references of angels and gods flying in their contraptions, or some magicians flying on their carpets, but certainly, the thought of safe air travel for everyone could not have entered the minds of common people ; Wright Brothers were not even born then. Wars between Christian and Muslim countries During his time, there was no widespread confrontation between Christians & Muslims. But, he had stated that Muslim countries would become rich and then they would be in a position to trouble the Christian countries. The predictions stated above, along with numerous other predictions, which have come true, are ample evidence that prophetic powers of Nostradamus cannot be doubted.

Invention of Electricity, Motor, and Industrialisation Century-2, Q-46 After great change for humanity, a greater one is prepared. The great motor renews the ages: Rain, blood, milk, famine, steel and plague, In the skies running fire seen with long sparks. The above Quatrain, alone, is sufficient to dispel any doubt that one may have about the visionary powers of Nostradamus. Here, he has not only given the exact name of a future invention – 'motor', that would renew the ages, but has also indicated that it would be run by a future source of power – 'electricity'. As electricity was visible only in sky in those days, Nostradamus has 73

mentioned it as 'a running fire seen in the skies with long sparks'. As we all know, it is the electric motor that is the moving mechanism of every equipment right from the smallest gadget to the space rocket, and it has renewed the ages in such a manner that the wealth has concentrated only in few hands, thereby giving milk (fruits of industrialisation) to some and perils to others. His Method of Describing the Future It is evident from the prophecies of Nostradamus, that he saw every event he has described, in his clear visions. He, then, divided the full picture of the event in several parts, and placed those parts in forms of Quatrains in different chapters mentioned as Centuries. He also obscured the clear meanings of his prophecies by using veiled or symbolic language in some cases. He used symbols for countries and people, e.g. 'Eagle' for USA, 'Sun' for Japan, 'Lion' for Britain, 'Cock' for , 'Cross' or 'Bear' for Germans, 'Moon people' or 'People of East' for Indians, 'Caitiffs of Moon' for Muslims, 'Slavic people' for Russians, 'Lords' or 'Masters' for Religions and Religious Heads, 'Shaven Head' for Pope, etc. He used cloud, frost, and mist for secrecy; sometimes secrecy coupled with danger. In his language 'rain' meant trouble. He has himself mentioned that he was writing the prophecies from his period up to the year 3797, and that the divine power was guiding him when he was writing these prophecies. He has also mentioned in his letter to King Henry : “I could have set down in every Quatrain the exact time in which they shall happen, but it would not please everybody, and much less the interpretation of them.” He, therefore, did not mention the exact time of the events, but left clear hints in the shape of configuration of planets at the time of happening of those events, or by connecting them to any other prominent event of the same period, so that the prophecy could be accurately deciphered after the event had taken place. 74

He never misquoted the time of happening of event. If the given time or the positions of planets does not match with the event, we can be sure that the seer is describing any other event. As far as the names of places are concerned, sometimes he had substituted for the actual place of event, name of such a place that is of similar nature and surroundings. The name of actual place will become clear either after the event has happened, or when the Quatrain is connected to another relevant Quatrain. For example, refer to the prophecy regarding the assassination of Rajeev Gandhi given on page -108. But, the events pertaining to Third World War and after, has been defined in a quite unambiguous manner, and therefore, the picture of these events is clearer. Metaphorical descriptions for this period are comparatively less, and prophecies are more straight forward. This means that the great seer wanted first to establish his credentials by giving accurate description of events prior to the Third World War, keeping in mind that those prophecies could not be deciphered before their actual happening. Then, he wanted to paint a clear picture of what was going to happen in the Third world War, i.e. during the period of 2001 to 2025, so that mankind could believe in his prophecies, and could do whatever could be done to save the world from horrors of this period. During this period, the world may continuously be witnessing increased terrorism, which may flare up to a full-fledged war sometime during 2002 and 2014. Nostradamus has predicted the period of the beginning of the final war as the time when Mars conjuncts Jupiter in Cancer. During this period of 25 years (from 2001 to 2025) this situation has occur twice - in 2002 and in 2013. Therefore, terrorism has increased after 2002, and we may see the start of final phase of this calamitous war on earth in 2013, after which a long peaceful period would usher in. 75

In this regard, following Quatrain assumes special significance : Century. 10, Q-89 The walls will be converted from brick to marble, Seven and fifty pacific years: Joy to mortals, the aqueduct renewed, Health, abundance of fruits, joy and mellifluous times. In the above Quatrain the seer may have described a 57-year long period of peace and abundance in the world, after which war may start again. Second World War ended in 1945. After 57 years we come to year 2002, by which time a long war of terrorism has already started. And, message of Nostradamus is clear. Either mankind solves its problems now, or faces the consequences. I feel that we can take his message as a message directly from God.

Warning to Inept Critics It seems that the great seer was very much worried about the possibility of misinterpretation of his verses. He had expressed this fear in Quatrain-100 of Century-6 of his book. Let those who read this verse consider it with mature mind, Let the profane, vulgar, and the ignorant not attracted: And draw not near all Astrologers, Idiots and Barbarians, Those acting otherwise be cursed according to the sacred rite. He has also written in the letter of dedication to his son Caesar at the time of the publication of the first edition of his book of prophecies in 1555, that in future will come such persons, who will accurately decipher his prophecies when the time of removal of ignorance comes. 76

The relevant part of the letter is quoted below: That men coming after, may see and know that those accidents are certainly come to , as we have marked in other places, speaking more clearly, although the explication be involved in obscurity: when the time arrives for removal of ignorance; the case shall be more clear. The following detailed explanation, compiling the views of eminent Nostradamus scholars, gives a larger of what Nostradamus had written to his son in this regard. “For God's mercy will be poured forth only for a certain time, my son, until the majority of my prophecies are fulfilled and this fulfillment is complete. Then several times in the course of the doleful tempests the Lord shall say:' Therefore I shall crush and destroy and show no mercy'; and many other circumstances shall result from floods and continual rain of which I have written more fully in my other prophecies, composed at some length, not in a chronological sequence, in prose, limiting the places and times and exact dates so that future generations will see, while experiencing these inevitable events, how I have listed others in clearer language, so that despite their obscurities these things shall be understood : when the time comes for the removal of ignorance, the matter will be clearer still.” It is, therefore, evident that Nostradamus knew that only persons of mature mind, who will be destined to do so, would decipher his prophecies and that too at the appropriate time (when time for removal of ignorance comes i.e. in year 2001). He has also written that astrologers shall not be attracted to study of his verses, thereby meaning that his observations were not based purely on Astrology. Astrological configurations are given in his verses only to mark the timing of those events so that the timing can be corroborated with the given set of astrological conjunctions. 77

Though, he used a veiled language to describe the events. He has left enough hints for decoding the prophecies by men of mature mind, and also gave strict warning to his inept critics not to burn their fingers by giving false inferences, or misuse these prophecies for their gains. Such persons were liable to be cursed according to the rites, he said. There are many examples of such cases, where these prophecies were misused, and the culprits paid the price, Hitler being one of them. His propaganda department tried to use these prophecies to his advantage, and caused the British secret service to spend about eighty thousand Pounds for countering that propaganda. And, Hitler lost. It is clear from the verses of Nostradamus that no special skill is required for their interpretation. The knowledge of astrology is required only to the extent of knowing the planetary positions at a particular time. He has written one thousand Quatrains, and calculating on the basis of average of three Quatrains per event, he has described about three hundred to three hundred fifty events. This means that his box of puzzles holds one thousand loose pieces of more than three hundred jigsaw puzzles. For solving any of these puzzles, we have to find and match the relevant Quatrains. No wonder then, that the prophecies of Nostradamus are called the biggest intellectual exercise mankind has ever had.

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(Chapter - 8) DIFFERENT PHASES IN THE PREDICTIONS OF NOSTRADAMUS For proper decoding and interpretations, his prophecies can be divided in four phases of time. First Phase : From the period of publication of these prophecies to the beginning of the World War I (1555 to 1914). For this period, Nostradamus has described the events mostly about and ading countries ; King Henry II ; his family ; Napoleon ; his son ; other events of this period ; formation of USA ; revolution in ; rise of England and spread of its rule all over the world etc. Second Phase : From World War I to World War II (1915 to 1945). Wars ; rise and fall of Hitler & Mussolini ; failure of League of Nations ; revolution in Russia and formation of USSR ; invention of aero-planes, submarines, atom bomb and its use over Japan ; great advancement of science and its use by common man ; development of safe means of travel for everyone by land, air and sea, etc. have been clearly foretold. Third Phase : After World War II to year 2025. Predictions for this period include - formation of Israel and subsequent Christian Muslim conflicts ; assassination of John F. Kennedy ; escape and return of Subhash Chandra Bose; rise of terrorism ; formation of a strong base and later a strong infrastructure of Third Anti-Christ ; assassinations of Indira Gandhi and Rajeev Gandhi ; India's nuclear explosion and reply by Pakistan ; terrorist attacks over New York and counter action by USA ; flight of Bin Laden from his camp in 79

caves of mountains (where he was hiding) to Pakistan ; birth of a Prophet in Asia (possibly India) and his rise to power, and subsequent peace in the world by year 2025. Fourth Phase: From 2025 to 3797. One thousand year long period of peace ; rise of India ; shifting of power from Western to Eastern countries ; great advancement of mankind ; subsequent rise of Satanic Powers after one thousand years ; start of hostilities on Earth in year 3142 before the ' Final death dealing on Earth' and end of population on Earth in Year 3797 A.D. Out of the above, the period of 'Third Phase' is running, and is more relevant today. I have, therefore, discussed the third phase in detail. Events occurred during first and second phases have only academic value now, mainly to have an insight into the works of Nostradamus and to understand the language used by him in describing those events that have already taken place. In order to judge the eventualities of future, it is necessary to decipher the Quatrains pertaining to future events. And for this, the language decoded from 'already happened' events is the only tool available to us. Therefore, only those Quatrains from First Phase and Second Phase have been discussed in this book, which connect some important events of that era, or are important from the point of view of decoding.

First Phase (1555 to 1914) Before describing the Quatrains pertaining to this period, I would like to describe briefly the events that have happened from the time of the beginning of the population on earth in this phase of time to the time of publication of these prophecies, as detailed by Nostradamus in his letter of dedication to King Henry. 80

Population on Earth According to him, around 2100 B.C, the earth kept submerged in water for fourteen months. Only one family was saved after this deluge. The

whole population on earth, today, has developed from a single family. Through DNA tests, the scientists have confirmed this fact. Moreover, the mathematical calculations for assessing the period required for increase in population from a single family to the population level today, also confirms the assessment of Nostradamus in this regard.

Main Events Main events of the period, from the time of Nostradamus to the period of the beginning of First World War, are detailed below: Maximum numbers of Quatrains written by Nostradamus in his book of prophecies were to describe the events going to happen in future concerning the kings, queens, princes, and other dignitaries of his period. The important ones have already been described ; rest of these do not have much relevance today.

French Revolution Nostradamus has discussed French revolution in great detail, and most of the Nostradamus scholars agree that maximum number of Quatrains in his book pertain to this event which he has detailed quite accurately. In fact, two hundred thirty years after his death Nostradamus was once again ed and adored like a hero, just after the French Revolution in 1791, when his prophecies in this regard were understood by people and found to be true.

Other Events There are many other events of this period described by Nostradamus, and some of the Quatrains pertaining to these events are given below : 81

Louis XIII Century- 7, Q-11 The Royal infant shall despise his mother Eye, feet wounded rude disobedient; Strange and very bitter news to the lady; More than five hundred of her people will be killed The Royal infant (Louis XIII, King of in 1615, aged 15 years) made war against his mother, in which, about five hundred soldiers of queen were killed.

Francis II Century- 10, Q-39 First son, widow, unfortunate marriage, Without any children two Isles in discord: Before eighteen, incompetent age, For the other one the betrothal will take place while younger Francis II, son of Queen Regent Catherine, a widow, married Mary Stuart of Scotland at the age of fourteen. Their marriage did not bear any fruit; they were childless. Mary returned to Scotland causing discord between two islands - England and Scotland. Francis II died one and half months before reaching the age of eighteen. His younger brother Charles IX was engaged (betrothed) to a girl named Elizabeth even at a younger age of eleven. There are numerous other Quatrains also, written by the great seer for this period (1555 to 1914), which have been found to be accurate, but do not have much relevance today. 82

Second Phase (1915 to 1947) This period will always be ed by historians for the two world wars, development of warfare equipments, nuclear explosions, failure of League of Nations after the First World War, formation of United Nations after the Second World War, presence of luminaries like Gandhi, Churchill, Roosevelt, and others on one hand, and tyrants like Hitler and Mussolini on the other.

Hitler, the Second Anti-Christ The events of this period have been described in the prophecies of Nostradamus in vivid details. The seer has, particularly, described the activities of Second Anti-Christ (Hitler). Nostradamus had written about three Anti-Christs (evil persons). Though, Napoleon had not been directly named by him as Anti-Christ, but it is generally understood by the Nostradamus scholars that he was referred as First Anti-Christ. The person who was named and referred by Nostradamus as Second Anti-Christ was no other than Hitler. “And in that time and those countries the infernal power shall rise against the Church of Jesus Christ. This shall be the Second Antichrist, which shall persecute the said church and its true vicar by the means of the power of temporal kings, who through their ignorance shall be seduced by tongues more sharp than any sword in the hands of a man.” This is a part of the letter to King Henry, where Nostradamus had described the activities of Hitler. In the same letter he had also described the time-period of these happenings (1941 to 1947). As mentioned in the said part of the letter, Nostradamus had indicated Hitler's oratory as his main weapon. It was through his lectures that he not only mesmerized millions of his countrymen, but could also garner the of so many countries for his cause. 83

For this period, Nostradamus had specifically mentioned the years 1941, 42, 45 and 47 in the letter to King Henry. Out of these, 1941 and 42 were important from the point of Second World War and the activities of Hitler, 1945 for the end of war and death of Hitler, and 1947 being the year in which India achieved its freedom from British rule, and was also partitioned. During this time Hitler would be responsible for killing such a huge number of innocent people and clergymen, was further described in the same letter as under: “The holy people of God and keepers of his law, and all order of religion, shall be grievously persecuted and afflicted, so much that the blood of true ecclesiastical men shall flow all over. One of those horrid kings shall be praised by his followers for having split more human blood of the innocent clergymen than anybody has done to the wine. The said king shall commit incredible crime against the Church ; human blood shall run through public streets and Churches, as water coming from an impetuous rain.” Although, these events happened about four hundred years after Nostradamus wrote them, it seems that he was actually watching the events while writing them, which perhaps he was, through his occult powers.

Mussolini Nostradamus, it seems, was particularly angry at another personality of this era, Mussolini, the black shirt leader and a horrendous dictator of Italy. Century- 5, Q-29 Liberty will not be recovered, A proud, villainous, wicked black one will occupy it, When the matter of the bridge will be opened by Hister (Hitler), The republic of Venice vexed by the Danube. 84

This is the Quatrain in which Nostradamus has named Hitler as 'Hister', and has described Mussolini's efforts to forge an alliance with Hitler. Mussolini, the black shirt leader, had been described as black wicked villain, who would destroy the Italian liberty.

Weapons of War Nostradamus also described with graphic accuracy the development of new weapons and other equipments that were used in the war. Century- 1, Q-29 When the fish, that is both terrestrial and aquatic, By a strong wave is cast up on to the shore, With its shape strange, smooth, and horrific. From the sea the enemies soon come to the walls. Clearly, the above Quatrain describes the modern submarines and other amphibious equipments, which could run both on water and land, and were used in wars. This Quatrain gives a clear picture of the invasion of Normandy beach by amphibious tanks, through which the soldiers arrived and started scaling the walls of bunkers.

League of Nations Failure of League of Nations was described as below : Century- 1, Q-47 The sermons of Lake Leman will become angered, The days will be extended into weeks, Then in months, then in years, then they will fail. The Magistrates will condemn their useless laws. 85

After the beginning of First World War, the League of Nations was formed in 1920, and its first meeting was held at Geneva (anciently called as Lake Leman). After years of fruitless discussions, it became ineffective and was disbanded in 1947. There are many other prophecies regarding the events of this period, mainly about Second World War, India's position under British rule and its independence, defeat of Axis-Forces at the hands of Allied forces, Japan's total surrender after the use of atomic weapons against it, etc. All of these prophecies have come true. But now, that is all history, and therefore, we move to the present phase, i.e. from 1948 to 2025.

Third Phase (1948 to 2025) This period is very important for us today, not only because it pertains to our present period, but also because of the fact that Nostradamus has described it as the last turbulent period on earth before the beginning of a golden period of one thousand years for mankind. Therefore, the prophecies of the great seer for this period have been discussed in an elaborate manner in order to paint the full picture of this period. Events of this phase, arranged in chronological order, as deciphered form the prophecies, are as under : a. Formation of Israel against the wishes of Muslim countries. Discovery of oil in Muslim countries making them rich and thus enabling them to trouble the Christian countries. b. Escape and return of Subhash Chandra Bose. c. Assassination of President Kennedy. d. Increase in hatred of hard-core fundamentalists among Muslims against Christians, and formation of terrorist groups. e. Formation of an infrastructure of Anti-Christ forces in order to teach a lesson to the Christian countries. 86

f. Friendship between USA and Russia and friendship of some of the former constituents of USSR and China. g. Industrial revolution in China. h. Assassination of Indira Gandhi. I. Terrorism in Sri-Lanka and Assassination of Rajeev Gandhi. j. Nuclear explosions by India & Pakistan that could result in a subsequent war. k. Putting into action of their plan by the Anti-Christ forces by attacking New York. l. A befitting reply by USA and possibility of use of Germ Warfare in big cities. m. Fate of Osama bin Laden after the New York attack; his hiding in Tora Bora, and subsequent escape to Pakistan. n. A 25-year of war and natural calamities with disastrous effects on the world. o. Birth and rise of a Prophet (cosmic power) in Asia, his activities, and rise of his fame beyond heavens. p. Role of the Prophet in ushering a new era of peace and coordination between various countries of the world before his leaving for heavenly abode. q. The golden period in the world will start in India through an industrial revolution which would develop from Bihar and then spread to the entire country. r. Rise of India as a strong nation. s. Massive destructions to be to be caused by cosmic powers in Pakistan and China till they understand the meaning of true religion ; thereafter a glorious period is predicted for both these countries. t. A new world order incorporating the good points of both – Communism and Capitalism – would be established in India, China, and Russia. Birth and rise of a cosmic power in Asia, which would usher in a golden period for humanity, (starting from India) has been described in next chapter. For this, the prophecies made by 87

Maharishi Vedvyas, Shukdeo, Gautam Buddha, Jesus Christ, Brahmendra Swami, Nostradamus, Soordas, Guru Gobind Singh, Isaac Newton, and many other saints and seers have been taken into .

Fourth Phase (2025 to 3797) End of Life on Earth As said earlier, Nostradamus has seldom described peaceful periods because it has been his endeavor to warn the mankind against impending disasters. He has clearly mentioned that after the said period of Third Antichrist, which is deciphered to end in 2025, there will be a golden period of lasting peace for 1000 years. After this, Satan will again be let loose, and then there will be a period of disasters continuing up to year 3797, when Sun will make the Earth so hot that life on it will not be possible. There will be a deluge and Earth will be inundated due to 40 years of continuous rain. Nostradamus says that his prophecies end at that juncture. Time will continue even after that, and a new phase of life may start on Earth, but that period is out of the vision of Nostradamus. Century- 1, Q-17 For forty years the rainbow will not be seen. For forty years it will be seen every day. The dry earth will grow more parched, And there will be great floods when it is seen. When life on Earth will perish in year 3797 A.D., as stated by Nostradamus, there will be so much shortage of rain for forty years that our planet would become hot and un-habitable. After that, there will be excessive rain for forty years and Earth will be submerged in water at the time of next Armageddon. 88

Shifting of Power from West to East Century- 3, Q-92 The world near the last period, Saturn will come back again late to his return , The empire shall be transferred to a Brodde Nation, The eye plucked out by the hawk at Narbonne. When the end of world would be near, the Earth will be ruled by a brown nation *.

Day of Judgment Century- 10, Q-74

The year of the great seventh number ed, It will appear at the time of the games of sacrifice: Not far from the great millennial age, When the buried will come out from their tombs. After the year 7000 from the last deluge, the Day of Judgment will come, and the dead will come out of their graves. Century-1, Q-48 When twenty years of the Moon's reign have ed Seven thousand years another will take up his reign, When the Sun resumes his cycle Then is accomplished and ends my prophecy. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------*Indians are known as brown people. On the basis of colour of its inhabitants, countries of the world are referred as in four categories – White, black, brown, and Yellow. 89

It is the repetition of his earlier prophecies in this regard, and in this Quatrain he confirms his earlier mentioned prophecies.

Astronomical Accuracy Another amazing Quatrain that relates to this period is given below : Century-10, Q-67 A very mighty trembling in the month of May, Saturn in Capricorn, Jupiter and Mercury in Taurus: Venus also, Cancer, Mars in Virgo, Hail will fall larger than an egg. A situation describing the ultimate disaster on the earth has been mentioned in the above Quatrain; amazing part being the year of such happening for which the planetary configuration has been given. According to the latest research, the period of this configuration comes out to be May 3797*, which is the year described by Nostradamus to be the year of Armageddon in the letter of dedication to his son. God only knows, how the great seer was able to calculate in his period of time, the exact configuration of planets to be in May 3797. During his period, the world did not even know whether the Sun revolves round the Earth, or the Earth revolves round the Sun? Also, no one knew about the phenomenon of 'precession of equinoxes', and it was virtually impossible for anyone to convert an assumed or known planetary position of distant future to its exact date in Christian calendar. Therefore, we can reach only one conclusion on the basis of the analysis of this Quatrain ; the divine powers were guiding Nostradamus when he was writing these prophecies. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------* Reference : The Complete Prophecies of Nostradamus, Millennium Edition – Ned Halley (1999) 90

(Chapter - 9) PROPHET WHO WILL BRING LASTING PEACE OF 1000 YEARS Time and again Nostradamus has described in detail about the prophet who will bring a lasting peace of 1000 years from 2025 onwards, after the end of 25 years long war of the Third AntiChrist. However, a view has emerged during our research that this description is in coded language; actually this description is about a cosmic consciousness that will emerge and would affect the minds of people to change their views about life in order to install religion of humanity on earth. During this long drawn war, according to Nostradamus, almost the entire world will be undone and desolate. And then, the said prophet will bring peace on earth. The relevant part of letter of dedication to King Henry in this context is quoted below: There shall be renewed a reign of Saturn and a golden age. Hearing the affliction of His people, God the Creator shall command that Satan be cast into the depths of the bottomless pit, and bound there. Then a universal peace will commence between God and man. The ecclesiastical power shall return in force and Satan will remain bound for around a thousand years, and then will be unbound..

Kalki Avatar : The Reincarnation of Lord Vishnu Amazingly, such a situation has also been described in ancient Indian scriptures (believed to be more than five thousand years old), when Lord Vishnu, who is preserver of our universe, will have to come on earth as reincarnation of Lord Krishna to 91

save the mankind from evil forces with the purpose of bringing 'Satyug' (a period of long lasting peace and truthfulness) on earth. The name of said prophet or the 'Lord Incarnate' has been given as 'Kalki'. The planetary position at the time of a particular situation when people on earth will realise the presence of Lord Kalki on earth has also been described in Indian scriptures. It has been said in Srimadbhagwat, Bhavishya Puran, and Kalki Puran that Kalki will ride a fast moving horse and will annihilate all the evil kings on the earth in order to bring a lasting period of peace in the world. The horse named Devdutt (given by Gods), on which Kalki will travel all over the earth, has also been described as incarnation of 'Garud', which is known as the vehicle of Lord Vishnu. Therefore, it can be understood that this horse will be a fast moving flying object fitted with appropriate weaponry. It has been mentioned in the Kalki Purana and other Indian scriptures that the said Avatar will come to earth for establishing the rule of religion, and will leave for heavenly abode after his mission is completed. This will be at the bank of river Ganges somewhere in Himalayas. Nostradamus had similarly described that said prophet would emerge from an area where five rivers meet into one. Since long, Northern India is known as the land of five rivers, and had been so described in western literature during the ancient periods. Travelers and explorers from all over the world have tried to know the geographical location of the place, which has been described in Indian scriptures as Shambhal, the place of emergence of Kalki. A number of scholars, both Indian and Western, have written many books regarding the geographical location of Shambhal, and the activities going on in that place. A summary of these details has been given in 'Epilogue' (chapter no. 18 of this book). 92

The description of this Avatar also resembles the “Rider on the white horse”, whose cloak is soaked in blood and who, according to the 'Book of Revelation' (19:11-15), is sent to put the pagans (worshippers of false Gods) to the sword. Thus, according to the Christian scriptures, the next Prophet will personally take over the killing of Pagans. Book of Revelation further reveals that thereafter, an angel binds the Satan for a thousand years in a bottomless pit, and after that Satan is released. It is, therefore, most certain that Nostradamus was in possession of many Indian scriptures and had studied them along with Christian scriptures. And thus, he used his methodology to know the future from these books, which he said, “were presented” to him. It is possible that he received the information through Mayan scriptures which the Mayans wrote after migrating from India. From above, it can be observed that the concept of the rider of the horse, who will personally liquidate the evil and will be instrumental in bringing a lasting period of peace on the earth, is described both in the Indian scriptures and the Book of Revelation. The details of the said prophet or Avatar are so similar, that obviously, the ecclesiastical power that will return to earth to bind the Satan, as described by Nostradamus, seems to be the same Kalki Avatar that had been described in Indian scriptures. It is for this reason that Nostradamus had said in Cen.10, Q-75 (given later in this chapter) “who is being awaited in Europe would, this time, appear in Asia”. It is recalled that entire Asia was known as Bharat (India) during the period in which the said Indian scriptures were written. Let us from the other details available from study of Nostradamus prophecies, and also from ancient scriptures of India, if the Kalki Avatar is the same ecclesiastical power, which, 93

according to Nostradamus, shall return in force and bound the Satan, in order to bring a period of 1000 years of peace. In his book of prophecies, Nostradamus has described the said ecclesiastical power in vivid details in a number of Quatrains.

The Prophet would be born in Asia Century- 10, Q-75 Long awaited he will never return In Europe, he will appear in Asia: One of the league issued from the great Hermes, And shall be over all the Kings of the Orient. Clearly, Nostradamus had written about a God-man who would be considered to be above the kings, and although his birth was being awaited in Europe, this time he would be born in Asia. It seems that the seer had described the second coming of Christ (this time as rider of white horse), who would appear in a country in Asia. According to Nostradamus, he would be issued (to the world) by a league of great Hermes (hermits). This is also confirmed in Kalki Puran and Srimadbhagwat that he will be brought up by a group of hermits, who are waiting at some place in the Himalayas specifically for this purpose*. He will be taught about weaponry by Lord Parasuram, and will be presented with a sword by Lord Shiva, in order to liquidate the evil forces. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------*Acharya Sri Ram Sharma (founder of Yug Nirman Yojna), Nicholas Roerich (famous Russian painter and explorer), and many other writers have mentioned about such hermits residing in the Himalayas at a place known as Shambhal (sometimes referred as Shambhalla or Shambhala). This point has further been described in 'Epilogue'. 94

Many scholars of Nostradamus, who are from India, agree with my above interpretation. However, most of the western interpreters have given their own versions that are not commensurate with my interpretation. This is, probably, due to the fact that they are not in the knowledge of the forthcoming reincarnation of Lord Vishnu as 'Kalki Avtar (as described in Indian scriptures), and also about the role that he will play in ushering in a golden period on the earth, i.e. by liquidating all the evil forces on earth. These observations, which tally with the details of Kalki Avatar as described in Indian scriptures, are also contained in the following Quatrains written by Nostradamus : Century- 2, Q-29 The Oriental will leave his seat, To the Apennine mountains to see Gaul: He will transpire the sky, the waters and the snow, And everyone will be struck with his gaule (weapon). In order to connect this Quatrain to the Quatrain-75, Cen.-10 (given above), Nostradamus has used the words 'Oriental' in one Quatrain and 'He will be over the kings of Orient' in the other Quatrain. He has described that the 'Oriental' will over the mountains, water, and snow, and will strike 'everyone' with his special weaponry. 'Everyone' cannot mean every person on the earth. It is written in Indian scriptures that he will personally liquidate every evil king on earth. This confirms that Nostradamus had taken the concept of this God-man from both, Christian and Indian scriptures, and had used his prophetic powers to find out the full details about him and had described him in his own words. For knowing the country in Asia, where he will be born, we can refer to the following Quatrain : 95

Century- 1, Q-50 “From the aquatic triplicity shall be born, One who shall make Thursday his holiday, His fame, praise, rule and power shall grow, By land and sea to become a tempest to the Orient.” In Asia, the country with aquatic triplicity, i.e. having water (oceans) on its three sides may be India. The fame, praise, rule, and power of this man will grow, and he will become a tempest (storm or hurricane) in the Orient. That “He will make Thursday his holiday” may connect him to either Sikhism or Buddhism. Thursday is connected to 'Guru', and Sikhs revere their Guru. Buddhists also consider Guru-Purnima as their most auspicious day. These details, and the fact that he will be from Asia, is also verified from details mentioned regarding him in Indian scriptures, and in certain other Quatrains of Nostradamus, given below : Century- 6, Q-70 Chief of the world will the great “Chyren” be, At first, loved, afterwards feared and dreaded: His fame and praise will go beyond the heavens, And with the sole title of Victor will he be contented. The great Chyren (pronounced as 'Shreen') will be the chief of world. At first he will be loved (by everyone), afterwards he will be feared and dreaded (by the evil). His fame and praise will go beyond heavens. He will not be contented till his mission is completed and then he will be called the 'Sole Victor'. However, the fact, which clinches the issue in the favour of above argument, is the exact tallying of time of bringing of lasting peace or 'Satyug' on the earth by this Avatar. This is deciphered from the prophecies of Nostradamus as well as from Indian scriptures. 96

In fact, Indians have been waiting for thousands of years for the arrival of Lord Krishna on Earth (as Kalki Avatar), as has been promised by him in the ancient scripture Bhagwad-Gita (IV/7-8) :. ;nk ;nk^fg /kEkZL; XykfuHkZofr Hkkjr A vH;qFkkue/kEkZL; rnkRekua l`tkE;ge~ AA ifj=k.kk; lk?kwuka fouk’k; p nq”d`rke~ A /keZlaLFkkukFkkZ; lEHkokfe ;qxs ;qxs AA pjkpjxqjksfoZZ”.kksjhÜ/kjL;kf[kykReu% A /keZ =k.kk; lk/kwuka tUEk dekZiuqRr;s AA17AA ‘kEÒXkzkeeq[;L; Ckzkã.kL; EkgkReu% A Hkous fo”.kq;’kl% dfYd % izknqHkZfo”;fr AA18AA vÜoek’kqxek#á nsonÙka txRifr% A vfluklk/kqneu”VsSÜOkZxq.kkfUor% AA16AA fopj=k’kquk {kks.;ka g;sukizfre|qfr%AA u`ifyìPNnks nL;wu~ dksfV’kks fugfu”;fr AA20AA vFk rs”kka Hkfo”;fUr eukafl fo’knkfu oS A oklqnsokaìjkxkfriq.;xU/kkfuyLIk`’kke~A ikSjtkuinkuka oS grs”of[kynL;q”kq AA 21AA rs”kka iztkfolxZÜp LFkfo”B% lEHkfo”;fr A oklqnsos Hkxofr lÙoewrkSZ âfn fLFkrs AA22AA ;nkorh.ksZ Hkxoku~ dfYd/kZeZifrgZfj% AA d`ra Hkfo”;fr rnk iztklwfrÜp lkfÙodh AA23AA ;nk pUnÜp lw;ZÜp rFkk fr”;c`gLIkrh A ,djk’kkS les”;fUr rnk Hkofr rr~ d`re~ AA24AA 17. Lord Vishnu is the Supreme Lord and Guru of all living beings. His incarnation (as Kalki Avatar) would be for protection of religion and religious persons and to liberate them from cycles of Karma. 97

18. His incarnation as Kalki Avatar would be in the home of a Brahiman named Vishnuyash , who would be chief of the village Shambhal. 19-20. Seated on a very fast horse named Devdutta and moving at a very high speed, Lord Kalki, who would be given eight yogic powers and matching magnificence, would destroy numerous looters masquerading as kings. 21. When all the culprits would be slain, then, due to presence of Lord Vasudeva on Earth, the thoughts of everyone would be purified. 22. When their hearts are filled with the thoughts of Lord Vasudeva, who is himself the symbol of strength and purity, their children would become physically and mentally strong. 23. When Lord Kalki, who is the Lord of Dharma, would incarnate, the whole generation would become Satvik (truthful).

24. This would happen when Moon, Sun, and Jupiter would come in one zodiac sign in Pushya Nakshatra. According to the inferences from the prophecies of Nostradamus given earlier in this book, the 27-years long period of the Third Anti-Christ, which has started in year 1999, will last up to year 2025. The golden age will start from that year when God will defeat the Satan through a Lord Incarnate. Nostradamus has described this person, as “The ecclesiastical power that shall return in force”. Therefore, this person (cosmic power) has to be the Lord Incarnate himself. If lasting peace period is to start in 2025, the people will become religious and God abiding by that time. And, as given in 'Srimadbhagwat”, the planetary position when all the people on earth will become 'Satvic” (God-abiding and truthful) due to the presence of the Lord on Earth, has been 98

described as conjunction of 'Sun, Moon, and Jupiter in one zodiac sign in Pushya Nakshatra'. This conjunction, according to 'Sayana Ephemeris' (Internationally adopted moving zodiac system), occurs on 25th June 2025, and according to Nirayan ephimeris (according to fixed zodiac system adopted in India) it occurs on 27th July 2014. This means that the golden period would start in India in 2014, and would be completed in the entire world by 2025. It also seems logical. If the tenth incarnation of Lord Vishnu, who will bring lasting peace on earth, will emerge in India, his influence and effect will come in India much earlier. From this period onwards, heart-change of those involved in the war between 'good and evil' will take place, and the golden period of 1000 years, as described by Nostradamus and also given in 'Srimadbhagwat', will commence.

Empire of the Prophet starts in India Nostradamus had mentioned in Century 6, Q-27 of his book that the empire of great King Chyren would start expanding in an area surrounded by five rivers, which meet into one. This may be in northern India, where five rivers actually meet into one. Century- 6, Q-27 In the island from five rivers to one, through the expansion of the great Emperor Chyren, Through the mists in the air the fury of one, six escaped, hidden bundles of flax. The above Quatrain depicts some event in the life of great Emperor 'Chyren' that cannot be known today, but it is clearly indicated that the empire of Chyren will start or grow from the said place in India where five rivers meet. It will be in the area 99

formed by the islands between the said five rivers, which meet into one, as mentioned in the above Quatrain. It may either be in Punjab, known as the 'land of five rivers', or in other places in Northern region of India before Patna (Bihar), where five rivers merge into Ganges. Delhi comes in one such area. Therefore, the empire of the said king may start either in Punjab, or in Delhi or Patna, and expand from there. It may also mean that the people belonging to five religions in India will come under his leadership. The last two lines indicate that due to the fury of the Lord Incarnate, six sects which are referred as bundles of flax (religious heads of various sects in India wear cloths made out of flax) will escape, i.e. various sects separated from the main stream of religion will it back.

Name of the Prophet Century- 1, Q-76

The man will be called by a wild name That three sisters will receive from destiny. He will speak then to a great people in words and deeds, More than any other man will have fame and renown. Here, Nostradamus hints about the name of this great leader, who will have more fame and renown than any other person in mankind. His name will be a wild one, which three sisters will receive from destiny. According to Indian philosophy, manifestation of a form cannot be complete till it acquires three qualities from destiny – Satvik, Tamsik, and Rajasik. I felt that the three sisters mentioned in the above quatrain could be these qualities or attributes – Satvik (attribute of truth or light), Tamsik (attribute of evil or darkness), and Rajasik (attribute of karma or activity). However, full meaning of the riddle about the name of the Lord Incarnate indicated in the above quatrain became clear to 100

me only after discussions in this regard with Prof. B.S.Agrawal, a renowned philosopher of our country and author of many books on Indian Philosophy. Prof. Agrawal explained me that the names of four ages in this cycle of time are given in Indian philosophy as Satayug, Treta, Dwapar, and Kaliyug. These names have been derived on the basis of the proportion of the said three attributes in each age e.g. the phase having more attribute of 'truth' has been named as Satyug, the phase having all the three attributes in good proportion was named 'Treta'; the phase having less attribute of 'truth' and more of 'karma' and 'evil' was named 'Dwapar', and similarly the present period having more attributes of 'evil' or 'darkness' has been named as Kaliyug. The name 'Kalki' corresponds to the prophet appearing in Kaliyug. Therefore, in the above Quatrain, Nostradamus, in his veiled language, has confirmed the name of the said prophet to be 'Kalki'. According to Oxford Shorter Dictionary, 'wild' may mean 'upbringing in a natural environment, far far away from the materialistic life and its settlement'. This explains the use of word 'wild' in the first line of the above Quatrain. This confirms my view that Nostradamus not only referred to some Indian scriptures for making his prophecies, he also had a thorough knowledge of the Indian philosophy. Perhaps some Indian sage was reborn as Nostradamus to inform the world about the fine points that he had earlier missed to explain. During my thirty-year study of Nostradamus, I have always encountered an uneasy feeling whenever I am on verge of decoding a particular Quatrain, about which I felt that I was somewhere near the solution but it was not occurring to me. When the real meaning is understood, the uneasy feeling withers away, and the sense of relief indicates to me that the prophecy has been decoded. But I was amazed, rather astonished, when the full meaning of the above prophecy dawned on me. This means 101

that Nostradamus has confirmed the basic aspect of Indian philosophy regarding the three said attributes. By conforming this he also confirms the occurrence of four 'Yugas' or phases of time based on these attributes. If the description of four phases is true, then the advents of prophets like Ram, Krishna, Gautam, Mahavir, and Kalki in these respective phases shall also be true. Thus, Nostradamus, in short, confirms the very basis of entire Indian philosophy.

Anointment of the great King Nostradamus, in following Quatrain, has summarized the events from start of war in 2001 to its end in 2025, when the said great king will usher in a long period of peace in the world : Century- 6, Q-24 Mars and the Scepter will be found coned Under Cancer there will be a calamitous war: Shortly afterwards a new King will be anointed, One who for a long time will pacify the earth. The meaning of term 'scepter' used in the first line of the above Quatrain is to yet to be ascertained. Most of the scholars have deciphered it to be Jupiter. However, it is possible that by 'scepter' Nostradamus might have indicated any other heavenly body, which is not known today. It might be known when the appropriate time for this revelation comes. If 'scepter' is Jupiter, it would mean that when Mars and Jupiter con in Cancer (in 2002 or 2013), a calamitous war will begin. Shortly afterwards, the new king, who is to bring peace on earth, will be anointed. Anointment may mean a ritual in the life of the said king. According to Indian customs, a boy is anointed at the time of the performance of 'Upnayan Sanskar'*. Otherwise, he may be anointed at the time of his marriage, or when he is being made the king. 102

Therefore, the Lord Incarnate must be born before the year 2002, and the said ritual would be performed shortly after end of 2013. It is noteworthy that Nostradamus, in the third line of the above Quatrain, had written about the anointment of 'King'. Therefore, it seems that he would be anointed at the time of being made the king, and his final war against the evil forces would start after 2013.

The famous 1999 Quatrain Century-10, Q-72 The year 1999, seventh month, From the sky will come an alarmingly powerful King, To bring back to life the great King of the Angolmois, Before and after Mars to reign happily. This is one of the most talked about Quatrains of Nostradamus prophecies. Though Nostradamus had himself said that he was avoiding mentioning the date and timing of events, but in the above mentioned Quatrain he had decided to specifically mention the year and month of occurrence of the related event. Still, no significant event as forecast by the scholars on the basis of above Quatrain has come to light. However, I feel that the great seer must have been accurate in this case also. It means that everyone had misinterpreted this Quatrain. Its meaning is still not clear. It seems that only the American author Henry C. Roberts was able to decipher it correctly to some extent. He had used the words “alarmingly powerful King”, while others interpreted it as “King of Terror” who would attack the earth from skies, and the world war would start. No one had thought that 'coming from sky' might also mean 'taking birth or entering the womb of his mother'. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------*A ceremony of putting a sacred thread around the neck of a child. 103

Many interpreters have given the meaning of 'Angolmois' as a person from Mongolia. If it relates to Mongolia (a part of Shambhal is in Mongolia), the said king will have some connection with Shambhal, the centre of cosmic powers on earth. Nostradamus has also described this person, as “The ecclesiastical power that shall return in force”. This could mean that he may not be a person, but a Supreme Consciousness that would emerge from Shambhal and affect the minds of all persons on earth. Our research in this regard indicates that the said Supreme Consciousness has already emerged and descended on earth. Many events that were destined to occur after the emergence of this power have already occurred, and are continuing to occur. Incidentally, the term 666 (mentioned in the above quatrain) had been described in the Bible as the number of Satan. If this number is reversed to 999, it could be the number of God and represents the year 1999. Therefore, this Quatrain may be connected to both, the forces of God and the forces of AntiChrist. Some of the Nostradamus scholars have interpreted that a new 'Messiah' might be born in 1999. Others, like Jean Dixon, visualize his birth much earlier. But almost everyone agrees that the War of terrorism and period of other calamities would be over by 2025, and it will be followed by a long period of peace with an unprecedented understanding among the people of the world.

Incarnation of the Prophet It is notable that a total solar eclipse occurred over in August 1999, and some of the Nostradamus scholars have interpreted that a new 'Messiah' might be born in 1999 at the time of total eclipse. In this regard following Quatrain may be referred : Century-5, Q-41 Born in the shadows and during a dark day, He will be sovereign in rule and goodness: 104

His blood will rise again in the ancient urn, He will renew the age of gold in place of brass. Here, 'shadows and dark day' refers to eclipse. He who will be born during the said eclipse has been described as sovereign in rule and goodness; clearly, a powerful world leader who will renew a 'golden age'. It is important to note that Nostradamus has described the period of one thousand years of peace to follow the next world war as a 'golden period', and according to Nostradamus, the said prophet will renew the golden age. Significantly, it has also been described that his blood will rise in an ancient urn, thereby meaning that he, who has been on the earth earlier, will again be born, this time in an ancient place. The second coming of Christ / Krishna / Buddha? The following Quatrain may connect the same solar eclipse to forces of Anti-Christ : Century-3, Q-34 The eclipse of the Sun will then be, The monster will be seen in broad daylight: It shall be interpreted in many ways None will have foreseen and provided for the high cost It is indicated in the above Quatrain that the activities of the Anti-Christ (the group of terrorists) will become clear in the same period of solar eclipse, but the interpretations will differ and most of us not be able to identify them and interpret their real motives. Also, the world would not have foreseen and provided for the high cost to counter this threat of terrorism. It is not necessary that Nostradamus has indicated the representatives of God and that of Satan to be born on the fateful day of solar eclipse in 1999. It is possible that their activities will enter important phases during this year. Nostradamus has 105

described that the period of the Third Anti-Christ will last 27 years. Therefore, if this period is destined to end in 2025, it would have started in 1999. Also, if a major war is to take place between forces of God and those of Satan, the major players from both sides will come in their own during the same period. Therefore, the importance of the year 1999, in my opinion, is that during this year the stage was set for the final war of this era, and operations started in this 27 year long period of the Third Ant-Christ. If my inferences are true regarding the time frame provided by Nostradamus for this 25-year long war to be followed by 1000year long period of peace, and also regarding the planetary position given in Srimadbhagwat as the time of the start of Satyug, Lord Krishna may have fulfilled his promise made in Bhagwat-Gita that he would return (as a Supreme Consciousness termed as Kalki Avatar) at the time when the religion would seem to be lost, or more appropriately described in Srimadbhagwat as the time when all the kings would turn into bandits. To guess the actual date of birth of Kalki Avatar according to ancient Indian scriptures, we may refer to the description of the events that will occur at the time of his birth, as described in Kalki nd Puran. According to sloka-7 of the 2 chapter of Kalki Puran : when Lord Vishnu would be born as Kalki, the earth would ooze out milk for him in a similar manner as had happened at the time of birth of Lord Krishna. It has been given in almost all the related Indian scriptures and also by sage Parashar, that astrologically the most important event in one's life is the time when his soul enters the womb of his mother. That is the time of incarnation. However, the time of the oozing out of milk that has been given in Kalki Puran has been referred as the time of the birth of Kalki. This would be at Shambhal where Kalki would be born. It seems that the nature has given indication to the mankind about the time when his incarnation took place, and that too in a 106

miraculous manner. This might have been on the fateful day of st 21 September 1995, when millions of persons on this earth started feeding milk to the statues of Lord Ganesh. Possibly, it was to mark the time of incarnation of Lord Vishnu as Kalki. The milk was finally absorbed by the earth and may have symbolically oozed out at the time and place where Kalki was born (or the Supreme Consciousness took over). Such an event has never before happened in the history of mankind when not only in India, but in the entire world, people started offering milk to the statues. Even today, many person including various reputed scientists, feel that something miraculous happened that day, and it seems that nature wanted to give certain message to the mankind. What innovative plans on the part of nature to feed milk to the earth to satisfy this age old prophesy? Another point that comes to the mind is – according to the Hindu customs; Lord Ganesha is to be worshiped first before worshiping any other deity. Therefore, the nature managed the worship of Ganesha by the people of India before the birth of Kalki. Moreover, as the advent of Kalki would be most beneficial to the Indians, they were the frontrunners in offering milk to statues of Lord Ganesha throughout the world. The birth date of Kalki has been given in Kalki Puran as ' Dwadshi of Shukla Pakhsha in month of Baishakh'. This combination occurs on 30th April 1996 i.e. in the eighth month after the statues drank milk. Furthermore, this 'Tithi' (the date according the lunar calendar) is also known as the date of birth of Lord Parasuram, who was also considered an Avatar of Lord Vishnu, and who also liquidated from earth those whom he considered to be evil.

It seems that Nostradamus describes the amazing phenomenon of the earth drinking milk that was first fed and then came out of the statues, in the following Quatrain : 107

Century- 1, Q-21

In its depths the rock s white clay, Which will break out milk from deep, In vain troubled people will not dare touch it, Being ignorant that in the earth there is milky clay. Nostradamus has often described statues as rocks. Here he states that in the depth, rocks (statues) milky clay, which (at the given time) will break out milk. Ignorant people will not touch it (believe it), not knowing that there is already milky clay in the earth. This can have two meanings; the earth is already holding milk that was earlier fed to it, or, the country where this in incident occurred holds immense mineral wealth. It may, therefore, mean that the milky clay will break out milk on the fateful day of birth of Kalki Avatar (as described in Kalki Puran), and also that India will use its mineral wealth to its full advantage after the birth of Kalki. Thus, in order to understand the predictions of Nostradamus in regard to the man who will bring lasting peace on earth after the long calamitous war of the Third Antichrist, I have brought all those Quatrains at one place that are seemingly related to the 'Great King Chyren'. This may be helpful in understanding this phenomenon. I have also tried to connect it to the relevant portions of Indian scriptures. However, it is still difficult to understand whether to relate it physically or metaphorically. In modern age, it is difficult to visualize a person as king or leader of the entire world. Then, is the Kalki Avatar a real person, or a cosmic consciousness that denotes all 'Godly Forces' in the world that will hands to fight the 'Satanic Forces' and eliminate them by year 2025? Only future will tell.

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(Chapter - 10) NOSTRADAMUS ON INDIA (Prophecies about India) I feel that Nostradamus has described India right from the very ancient days, when life started on Earth in this phase of time, and gradually two cultures evolved on our planet. He has stated this fact in his letter to king Henry : “ For God will take notice of the long barrenness of the Great Dame, who afterwards shall conceive two principal children.” By great Dame he means earth, and by two principal children he means two most ancient cultures on the earth described in the Vedas as 'Aditi' and 'Diti' cultures. Aditi culture belonged to India (Eastern part of the hemi-sphere), and Diti culture to the Western part of the hemisphere. Aditi means the brighter part of the world that receives more energy from sun as compared to Diti Part. Both parts, once, revered Sun as God, and the only seat of knowledge for both the cultures was 'Brahm'. Aditi culture was known as Indra (Hindu) culture, and Diti culture as Varun culture. With age of the time, Varun culture became a combined culture of Babylonians, Egyptians, and Jews etc. Now, India is the sole representative of Aditi culture. In Quatrain-21, Century-1, (described in the last chapter), it has been described by Nostradamus that the country where the incident of 'statues drinking milk' occurred, holds immense mineral wealth. Therefore, this Quatrain indicates that the mineral wealth of India will bring it in a flourishing condition. Soft corner for India Nostradamus was a Christian with a Jew background, and therefore, his faith in both these sects is clearly reflected in his 109

writings. But his soft corner towards India and Hindu gods is also evident in his prophecies. In Century-44, Q-24 (discussed later in this chapter. While describing the events pertaining to Ram Janma Bhoomi movement, he had described Lord Ram as a divine power. In the following Quatrain he has described India and Israel as Great Masters. Century- 2, Q-89 One day the two great masters will be friends, Their great power will be seen increased: The new land will be in its flourishing peak, To the bloody one the number shall be recounted. Almost all the western interpreters have linked the two great masters mentioned in the above Quatrain either to USA and erstwhile USSR, or USA and China. But, this cannot be correct because Nostradamus has not described countries as masters. Masters, in his writings, are only religions or religious heads. The two principal cultures on the earth, as mentioned by Nostradamus, have earlier been discussed in this chapter. Now, the only representative countries of these ancient cultures are India and Israel. This fact is confirmed in the third line of the above Quatrain, where 'new land' has been mentioned. Nostradamus had described Israelis as 'Newcomers' and Israel as 'New Land'. He says that when Israel will be in a flourishing condition, the great powers of both India and Israel will increase, and both will benefit from each other. The bloody one referred in the last line may be the Third Antichrist, who will be confronted by the combined power of these two countries. 110

War between India and Pakistan Century-10, Q-96 The Religion of the name of the seas will win, Against the sect of the caitiffs of the Moon, The obstinate deplorable sect will be afraid Of the two wounded by Aleph & Aleph. The country (India) having the religion of the name of seas (Indian Ocean) will win against Pakistan (caitiff of the Moon). The obstinate country (Pakistan) will be afraid of 'Aleph and Aleph'; the representatives of the two initial cultures on earth i.e. India and Israel. It has been mentioned earlier in this book that Nostradamus had described the situation in the Indian sub-continent during the British period. He had also referred to India's freedom from British rule. Some of the other Nostradamus predictions about India are given below :

Rule of Indira Gandhi Century- 3, Q-28 Of weak in land and poor parentage, Through effort and peace will attain to the empire. For a long time shall reign a young female , Never has come so bad a reign upon the kingdom. The unique manner in which India got independence or attained its empire from the British through peaceful efforts is well known to the entire world. In due course, a young female (Indira Gandhi) reigned over the country for a quite long period. In the above Quatrain, her period has been called as a bad period 111

of reign. Opinions may vary on this observation, but there is no doubt that during her period, democratic and moral values were degenerated up to such an extent that a saintly person like Jaiprakash Narain had to come out of his self imposed exile from politics to lead a movement for restoration of democratic and moral values in the country.

Escape and return of Subhash Chandra Bose The mystery regarding the escape of Subhash Chandra Bose, popularly known as Netaji, is as thick even today, as the densest material on earth. Even after the institution of three commissions of enquiry, the riddle still remains unsolved. Can Nostradamus help us solve it? By the year 2002, I was sure that some cosmic powers were giving me messages to be interpreted and ed over to the mankind. Therefore, I decided to write a book, and before that undertook a pilgrimage to Vaishno Devi (A holy place in Northern India). While on way I was astonished when a body less soul clearly spoke to me giving a message. His words, which are ringing even today in my ears were – “Nostradamus ne Subhash Chandra Bose ke bare me likha hai' (Nostradamus has written about Subhash Chandra Bose). I was flabbergasted by this incident. This was the first time that an invisible soul or consciousness had spoken to me. Moreover, I was studying Nostradamus for more than twenty five years, but it had never occurred to me that He had prophesied about Netaji. It is a well known fact that many points regarding the death of J.F. Kennedy, which were shrouded in mystery earlier, are believed to be solved today due to the pertinent prophecy of Nostradamus in this regard, as given below : 112

Century- 6, Q-37 The ancient work will be finished, Evil ruin will fall upon the great one from the roof: Dead they will accuse an innocent one of the deed, The guilty one hidden in woods in misty weather. Now, it has been proved that one bullet was fired on Kennedy from roof of a nearby building and, an unknown person who was hidden in a nearby bush, fired another bullet on him. By misty weather, Nostradamus always indicates secrecy. Now, even a photograph of a nearby bush with a person hidden in it at the time of assassination of J.F.K., has been brought to light. It is also believed that the person accused was innocent. This Quatrain seems to have cleared many points regarding this incident. Similarly, the picture regarding the escape and return of Netaji becomes quite clear by the two Quatrains given below, which, according to the message given to me are regarding the events pertaining to him. Century- 10, Q-4 At midnight the commander of the army Will save himself, suddenly vanished. Seven years later his fame unblemished, And at his return he will never say yes. Century- 1, Q-98 The leader who will lead infinite number of people Far from their country, to foreign customs and strange language. Five thousand will die in Crete and Thessaly, The leader fleeing in a sea going by a marine grange. 113

For the analysis of the above two Quatrains, following points have been considered : 1. Nostradamus had only described those incidents, which became famous in due course. Netaji's disappearance and possibility of his coming back has been the most famous and talked about issue of its kind. 2. Netaji had been described in the above Quatrains as leader of infinite number of people, by which Nostradamus could be referring to Indians. 3. He would also be commander of an army, which Netaji was. 4. I.N.A., led by Netaji, operated from Singapore, a country of foreign customs and strange language to them, as clearly mentioned by Nostradamus in his above-mentioned prophecies. 5. It had been stated in the prophecy that five thousand of his troops would die (name of place being symbolic), and then he would take a decision to disappear for the time being. Figure of five thousand is historically correct. 6. Seven years after his disappearance, his fame will be unblemished. This is the most remarkable part of the prophecy, because in 1952, seven years after his disappearance in 1945, Indian parliament was constituted and one of the first major debates was about the disappearance of Netaji. This debate revived his unblemished fame. There are thousands of books and reports on Netaji, and it is generally believed that Smt.Vijay Lakshmi Pandit wanted to inform the parliament regarding the whereabouts of Netaji, but refrained due to certain reasons. However, many other spoke freely about this issue and, subsequently a commission of enquiry was instituted. All this refurbished the image of Netaji, and it happened in 1952, exactly seven years after his disappearance, as described by Nostradamus. 114

7. Nostradamus wrote that the person, described in his prophecy, would escape safely by sea in a marine grange (supply ship or submarine). Later he shall return but will never say yes (to reveal his identity). 8. There is a very pertinent point that attracts attention in this matter. Why a leader of infinite number of his countrymen, who is also commander of an army, will have to take a decision to stop the war and to escape, when only five thousand of his army-men are killed? If he is leader of such a big country, he must have millions of soldiers at his disposal, and hundreds of thousands of soldiers are usually killed during major wars. But we all know that Subhash was in such a peculiar position that despite being a leader of infinite number of people, he had only a small (symbolic) army of about fifteen thousand soldiers at his disposal, and when five thousand of them were killed, he had to take the decision to stop the war. 9. Another surprising aspect of this prediction is that through the words 'Crete & Thessaly', true indication has been given about the place where five thousand soldiers of INA were killed, i.e. Assam, which is an 'Eastern' part of India. It has been observed that in case of Napoleon, Nostradamus had indicated his name from three places in – 'Pau', 'Nay', and 'Loron' ; here he had used names of two places in Greece to indicate Assam. Thessaly is eastern part of Greece, as Assam is eastern part of India, and 'Crete' is also known as 'Candia' ; we can pronounce it as 'Candia' or 'see India' (Nostradamus could not get a place that was spelled 'Cindia'). Thus, 'Crete' (Candia) is the name of a place that Nostradamus found to be closest to be pronounced as 'See India'. Therefore, 'Crete & Thessaly', in language of Nostradamus means : 'See India' and locate its Eastern part i.e. Assam', where five thousand soldiers of I.N.A. were killed. There are millions of names of places in the world, but Nostradamus had picked only those two names that could actually point to Assam. 115

It will not be otherwise to peep into the surroundings of escape of Subhash Bose. He advised his fellow army officers of INA, to surrender and face charges leveled against them by the British government in order to give a fillip to the freedom movement. In order to other world leaders and to chalk out his further strategy, he might have decided to escape to some other place. It was but natural for him to have camouflaged his own self in garb of a plane-crash. Now the Taiwan Government has officially said that actually no plane-crash occurred that day. Perhaps a plane that crashed a couple of days earlier was used for this camouflage. Therefore, the claim of identification of his dead body made by the surgeon who performed the autopsy cannot be relied upon. The surgeon had no way of positively identifying the said body to be that of Subhash Bose. Many reports published in newspapers and magazines created a general feeling in India that Subhash remained in the USSR for some time and the USSR government had officially asked the Indian government as to what should be done in this regard. It is believed that after his escape in 1945, Subhash first went to Manchuria and then to the USSR. Even Nehru was sometimes insinuated to have blocked the return of Subhash to India, but if prognostics of Nostradamus are to be believed, Subhash himself did not want to return to India at that juncture, and to reveal himself. It is also reported that Subhash was in India at the time of Nehru's death and even attended his funeral. Another point has come to light in this regard. A book 'Subhash Chandra Bose : A Biography', written by Marshall Getz, an American author, reveals something important on his mysterious 'death' in a plane crash on August 18, 1945. On August 28, the US Intelligence noted a partially decoded dispatch from the Japanese mission in Saigon saying that on August 17, Bose “at his own request” had set off by air for Manchukuo (a place in Manchuria). If Subhash had left Saigon for Manchuria on 17th, how he could die in a plane crash in Taipei on 18th? It seems that in 116

order to mislead the world, the Japanese said that Subhash was flying to Tokyo from Taipei when the plane crash occurred. According to a news item published in newspapers, some top INA officials later disclosed that Netaji was actually heading for Manchuria so as to enter Soviet Russia to continue the freedom struggle. However, when the Second World War ended few days after these incidents, the entire scenario changed and Netaji was perhaps forced to take refuge in the USSR. All this, therefore, suggests that there is a strong possibility of Nostradamus being true in his prophecies regarding the escape and return of Subhash Chandra Bose. When rest of the points have been so accurately described by Nostradamus, the details regarding Netaji's disappearance and return might also be true. And if this be true, this great son of India did not give chance to his countrymen, who single mindedly revere him, to use his wisdom and counsel for their betterment, neither did he allow them to collectively express their gratitude regarding his efforts for making India free, as was done in case of Gandhi and Nehru. But, it seems that it was left to the great seer Nostradamus to do justice to India's son of the soil through his writings. But then, it was all destined. The accuracy of these prophecies suggests, without any doubt, that every major event happening in this word is predestined. The entire script of this world, from last deluge to next deluge, has been carefully drafted by the Unseen Power, and is in His depository known as 'Universal Mind' or 'God's Book of Remembrance'. And, prophets like Nostradamus, are assigned the job of visiting the Universal Mind or reading from the book of God's remembrance in order to tell the people (the actors of His script), about the events that the Unseen Power wants them to know. The Writer of that script, knowing that billions of His assignees would be eager to know about certain 117

events from the life of the principal actors like Subhash and Kennedy, who were once working with them and for them, might have assigned the job of fact finding in these cases to Nostradamus. Many times, while deciphering the prophecies, I have felt that in case of some prophecies, Nostradamus himself did not know the meaning of what he was writing. He was merely writing what was shown or told to him by the Supreme Intelligence, to be deciphered by the persons of mature mind, when the time of removal of ignorance comes.

Assassinations of Indira Gandhi and Rajeev Gandhi In order to connect both these prophecies Nostradamus has kept them one after the other, as Quatrains no.74 and 75 in Century 6 of his book. As the assassination of Indira Gandhi took place earlier, it is mentioned in Q-74, and that of Rajeev Gandhi in Q-75. Century-6, Q-74 She who was chased out will return to the reign, Her enemies would be found to be conspirators: More than ever her time will be triumphant, Three to seventy the death is very assured. Once chased out of power, Indira Gandhi was once more triumphant and returned to rule, but a conspiracy to kill her was already being hatched, and at three to seventy (at the age of 67) she kept her appointment with death. Her death was due to a conspiracy hatched by her (or her country's) enemies, and Nostradamus reveals that the conspirators will be found (or have been found and full details of the conspiracy is already known to the government). It indicates that there may be much more to the story than what is known to the public, and the roots of conspiracy are much deeper, but will be known to all one day. 118

Century- 6, Q-75 The great Pilot will be commissioned by Royal mandate, To leave the fleet to fill a higher post: Seven years after he will be countermanded, Venice will come to fear by the Barbarian army. Immediately after the death of Smt. Indira Gandhi, in 1984, Rajeev Gandhi was made Prime Minister by Royal Mandate (Presidential Order). Seven years later, in 1991, he was countermanded (removed from the scene) by a barbarian army, which was active in a nearby country surrounded by water, like Venice. Nostradamus had many times changed the name of places in order to obscure the prophecy. But, he had taken care to substitute the name of a similar place, which could be connected to the event after the event had occurred. Rajeev Gandhi was killed by LTTE, and Jaffna, the area where LTTE was most active in Sri Lanka, is similar to the city of Venice of Nostradamus period having similar waterways and backwaters. It is also noticeable that Nostradamus had used the word 'great pilot' in the above quatrain while aeroplanes were not even invented in his period. In his entire book, this word has been used only in this Quatrain. Even if this word was prevalent in that period, then perhaps, the persons guiding the naval ships in those days were called pilots. Officer of the ship was called 'conducteur' (commander). Even the ships in those days, were propelled by men. First type of mechanical engine was a steamengine that was invented by George Stephenson about two hundred fifty years after Nostradamus had died. So, whom Nostradamus was referring as pilot? In those days, pilot could only be a person who was in charge of changing the direction of those humanly propelled ships which were made mostly out of wood. How a person having the trifle job of guiding such a ship could be called 'great pilot'? Nostradamus evidently 119

wanted to mention about a future pilot of aeroplane, who was destined to be great. Veer Brahmendra Swami, a great Indian Prophet, had also predicted this event and had given even the minute details regarding the method of assassination of former Indian Prime Minister. This has been discussed on page --- along with other prophecies of Brahmendra Swami.

Ram Janma Bhoomi Movement There are some Quatrains in these prophecies that seem to depict a chain of events, starting from the movement to build a Ram Temple at Ayodhya, to the demolition of Babri Mosque. During the first phase of this movement, mainly two persons were in limelight. One was Ashok Singhal, a Hindu activist and leader of this movement; other was Sadhvi (holy dame) Ritumbhara whose recorded cassettes urging the people to assemble at Babri Masjid, were distributed among thousands. Despite, a strong siege by police and army, Ashok Singhal, along with his followers was able to reach the banned area; there were clashes and many people died. Singhal, being the leader of his followers, has been nicknamed 'Duke' in these Quatrains. Century-4, Q-51 A Duke eager to follow his enemy Will enter within, hindering the phalange: Hastened on foot they will come to pursue so closely That the day will see a conflict near Gange This event took place near river Saryu, but Nostradamus had named river Ganges (Gange) to indicate the Name of country. 120

Besides, Saryu is a tributary of the conglomerate of rivers that merge in the Ganges. Duke and his followers, who were on foot, were successful in hindering the phalange (squadron of soldiers) and entering within (Babri Mosque). Century- 4, Q-24 Underground, shall be heard the feigned voice of a holy dame, Human flame seen to shine for the divine: It will cause the earth to be stained with their own blood, And to destroy the holy temples by the impure ones. The feigned (hidden/pretended) voice of holy dame, Sadhvi Ritumbhra, was heard mainly underground, and through her recorded voice she transformed the people to a human flame eager to shine for the divine power (Ram). Earth was stained with the blood of many of them, and later, many temples were destroyed. Century- 9, Q-96 The army denied entrance to the city, The Duke will enter by persuasion: The army will be brought secretly to the weak gates, They will put all to fire and sword, effusion of blood. It is hinted that the Duke (Ashok Singhal), being denied entrance to the city, used persuasion in order to enter the city. Army itself made the gates weak so that the Duke could enter. Afterwards, there would be widespread riots and blood would be spilled.

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Century- 4, Q- 52 In a besieged city, men and women being upon the walls The enemy without, Chief ready to surrender, The wind shall be strong against the soldiers, They shall be driven away by lime, dust and cinders. In a city besieged by army, people (men and women) would be demolishing a building, due to which, lime, dust, and cinder would be flying. The enemy (soldiers) would be virtually absent, and the Chief would have already surrendered to people (there will be orders not to stop the people from demolition). By mentioning the strong wind against the soldiers (which was strong enough to drive away the soldiers, but not strong enough to drive away the people!), Nostradamus, probably, wanted to mention the Chief's orders (of U.P. or Delhi?) not to take any action at the time of demolition. The point might be clear from the following Quatrain : Century- 9, Q-99 The North Wind will cause the siege to be raised, Over the walls to throw ashes, lime and dust: Through rain afterwards, they shall be a trap to them; Last help against the frontier. The wind that caused the siege to be raised came from North (and, Delhi is in North). Afterwards, there shall be rain (trouble) for those involved. Also, there was some trap for them. (Three state governments run by the BJP were dismissed by the Central Government for their alleged involvement in demolition of the Mosque.) The last line probably meant that this demolition would be the last such act for which the frontier (front rank leaders of this movement) would get help (from the people or the government), and there would be no further demolitions (in Kashi, Mathura, or in any other place). 122

Actually, after this incident, Indian Parliament has made a constitutional amendment to protect other such buildings. Third line of the above Quatrain seems to have a hidden message. It is mentioned that there was a trap for those, who were involved in the demolition. It was reported in the newspapers that several persons including the then Home Minister tried to the then Prime Minister as soon as the demolition started. They were told that the PM was indisposed and was not permitted to talk to anyone as per medical advice. In case of such an emergency and PM being indisposed, there ought to be someone else in command. But that was not to be, and after the demolition was over, PM immediately went to the Doordarshan TV center to broadcast his message to the nation expressing regrets for the demolition. Thereafter, three state governments run by the BJP were promptly dismissed. There is an Indian saying 'ek teer se do shikar' (killing two birds by an arrow). Here was a case of 'ek teer se teen shikar' (killing three birds by an arrow). In the words of Nostradamus: “a trap to them”. And when people left after demolishing the structure, the army was still not requisitioned till the installation of the statues and construction of other peripherals of the makeshift temple were completed. This was the 'last help to the frontier' (the front leaders of the group demolishing the mosque) as mentioned by Nostradamus. If we want to draw an inference from the above regarding the probability and time of the construction of Ram temple, it must be kept in mind that the construction of a makeshift temple after the demolition of mosque was the last help (from whatever source Nostradamus wanted to mention) in this regard. Therefore, the conversion of the makeshift temple to a grand temple will not be easy. 123

It proved to be correct because after the creation of a makeshift temple at that stage, no further progress could be made till today in the construction of that temple. Further reference to this issue may be in following Quatrain : Century- 10, Q-27 Through the fifth, and a great Hercules, They will come in a warlike manner to open the temple: One Clement, Iule and Ascanius step back, Never was there such great enmity between the sword, key, and eagle. The above Quatrain depicts a situation when war like efforts will be made to open a temple through a great leader named as the fifth Hercules This may also mean that a Herculean effort will be required in this matter. Some persons or groups have been symbolically described, who will be opposed to the temple but will step back when the times comes. However, this issue will create such enmity among the opposing groups, which has never been witnessed before. Nostradamus has written so many Quatrains relating to the Ram temple; it indicates that this issue will have a historic importance and will affect the relationship among various factions, both religious and political. Nostradamus has not indicated time of construction of temple, but a coordinated study of his works along with ancient Indian scriptures reveals that an atmosphere conductive to this cause will automatically be created around 2014. The words 'fifth, and a great Hercules' used in the first line of the above Quatrain seem to have a special significance. Acharya Baldev Upadhyaya, an eminent interpreter of Vedas and Puranas, in his book 'Puran Vimarsha' has written that out of the ten 124

incarnations of Lord Vishnu, five are considered to be mythological incarnations – 'Matsayavatar, 'Koormavatar', 'Varah-Avatar', 'Nrisinghavatar', and 'Vaman-Avatar'. The other five are in human forms and are considered as 'Emerging Avatars'. They are – 'Parasuram', 'Ram', 'Krishna', 'Buddha', and 'Kalki'. Thus, among these 'Emerging Avatars', Kalki is considered to be the fifth. Therefore, Nostradamus might have indicated him to be the 'fifth, and a great Hercules', and during his period the final completion of the Ram Temple will take place, when his empire would be established in India in 2014. This is, perhaps the reason that Nostradamus has given so much importance to the Ram Mandir movement in his prophecies, because the temple would be constructed in the period of Kalki, the incarnation of Lord Vishnu. This period means the emergence of that cosmic consciousness which would affect the minds of humanity to do the needful. In this regard, it is also necessary to study and analyse the prophecies of Guru Gobind Singh regarding the 'Kalki Avatar', particularly to know the full meaning of the word 'eagle' used in the last line of the above Quatrain. Prophecies of Guru Gobind Singh regarding The Kalki Avatar This prophecy is given on page 863 of the book 'Amrit Kirtan Pothi' that is believed to the 'voice' of Guru Gobind Singh. He has narrated about the Kalki Avatar as under : (That who will come to eradicate the evil, will be called 'The Kalki Avatar' The horse of Turks (fundamentalists) will be mighty, but will be stopped by his sword. As a lion comes out of his den, in mountains, he will go to pray at the Lord Shiva's temple It is destined that from Shambhal, the 'Lord Incarnate' will come to the Harmandar Saheb.) 125

The Kalki Avatar, as narrated in scriptures, would be a saint as well as a warrior. The same applies to Guru Gobind Singh, who was also a saint-warrior. Perhaps, the following factor, adopted by Nostradamus in his prophecies, applies in this case also : “So much so that persons of future times may be seen in present ones, because God Almighty has wished to reveal them by means of images.” From the lifestyle of Guru Gobind Singh, it seems that the God has sent him as a prior image of Kalki Avatar. However, it is a well-known fact that Guru Gobind Singh never visited the Harmander Saheb, and it has been written in the last line of the above prophecy, that the Kalki Avatar would come from Shambhal to the Harmander Saheb (in Golden Temple, Amritsar) or Harmander Saheb in Patna,. Therefore, it means that Guru Gobind Singh had himself indicated that Kalki Avatar (or His consciousness) would be the Lord incarnate who would visit Harmander Saheb. This relates to another prophecy of Nostradamus describing that 'the empire of Kalki Avatar would first be established in the land of five rivers'. Therefore, Guru Ji might have indicated that the Lord Incarnate would first come to Harmander Saheb when he starts his mission of eradicating all the evil from the earth. This means that the Kalki Avatar would take-up the work of construction of the Ram Temple after visiting Harmander Saheb, and then the Sikhs would also take part in that construction. Therefore, the word 'eagle' may indicate Sikhs because 'eagle' was the symbol of Guru Gobind Singh. It is also noticeable that although the advent of the Kalki Avatar has been mentioned in ancient Indian scriptures, but it was first mentioned by Nostradamus that 'his empire would be established in the land of five rivers, or the place where five rivers meet. Nostradamus had said it in , and Guru Gobind Singh, 126

the great prophet he was, had made exactly the same prophecy In India about one hundred fifty years later. It is written in various prophecies that when the Supreme Consciousness will take over the command of our world in His hands, He will install the religion of humanity on earth. It may mean that the temple would not be a temple of any particular religion, but will be a temple of humanity. However, I feel that Nostradamus could not have written these prophecies about the Ram temple movement, unless it led to another event of far reaching consequences. In fact, this movement ultimately brought B.J.P. to power in the country, and immediately after assuming the office; their government carried out a nuclear test at Pokharan. This event has been described in the following Quatrain:

Nuclear Explosions by India and Pakistan and a subsequent war Century- 3, Q-3 Mars and Mercury, and the silver ed together, Towards the south extreme drought: In the bottom of Asia one will say the earth trembles, Corinth, Ephesus then in perplexity. In bottom of South Asia (India), during an event earth would tremble, due to which Corinth & Ephesus (Christian Countries) would be perplexed. This event would be in the extreme drought area (Rajasthan), and would occur at the time of indicated planetary conjunction. Earth can tremble either during an earthquake or in case of a big explosion. But, in the case of an earthquake, other countries would not be perplexed. Therefore, the event has to be a big 127

explosion. Moreover, the indicated planetary configuration matches with the planetary position at the time of explosion. For Christian countries that would be perplexed by this explosion, the term 'Corinth & Ephesus' (from Bible) was used to connect it to another Quatrain, which describes the explosions of Pakistan. Century- 2, Q-52 For several nights the earth will tremble: In the spring two efforts in succession: Corinth, Ephesus will swim in the two seas: War stirred up by two great wrestlers This is the only other Quatrain in the entire book, in which the words 'Corinth and Ephesus' have been mentioned. Obviously, it is to link this Quatrain to the Quatrain described above. Moreover, use of the word 'efforts' makes it clear that by trembling of the earth Nostradamus had indicated explosions. Earthquakes cannot be caused by efforts. Nostradamus had also indicated the place where the nuclear tests were conducted by Pakistan through use of the word 'spring'. These tests were conducted at Quetta, a place near to Pakistan's most famous spring (waterfall). Here, two wrestlers have been mentioned who will stir up the war. These have to be two countries, which are ever fighting like wrestlers. And, one of them will reply by carrying out two explosions in reply to the explosion carried out earlier by the other. Christian countries will try to influence both the countries, which are twins (described as twin seas). These twin countries may be India and Pakistan, who will wage a war after carrying out their explosions. Whether it pertains to Kargil war, or any other war to be fought by these two in future, remains to be seen. But most likely, Nostradamus has indicated a big war between the two, which would convert into the Third World War. 128

Nostradamus had prophesied that the calamitous war would start when Mars s Jupiter in Cancer. This conjunction occurs in 2002, and again in 2013. Therefore, the final war on earth that will be between terrorists and rest of the world might start in 2013. Then, some events may occur that may move the two great wrestlers India and Pakistan towards a war. The war of terrorism in entire world will continue up to 2013, and then convert into a world war. This means that the prophecies of Nostradamus had indicated a special message/guideline for India, to be delivered in 2002 (before the conjunction of Mars and Jupiter in cancer). These guidelines have been analysed in the next chapter.

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(Chapter - 11) GUIDELINES TO INDIA BY NOSTRADAMUS Avoid full-fledged war with Pakistan for another full cycle of Jupiter According to Century-6, Quatrain-24 of Nostradamus' book of prophecies, a calamitous war will start on earth when Mars cons Sceptre in Cancer. This Quatrain is reproduced below : “Mars and the Sceptre will be found coned Under Cancer there will be a calamitous war: Shortly afterwards a new King will be anointed, One who for a long time will pacify the earth” One of the main purposes of this book is to present the findings of my research on the works of Nostradamus, and also on ancient Indian scriptures, in order to assess the future of the world at large with particular emphasis on India. So far, I have tried to analyse all the events from New York attack to escape of Bin Laden from Tora-Bora, and in fact, I have been able to declare all these events in press conferences before their occurrence. The Third World War has already started in 2001. It will mainly be a war of terrorism and will last up to 2025. The abovementioned Quatrain indicates the time of start of the final phase of the calamitous war of this era. As said earlier, the meaning of 'Sceptre' is Jupiter, and during the period of 2001 to 2025 the conjunction of Mars and Jupiter in Cancer occurs twice – in 2002, and in 2013. Therefore, the final phase of war would reach in 2013. And, it will be the most important war in our phase of time, because just after its start the Supreme consciousness will take over the leadership of God's forces in fight against forces of Satan. 130

Overall study of Nostradamus reveals four possible reasons of this world war- (1) Arab-Israel conflict, (2) Christian-Muslim conflict, (3) Indo-Pak conflict, and (4) dream of hard-core Muslims to establish the rule of Islam all over the world. The renowned French astrologer had written quite clearly regarding the formation of Israel, its wars, Christian-Muslim wars, the Indo Pak relations and their nuclear explosions resulting in a subsequent war. All his observations have proved correct up to now, and therefore, this 25 years long final war of this phase on earth described by him has already started, and in fact is in progress now. Later, i.e. by end of 2013, this war has to enter its final phase. The world at large has accepted the accuracy of Nostradamus predictions, but has so far ignored the warnings of this great seer, which he gave to save the mankind. Accordingly, if India heeded his warnings and was able to delay the start of seemingly imminent war between India and Pakistan during middle of 2002, then the war of terrorism may continue but the full fledged war may be averted till 2013. This is probably what Nostradamus wanted. But, if his warnings were ignored in that period, the horrors of that war described by him might have come true, and in his words 'Earth may be undone and desolate' due to far reaching consequence of that war. It is noteworthy that though Nostradamus penned these predictions down about 450 years back, now, when the time for said conjunction approached during the said period of the Third World War, the threat of nuclear war started looming large on the horizon. It is clear that the great seer has indicated to India, through the above prophecy, to avoid a full-fledged war with Pakistan up to the periods of conjunction of Mars and Jupiter in Cancer, i.e. during the period of 2002 to 2013, due to two possible reasons: 1. If this disastrous war is delayed up to 2013, then India will have full and unequivocal of the entire world to fight against terrorism. In fact, both – the prophecies of Nostradamus and the 131

ancient Indian scriptures, reveal that by then India will lead the world in fight against terrorism under the leadership of the said prophet / consciousness. 2. If this war has to enter in its final phase between 2002 to 2013 in any case, then by avoiding an Indo-Pak conflict in this period, the focal point of this war will shift to Arab-Israel conflict or US-Iraq conflict and remain as such till the end of this war, or at least till 2013 as the case may be. After 2013, the war against terrorism is bound to escalate in the entire world. 3. It is also noticeable the events described by Nostradamus for the period from 2001 to 2025 match exactly with those described by Indian saints in Bhavishya Puran, Srimadbhagwat, Mahabharata, Kalki Puran. Even the position of planets described in these scriptures match with the time frame of these events inferred from Nostradamus. In February 2002 I got an opportunity of addressing a meeting of Roorkee University Alumni Association (now I.I.T. Roorkee), Kanpur Chapter, in which a possibility of an Indo-Pak war in near future was discussed. It was generally felt that the prophecies of Nostradamus being so accurate, like other countries Indian government should also pay due attention to the possibilities arising out of these predictions, and should make its defense preparations accordingly. I told the audience, which also comprised some scientists and technicians form the defense department, that inferring from the prophecies of Nostradamus, the next war with Pakistan was possible between May to August 2002. I gathered that our defense forces were quite ready for any such eventuality during the said period, and even the defense production was already stepped up to meet the requirements. However, after the study of the abovementioned possibility of this war turning into a calamitous / nuclear war, if it starts between May to August 2002, my team 132

working on these prophecies felt that Indian government should be warned regarding this possibility. We decided to prepare a note to this effect, and accordingly, my article 'GUIDELINES BY NOSTRADAMUS ON IND0PAK WAR' appeared in the July 2002 issue of 'EXPRESS STAR TELLER' magazine in order to intimate the government that beginning of the war with Pakistan, if at all necessary, should be avoided till August 2002 at any cost, otherwise this war may bring disaster to both the countries, and later to whole of the world. However, if this period is allowed to , then next such situation arises in 2013 when Mars and Jupiter will be conjunct in Cancer. Both of these situations should be viewed alarmingly. Later, leaders of both India and Pakistan itted the war was actually heading towards assuming nuclear proportions, and the Pakistan President had categorically stated that war was avoided after his nuclear threat to India. In this regard, following news item published on 1.10.2003 in Lucknow edition of Hindustan Times may be viewed : The restraint shown by India during the border standoff with Pakistan last year is bound to enhance New Delhi's strategic and political status. This is what Nostradamus had predicted, says a scholar Ashok Ghai. In the July 2002 issue of a leading astrological magazine, Ghai had said : “If the world pays heed to his (Nostradamus) warning and is able to delay the start of the seemingly imminent war between India and Pakistan till August this year, then the war on terrorism may continue, but a full fledged war may be averted till 2014.” Ghai cited the recent utterances of General Musharraf that India and Pakistan were on the verge of a full-fledged war in 2002, which was avoided due to his threat to nuke India. 133

But for the restraint shown by Indian leaders, the sub continent could have witnessed a nuclear war, he says.” Hindustan Times, 1-10-2003

Nostradamus and other seers have described the period of 2001 to 2025 as period of a 'Mahabharata' like war between forces of God and that of Satan, in which the Satan will try to perpetuate the war in order to bring calamity in the world, and God will ultimately defeat him by 2025, and bury him deep for a period of one thousand years. The statement of General Musharraf, and the stance taken by Indian Government clearly proves – who is on the side of God and peace, and who is on the side of Satan and the war. It also proves that Prime Minister Vajpayee was destined to take this bold decision that would ultimately 'save the earth'. But, will the other world leaders also pay heed to the prophecies of these great seers, who clearly prophesy a disastrous period for the entire world when about four billions of persons i.e. two third of world's population is likely to be killed in the war and natural calamities by 2014, unless the man frees himself from the clutches of Satan, and starts to believe in God and 'Dharma'. These prophecies indicate that only God can save the earth in 2013, if warnings of Nostradamus and other sages are not heeded by then. The views of 'Swatantra Bharat', a leading newspaper of Northern India, may prove to be relevant in this regard :

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judiciously used. This was stated by Mr. A.S.Tomar, Secretary, Roorkee University Alumni Association, Kanpur Chapter. He stated that according to the inferences drawn from the study of Futurology, India did well in not waging a war (with Pakistan) in the year 2002. Right from the beginning of last year, when the chances of a war with Pakistan started growing, even the defense experts were keen to know about the possible date of its start. In February 2002, the president of Roorkee University Alumni Association (Kanpur Chapter) Mr. Ashok Ghai, who is carrying out research on prophecies of famous astrologer Nostradamus, predicted the chances of this war being waged during May to August, and also regarding the possibility of its turning nuclear. According to him, the Association felt that the predictions of Nostradamus proving to be so accurate, the entire world is paying heed to these. Therefore, India shall also pay heed to this fact that the war, which would begin during this period, may prove to be calamitous and a danger to the entire world. Accordingly, Mr. Ghai prepared a research paper, which was published in July2002 issue of Express Star Teller. Now, it seems that the situation of a nuclear war had actually arisen during May to August, and India did well to avoid it .Next such situation, when this war can be nuclear, would arise during 2007 to 2013. Therefore, if the war takes place during 2003 to 2006, it would not turn out to be nuclear.” Swatantra Bharat, Kanpur Mahanagar, Thursday, 3rd January 2003. However, I strongly feel that mankind shall make every effort to avoid any war up to the year 2014, after which the matters will 135

be taken over by the Cosmic Hierarchy themselves. But, if we fail to behave properly up to that period, the Cosmic Hierarchy, as discussed in the chapter 'Epilogue' of this book, may decide to wipe out our entire race from the face of earth. The Cosmic Hierarchy has already delivered some warnings to this effect; and some very stringent warnings in form of natural calamities are going to be issued to the world in very near future.

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(Chapter – 12) VEERA BRAHMENDRA SWAMI Few years back, very little was known about Veera Brahmendra Swami outside Southern India. It was due to research work of eminent scholars like Dr. N. Rajaram, Pavuluri Sreenivasachary, and Ullasa Mihira that his work regarding 'KALAGNANAM' (knowledge of future) and the miracles performed by him during his life are now famous all over the world. Another researcher of Brahmendra Swamy, Mr. Shriniwas Deshpande, has not only studied his prophecies in depth, but has been kind enough to send me details of his research. I have used the details published by these scholars here, sometimes in their own words, to compare the prophecies of Brahmendra Swami with other prophets. Affectionately called 'Veeram Bhotalya' by his mother, Swamy used to impress everyone by his extraordinary intelligence and spiritual bent of mind even in his childhood. When he grew up, people started revering him like God due the miracles he performed to help them. Cosmic Powers, whenever they incarnate, usually display miracles to make people heed them and understand what they have incarnated to tell the mankind. The miracles performed by him included giving eyesight to blinds and even life to dead. When a Nawab of his region tried to test his powers by giving pieces of meat on a plate covered by cloth, he was astonished to observe that the meat pieces had turned to flowers when Brahmendra Swamy removed the cloth. The Nawab realised the powers of Swamy and donated a piece of land for his Ashram. Annajayya, a Brahmin disciple, used to look after the Ashram and it was he who made the prophecies of his master known to public. 137

Another huge miracle was performed by his disciple named Siddhayya, who was a Muslim in this birth, but was his disciple from last birth. When once Siddhaaya visited the court of Nawab, he did not bow to him. This enraged the Nawab, who rebuked him for his insolence. Siddhaaya asked for a piece of rock to be brought to the court and bowed before it. Immediately the rock broke in pieces. Siddhayya told the Nawab that in case he had bowed to him; his head would have broken into pieces. Due to his progressive outlook and spiritual powers, most of the Kings and Nawabs of his region became his ardent followers and this helped in developing communal harmony. After he left his physical body, hundreds of Brahmendra Swamy's disciples propagated his teachings and travelled from place to place chanting the predictions made by him. Brahmendra Swamy wrote in his book 'Kalagnanam' that he was incarnation of Lord Vishnu and would come again as Lord Kalki to restore dharma and peace on the earth. This means that at the time of transformation of mankind Brahmendra Swamy would himself be present in the world and guide the mankind. There is a deep meaning in his statement that he was incarnation of Lord Vishnu. It is generally believed that term 'Vishnu' is synonymous with knowledge, and as written in Srimadbhagwat (Skandha XII- Chapter 2) Lord Vishnu is Guru of all living beings, thereby meaning that He always incarnates as a Teacher. If someone acquires the complete knowledge about universe sometime after he is born, then he is termed as 'Ansh Avtar' (part incarnation); if he possess the complete knowledge since birth then he will be termed as 'Poorna Avtar' (full incarnation). Brahmendra Swamy was, thus, a Poorna Avtar and had declared that it was he who would incarnate as Kalki when the time comes. 138

According to his prophecies, there would be large scale devastation on earth during that period. Therefore, he must have given a method for saving those persons who were destined to be saved. We have found that he had given an easy solution in form of two 'mantras'. These mantras are given at the end of this chapter. But, whosoever chants this mantra for salvation, must free himself from the evil traits of greed, selfishness, and cruelty. May be, even chanting of these mantra may remove these traits from our minds. He was born in South India in the place that is called Andhra Pradesh today. The exact time of birth of Swamy is disputed but it is generally believed that he was here in 16th – 17th century A.D., approximately the same period when Nostradamus made his predictions. It is surprising that even the words used by these two prophets match and convey the same meanings. Obviously, it was the same cosmic consciousness that made them prognosticate for the benefit of mankind. When we match the prophecies of Brahmendra Swamy and Nostradamus we find the time of transformation of mankind described by them, in their customary veiled language, to be same i.e. transformation to be completed by 2025 A.D. Both had indicted that two third population of earth may be wiped out during this period. Let us hope that these predictions were actually the warnings to the mankind, and if heeded, man can follow the path of true religion and by these disasters. MANTRA OF SRI VEERA BRAHMENDRA SWAMY Sri Veera Brahmendra Swamy told his disciples that he will give 'Darshan' to whosoever chants the following mantra for 12,000 times and save him/her from the calamities. Om hreem kleem shreem sivaaya brahmane namaha. 139

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(Chapter – 13) BUDDHIST PROPHECIES Some Buddhist monks have stated that the world will start plunging in a destructive war around 2012. According to these monks some extra terrestrial powers (may be cosmic powers) are watching us every step of the way. They would intervene in 2012 and save the world from self destruction. When asked if these powers will show up in reality, they answered : they will reveal themselves in such a way that none of us are scared. They will reveal themselves only if they have to. As our science and technology progresses, we are destined to see them and interact with them anyway. Our study group feels that they are revealing us a plan to save the mankind. This has been discussed in Chapter 14 of this book. They may further reveal themselves by way of fulfilling the prophecies regarding the future, or by any other method they deem fit. Famous scientist Sir Isaac Newton had said : God gave the prophecies, not to gratify men's curiosity by enabling them to fore know things, but that after they were fulfilled they might be interpreted by the event, and His own providence, not the interpreters, be thereby manifested to the world. What Newton said had also been described in many scriptures – these prophecies are divine messages that are delivered by God through His messengers to convey whatever is needed to be conveyed at appropriate time. He also sends messengers to interpret these prophecies as and when required. Buddhist monks and lamas have been theologists of highest order and have been making amazingly accurate predictions. 141

It was written in scriptures kept in a monastery of Tibet that Lhasa (capital of Tibet) would be attacked by an outside agency in later part of 1904. Actually, a British Military Expedition went in Tibet in 1903 and occupied Lhasa in 1904. Lt. Colonel L.A. Waddell, a part of the Military Expedition, later wrote in his book 'Lhasa and its Mysteries' (1905): How the astrologers of Tibet were able to predict this distressful storm which was in store for their country, so long before it happened, and to specify that it should occur exactly in this year, is amazing. It is said that Gautam Buddha, after he acquired all knowledge about universe when he attained Buddhahood, hade made many predictions that he told to his disciples. Some of these predictions are given in the literature possessed by the Dalai Lama. An Australian writer Andrew Toms interviewed Dalai Lama and had written about these predictions in his book 'Shambhalla: Oasis of Light'. The interpretation of these predictions indicate that period of a change of order in the world would be indicated by an incident when ruler of a country (an evil person) who would be king of place called Tri-li, situated in west of India, would be attacked by the cosmic powers. This King would be attacked by use of sky-ships flying faster than sound fitted with many types of weapons. In the above prophecy the place called Tri-Li is Tripoli (capital of Libya) which is situated exactly in west of India. Thus, the evil king is Colonel Gaddafi, and we interpret that his fall has been identified to indicate the period of a total change of order on the earth. A prophecy, evidently about Colonel Gaddafi, has also been made by Nostradamus: 142

Century-4, Q-52 A Colonel mechanises his ambition Shall seize upon the great part of the army Against the prince with a faint invention And shall be discovered under his flag Colonel Gaddafi mechanised his ambition to size power from Prince Idris in Libya in 1971 using army and its weaponry, and took over the power to rule Libya. The meaning of last line is not clear, but Dr. N. Rajaram has interpreted it as : ' He took is position under the flag as the leader not of his country alone but as the flag bearer of the resurgent Islam in North Africa'.* Thus, it seems that the prediction about grabbing the power by Gaddafi was given by Nostradamus about 500 years back, but his demise was predicted in Buddhist prophecies even earlier. It indicates that it is the same cosmic power that tells the future events to prophets, who in turn tell it to the mankind as per divine programme.

Buddhist version of 'transformation of mankind' The cosmic power that would bring about this transformation is called 'Maitreya' by Buddhists. Famous painter Nicholas Roerich had discussed about this phenomenon with a learned lama of Tibet. Their conversation is given as under:** Lama : "Verily, the time is coming when Teachings of the -------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

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Blessed One will once again come from the North to the South. The world of Truth,which started its great path from Bodhigaya,again shall return to the same sites. We must accept it simply as it is : the fact that the true teaching shall leave Tibet, and shall again appear in South. And in all countries, covenants of Buddha shall be manifested. Really Great Things are coming” Roerich :" Lama, it seems to me that you speak of Maitreya; is it not so?" Lama : "We must not pronounce this mystery. There is much, which may not be revealed. Because everything divulged before the destined date, results in untold harm. Even the greatest Catastrophes may be provoked by such light minded acts." Buddhists believe that the teachings of Gautam Buddha, which were earlier kept at Bodhigaya, were shifted to North (Tibet) when India was attacked and occupied by foreign powers opposed to Buddhism. When the time comes, these scriptures will again travel from North to South (Bodhigaya). This is likely to happen after liberation of Tibet some time after 2014. Another Buddhist prophecy was made by a Lama of highest order when Tomas met him in Tibet. This meeting has been detailed by Tomas in his book 'Shambhala : The Oasis of Light'. It seems that the Lama who met Tomas was in touch with those Masters of Shambhal. The Lama told him that these Masters were worried about the insanity of the humans, who have fought two world wars and were heading for the third. If mankind destroys itself, it will take a few million years to replace, but if the planet is destroyed, it will take a 'manvantra' (long cosmic cycle running into billions of years) to build and grow it, the Lama said. The Lama also asked Tomas to relay his message to the mankind. When asked, 'will the people listen'? The Lama replied: 144

“This does not matter. Our Planetary Ultimatum has to reach all men on earth. At the crossing of the roads, humanity has to choose between a path going down into pit of moral decay, or one that is ascending to the stars. This is the time of a terrestrial emergency. If the warning is ignored and the masses continue to tread the present path, siding with the Prince of Darkness (Satan), then the Cosmic Hierarchy will take the challenge and the Radiant Ruler of Shambhala will destroy all evil on this planet.” The said Lama explained in detail to Andrew Tomas that the traits of Satan, the 'Prince of Darkness', which are embedded in human souls, are now overpowering the natural laws of God - like selfishness, comion, and love, in human minds. If it continues, the great souls of Shambhala will have to take the matters in their hands: “The people of earth must understand that the time of crucifixions and of gentle prophets preaching to raving crowds is ended. This time the Arhats (Great souls of Shambhal) will speak with lightning, thunder and star showers! The Epoch of Shambhala is here.” Andrew Tomas might have translated the above excerpt from his interview of the said Lama in his own words. But, in sum and substance, the message is exactly the same that has been intended by Vedvyas, Nostradamus, and other seers, to be delivered to the mankind at the appointed time. The appointed time for this message to be delivered to mankind, according to the Lama, was just before the beginning of the new millennium, which is the same as predicted by Nostradamus about formation and coming up of a strong infrastructure of terrorists, and natural calamities. We can only hope that the divine messages given to the mankind first through Andrew Tomas, and then thorough our 145

group after his death in 2001, would be heeded by the mankind and the man would ascend to stars instead of going down in the pit of moral decay.

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(Chapter – 14) DIVINE MESSAGES When the research of our study group started becoming known through media, Institution of Engineers (India) invited us for a discussion on this topic in a meeting held at its Kanpur Branch in the year 2006. A comprehensive report based on these discussions with emphasis on divine messages as understood by the scientific community is given below. Also, a note from Hindu Occult Research Academy, and messages from Prof. Kameswara Rao (IIT Kanpur), Prof. S.K. Nigam (P.S. Institute of Technology), and Justice M.N. Shukla (former Chief Justice, Allahabad High Court) are included:

Proceedings of institution of engineer (INDIA) meeting Mysterious Picture proves the existence of Divine Powers A study group of Kanpur comprising of eminent Scientists, Engineers, and Philosophers, after research of about 30 years, claim to have collected sufficient proof of existence of Divine Powers through such events that could only be managed by supernatural powers. Er. Ashok Ghai, the convener of the group, presented the findings of the research at a meeting arranged by The Institution of Engineers (India), Kanpur Centre. According to Ghai, the group took up the research from where the famous scientist Isaac Newton had left it about 300 years back. Newton, after extensive research of 50 years on basis of his study of science and theosophy, tried to prove the existence of God and his forces through circumstantial evidence, but some skeptics did not believe him because he could not give solid proof of existence of supernatural powers. 147

As the group started their research, to their amazement, they started getting direct help of supernatural powers, which for some reason, were keen to prove the Existence of God at this juncture. The help was in form of guidance resulting in correct interpretation of future events. The group started reeling off one accurate prediction after the other in press conferences before the occurrence of those events. Recently, a US based Radio site had asked Er. Ashok Ghai in an excusive interview to predict a future event, and his prediction about death of MUSAB ZARKAWI, leader of Al-Quaida leader in Iraq was fulfilled within few days. There were interviews of eminent Indians like Ratan Tata, Azim Premji, Nandan Nilikeni, and Shabana Azmi amonst others which were posted at this radio site. The correctness of Ghai's prediction not only shot up the interview of Er. Ghai to top of the popularity chart, but also prompted various agencies, evidently from the warring countries, to arrange for another interview to know about the future of the war. The group keenly studied the prophecies given in literature of various faiths, and made by Persian Prophet Behram Shah that he made to Rana of Mewar about one hundred years back; and also the prophecies of famous French Prophet Nostradamus. The group found about 50 such prophecies that proved to be one hundred percent accurate. Even their interpretations regarding the future events proved to be accurate. Evidently, some supernatural powers were helping them in their study. But why? The reply to this question was already provided by Newton; he had prophesied that next incarnation of God would be on earth by the year 2000. Evidently, God's forces were keen to prove His existence by the time God took over the work of total change of order in the world – by 2014 in India, and by 2025 in the world, as prophesied in many scriptures and also made by prophets like Buddha, Christ, Prophet Mohammad, Soordas, Zoroaster, Nostradamus and Newton. 148

The climax of their research reached when, after a ritual described in ancient scripture 'Kalki Puran' ( the scripture regarding the next incarnation), the group obtained a direct reply from divine powers in shape of a 'mysterious picture' that appeared by itself on a plain piece of paper put by Ashok Ghai in his place of worship. The mysterious picture has been analyzed by internationally reputed scientists, and has been described to be a 'cosmic phenomenon'. As the picture contains many images of next incarnation of God as described in ancient scriptures, the pictures seems to be a valid proof of next incarnation. The picture also contains images of those events that have occurred 5000 years back, 2000 years back, 15 years back, and the events to occur in future. Thus, it may well be the biggest miracle in history of mankind; to inform the mankind and prepare them for a total change of order in the world. The change of order is likely to start from India by 2014; but first in Uttar Pradesh much before that. After observing the results of this research, Mr. M.N.Shukla, ExChief Justice of Allahabad High Court, and other dignitaries, have strongly recommended further research in this subject at the highest level. The cosmic picture was displayed in the meeting on a big screen by the Institution. Chairman of the local Centre Prof. Dinesh Narain stressed the need for thorough study of such supernatural phenomenon to be conversant with God and His Forces. Prof. Narain is also the Hony. Secretary of the local chapter of 'The Theosophical Society'. Mrs. Annie Besant, former President of Theosophical society and close associate of Mahatma Gandhi, in her book 'The Inner Government of the World' has described about the divine powers that control the evolution of life on our Planet. These divine powers have been described by Annie Besant as 'Cosmic Hierarchy'. A picture of Cosmic Hierarchy has also appeared in the divine picture received by Ashok Ghai. 149

Hony. Secretary of IOE, Mr. R. S. Jauhari hopes that the scientific community would research the matter further, so that the mankind could take full advantage of this research and act according to the wishes of God to fight against the forces of evil, so rampant today in the world. It is for this specific purpose that Institution of Engineers (India) has decided to place the findings of this Group before the world. The Research Group : 1. Er. Ashok Ghai, Convener (President, IITR Alumni Association, Kanpur Chapter). 2. Mr.Vishwa Bandhu Bajpayee, Convener, Hindu Occult Research Academy. 3. Prof. Brahma Swaroop Agrawal, Internationally reputed Philosopher. 4. Prof. K.M.Wasim, Ex-HOD, Deptt. Of Philosophy, DAV College, Kanpur. 5. Prof. J.K.Goel, Ex-HOD, Deptt. of Mathematics, Christ Church College, Kanpur. 6. Mr. Ram Kishore Bajpayee. Eminent Philosopher. 7. Mr. Arjun Ghosh (Stamp and Book Corner). 8. Mr. Manoj Kapoor (Sahitya Niketan). 9. Er. Tarun Khamesra, Hony. Secretary, IIT R Alumni Association, Kanpur. 10. Er. G.S.Pandey, I.T.S. 11. Mr. Sumant Misra, Convener, Sandhan (a Theophilosophical Circle of Kanpur). 12. Er. Girish Chandra (Ex- DGM, HAL. Kanpur). 13. Prof. Jagdish Shanker Bajpayee, Professor of Astrology. 14. Mr. Diwakar Nigam. 15. Mr. Vishal Sood (Editor, Jyotish Kiran).

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Note from : Hindu Occult Research Academy Has the tenth incarnation of Lord Vishnu taken place? Kanpur scholar receives divine message. Unexplainable events have been a feature of the oriental societies. Faith and beliefs in the supernatural rate very high in Indians as compared to Westerners. Dependence on unseen forces is seen in day to day life in India. The belief in God in various shapes and forms amongst all sects and creeds is reflected everywhere. In other words, we can call it as lifeline of our culture and heritage. By emergence and development of orthodox Vedic culture, the God is considered by Hindus to be three folded, namely- Brahma, Vishnu, and Mahesh, which superimposes as Generator – Operator – Destroyer. The middle part that sustains the worldly existence – The Vishnu – is said to incarnate according to the needs of the society. This belief is too high with the dictates of Lord Krishna in Gita: O Bharat, whenever there is decline in religion ; I incarnate for establishing righteousness on earth. Some saints and seers were of the opinion that Vishnu has ten incarnations; some were of the view that he has twenty four, and some added his incarnations as high as 108 or even 1008 synonymous names. The last known incarnation according to Hindu scriptures has been Gautam Buddha - after Lord Krishna - and the last in the series of ten incarnations is said to be the Kalki Avatar. At this juncture of time, the Hindus believe that the background and the social circumstances - as described to be social fabric - to attract the landing of the Avatar on earth, have emerged where the all 151

relations in families and society have lost their gravity. There is no serene in holding sexual relationships of any prohibited class; the lust and greed has taken away the sweetness of erstwhile trustworthy relationships. Man, today, is even ready to eat and drink the flesh and blood of fellow human beings. Hindus, as they believe by the ancient scriptures like 'Srimadbhagwat' and 'Bhavishya-Puran', are convinced that the crucial 'Kali-Yuga' phase is none else, but the present one. The views of a science scholar Ashok Ghai, an engineering graduate from IIT Roorkee, who has a considerable background and expertise in research on the prophecies of Nostradamus and other seers, has traced the similarities from scriptures of various religions as well. He says – 'The Rider On White Horse' or 'The Second Coming Of Christ' as described in the Book of Revelations (a part of Bible), or the 'Puranic mention of Muntazir-Ul-Mehdi' (as given in Muslim scriptures); 'Maitreya' described in Buddhist literature, all suggest the coming of one and the same incarnation of God. The reference as 'Har-Joo Hamander aayenge' by Guru Gobind Singh, and other seers including Soordas, Chndra Bardai, Jaidev, and Acharya Shri Ram Sharma, also acknowledge in their writings about 'the waiting for the Great'. Sir Isaac Newton, great scientist of our era, had also done extensive research in this regard, and had fixed the time of incarnation of the said prophet to be around the year 2000 AD. Mr. Ghai, puzzled with his findings from various prophecies that Lord Vishnu has already incarnated and is on earth, resorted to an ancient methodology to quench his thirst of the knowledge about the Kalki Avatar. It was on the fateful day of 29th September 2003 that Mr. Ghai, after his regular pooja, sent a message to the 'Universal Mind' through a thought- process, as relied by the practitioners of Theosophical Society i.e. by keeping a piece of 152

paper at his place of worship inviting some sort of symbolic affirmation by the divine powers with regard to his query. When Ghai reviewed the paper next day, he found that a spot of about three inches diameter has appeared on the paper. By the look, he was amazed with the idea that this must contain a symbolic answer. Smelling some very important and compact revelation, he handed over the paper to Dr. NSV Kameswara Rao, a senior professor at IIT Kanpur; who, after examining it, handed over the same to a team of computer experts. They scanned, enlarged, and examined the spot that has appeared by itself on the paper, and found that the contents had very much ambient to be interpreted. Though it would take a long time to completely decode the contents of the mysterious figure, still it was possible to figure out clear images of Lord Shiva, Parwati, Krishna, Ganesha, Hanuman, Kali, Gautam Buddha, Mahatma Gandhi, Guru Nanak, and the Kalki Avatar, amongst others. The picture also showed symbolic representations of stories given in Vedas and Puranas depicting relations between men, God & His forces. One thing is sure by the emergence of this picture; God assures us by his positive presence. As Mr. Ghai, who is also the author of a book and substantial literature on Nostradamus and other seers, is deep in his research regarding the crucial phase of the present war of terrorism described by Nostradamus to enter a calamitous phase soon to convert into a world war, it is not for the first time that such miraculous happenings have occurred to him or other of his study group. On several earlier occasions also, of his study group which comprises of eminent scientists, philosophers, engineers, and persons having knowledge of ancient scriptures – have been receiving divine messages from the cosmic powers that are concerned about impending disasters and wars on earth. 153

The faiths and beliefs, at least on this occasion, put a challenge before the scientists. He says that the ball now lies in the court of the pseudo- scientists to take notice of such a miracle. It will be good to be forewarned and forearmed for the war between the Satanic and the Divine forces, for which the God has not only incarnated but has also announced his arrival. Hindu Occult Research Academy, Kanpur. Message from Professor Kameswara Rao INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL ENGINEERING KANPUR-208 016 (U.P.) INDIA Dr. N.S.V. Kameswara Rao, F.I.E. 12th January 2004 Professor Dear Mr. Ghai, This is in reference to the 'Cosmic Picture', which appeared by itself on a piece of paper put by you in your place of worship. I have examined the picture, and what I can say is that it is an absolutely amazing and unexplainable phenomenon. One thing is certain, this can only be a divine work, because it does not seem to be humanly possible to create such a picture on a piece of paper that you showed me. It seems that some cosmic powers have created this picture, and have sent it to you in the present computer era, because it would not be possible to analyze this picture without the help of computers. I feel that this picture should be studied and thoroughly analyzed at the highest level to understand the cosmic messages embedded in it. I also feel that these messages can be very important for the entire mankind. With regards, 154

Yours truly, (Signed) (N.S.V.Kameswara Rao) Er. Ashok Ghai President, IIT Roorkee Alumni Association, Kanpur Chapter, 112/214, Swaroop Nagar, Kanpur – 208 002 Note from author : At present, Prof. Kameswara Rao is in Malaysia on invitation by an Institute of Technology to teach there. Recently he came to IIT Kanpur to attend a seminar held by the department of Civil Engineering. The author discussed about the further research on this subject and showed him a new cosmic message that has also appeared on a piece of paper in shape of a cosmic picture. Prof. Rao was astonished to see this message and was of the view that proper research should be made on this subject at international level. He offered to refer the matter to a university in USA. However, our study group is of the view that when these messages are coming to us in India, these should be first heeded and understood here. In an interview aired on a TV channel, the viewers asked the author why this cosmic phenomenon has not been referred to NASA, the view of our group was the same. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------Message from Justice M.N. Shukla (Former Chief Justice, Allahabad High Court) sent by him for the meeting convened by Institution of Engineers (India): The Office of Justice M.N. Shukla, Former Chief Justice, Allahabad High Court, 17, Sardar Patel Marg, Allahabad - 211001 Uttar Pradesh 155

I had occasion to peruse the findings arrived at by the study group, comprised of the Institution of Engineers convened by Shri Ashok Ghai. They are a fraternity combining in themselves the knowledge of modern scientific research and the profound philosophical insight of ancient thinkers. The unknown and esoteric has ever tantalised human intellect. It has not unoften chided its assiduous efforts to probe the mystery of the universe and the forces that control it. Prophets, seers, astrologers and other gifted intellectuals have to an extent succeeded in piercing 'the dark backward and abysm of Time' (Shakespeare). They have declared that a cataclysmic change would occur in the world around the year 2000 A.D. and it would witness the advent of an incarnation of God known as 'Kalki Avtar'. Syt. Ghai, in his moments of divine ecstasy, has directly received astonishing revelations regarding the existence of God and the Kalki Avtar. These have been tested and corroborated with the help of computers. I am sure the fruits of these researches will go a long way in enabling us to dissipate the formidable forces of evil that threaten us, and humanity will be able to materialise the dream of poet: 'The world's great age will begin anew, The golden years return.' (Shelly) After studying the further research of the study group under the convener-ship of the author, Justice M. Shukla had sent another message given below:

Message I have thoroughly studied the research work of Sri. Ashok Ghai and I have great pleasure in recording my reaction to my 156

meetings with him. He always overwhelms me with his profound knowledge of spiritual experiences. His cosmic vision is deep and infectious. By his many transcendental truths are revealed to us. How I wish that his sage advice and company could have larger ramifications and a myriad people would benefit by his great wisdom. I take every word uttered by him as nothing short of a revelation. May his intuitive experiences escalate and gradually enlighten all humanity. M.N. Shukla Message from Prof. S.K. Nigam (P.S.Institute of Technology) Dear Mr. Ghai, This has ref. to cosmic pictures/divine messages received by you on paper in your pooja place where you perform prayers to God. I have seen the pictures, and the comments of Dr. N.S.V. Kameswara Rao of IIT, Kanpur (his letter dated 12th jan.2004).I agree with the comments of Prof. Rao, that the pictures can not be made humanly. As regards the analysis of their formation, my view is that science has its limitation, in explaining it. The observed phenomenon in science is confined to processes in which matter and or energy in their physical forms are involved, whereas prayers though potent and blissful are nonphysical, and outside the ambit of science. with regards, Dr. S.K.Nigam

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(Chapter – 15) THERE IS A DIVINE PLAN TO SAVE THE HUMANITY. J. Krishnamurthy, a famous philosopher and theosophist, who is considered by many as the person closet to being an incarnation of God born in India after Gautam Buddha, has spoken about a divine plan perfected by the God for humanity. As written by him in his book 'At the Master's Feet' the plan is so beautiful that whosoever has understood it can not think about anything else. If a transformation of mankind is to be completed by 2025, God's forces must have developed and put into action that plan by now. The plan is also known as 'Doctrine of Heart' that was developed by the cosmic hierarchy (the powers of Shambhal), and was narrated about 40 years back to the Australian writer Andrew Tomas in Tibet by a Lama and his two companions. Some miracles that were shown by the Lama during the discourse with Tomas proved beyond doubt that the he was a cosmic power of the highest order and had miraculously ed Tomas for delivering the divine messages to the mankind. Some extracts from the interview of the said Lama by Andrew Tomas, as given in his book 'Shambhala: The Oasis of Light' are given below. Lama :The mankind is a battlefield of celestial forces .A war of Worlds is raging now and let us hope that man will not side with the Forces of Darkness for then he shall be removed by the Lord of Karma from the face of earth. An appeal must be made to disseminate the Doctrine of Heart for this alone can save the planet. Andrew Tomas : – 'Only a few would listen'. 158

Lama : That does not matter. Our planetary Ultimatum has to reach all men on earth. At this crossing of the roads humanity has to choose between a path going down into the pit of moral decay or one that is ascending to stars. This is the time of a terrestrial emergency. If the warning is ignored and the masses continue to tread the present path, siding with the Prince of Darkness, then the Cosmic Hierarchy will take the challenge and Radiant Ruler of Shambhalla will destroy all evil on the planet. Tomas: 'Do you expect me to present these legends and prophecies to the public at large and still be considered sane'? Lama: In this century the nations of the world have fought two World Wars and might fight another before its end*.Are they sane? You will have to do it, and there is to be other voices, for so much is at stake, the destiny not only of mankind, which can be replaced in a few million years, but that of a planet which took a Manvantara** to build and gro., Tomas: 'Any moralizing, any appeal for a reform, usually provokes the roar of the mob.' Lama : The people of earth must understand that the time of crucifixions and of gentle prophets preaching to raving crowds is ended. This time Arhats will speak with lightning, thunder and star showers! The Epoch of Shambhalla is here! Please note that -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------

*Nostradamus had described the period of Satan (the Prince of Darkness) on earth as a 27 yearlong period starting from 1999, which would include a 25 yearlong war of terrorism. The Lama, perhaps, referred this as a full fledged war of terrorism to start by the end of 20th century. This was actually started in 2001through the attack on New York. **A long cosmic cycle representing the period of development of life on earth. Scientifically, the age of the earth is about 5,000 million years. 159

I am not prophesying but disclosing strategic moves of the Celestial Armies in their battle against the teaming warriors of darkness! There is a war under way – the War of Worlds, of exalted cosmic superhuman systems combating the evil forces of earth which poison space and injure the whole solar system. Whether or not the man believes that there is such a war in the heavens, he is still responsible for his actions and will reap his Karma. (In order to prove correctness of his statements, the Lama made some astonishing predictions regarding the future, which have proved to be true.) 'What would you expect the mankind to do'? Tomas asked further, and the Lama replied: The teaching of Tara, the Doctrine of Heart, must form the foundation of a new sociology. There could be debates between systems but without war. We must realise that we are all of one great planetary family. Andrew Tomas: 'Can we solve our problems without the apocalyptic upheavals which you mentioned' Lama: We can and we should, but shall we? Will the majority abandon the ways of greed, selfishness, narrow nationalism and the worship of sensual at the expense of the spiritual? People do not have to become monks and nuns but they can certainly live and think like real human beings. Why they have to be the killers of their brothers and destroyers of Mother Nature? Karma, cosmic justice, is terrible in its action. Why challenge it? Andrew Tomas: 'Should the planetary ultimatum, this warning to the nations of which you have spoken, reach only the governments or the people as well? 160

Lama: Both. A government without the of the people cannot last, nor can the masses, without some representation, express their will on behalf of the whole nation. Lama further explained Tomas about the 'Doctrine of Heart'. This doctrine was developed by the powers of Shambhala to unite all mankind, because every good religion and ideology is based on humanism. When a person listen to the voice of his heart, he is correct because the heart in his body was developed and is influenced by celestial powers alone. On the other hand, mind is influenced by celestial powers as well as the powers of darkness. Today, materialism and selfishness has weaned the minds of humans away from divinity. When Tomas asked him about the advent of next incarnation of God whom the Buddhists refer as Maitreya, the Lama replied that Maitreya and his companions may come to transform the humanity by the end of 20th century. This view is confirmed by many saints and seers who say that the said cosmic power has already descended on earth, and is trying to transform the minds of humans, the result of which would be evident by 2014. As the transformation is to start from India, the movements of Swami Ramdev and Anna Hazare could be prelude of things to come. Both of them have been able to transform the minds of millions, and particularly during the movement of Anna Hazare, the entire India seemed to be under a trance that could only be caused by the cosmic powers. Tomas also asked : 'Can the coming of Maitreya bring peace to the mankind?' Lama: Your world continues to move towards a disaster. Mankind can save the earth only by a spiritual regeneration. Tomas: 'But cannot the coming Maitreya, the new Buddha, save it?' 161

This question was replied by a companion of Lama : Maitreya will show the way but it will be up to mankind to tread that road. Tomas: 'I can see how mad earthman is in opposing the cosmic law of eternal assent.' Lama: When evil reaches its peak and the scales go down further under the weight of hatred , ignorance and moral filth, then the Shambhal will request the Dhyan Chohans* to move the astronomical body beyond Jupiter closer and make it luminous. The new radiation will transform all life on this planet.** At this crucial period of the world's history, the Commandment of the Heart will be placed before all people. 'The Planetary Ultimatum is thus addressed to all the nations. Individually or collectively through the United Nations, they must heed its historic message', Tomas said and vowed to spread this message to mankind through his writings. Tomas was convinced to take up this work after witnessing some amazing miracles described by him in his book. He was also told about the steps to be taken by the mankind in this cosmic plan. However, his work went totally unnoticed, and after his death in 2001 this work was entrusted to our study group by the powers of Shambhal through similar miracles. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------

*Cosmic and planetary super beings. **Perhaps this eventuality has been described in 'Srimadbhagwat' as conjunction of Sun Moon and Jupiter in Pushya Nakshatra slated to occur on 27th July 2014. Then, looking from earth, the Sun would be behind Jupiter and would become more luminous due to the increased solar activity that has now been confirmed by the scientists (refer chapter 4 of this book) 162

The learned Lama had posed a question: Will the majority abandon the ways of greed, selfishness, narrow nationalism and the worship of sensual at the expense of the spiritual? The answer to this question can be found in 'Skandha XIIchapter 2' of 'Srimadbhagwat' (verse 20): 'When Lord Kalki, who is the Lord of Dharma, would incarnate, the whole generation would become Satvik' (truthful).' If this be true, then something would happen by 27th July 2014 that would convince the people that a cosmic power has taken control of the situation, and now only those persons would survive on earth who adopt true religion of humanity and truthfulness. Now it is to be seen if the mankind heeds these divine messages and follows the dictums of cosmic powers to enter the predicted golden period, or decides to go further deep in the pit of moral decay?

Spiritual generation to start from India If a spiritual generation is to take place and a golden period is to usher in for humanity, the process would start from India. The golden period would mean that everyone will have all basic amenities like food, clothing, shelter, education, medical facilities, entertainment, employment and full chances for growth; in other words the country would become rich and everyone would get a chance to work to their full potential. It has been observed that Nostradamus has described the possibility of Arab countries becoming rich, at only one place in his book, as mines of gold and silver will be found there (an indication to the black gold - oil). Those countries have really 163

become rich. And, he has indicated in so many Quatrains that India will become rich, firstly by virtue of its immense mineral wealth, and secondly because of its (financial, technical and Industrial) collaboration with Israel. Nostradamus has indicated that the mineral wealth of India will bring to it a flourishing condition.Also, many scholars including Swami Vivekananda and Subhash Chandra Bose had prophesied that India would be a superpower in future. According to them, 17th Century belonged to England, 18th to , 19th to , 20th to Russia, and the 21st Century will belong to India. The country has fallen, no doubt, but will as surely rise again, and that upheaval will astound the world. The lower and the hollows the billows make, the higher and with equal force will they rise again.

Swami Vivekananda Financial collaboration with any country is job of the government, but we the citizens can also play a role regarding effective use of mineral resources and other factors for financial upliftment of our country. For this, we need new avenues to provide employment to masses and thereby increase our production and to maintain a healthy rate of increase in our GDP. During my study of Nostradamus, many scholars encouraged by the accuracy of these predictions and the possibilities arising there from, have ed me. Encouraged by these predictions that India will, one day, be a super power and also a world-guru once again, we started to look for ways and means to fulfill this objective. We felt : when the countries which possessed meager resources compared to India, who are thriving on brain-power imported from India, who do not posses such strong social fabric as India possesses, who can not boast of such ancient wisdom and philosophy; have made so much progress, then why are we 164

lacking? Can we comprehend and develop any new scheme and carry it out in this regard? For this, first of all, we must understand that capabilities and qualities of people in different countries are bound to be different. Policies, ideologies, and plans suitable for one country may not suit another country, and if a problem persists for so long that it becomes virtually unsolvable; it means that total remodeling of plans is required in order to solve that particular problem. It would have been a different matter if India lacked in mineral resources, capacity of power production, wealth of water, intelligent work force, clement weather, or any other factor detrimental to production. But, everything is available to us in abundance, and still we are lacking in almost everything. This only means that we need a new instrument to tackle our problems. A new scheme, in preparation of which, we are being helped by many eminent scientists, technicians, scholars, and philosophers, may prove to be such an instrument. Our scientists and scholars generally feel that the result of research work carried out by them, which should be used for the benefit of country, remains only on files and ultimately withers away. If an instrument can be created to use our knowledge properly, we can start moving on the road to success in positive direction. It would have been better, if in place of adopting readymade cut-patterns of economy of other countries, we had developed our own indigenous pattern based on our virtuous resources, circumstances, seasons, and social fabric; most of which is absolutely unavailable to any other country.

Our Assets Our ancient wisdom available to us in our philosophy, in our ancient books, and in our artifacts, still holds a lot of potential to 165

be exploited in order to set up new ventures and for improving the old techniques. The rust free iron pillar of Mehrauli has caused lot of research work in the field of metallurgy in other countries, the results of which are being sold to Indian companies at hefty price. Some time back it was reported that Dr.K.R. Balasubramanyam of IIT Kanpur has made a breakthrough in this regard that can bring a revolution in construction techniques. While speaking of our ancient wisdom, we all know that Indian Vastu-Shashtra (the scripture about Architecture) has now become relevant to the Architects in many countries, but few know that there are more advanced ancient books on this subject in our country. One such book is 'Samarangana Sutradhar' written by Bhojraj, a famous emperor of India about one thousand years back. Dr. D.N.Shukla, in his commentary on this book named 'Royal Arts – Yantras and Citras', has claimed that 'Dome Architecture' and many types of 'Canopies' which are supposed to be the Persian contribution to the Architecture, were described in this book much earlier. Also, there was a comprehensive book on Mechanical Engineering named 'Yantra Sarvaswa' written by Maharishi Bhardwaj. There is no trace of the full volume of this book, but a hand-written part of it relating to the technology of construction of aeroplanes named ' Viman-Shastra', written in Sanskrit, was discovered and got published by Swami Dayanand Saraswati. The book contains methodologies for development of metals and materials for construction of aeroplanes and also the fuels to be used for running the planes. Er. Shyam Narain Kapoor, in His book 'Pracheen Bharat Mein Vigyan Aur Shilp' (Science and Technology In Ancient India – in Hindi) has written that experiments were conducted through government agencies for the development of light-weight and rust proof materials through several books including 'Viman-Shashtra' and were successful. This proves that further research is certainly warranted to fully exploit our ancient wisdom given in our scriptures. In this regard, 166

we shall never forget what Annie Besant said in her lecture delivered at the North Indian Convention of The Theosophical Society at Varanasi in September ,1920 : “It has been recognized in the West only very lately that the life in the vegetable again differs in degree, but not in kind. That wonderful discovery is due, as you know, to an Indian, Sir Jagdish Chandra Bose, once a professor in the Calcutta University, groping after truth, and guided in his research by the scriptures of the Hindus. Never forget that Jagdish Chandra Bose asserted this in his first great lecture in London on the life in plants, that it was identical with the life in animals and in man – he asserted it there in the face of the Royal Society; in the face of all the materialistic thinkers of England and through them of Europe, and he concluded that famous lecture with the sentence that he was only proving what his ancestors had sung on the banks of Ganga”. “It was not accepted at first; he was not believed. The world of the science of the West was not prepared to say that an Indian scientist, moving on the lines of his own great scriptures, had proved a thing that none of them had discovered, much less proved. But the day of his triumph arrived. His facts were accepted. His conclusions were shown to be true. As you know he is now a Fellow of the Royal Society – the highest recognition of scientific genius that England has to give. That grew out of the scriptures.” -Annie Besant Indian Mathematician Bhaskaracharya was the first to discover gravity, 500 years before Sir Isaac Newton. In his treatise " Siddhant Shiromani " he had written regarding planetary positions, eclipses, cosmography, mathematical techniques and astronomical equipment. In another of his works “Surya Siddhant " he had written about the force of gravity: "Objects fall on earth due to a force of attraction by the earth. 167

Therefore, the earth, planets, constellations, moon, and sun are held in orbit due to this attraction”. A thorough knowledge of Sanskrit will be required for exploiting our ancient wisdom in the fields of Medicine, Yoga, Mathematics, Life Sciences, Astronomy, Environmental studies, and other allied branches. The contribution of ancient Sanskrit literature has been well identified and appreciated throughout the world. Now, efforts are on to unveil the ancient Indian scientific thoughts preserved in Sanskrit through the ages, as study of 'Sanskrit-Science' in Rashtriya Sanskrit Vidyapitha (a deemed university) in Tirupati, under the able guidance of Prof. T. Prahalada Char, who is Vice-Chancellor of the university. More such efforts are required to fully understand and utilize our ancient knowledge and heritage. In fact, the rapid decline in profitable use of ancient wisdom in India has been the main cause of fall in India's status. The country was once held as a leading light for the entire world. The reason for this fall, according to Swami Vivekananda, was to alienate the Sanskrit language from the masses. “Even the Great Buddha made one false step when he stopped the Sanskrit language form being studied by the masses. He wanted rapid and immediate results, and translated and preached in the language of the day, Pali. That was grand; he spoke in the language of the people, and the people understood him. That was great; it spread the ideas quickly and made them reach far and wide. But along with that, Sanskrit ought to have spread. Knowledge came, but the prestige was not there, Culture was not there. It is the culture that withstands the shocks, not a simple mass of knowledge.” Swami Vivekananda If the country is to make such rapid progress that has been foretold by Nostradamus, it is imperative that Swami Vivekananda's advice be heeded. 168

National Health A totally new concept of health-care is required in India. If our national health could be improved, our efficiency will improve. A chain of health-care centers having facilities for all kinds of treatments – Allopathic, Homeopathic, Ayurvedic, Yunani, and meta-physical, where the center will decide about the type of treatment to be given, can do wonders in this regard. Our herbal products still have a vast potential to grow. Physical, mental and spiritual health makes the man perfect. It is only India, which has age-old scriptures on all these three dimensions, and some of these like Yoga and Ayurveda are being utilized world over. It is only India that believes in spiritual health too. It was due to these practices that our ancestors enjoyed long, active and purposeful lives and good health. One of the main points of our scheme is to develop holistic heath centers to improve the general health of countrymen, preferably from their young age. Today, the entire world is laying emphasis on 'Preventive Medicines' like Neutraceuticals, which are anti-aging compounds and are generally extracted from costly herbs. But, Prof. R.K.Trivedi (HBTI, Kanpur) has reportedly developed such anti-aging compounds from oil refinery wastes. This can provide us a cheap nutrient that can help in improving India's national health.

Mineral Wealth The mineral wealth of India is talked of with awe even by the richest countries of the world. At present, many raw materials are being exported from India, which are value added in other countries. Experts call India as a country that is floating on oil. Also, only few countries can match our wealth of water. Not only the rivers that flow from mountains to sea, but also the vast underground reservoirs recently located with the help of 169

satellites, tell us about our wealth of water and immense potential in the field of hydro-electric power generation. Besides many other minerals, India has largest deposits of Thorium, which is one of the basic raw materials for atomic energy resources. All this, coupled with our huge work force, can certainly bring India to the required stage of development.

Cottage Industry Mahatma Gandhi had wisely said : 'There shall be no room for machinery that would displace human labour in its hands'. This rule aptly applies to our cottage industry. It is a misnomer that small, especially cottage units, cannot survive in competition with mechanical units. There is worldwide demand of hand made articles. Only, proper vision is required. We can take a leaf out of the book of Raja Martand Singh, who, inspired with the Gandhian philosophy, is striving to place Khadi on the world map in order to provide employment to millions of workers in cottage industries, and is immensely successful in his efforts. Apart from Khadi, there are numerous other indigenous crafts that can succeed in the world market. Our team has conducted some experiments in this regard, and the results are very optimistic.

Role of NGOs NGOs can play vital role in development of cottage industries, if properly managed. Kala Raksha, a Gujarat based NGO has been immensely successful in improving the lot of artisans even in remote villages of the state. Founded by an American lady Judy Fraser, who fell in love with the craftsmanship of Guajarati villagers when she visited India many years back, has made it a mission of her life to train the villagers regarding the modern designs and remunerative ways of earning. Kala Raksha has also opened a school for training village artisans in different fields of craftsmanship, and is being helped by 170

leading fashion designers of India and many other countries. This NGO has drawn the attention of many philanthropic organisations of the word and is being helped by them. Such NGOs should be opened in all parts of the country and shall be helped by the State & Central Governments. However, care should be taken to locate and eliminate such spurious NGOs which have been formed only to gulp the donations provided to them.

Housing The biggest problem facing our country is unemployment. There can be hundreds of avenues that can be utilised for providing employment to our youth, but most potent amongst them is housing. Some time back I got an opportunity to present a research paper regarding housing at a seminar held by IIT, BHU at Varanasi. While the other participants discussed the technical aspects of housing, the topic of my paper was to develop a 'movement for construction of houses in India' in order to solve the problem of unemployment. I am glad that the government has already implemented some of the aspects discussed in that seminar, which was attended by the top hierarchy of our country connected to the field of housing. But few such steps will not solve the total problem ; a complete and comprehensive scheme will have to be perfected and implemented. Many of my friends including the of Roorkee University Alumni Association (now, IIT Roorkee), Builders Association of India, Hindu occult Research Academy, Sandhan (a Philosophical Circle of Kanpur), and other individuals are working on developing comprehensive schemes for development in various fields in order to boost the economy of our country. A basic scheme regarding development of housing sector in rural and semi-urban areas has been discussed later in this chapter. Housing is only one such field ; there are many more 171

such avenues that can be explored to solve our unemployment problem.

Our Intelligentsia and Spiritual vision I have often heard about people in western countries who are surprised at the intelligence level of Indians who are studying and working in their countries. It is generally accepted by them that Indian students complete their advanced studies in about half the time as compared to the students of their countries. The progress of Indians in fields of Software and Biosciences is amazing. The reason lies in the spiritual upbringing of Indians that is in their genes. Non Resident Indians all over the world are not only willing, but are anxious to lend their expertise for the development of India. A proper atmosphere is required to be created.

A scheme for development For development of scheme for overall development of our country, I have discussed the matter with hundreds of learned people but the development of scheme has most profited by the blessings of Jagadguru Sankaracharya of Kanchi Peeth, Swami Jayendra Saraswati, who very generously encouraged me to carry on with my work on this scheme, thereby indicating that something good was to come out of it. The main points of consideration in the scheme are given below : 1. Despite the availability of adequate resources and work force in our country, there is dismal financial outlook and persistence of the problem of unemployment due to faulty planning and defective policies. 2. There is necessity of new avenues for providing jobs to about forty million aspirants in the next five years. The production 172

generated out of these new avenues will help in maintaining a healthy growth rate of our economy. 3. For this, review of our past policies, and establishment of a network of labour oriented - cottage, small and medium industries, will be required. All of our production units must be work force oriented. Adequate technical knowledge and work force is available in the country. Only properly planned schemes are required. 4. Necessary changes will be required in existing infrastructure. Instead of present structure that has been copied from other countries, we require to develop our own pattern that suits more to our capabilities and requirements. 5. For this we will have to consider our natural resources and unemployed work force as our asset, and accordingly prepare new schemes and amend the existing ones. We will have to consider the paper currency only as a symbol of transitory movement and an instrument to ease the day to day working. The principle of considering the currency as the end object to achieve the social upliftment is not working in our country, particularly in field of providing employment. 6. Instead of considering them as a liability, our huge youth force unemployed or unexplored, skilled or unskilled, rural or urban, tribal or civil - should be taken as our factual capital and asset of the country, which, clubbed with our natural resources will bring our country in a flourishing condition. Elaboration of all the considerations of the said scheme is out of the scope of this book, but it is on the above principles that the scheme is expected to achieve the desired goal. I am sure that once the scheme is fully formulated and implemented, India will start marching on the road to prosperity and happiness. And, it is not out of our wits to do it. Many research scholars and eminent 173

scientists of our country including Dr. Anil Agrawal of Kanpur, have worked on and perfected various project reports that can be utilised by the entrepreneurs to set-up financially viable production units. But for success of these, an integrated approach will be required. The names of only few scholars have been mentioned in this chapter to indicate the type of research work being carried out by Indians in India and abroad that can be useful in economical upliftment of our country. Also, there are thousands of other scholars and entrepreneurs, whose works can be equally useful, if properly utilised. An Integrated Scheme for Boosting up Housing Activity in India, Particularly in Rural and Semi-Urban sectors This is a scheme not only for providing houses to – (i) economically weaker sections, and (ii) senior citizen, but also for setting up production centres for housing activity. We all know that after Agriculture, construction is biggest industry or activity in our country. And still there is lot of scope for increasing it. About twenty years back I had the occasion to participate in a seminar on 'Housing in the Country' held by BHU IIT.

From Kanpur - Prof. ASR Sai, Architect Man Mohan Singh, and I got the opportunities to present our papers in the seminar. My paper was regarding the need for starting a housing movement in the country. There, apart from the technical aspects of housing, easy loaning for construction was the main point of discussion. Heads of various Housing Corporations and Financial Institutions were present in the seminar; and they then and there announced the acceptance of these suggestions. Later, a revolution for providing easy housing loans was started in the country, and the results are here for everyone to see. We, form constructing industry, were initially worried about the reducing budgets for construction in government works. But, the spurt in 174

private housing has more than compensated it. Now, there is need for starting a movement for construction of houses in semi-urban and rural areas of our country. After studying the needs for housing in such areas that can be easily afforded by the persons, who are in need of houses and can pay the required installments, I have prepared this scheme after considering and formulating all the steps required for success of such an idea. Owning a good 'Pucca House' is the biggest dream of every person who, either does not possess a house, or is separating from his family and needs to construct his own house. There are considerable numbers of such persons who are prepared to pay an advance of about 25000/- and balance payment in yearly installments, if the house is constructed and given to them now. I had carried some housing plans with me when I visited such semiurban places in the vicinity of Kanpur, and I found many takers of such houses that would cost about one lac rupees. Most of them were semi-illiterate persons, and I felt that there was need of an integrated scheme through which they could be provided houses without any botheration on their part except to pay the installments.

Declaration of such a scheme and its proper publicity will also create enthusiasm and goodwill for the government in rural and semi-urban areas.

Life Insurance linked Housing Plans I also gathered from them that most of them preferred LifeInsurance linked plans in which the house will not be taken away from their families in case of their unfortunate demise, and were ready to pay the additional installment for it. However, we shall be prepared to entertain both types of proposals – with or without life covers. 175

Steps required to ease the availability of land to prospective buyers Some of the purchasers would be in legal possession of suitable lands for construction of their houses. Some will be ready to purchase a piece of land for this purpose. However, we can also consider the old concept of 'Izazatnama' (permission) given by a landowner to anyone (his relative or friend) for construction of house. As per legal norms, the landowner cannot take back his land or house constructed on his land once he has given the 'Izazatnama'. This process can remove a big hurdle in those cases where someone is in position of acquiring and owning a land on the basis of an Izazatnama, say from his relative, but cannot afford to purchase a land due to high registration charges.

Implementation of the Scheme Following steps will be required for successful execution of this scheme. 1. Setting up of a central unit for construction of houses in such semi-urban areas. The Central unit will have full technical knowledge for economic construction of low cost houses of good quality using latest construction techniques including production of pre-cast components wherever required. Due to recession in field of housing, a number of entrepreneurs are ready and eager to set up such units provided the get adequate work. 2. The central unit will engage contractors for construction of houses using quick construction techniques. It will be necessary to provide the contractors with the construction job of at least five to ten houses at one place amounting to five lacs to ten lacs of rupees. The contractor can complete the work at one place in about three months, and will thus have a yearly turnover of 25 176

to 50 lacs of rupees, which will be sufficient for one contractor. 3. The Finance company will pay the cost of construction directly to the central unit. This will ensure proper utilization of the loaned amount for construction of a good and long lasting house, and will ensure the success of scheme by avoiding all the botheration and possibility of exploitation of the client. Suitable legal methodology can be developed for this. Thus, if all the hurdles are removed from the process of acquisition or construction of houses for the prospective purchasers, and this scheme is suitably publicized, It is quite on cards that a movement for construction of houses can be created, which, in my opinion can go a long way in solving the unemployment problem in our country. According to figures of National Building Organization, there is shortage of about forty million houses in India. Therefore, this field holds a lot of potential for development, particularly, in small towns. All the raw materials, expertise, and work force are available in our country; only proper planning is required. Another positive point in development of housing sector is that these activities will increase our GDP many times over due to involvement of finance companies, insurance, turnover of central unit, turnover of contractors, and turnover of material manufacturers. Therefore, proper boost in the housing activity may provide more than envisaged growth in our economy. Further, If a boost can be given to the housing sector by easing the procedures involved, it may not only provide jobs to at least one third of the total job aspirants in our country in due course, it could also help in solving the problem of recession in fields of production of steel, cement, bricks, timber, plastics, and other materials used in construction sector. It can also cause further 177

research in this field, and use of research work already carried out, which otherwise, may wither away in files, as happens to most of the research work done in our country. However, involvement of Central & State governments in a big way can help in opening a new chapter in housing activity. In the present atmosphere of working in our country, the implementation of any new scheme can be achieved in a better way, if can be executed through NGOs with proper backing from the government. Although, creation of a movement for construction of small houses in a big way will be a gigantic task, still, Engineering Associations and bodies like Builders Association of India, having its offices in all major towns of India can take up the development of a full fledged implemental scheme in this regard and also take up the job of its execution and implementation throughout the country. These Associations have adequate technical knowledge and expertise for this work. Housing is an activity, which if taken up in full swing, can put the economy of our country back on rails. Purchasers are available, money is available with them, and the clement government policies have already created a conductive atmosphere by making available the suitable loaning schemes for the purchasers. Now, proper planning and its implementation can do wonders in this regard. Though, there will be a perpetual demand of small houses, we can tentatively fix the target for construction of one lac houses in the country every year to start with, and can expect to achieve it. As the scheme progresses, this target may go up to a million houses every year. Therefore, we may start with target of annual turnover of one thousand crores of rupees. This will add to our GDP by three to four thousands of crores of rupees every year, as explained above. This may go up to forty thousand crores in due course. 178

Housing is only one such field ; there are many more such avenues that can be explored to solve our unemployment problem.

Generation of employment in Rural Sector The main problem facing our country today is dearth of rural employment, which is causing large scale migration from rural to urban areas, thereby increasing load on cities. Providing employment to villagers, particularly agriculturists, is special feature of this scheme. We have identified many components to be used in rural and urban housing, which will be produced by villagers in their houses or small co-operative units in their villages. With help of our associates Mr. Anil Agrawal and other prominent scientists, we have developed many products, not only for housing sector but for other field as well. The villagers will be given training, raw materials and equipments for such work. Their produce will be used in our scheme, and also sold in market through a set-up for this purpose. Therefore, the workers will have to worry only about the production, and the rest will be taken up by the central unit. Implementation of a totally integrated scheme complete with forward and backward integration is required for this purpose. India possesses immense natural sources and intelligent work force. This has only to be integrated for solving all of our major problems. Employment generation will be main guiding factor. Everyone gets work, crime rate falls and social scenario improves. This scheme is given here only as an example, and is part of a bigger scheme for solving our employment problem.

Novel scheme to accumulate fixed assets, especially for senior citizens With growing financial strength creating new venues and employing optimum manpower clubbed with utilization of all 179

available services, the need to secure the future, especially for the high number of zealous youth of our country who have witnessed their elders directly thirsting for good living conditions in their old age, gives a venue to come-up with such a scheme that would work out as investment-cum-return-cum-security project; clubbed with insurance cover too. The scheme, on one hand, will cause huge construction and housing activity, whereby the industrial output will be geared up, and on the other hand it will also cater to the need of housing for senior citizens as a long term security-cum-return medium. Surveys in this regard indicate that there is a class among our society who are left alone and un-attended due to their wards being engaged in other cities/countries, but have financial ease and can be classed to get benefit of this scheme immediately. They would like to spend rest of their lives in colonies where they would be provided with necessary services and would be looked after with the angle of their area of activity and interest; wherein, their genius in various subjects could be used and employed for betterment of society, and where they would be involved physically and mentally to contribute their best, even after their retirement, in such a manner that they do not feel lonely, insecure, and dejected; and are taken in esteem with due regard and respect. This scheme will cover them medically, and will also provide all other necessary services and security. This means that the scheme would envisage two components – housing and services, both adding to employment generation and turnover. There are two types of senior citizens – (i) who would to purchase the house in such a colony-cum-activity center, and (ii) who would like to take an apartment on rent. Both types of opportunities would be available to them – with another part of scheme catering to young persons who would need houses after their retirement, but can purchase on installments now, and can let out to senior citizens on rent. 180

Further, some senior citizens, who can afford it, would like to purchase apartments in posh localities; others would be prepared to live in colonies situated on the outskirts of cities. Therefore, different kinds of set-ups would be required in every city. Even small cities will need such colonies, because wards of some senior citizens from every city have gone to other cities/countries and can afford accommodations in such colonies. The idea of scheme is to develop senior citizens housing colonies on the model of NRI Cities that are coming up in various cities, but with a difference that we envisage to provide them all kind of services, and also to cater to the demand of those citizens who want the houses on rent. For this, the scheme would invite young , especially from the service class. They can the scheme by initially depositing a small sum to book the apartment, and start contributing the installments from their salaries. When the accommodation is ready, they can rent it out to senior citizens and the rent will be adjusted in their installments. With the kind of prevailing inflation, soon the rent will become more than the installment, and they can end up with owning the apartment free of cost at the time of their retirement. Now, the banks are coming up with the idea of 'Reverse Mortgage' through which senior citizens can earn their livelihood from their property till they live. We have discussed this with many young men from service class, and everyone has appreciated the idea, because it ensures them a trouble-free life after their retirement. Moreover, after their retirement they can have their apartment in choice of their city (incase such schemes come up in other cities also), where they would wish to spend their lives in old age. This long term scheme may be put to operation through some short-term and medium-term schemes at the present juncture. Looking to the present concept of privatization and decentralisation of governmental involvement, the scheme will 181

come-up as a service-oriented industry. This will not only enrich the vast potential of turnover, but will also imbibe other services being given by the organisations e.g. mobile satellite services, retail, and insurance etc. creating new jobs for innumerable persons. As big business houses are also entering agriculture arena, therefore, with suitable modifications, similar schemes can come up on rural canvas with budget class construction for agriculturists, and other job providing activities. If a golden period is going to usher in India soon, it could only be through miracles created by cosmic powers. But these powers would only guide the humanity; rest of the work would have to be undertaken by us. Perhaps, these powers have already perfected their plans through development of such schemes that are being told to us.

Divine Guidance Accuracy of predictions made by us regarding many events has confirmed that the cosmic powers are guiding us. In fact, whenever we slack in our efforts, astonishing miracles occur to us thereby confirming that this job has been entrusted to us and we have to carry it out irrespective of people believing or disbelieving us. Many eminent persons have urged for a thorough probe to cull out the cosmic guidance from these messages. I have written many times to the Govt. of India to officially undertake further research in this regard; but have received no reply. Perhaps the authorities feel that this research involves religious matters, and therefore, the government should keep out of it. If it is true, I would term it as a self defeating attitude. It is perhaps for the first time in the history of mankind that such direct messages are being received from the powers which have created us and are responsible for evolution of life on earth. I 182

fear that if we do not pay heed now, these powers would take harsh steps to draw our attention; which perhaps they are already doing. A big disaster is expected during 2012 to 2013 in region of Pacific Ocean. Brahmendra Swami in his book Kalgyanam had predicted that a star with three tails will appear in east, due to which many villages will be destroyed. Pacific Ocean is in east of India, and a recent divine message received by me in shape of a picture appearing on a paper might have indicated this event. Villages described by Swamy may be some small countries or islands situated in the Pacific Ocean region. The exact period of this event has not been indicated, but it could be anytime from now (January 2012) to the end of 2013. If this is the event that has been described in Bible; in Prophecies of Nostradamus and other prophets, it may change the attitude of the entire world regarding the existence of cosmic powers. If a big tsunami occurs in Pacific Ocean, it may cause the rise of level in other connected oceans also and affect the entire world.

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(Chapter -16) WORLD POWERS OF FUTURE Who would be the most powerful nation of the world after the expected regeneration of humanity? I have tried to reply this question on the basis of Nostradamus prophecies. He had predicted that the power would shift to brown countries. A number of Nostradamus scholars have been working on his prophecies, and some of them have developed their own theories for deciphering these prophecies. I feel that we must give due regard to all such theories and consider the possibilities arising out of them. One such scholar was Henry C. Roberts who published his s of these prophecies in 1947. This writer certainly had some intuitive powers about the works of Nostradamus. According to him, Nostradamus dated some of his prophecies from the date of Council of Nicaea, i.e. 325 A.D. Century- 1, Q-48 When twenty years of the Moon's reign have ed Another will hold his reign for seven thousand years. When the exhausted Sun takes up his cycle Then will be fulfilled my prophecy. Century-1, Q-49 Long before these happenings The people of East, influenced by the Moon, In the year 1700 will cause many to be carried away, And will almost subdue the Northern section. In Q-48 given above, Nostradamus had indicated the time when life on earth would end. In another quatrain (Q-49) he had 184

described a happening, which according to him, was so important that he had coupled it with one of his prime prophecies. Thus, he wanted to describe the country that will rule the northern section of the world from the indicated date to the period of the end of life on earth. If the observations of Roberts regarding dating of events from 325 A.D were correct, the period of fulfillment of this prophecy would be the Year 2025. This is the same year from which the golden period of 1000 years will start. Nostradamus had predicted in that during the last phase of life on the earth, the balance of power would shift from white nations to a brown nation. He probably means that during the 1000 years of peace on earth, a conglomerate of Asian countries led by India (known as a brown nation) will become more powerful as compared to western countries. This suggests that a different set-up of nations will emerge after 2025 in which the nations that were lowly placed in matters of economy and power before the war will grow and become stronger. This would be when the world scene settles after the turbulent period destined to end in 2025. It is inferred from the present scenario and also from the study of ancient Indian scripture Kalki Puran that Pakistan (possibly described as a barbaric country in Kalki Puran) will be the main force in of terrorism, and may also take the help of other countries. But, after the defeat of terrorist forces, equations will change, different alliances will be formed, and people of the world will witness a long period of peace and harmony. Now I will take up the analysis of second line of the prophecy given above, in order to find the name of country that has been indicated by Nostradamus to carry away the entire northern section. The line reads: 'The people of East, influenced by Moon'. 185

I believe that Nostradamus, in his letter to King Henry, has described the situation of India and various rulers of its states during the British period in following words : What great oppression will then fall upon the Princes and Governors of Kingdoms, especially those that shall live eastwards and near the sea, whose languages will be intermingled with all others: the tongue of the Latins, and of the Arabs, via the Phoenicians. India is in East, near the sea, and due to advent of Muslims, Portuguese, and British, India's languages were intermingled with those of many countries. Therefore, by the people of the East, he could have meant Indians. Also, India has had 'Suryavanshi' (influenced by Sun) and 'Chandravanshi” (influenced by Moon) kings. The name 'Hindu' came from 'Indu', and in Sanskrit Indu means Moon. Therefore, Nostradamus has described Indians by using the term 'those of East influenced by Moon'. It is further confirmed from the writings of the famous Chinese traveler Hiuen Tsang (original Chinese name – Yuan Chwang) that the name of India (which he calls 'Yin-tu) means 'moon'. In his famous book ' On Yuan Chwang's Travels in India', Thomas Watters writes: The Piligrim having now arrived at the frontiers of the great country which he calls Yin-tu (India) gives his readers a “Pisgahsight” of the land before taking them through its various kingdoms. And first he tells them of its name and its meaning and probable origin. His statements about the name may be roughly rendered as followsWe find that different counsels have confused the designations of Tien-chu (India); the old names were Shen-tu and 186

Sien (or Hien)-tou; now we must confirm to the correct pronunciation and call it Yin-tu. The people of Yin-tu use local appellations for their respective countries; the various districts having different customs, and one which the people like, we call the country Yin-tu which means the “Moon”. Nostradamus, therefore, knew the ancient name of India was Indu (pronounced as Yin-tu by Chinese) and Indu meant Moon. Cleary, He means India when he refers to Moon People. As said earlier, Nostradamus has stated that one-day power will shift from white nations to a brown nation. Thus, India has been clearly indicated to be a very powerful nation some day, when it will almost subdue the entire northern section. This will probably happen between 2018 and 2025, the seven year period, for which Nostradamus has mentioned in the letter to King Henry : “This renewed Triumvirate will last for seven years, and the renown of this sect will extend around the world”. This could mean that the spiritual regeneration would start in India after 27th July 2014; would gather momentum till 2018, and then its influence would extend around the world for seven years i.e. till 2025. After 2025 India would be acclaimed as World Leader / Guru.

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(Chapter 17) SHIFTING OF LIFE FROM EARTH TO ANOTHER PLANET OF OUR SOLAR SYSTEM Nostradamus has clearly described the year when life on earth would end as 3797 A.D. Another prophet Baba Vanga had also given the same date when the life would be shifted from earth to some other planet. Nostradamus had not given any detail of the life after 3797, saying that this period was out of his vision. But Baba Vanga had described the happenings on that planet too till the year 5000 A.D. If the prophecies of both these prophets are correct regarding this point, then planet earth would lose its atmosphere conductive to life (may be for some time); the life would be sustained on another planet till it again could be brought back to earth. According to some scholars, life remains on earth in cycles of about 11,000 (eleven thousand) years. Then for a period of about 2,000 (two thousand) years, life can not sustain here. This has also been explained in Mayan Great Cycles. Perhaps the present cycle ends in the year 3797. Therefore, the cosmic powers which established life on earth and are responsible for its protection and evolution, would guide the mankind to establish colonies on moon and / or some other planet where life could survive for the required period, and then brought back to earth. The development of space age technologies and our sojourns to other planets perhaps indicate the wishes of our creators. May be the golden period of one thousand years is being brought on earth so that we could forget our differences and selfishness, and work in cohesion to achieve this objective. With 188

so much scientific progress, about half of the population would be sufficient to produce whatever is required on earth, and the balance half would develop enough skill to work for establishing colonies on other planets for maintaining life for more than two thousand years, and developing space stations for our planetary movements.

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(Chapter – 18) EPILOGUE The study of Nostradamus and other prophets vis-à-vis Indian scriptures reveals that the second coming of Christ, or the birth of a prophet considered as the second incarnation of Lord Krishna will actually be emergence of a super-consciousness. As we are habitual of worshipping the cosmic powers in form of deities, this consciousness has been described as Kalki Avatar in Indian scriptures - Srimadbhagwat and Kalki Puran.

Shambhal : The birth Place of Kalki Though the name of Shambhal has been mentioned in various Indian scriptures as the birthplace of Kalki, it seems that Indian scholars and travelers have not made any fruitful effort to find the location of this place. Instead, Western writers have carried out a lot of research regarding the geographical location of Shambhal. Prominent among them are Nicholas Roerich, his son G.N. Roerich, Andrew Tomas, Madame Blavatsky (founder of Theosophical Society), and many societies of UK and USA. The name of G.N. Roerich is particularly familiar to Indians because he was the husband of the famous Indian actress Devika Rani. He and his father Nicholas Roerich, the famous painter, undertook various expeditions in search of Shambhal and published the details in their books during 1930 to 1947. Also, a book Titled 'Shambhala – Oasis of light', written by Andrew Tomas and published by Sphere Books, England, in 1977, contains a few details about this mysterious kingdom in Himalayas, which is known as 'Valley of the wisest men on the Earth'. According to these writers, Shambhal is a kingdom of vast proportions in a valley in the Himalayas with openings in India, 190

Tibet, Siberia, China, and Mongolia. It is also known as the abode of Himalayan Masters, who are super-developed scientists and have in their possession many types of equipment including flying saucers and fast moving cars that run in hundreds of kilometers long subterranean ages covered by mountains. When Nicholas Roerich, in 1926, undertook an expedition in Karakoram Range, he observed a flying machine that could perform complicated maneuvers in the air. Roerich observed this UFO through his binoculars and reported this incident in his book 'Heart of Asia'. Local lamas told him that such UFOs come from Shambhal. It is also notable that these UFOs generally appear in nearby areas. A similar flying object was sighted in Shillong (Assam) in 1967 that came as low as 200 meters above the ground level. Around the year 1980, I had the occasion to observe a similar object in the sky at night in Kanpur, and it was reported in newspapers that the same object flew at a very low height in various places in Eastern U.P. and was observed by thousands of persons. There are varied views of scientists regarding UFOs. According to some, these are inter-planetary vehicles, but others hold the view that these machines cannot be from other solar systems or galaxies because it will take them millions of years to travel such distances. Therefore, possibly, these are from Shambhal. The local residents from ading areas in Shambhal describe that no one can visit these saint-scientists without their permission. The boundaries of their kingdom have been protected through various means. Anyone coming near their territory starts trembling violently. This may be due to a powerful aura created by them through their thought power. However, with their permission, many persons have been meeting them and acting as 191

their s with the outside world. This group of Masters is referred as 'Cosmic Hierarchy' and is said to be part of a process that created life on our planet. Through their s, they constantly send messages to mankind in order to continue the process of 'evolution' on earth. Nicholas Roerich was considered to be one of their s. According to him, these sages have been keeping an eye on every major activity on the Earth, and are trying to influence the human thoughts by their powers. However, they have limitations regarding their influence on mankind, and sometimes, their peace-efforts fail. But, they are so powerful that they can take even the harshest measures, if that becomes necessary to save our planet.

Can the wise men of Shambhal be the 'Greats Herms' described by Nostradamus, or the 'Super Sages' described in Indian scriptures, who will impart the education to the Kalki, and provide him with the weaponry to fight the evil? It has been mentioned in Kalki Puran, Pratham Ansh, chapter 3 (verse 7-8), that after giving complete education of religion, philosophy, and armory to Kalki, Lord Parasuram will tell him : “O Lord of the Earth, Lord Brahma has himself requested God Sri Hari to liquidate the evil forces ruling the Earth in the period of Kaliyug. Due to that request, you have come in this world as incarnation of Lord Vishnu. After receiving the education from me, arms from Lord Shiva, and wife Pa from Singhal Desh, you will strive for reinstating the rule of religion on the Earth.” On hearing this, Lord Kalki will go to the temple of Lord Shiva, and pray*:

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air, fire, water and soil), bestows sensory experiences to undertake Karma and feelings, gives up untruth and absolves eternally to remain ecstatic; I bow down to Siva. 18.(He) Who incarnates as everlasting victorious Lord Vishnu to protect and up-bring the sages andb saints who bridge life with religion, is full of attributes beyond description and feels pride in His state of supreme bliss; I prostrate before Siva.

19.(He) Whose commands are obeyed by air and fire; Sun emanates fire energy and provides light, Moon, planets and stars manifest their benevolent existence; I take refuge in Siva. 19.(He) Whose commands make Earth bear the whole world, Indra to provide rains, time divides the activities, and Meru (mountain) remains as center-base of cosmos; I offer my salutations to Siva. Pleased to hear the above mentioned stotras, Lord Shiva will appear and gift away a horse that is a form of 'Garud', a wise parrot 'Shuk', and an all-powerful sword 'Ratnasaru' to Kalki. This means that Lord Shiva would provide Kalki the power of destruction, knowledge, and the vehicle to use that power. Lord Shiva also gives his blessings to Kalki for success in his mission.

It has also been written in various other Indian scriptures that at the time of last deluge, when only one family survived on earth in order to increase the population, several knowledgeable saints and sages went to live at a place in the Himalayas that was not going to be inundated*. It may be that those saints, who have been scientists of a high order, have maintained through ages a hardcore group, and have already prepared and perfected various warfare equipments to be used by Kalki. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------*According to verse - 23 and 24, Lord Shiva tells Kalki that whosoever recites this 'stotra' (Sanskrit verse), all of his wishes pertaining to this world or beyond, would be fulfilled. By reading or reciting this verse, students would attain knowledge, devotees would derive enormous spiritual strength, and all others would also realise their ambitions. Therefore, the original Sanskrit verse is being reproduced here. Actually, it was through this ritual, that I started to receive divine messages. 194

Various Indian Yogis, including Kaviraj Gopinath, who was a professor at Queens College, Varanasi and had obtained Master's Degree in many subjects, have also mentioned such a place situated near Mount Kailash in Himalayas where Hermits having super powers reside. A number of Yogis have met them and have seen the powers of these saints with their own eyes. If it is true, then these saints may be there to help the Kalki Avatar during the forthcoming war between believers and non-believers (terrorists), as described by Nostradamus. This may also mean that some additional power would be given to the Masters of Shambhal through emergence of a super-consciousness described as Kalki Avatar. It is believed that in each century (one hundred years) seven persons are allowed to visit these sages. Six out of them return to the world and act as their s, and one remains there to become one of them.These sages are the part of a ‘Cosmic Hierarchy',and one of these masters is known as 'Mahatma Morya', to whom Andrew Tomas has dedicated his book 'Shambhala : Oasis of Light'. According to Tomas, Mahatma Morya has been in touch with many important persons of our era, and had been instrumental in the upliftment of the mankind in many ways. His letters to various eminent personalities were published in 1926 in London in the shape of a book titled 'Mahatma Letters'. Nicholas Roerich, who was also considered as one of their s, is said to have carried a precious gem 'Chintamani' as a gesture of good wishes from these Masters to the League of Nations during the period of First World War. When the League failed in its purpose, Nicholas Roerich brought the gem back to these Masters. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------* Reference: Bhavishya Puran, Pratisarga Parva, part-1, chapter5, verse-53. It is written there these saints have been assigned the job of taking care of Kalki, when he is born. 195

Many scholars believe that most of the prophets that have come on earth including Krishna, Buddha, and Jesus, received their education from these Masters. Andrew Tomas has written that several Vatican manuscripts and legends of Asia speak about the journey of Jesus to India and the Himalayas. These sages are like godfathers to our planet, and its inhabitants are continuously saving us from natural disasters. But, as per laws of nature, they can only try to influence the minds of the people and for this they are making their best efforts. The details regarding Shambhal and its sages are also written in the ancient Buddhist scriptures and are available in the library of Dalai Lama at Dharamsala, India. Some of these scriptures suggest that the empire of Shambhal exists on spiritual or subtle level, as well as on physical level. At a particular time, the king of Shambhal will have to lead the forces of God against the forces of the evil, and he will use flying ships in that war. These sky ships will travel faster than sound, will use many types of fuels, and will be fitted with atomic weapons. It is to be noted that these scriptures were written centuries ago, when neither any type of fuel-engine was invented nor was any trace of development of atomic power. Acharya Shri Ram Sharma, who was the founder of 'Yug Nirman Yojna' and a noted seer of modern times, used to tell his devotees that he was a between the world and the said Himalayan Masters. He once explained that these Masters are there to take care of the world at large and have many times saved the world from natural calamities like collision of Earth with asteroids and comets etc. This reminds me that a few years back a series of lectures were arranged by Tata Institute of Fundamental Research in which noted scientists of the world discussed the possibility of such a collision of our planet with asteroids that were revolving around the Earth and were losing their orbits due to gravitational 196

force of our planet. According to them, some of those asteroids that had come quite near the Earth were bound to hit us at some time or the other. One such asteroid was named was named 'Geographus', and according to the calculations given by those scientists, Geographus should have hit the Earth by now. Although, the USA and Russia are reported to have prepared a contingency plan to counter any such eventuality, but it has not been used till now. In fact, no such heavenly body has hit our planet since long, which could have wiped out the entire life. When there are so many big asteroids revolving around the Earth and are losing their orbits, how it is that none of these bodies have hit us for such a period that life is surviving here. About one hundred years back a meteorite fell in Tunguska area in USSR, and caused devastation in about 2000 sq Km area. This meteorite's crash took place in summer of 1908. An enormous volcanic ball rushed over the sky with terrifying wallop and thunder-like sound. All the citizens were frightened to death and scared to move out of their houses. According to a Russian scientist Yuriy Lavbin “A flight of a “flamy alien” ended up in an hour in deserted taiga area”. In a matter of seconds an explosive wave spread for 40 kilometers, devastating everything living around. It was not until many years later that this Siberian scientist Lavbin and his colleagues set up an expedition to the place of the meteorite's crash. They searched carefully through the river banks and found there some unusual quartz boards. Mr. Lavbin states that such solid stones do not exist in the Earth. He said about the experiment that was taken on the crystals: scientists tried to put some of the same drawing that were on the stones initially with a laser machine.

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Unusual quartz found at the meteorite crash site How surprised they were to realize that the laser (that usually cuts metal objects into pieces) managed to put just some faint stripes. The stones have an entire system of different lines and circles on them. Scientists suppose that the stones used to be a part of the navigational system of a spaceship. All stones perhaps united to form a map, which they used to cruise through the Universe. These scientists have concluded that in order to save the earth an UFO hit the meteorite that was going to fall on earth and it weighed about 1 billion tones. If the meteorite had fallen down on the Earth, all the people on our planet would have been dead in the year 1908. But the aliens interfered and put their lives to save our land. Portrait of a strange person on one of the stones proves this hypothesis. Isn't it the pilot that once put his life for the sake of our future life? There are varying hypothesis of scientists regarding the cause and details of this crash. Many scientists, however, feel that there are powers that are saving us from such calamities in order to maintain life on earth. Are these the Himalayan Masters, who are our s with God, are taking care of such matters? Perhaps time has come for such revelations. If the surmise of Russian scientists is correct 198

regarding the abovementioned incident, It is possible that such revelations have already been made to us.

Inspirations from visionaries So many visionaries and saints have inspired my study, that it is virtually impossible to give the entire list of those great seers, philosophers, and their interpreters. The material available on many Internet sites has also been of great help. I find that visionary ideas hailing right from Vedas, Puranas, Upnishads, and many other scriptures were necessary to be studied for this effort. I bow to sages like Vedvyas and their many interpreters and scholars. I also submit myself in reverence to prophets like Buddha and Christ and various scholars and savants of Buddhist and Christian scriptures. A special reference is due to the Himalayan Masters who are all in all to restrain the decay of humanity and moral values on our planet. Their 's' and 'Messengers', in shape of Mahatma Mourya, Nicholas Roerich, Andrew Tomas, and many yogis, lamas, and saints including Acharya Shri Ram Sharma and others, have been successful in spreading the divine messages of the Himalayan Masters all over the world. I have been fortunate to relate some of their messages in my book. I believe that many seats of religion and knowledge in our country including those of reverend Sankaracharyas, and also the Tibetan seat of Dalai Lama, are blessed with the divine guidance of these Masters. During my meeting with the present Dalai Lama, I felt that he knows about the future of the Tibetans, and that is why the Tibetans under his able guidance are not adopting anything but peaceful tactics. They are waiting for the appointed time keeping their socio-cultural and philosophical heritage intact. Nostradamus holds a special place in my heart and soul for filling my being with an inner light so strong that sometime I feel 199

that God himself is residing only a few doors away, and someday I may hear a knock on my door from Him. 'Guru Govind Dono Khare, Kake laagoon paaon, Balihari Guru Aapki, Govind diyo Batai' (The God and the Guru, both are standing by me; whom shall I worship? My Guru is great; it is he who has introduced me to the God) Another prophecy of Nostradamus that can be viewed at this stage is given below : Century- 3, Q-94 For 500 more years he will be taken into , The one who was the ornament of his age: Then suddenly a great clarity he will give, By this century he will bring them great contentment. Here Nostradamus prophesies either for himself or for Veera Brahmendra Swami, or both. He, who was ornament of his age, will be ed for five hundred more years, i.e. up to the year 2050. He will give such great clarity (about the future) that will bring the mankind a great contentment. This reminds me of a prophecy made by Bejan Daruwala, who can be termed as the most celebrated astrologer in the world today, in which a couple of years back he stated that 'Divine Powers will reveal themselves to the mankind within the twenty-first century'. Although Bejan Daruwala is considered to be a great visionary by the grace of Lord Ganesha, still most of us had dismissed this prophecy as a prank. But now we find that almost all the prophecies made by the seers mentioned in this book tell us that God and His Cosmic Hierarchy are going to be revealed to the man by 2025 A.D. 200

After that, these prophecies would certainly become irrelevant. Otherwise, if the man ignores the warnings given in these prophecies and decides to remain on the side of Satan, he will be wiped from the face of earth, and the prophecies would still become irrelevant.

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(Chapter – 19) THE TWO LETTERS OF DEDICATION WRITTEN BY NOSTRADAMUS Nostradamus wrote two letters, each along with two editions of his book of prophecies. The first was written to his son Caesar as 'letter of dedication' presented with first edition of his book in 1555. The second letter was presented to King Henry II along with the second edition of his book in 1558. There are several discrepancies in the said two letters published in various editions of his books that were published later. After going through the various texts, I have collated the texts of these letters and tried to establish a text as authentic as it was possible. But, it must be still kept in mind that Nostradamus had tried to keep the language of these letters as un-intelligible as possible, so that his message could only be deciphered at the appropriate time. Nostradamus has mentioned in these letters that he was writing continuous prophecies from his time to the time of next deluge i.e. 3797 A.D. After that there will be no life on Earth, and may be after a certain period, as happened after the previous deluge (more than two thousand years before Christ), life will restart on earth. But, it seems that the Unseen Power has not yet written the script of that period, or had not told it to Nostradamus, and therefore, Nostradamus could not see or write anything about that phase of time. It is not able that the Indian sages Vedvyas and Shukdeo had also written about the events that are going to occur till the next deluge. In Srimadbhagwat and Bhavishya Puran, they had mentioned the events starting from millions of years back when the world was created, but their descriptions also end at the said 202

period of next Armageddon. It may be for the reason that the script of the next phase of life on Earth, or on any other planet where it will emerge, will be prepared on the basis of our Karmas up to that point, and will be recorded in God's Book of Remembrance. Then, the next enactment will start on the basis of that script.

Letter to His Son (Preface to 1st edition of his Book of Prophecies published in 1555) Greetings and happiness to Caesar Nostradamus my son. Your late arrival, Caesar Nostradamus, my son, has made me spend much time in continual nightly watching, so that I could communicate with you by letter and leave you this reminder, after my death, for the benefit of all men, of which the divine spirit has revealed me to know by means of astronomical revolutions. And since it was the Almighty's will that you have come late in this world, and your years are but few, and the months during which you will struggle to grasp and understand the work I shall be compelled to leave you after my death: assuming that it will not be possible for me to leave you such [clearer] writing as may be destroyed through the injustice of the age. The key to the hidden prediction, which you will inherit, will be locked inside my heart. Also bear in mind that the events here described have not yet come to , and that all is ruled and governed by the power of Almighty God, inspiring us not by Bacchic frenzy nor by enchantments but by astronomical assurances: predictions have been made through the inspiration of Divine Will alone and the spirit of prophecy in particular. On numerous occasions and over a long period of time I have predicted specific events far in advance, attributing all 203

to the workings of divine power and inspiration, together with other fortunate or unfortunate happenings, foreseen in their full unexpectedness, which have already come to in various regions of the earth. Yet I have wished to remain silent and abandon my work because of the possible injustice not only of the present time, but also for most of the future. I will not commit to writing. Since governments, sects and countries will undergo such sweeping changes, diametrically opposed to what now obtains, that, were I to relate events to come, those in power now - monarchs, leaders of sects and religions - would find these so different from their own imaginings that they would be led to condemn what later centuries will learn how to see and understand. Bear in mind also Our Savior's words: Do not give anything holy to the dogs, nor throw pearls in front of the pigs lest they trample them with their feet and turn on you and tear you apart. For this reason I withdrew my pen from the paper, because I wished to withhold my statement touching the vulgar advent. Afterwards, for the common good, I decided to enlarge myself in dark and abstruse sentences, declaring the future events by means of ambiguous and enigmatic comments about future causes, even those closest to us and those I have perceived, so that some human change which may come to shall not unduly scandalize these delicate sensibilities. The whole work is thus written in a nebulous rather than plainly prophetic form. So much so that, “Thou have hidden these things from the wise and the circumspect, that is from the mighty and the rulers, and Thou have purified those things for the small and the poor, and through Almighty God's will, revealed unto those prophets with the power to perceive what is distant and thereby to foretell things to come”. For nothing can be accomplished without this faculty, whose power and goodness work so strongly 204

in those to whom it is given that, while they contemplate within themselves, these powers are subject to other influences arising from the force of good. This warmth and strength of prophecy invests us with its influence as the sun's rays affect both animate and inanimate entities. We human beings cannot through our natural consciousness and intelligence know anything of God the Creator's hidden secrets, for it is not for us to know the times or the instants, etc. So much so that persons of future times may be seen in present ones, because God Almighty has wished to reveal them by means of images, together with various secrets of the future vouchsafed to orthodox astrology, as was the case in the past, so that a measure of power and divination ed through them, the flame of the spirit inspiring them to pronounce upon inspiration both human and divine. God may bring into being divine works, which are absolute; there is another level, that of angelic works; and a third way, that of the evil doers. But my son, I address you here a little too obscurely. As regards the occult prophecies one is vouchsafed through the subtle spirit of fire, which the understanding sometimes stirs through contemplation of the distant stars as if in vigil, likewise by means of pronouncements, one finds oneself surprised at producing writings without fear of being stricken for such impudent loquacity. The reason is that all this proceeds from the divine power of Almighty God from whom all bounty proceeds. And so once again, my son, if I have eschewed the word prophet, I do not wish to attribute to myself such lofty title at the present time, for whoever is called a prophet now was once called a seer; since a prophet, my son, is properly speaking one who sees distant things through a natural knowledge of all creatures. And it can happen that the prophet bringing about the perfect light of prophecy may make manifest things both human and divine, 205

because this cannot be done otherwise, given that the effects of predicting the future extend far off into time. God's mysteries are incomprehensible and the power to influence events is bound up with the great expanse of natural knowledge, having its nearest most immediate origin in free will and describing future events that cannot be understood simply through being revealed. Neither can they be grasped through men's interpretations nor through another mode of cognizance or occult power under the firmament, neither in the present nor in the total eternity to come. But bringing about such an indivisible eternity through Herculean efforts, things are revealed by the planetary movements. I am not saying, my son - mark me well, here - that knowledge of such things cannot be implanted in your deficient mind, or that events in the distant future may not be within the understanding of any reasoning being. Nevertheless, if these things current or distant are brought to the awareness of this reasoning and intelligent being they will be neither too obscure nor too clearly revealed. Perfect knowledge of such things cannot be acquired without divine inspiration, given that all prophetic inspiration derives its initial origin from God Almighty, then from chance and nature. Since all these portents are produced impartially, prophecy comes to partly as predicted. For understanding created by the intellect cannot be acquired by means of the occult, only by the aid of the zodiac, bringing forth that small flame by whose light part of the future may be discerned. Also, my son, I beseech you not to exercise your mind upon such reveries and vanities as drain the body and incur the soul's perdition, and which trouble our feeble frames. Above all avoid the vanity of that most execrable magic formerly reproved by the Holy Scriptures - only excepting the use of official astrology. 206

For by the latter, with the help of inspiration and divine revelation, and continual calculations, I have set down my prophecies in writing. Although this occult philosophy was not forbidden, I could never be persuaded to meddle with it, although several volumes (books), which had lain hidden for long centuries were presented to me, and fearing of what might become of them after I have read them, I presented them to Vulcan [the God of Fire]. And while he devoured them, the flame licking the air gave out such an unexpected light, clearer than that of an ordinary flame and resembling fire from some flashing cataclysm, and suddenly illumined the house as if it were caught in a furnace. Which is why I reduced them to ashes then, so that none might be tempted to use occult works in searching for the perfect transmutation, whether lunar or solar, of incorruptible metals. But as to that discernment which can be achieved by the aid of planetary scrutiny, I should like to tell you this. Eschewing any fantastic imaginings, you may through good judgment have insight into the future if you keep to the specific names of places that accord with planetary configurations, and with inspiration places and aspects yield up hidden properties, namely that power in whose presence the three times [past, present, and future] are understood as Eternity whose unfolding contains them all: for all things bare naked and open. That is why, my son, you can easily, despite your young brain, understand that events can be foretold naturally by the heavenly bodies and by the spirit of prophecy: I do not wish to ascribe to myself the title and role of prophet, but emphasize inspiration revealed to a mortal man whose perception is no further from heaven than the feet are from the earth. I cannot fail, err or be deceived, although I may be as great a sinner as anyone else upon this earth and subject to all human afflictions. 207

But after being surprised sometimes by day while in a trance, and having long fallen into the habit of agreeable nocturnal studies, I have composed books of prophecies, each containing one hundred astronomical Quatrains, which I want to condense somewhat obscurely. The work comprises prophecies from today to the year 3797. This may perturb some, when they see such a long extension of time, and this will occur and be understood in all the fullness of the Republic, these things will be universally understood upon earth, my son. If you live the normal lifetime of man you will know upon your own soil, under your native sky, how future events are to turn out. For only Eternal God knows the eternity of His light which proceeds from Him, and I speak frankly to those to whom His immeasurable, immense and incomprehensible greatness has been disposed to grant revelations through long, melancholy inspiration, that with the aid of this hidden element manifested by God, there are two principal factors which make up the prophet's intelligence. The first is when the supernatural light fills and illuminates the person who predicts by astral science, while the second allows him to prophesy through inspired revelation, which is only a part of the divine eternity, whereby the prophet comes to assess what his divinatory power has given him through the grace of God and by a natural gift, namely, that what is foretold is true and ethereal in origin. And such a light and small flame is of great efficacy and scope, and nothing less than the clarity of nature itself. The light of human nature makes the philosophers so sure of themselves that with the principles of the first cause they reach the loftiest doctrines and the deepest abysses. But my son, lest I venture too far for your future perception, be aware that men of letters shall 208

make grand and usually boastful claims about the way I interpreted the world, before the worldwide conflagration which is to bring so many catastrophes and such revolutions that scarcely any lands will not be covered by water, and this will last until all has perished save history and geography themselves. This is why, before and after these revolutions in various countries, the rains will be so diminished and such abundance of fire and fiery missiles shall fall from the heavens that nothing shall escape the holocaust. And this will occur before the last conflagration. Although the planet Mars makes an end of its course, and comes to the end of its last period, he shall begin it again. Some planets shall be gathered in Aquarius for many years, others will be in Cancer for many years. Now, the Moon governs us, by the will of Almighty God; Moon, before it has finished its revolution, Sun shall come, and then Saturn. For, according to the celestial signs, the Golden Age shall return, and after all calculations, the world draws near to an all-encoming revolution (death dealing). From the time of writing this, before 177 years 3 months 11 days, plague, long famine and wars, and still more floods from now until the stated time. Before and after these, humanity shall several times be so severely diminished that scarcely anyone shall be found who wishes to take over the fields, which shall become free where they had previously been tied. This will be after the visible judgment of heaven, before we reach the millennium, which shall complete all. In the firmament of the eighth sphere, a dimension whereon Almighty God will complete the revolution, and where the constellations will resume their motion which will render the earth stable and firm, but only if He will remain unchanged for ever until His will be done. This is in spite of all the ambiguous opinions suring all natural reason, expressed by Mahomet; which is why God the 209

Creator, through the ministry of his fiery agents with their flames, will come to propose to our perceptions as well as our eyes the reasons for future predictions. Signs of events to come must be manifested to whomever prophesies. For prophecy which stems from exterior illumination is part of that light and seeks to ally with it and bring it into being so that the part which seems to possess the faculty of understanding is not subject to a sickness of the mind. Reason is only too evident. Everything is predicted by divine inspiration and thanks to an angelic spirit inspiring the one prophesying, consecrating his predictions through divine unction. It also divests him of all fantasies by means of various nocturnal apparitions, while with daily certainty he prophesies through the science of astronomy, with the aid of sacred prophecy, his only consideration being his courage in freedom. So come, my son, strive to understand what I have found out through my calculations which accord with revealed inspiration, because now the sword of death approaches us, with pestilence and war more horrible than there has ever been - because of three men's work *- and famine. And this sword shall smite the earth and return to it often, for the stars confirm this upheaval and it is also written: I shall punish their injustices with iron rods, and shall strike them with blows. For God's mercy will be poured forth only for a certain time, my son, until the majority of my prophecies are fulfilled and this fulfillment (sic) is complete. Then several times in the course of the doleful tempests the Lord shall say: 'Therefore I shall crush and destroy and show no mercy'; and many other circumstances shall result from floods and continual rain of which I have written more fully in my other prophecies, composed at some length, not in a chronological sequence, in prose, limiting the places and times and exact dates so that 210

future generations will see, while experiencing these inevitable events, how I have listed others in clearer language, so that despite their obscurities these things shall be understood by the men coming after, may see and know that those accidents are certainly come to , as we have marked in other places, speaking more clearly, although the explication be involved in obscurity : When the time arrives for the removal of ignorance, the case shall be more clear. So in conclusion, my son, take this gift from your father Michael Nostradamus, who hopes you .

Letter of Dedication to King Henry II (Preface to 2nd Edition of the Book of Prophesies Published in 1558) TO THE MOST INVINCIBLE MOST POWERFUL AND MOST CHRISTIAN KING OF HENRY, THE SECOND: MICHEL NOSTRADAMUS,HIS VERY HUMBLE AND VERY OBEDIENT SERVANT AND SUBJECT, WISHES VICTORY AND HAPPINESS By reason of that singular observation, O Most Christian and Most Victorious King, my face, which has been cloudy a great while, did present itself before your immeasurable Majesty. I have remained perpetually dazzled by that sovereign sight. I have never ceased to honor and venerate properly that date when I presented myself before Majesty so singular and so humane. I have searched for some occasion on which to manifest high heart ---------------------------------------------------------------------------*Reference to three Antichrists. understand each prophecy in every Quatrain herein. May Immortal God grant you a long life of good and prosperous happiness? Salon, 1 March 1555 211

and stout courage, and thereby obtain even greater recognition of Your Most Serene Majesty. But I saw how obviously impossible it was for me to declare myself. While I was seized with this singular desire to be transported suddenly from my long-beclouded obscurity to the illuminating presence of the first monarch of the universe, I was also long in doubt as to whom I would dedicate these last three Centuries of my prophecies, making up the thousand. After having meditated for a long time on an act of such rash audacity, I have ventured to address Your Majesty. I have not been daunted like those mentioned by that most grave author Plutarch, in his Life of Lycurgus, who were so astounded at the expense of the offerings and gifts brought as sacrifices to the temples of the immortal gods of that age, that they did not dare to present anything at all. Seeing your royal splendor to be accompanied by such an incomparable humanity, I have paid my address to it and not as those Kings of Persia whom one could neither stand before nor approach. It is to a most prudent and most wise Prince that I have dedicated my nocturnal and prophetic calculations, which are composed rather out of a natural instinct, accompanied by a poetic furor, than according to the strict rules of poetry. Most of them have been integrated with astronomical calculations corresponding to the years, months and weeks of the regions, countries and most of the towns and cities of all Europe, including Africa and part of Asia, where most of all these coming events are to transpire. They are composed in a natural manner. Indeed, someone, who would do well to blow his nose, may reply that the rhythm is as easy as the sense is difficult. That, O Most Humane king, is because most of the prophetic Quatrains are so difficult that there is no way to be found for interpreting them. Nevertheless, I wanted to leave a record in writing of the years, towns, 212

Cities and regions in which most of the events will come to , even those of the year 1585 and of the year 1606, reckoning from the present time, which is March 14, 1557, and going far beyond to the events which will take place at the beginning of the seventh millenary, when, so far as my profound astronomical calculations and other knowledge have been able to make out, the adversaries of Jesus Christ and his Church will begin to multiply greatly. I have calculated and composed all during choice hours of well disposed days, and as accurately as I could, all when Minerva was free and not unfavorable. I have made computations for events over almost as long a period to come as that which has already ed, and by these they will know in all regions what is to happen in the course of time, just as it is written, with nothing superfluous added, although some may say, There can be no truth entirely determined concerning the future. It is quite true, Sire, that my natural instinct has been inherited from my forebears, who did not believe in predicting, and that this natural instinct has been adjusted and integrated with long calculations. At the same time, I freed my soul, mind and heart of all care, solicitude and vexation. All of these prerequisites for presaging I achieved in part by means of the brazen tripod. There are some who would attribute to me that which is not mine at all. The eternal God alone, who is the thorough searcher of humane hearts, pious, just and merciful, is the true judge, and it is to him I pray to defend me from the calumny of evil men. These evil ones, in their slanderous way, would likewise want to inquire how all your most ancient progenitors, the Kings of , have cured the scrofula, how those of other nations have cured the bite of snakes, how those of yet other nations have had a certain instinct for the art of divination and still others which would be too long to recite here. 213

Not with standing those who cannot contain the malignity of the evil spirit, as time elapses after my death, my writings will have more weight than during my lifetime. Should I, however, have made any errors in my calculation of dates, or prove unable to please everybody; I beg that your more than Imperial Majesty will forgive me. I protest before God and his Saints that I do not propose to insert any writings in this present Epistle that will be contrary to the true Catholic faith, whilst consulting the astronomical calculations to the best of my ability. Such is the extent of time past, subject to correction by the most learned judgment, that the first man, Adam, came 1,242 years before Noah (not reckoning by such Gentile calculations as Varro used, but simply by the Holy Scriptures, as best my weak understanding and astronomical calculations can interpret them.) About 1,080 years after Noah and the universal flood came Abraham, who, according to some, was a first-rate astrologer and invented the Chaldean alphabet. About 515 or 516 years later came Moses, and from his time to that of David about 570 years elapsed. From the time of David to that of out Savior and Redeemer, Jesus Christ, born of the unique Virgin, 1,350 year elapsed, according to some chronographs. Some may object that this calculation cannot be true, because it differs from that of Eusebius. From the time of the human redemption to the detestable heresy of the Saracens about 621 years elapsed. From this one can easily add up the amount of time gone by. Although my calculations may not hold good for all nations, they have,however, been determined by the celestial movements, combined with the motion, handed down to me by my forebears, which comes over me at certain hours. But the danger of the times, O Most Serene King, requires that such secrets should not be bared except in enigmatic sentences having, however, only one sense and meaning, and nothing ambiguous or amphibological inserted. Rather they are under a cloudy obscurity, with a natural infusion not unlike the creation of the 214

world, according to the calculation and Punic Chronicle of Joel: 'I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh and your sons and daughters will prophesy'. But such Prophecy proceeded from the mouth of the Holy Ghost who was the sovereign and eternal power, together with the heavens, and caused some of them to predict great and marvelous events. As for myself, I would never claim such a title, never, please God. I readily it that all proceeds from God, and render to Him thanks, honor and immortal praise. I have mixed therewith no divination coming from fate. All from God and nature, and for the most part integrated with celestial movements. It is much like seeing in a burning mirror, with clouded vision, the great events, sad, prodigious and calamitous events that in due time will fall upon the principal worshippers. First, upon the temples of God; secondly, upon those who, sustained by the earth, approach such decadence? Also a thousand other calamitous events which will be known to happen in due time. For God will take notice of the long barrenness of the great dame, who, afterwards shall conceive two principal children. But she will be in danger, and the female to whom she will have given birth will also, because of the temerity of the age, be in danger of death in her eighteenth year, and will be unable to live beyond her thirty-sixth year. She will leave three males, and one female, and of these, two will not have had the same father. There will be great differences between the three brothers, and then there will be such great cooperation and agreement between them that the three and four parts of Europe will tremble. The youngest of them will sustain and augment the Christian monarchy, and under him sects will be elevated, and suddenly cast down, Arabs will be driven back, kingdoms united and new laws promulgated. The oldest one will rule the land whose escutcheon is that of the furious crowned lions with their paws resting upon intrepid arms. 215

The one, second in age, accompanied by the Latin, will penetrate far, until a second furious and trembling path has been beaten to the Great St. Bernard . From there he will descend to mount the Pyrenees, which will not, however, be transferred to the French crown. And this third one will cause a great inundation of human blood, and for a long time Lent will not include March. The daughter will be given for the preservation of the Christian Church. Her lord will fall into the pagan sect of the new infidels. Of her two children, one will be faithful to the Catholic Church, the other an infidel. The unfaithful son, who, to his great confusion and later repentance, will want to ruin her, will have three widely scattered regions, namely, the Roman, and Spain, which will set up diverse sects by armed force. The 50th to the 52nd degree of latitude will be left behind. And all will render the homage of ancient religions to the region of Europe north of the 48th parallel. The latter will have trembled first in vain timidity but afterwards the regions to its west, south and east will tremble. But the nature of their power will be such that what has been brought about by concord and union will prove insuperable by warlike conquests. In nature they will be equal, but very different in faith. After this the barren Dame, of greater power than the second, will be received by two of the nations. First, by them made obstinate by the onetime masters of the universe. Second, by the latter themselves. The third people will extend their forces towards the circuit of the East of Europe where, in the Pannonias, they will be overwhelmed and slaughtered. By sea they will extend their Myrmidons and Germans to Adriatic Sicily. But they will 216

succumb wholly and the Barbarian sect will be greatly afflicted and driven out by all the Latin. Then the great Empire of the Antichrist will begin where once was Attila's empire and the new Xerxes will descend with great and countless numbers, so that the coming of the Holy Ghost, proceeding from the 48th degree, will make a transmigration, chasing out the abomination of the Christian Church, and whose reign will be for a time and to the end of time. This will be preceded by a solar eclipse more dark and gloomy than any since the creation of the world, except that after the death and ion of Jesus Christ, and from him until now. And it will be in the month of October that the great revolution will be made and it will be such that one will think the gravity of the earth has lost its natural movement and that it is to be plunged into the abyss of perpetual darkness. In the spring there will be omens, and thereafter, extreme changes, reversals of realms and mighty earthquakes. These will be accompanied by the procreation of the new Babylon, miserable daughter enlarged by the abomination of the first holocaust. It will last for only seventy-three years and seven months. Then there will issue from the stock, which had remained barren for so long, proceeding from the 50th degree, one who will renew the whole Christian Church. A great place will be established, with union and concord between some of the children of opposite ideas, whom diverse realms have separated. And such will be the peace that the instigator and promoter of military factions, born of the diversity of religions, will remain chained to the deepest pit. And the kingdom of the Furious One, who counterfeits the sage, will be united. The countries, towns, cities, realms and provinces which will have abandoned their old customs to gain liberty, but which will 217

in fact have enthralled themselves even more, will secretly have wearied of their liberty. Faith lost in their perfect religion, they will begin to strike to the left, only to return to the right. Holiness, for a long time overcome, will be replaced in accordance with the earliest writings. Thereafter the great dog, the biggest of curs, will go forth and destroy all, the same old crimes being perpetrated again. Temples will be set up again as in ancient times, and the priest will be restored to his original position and he will begin his whoring and luxury, and will commit a thousand crimes. At the eve of another desolation, when she is atop her most high and sublime dignity, some potentates and warlords will confront her, and take away her two swords, and leave her only the insignia, whose curvature attracts them. The people will make him go to the right and will not wish to submit themselves to those of the opposite extreme with the hand in acute position, who touch the ground, and want to drive spurs into them. To the branch long barren, will proceed one who shall deliver the people of the world form this benevolent slavery to which they had voluntary submitted. He will put himself under the protection of Mars, stripping Jupiter of all his honors and dignities, and establish himself in the free city in another scant Mesopotamia. The chief and governor will be cast out from the middle and hung up, ignorant of the conspiracy of one of the conspirators with the second Thrasibulus, who for a long time will have directed all this. Then the impurities and abominations, with a great shame, will be brought out and manifested in the shadows of the veiled light, and will cease towards the end of the change in reign. The chiefs of the Church will be backward in the love of God, and several of them will apostatize from the true faith. 218

Of the three sects (Lutheran, Catholic, and Mahometan), that which is in the middlemost, by the action of its worshippers, shall be thrown into ruins. The first, wholly in all Europe, and the most part of Africa undone by the third, by means of poor in spirit, who by madness elevated shall, through libidinous luxury, commit adultery. The ing common people will rise up and chase out the adherents of the legislators. From the way realms will have been weakened by the Easterners, it will seem that God the Creator has loosed Satan from the prisons of hell to give birth to the great Dog and Dohan, who will make such an abominable breach in the Churches that neither the reds nor the whites without eyes or hands will know what to make of it, and their power will be taken from them. Then will commence a persecution of the Churches the like of which was never seen. Meanwhile, such a plague will arise that more than two thirds of the world will be removed. One will be unable to ascertain the true owners of fields and houses, and weeds growing in the streets of cities will rise higher than the knees. For the clergy there will be but utter desolation. The warlords will usurp what is returned from the City of the Sun, from Malta and the Isles of Hyères. The great chain of the port, which wakes its name from the marine ox (Bosphorus), will be opened. And the maritime shores, wishing to deliver the Sierra Morea from the first Mahometan recapture, will make a new incursion. Their assaults will not all be in vain, and persons who hold the Jovialists in veneration will assault the place, which was once the abode of Abraham. And this city of "Achem" will be surrounded and assailed on all sides by a most powerful force of warriors. The Westerners will weaken their maritime forces, and great desolation will fall upon this realm. Its greatest cities will be depopulated and those who enter will fall under the vengeance of the wrath of God. 219

The sepulcher, for long an object of such great veneration, will remain in the open, exposed to the sight of the heavens, the Sun and the Moon. The holy place will be converted into a stable for a herd large and small, and used for profane purposes. Oh, what calamitous afflictions will pregnant women bear at this time? Northerners and Westerners, and most of his people, stirred up, will be put to death, overwhelmed or scattered. His children, offspring of many women, will be imprisoned. Then will be accomplished the prophecy of the Royal Prophet, Let him hear the groaning of the captives, that he might deliver the children of those doomed to die. What great oppression will then fall upon the Princes and Governors of Kingdoms, especially those that shall live eastwards and near the sea, whose languages will be intermingled with all others: the tongue of the Latins, and of the Arabs, via the Phoenicians. And all these Eastern Kings will be chased, overthrown and exterminated, but not altogether, by means of the forces of the Kings of the North, and because of the drawing near of our age through the three secretly united in the search for death, treacherously laying traps for one another. This renewed Triumvirate will last for seven years, and the renown of this sect will extend around the world. The sacrifice of the holy and immaculate Wafer will be sustained. Then the Lords be two in number, victorious in the North over the Easterners, and so great a noise and warlike tumult will they make amongst them that all the East will tremble in terror of these brothers of North, who are yet not brothers. By this discourse, Sire, I present these predictions almost with confusion, especially as to when they will take place. Furthermore, the chronology of time which follows conforms very little, if at all, with that which has already been set forth. Yet it was determined by astronomy and other sources, including 220

Holy Scriptures, and thus I could not err. If I had wanted to date each Quatrain, I could have done so. But this would not have been agreeable to all, least of all to those interpreting them, and was not to be done until Your Majesty granted me full power to do so, lest calumniators be furnished with an opportunity to injure me. Anyhow, I count the years from the creation of the world to the birth of Noah as 1,506, and from the birth of Noah to the completion of the Ark, at the time of the universal deluge, as 600 (let the years be solar, or lunar, or a mixture of the two) I hold that the Sacred Scriptures use solar years. And at the end of these 600 years, Noah entered the Ark to be saved from the deluge. This deluge was universal, and lasted one year and two months. And 295 years elapsed from the end of the flood to the birth of Abraham, and 100 from then till the birth of Isaac. And 60 years later Jacob was born. 130 years elapsed between the time he entered Egypt and the time he came out. Between the entry of Jacob into Egypt and the exodus, 430 years ed. From the exodus to the building of the Temple by Solomon in the fourth year of his reign, 480 years. According to the calculations of the Sacred Writings, it was 490 years from the building of the Temple to the time of Jesus Christ. Thus, this calculation of mine, collected from the holy writ, comes to about 4,173 years and 8 months, more or less. Because there is such a diversity of opinions, I will not go beyond Jesus Christ. I have calculated the present prophecies according to the order of the chain, which contains its revolution, all by astronomical doctrine modified by my natural instinct. After a while, I found the time when Saturn turns to enter on April 7 till August 25, Jupiter on June 14 till October 7, Mars from April 17 to June 22, Venus from April 9 to May 22, Mercury from February 3 to February 24. After that, from June 1 to June 24, and from September 25 to October 16, Saturn in Capricorn, Jupiter in Aquarius, Mars in Scorpio, Venus in Pisces, Mercury for a month 221

in Capricorn, Aquarius and Pisces, the Moon in Aquarius, the Dragon's head in Libra: its tail in opposition following a conjunction of Jupiter and Mercury with a quadrin aspect of Mars and Mercury, and the Dragon's head coinciding with a conjunction of the Sun and Jupiter. And the year shall be peaceful without an eclipse. But, not everywhere. It will mark the commencement of what will long endure. For beginning with this year the Christian Church will be persecuted more fiercely than it ever was in Africa, and this will last up to the year 1792, which they will believe to mark a renewal of age.* After this, the Roman people will begin to re-establish themselves, chasing away some obscure shadows and recovering a bit of their ancient glory. But this will not be without great division and continual changes. Thereafter Venice will raise its wings very high in great force and power, not far short of the might of ancient Rome. At that time the great sails of Byzantium, allied with the Ligurians and through the and power of "Aquilon" [the Northern Realm], will impede them so greatly that the two Cretans will be unable to maintain their faith. The arks built by the Warriors of ancient times will accompany them to the waves of Neptune. In the Adriatic there shall be a great discord, what was united shall be put asunder, and what was before a great city shall become a house, including "Pampotamia" and "Mesopotamia" of Europe, in (19)45, and others to 41, 42 and 47. It will be at this time and in these countries that the infernal power will set the power of its adversaries against the Church of Jesus Christ. This shall be the Second Antichrist, who will ---------------------------------------------------------------------------*French revolution was completed in 1791, thereby marking a renewal of age in 1792. 222

persecute the said Church and its true Vicar, by means of the power of the temporal kings who through their ignorance shall be seduced by tongues more sharp than any sword in the hands of the man. The said reign of the Antichrist will last only to the death of him who was born at the beginning of the age and of the other one of Lyon, associated with the elected one of the House of Modena and of Ferrara, maintained by the Adriatic Ligurians and the proximity of great Sicily. Then the Great St.Bernard will be ed. The Gallic Ogmios will be accompanied by so great a number that the Empire of his great law will extend very far. For some time thereafter the blood of the Innocent will be shed profusely by the recently elevated guilty ones. Then, because of great floods, the memory of things contained in these instruments will suffer incalculable loss, even letters. This will happen to the "Aquiloners" [the Northern People] by the will of God. Once again Satan will be bound, universal peace will be established among men, and the Church of Jesus Christ will be delivered from all tribulations, although the Philistines would like to mix in the honey of malice and their pestilent seduction. This will be near the seventh millenary, when the sanctuary of Jesus Christ will no longer be trodden down by the infidels who come from "Aquilon" [the North]. The world will be approaching a great conflagration, although, according to my calculations in my prophecies, the course of time runs much further. In the Epistle that some years ago I dedicated to my son, Caesar Nostradamus, I declared some points openly enough, without presage. But here, Sire, are included several great and marvelous events which those to come after will see. 223

During this astrological computation, harmonized with the Holy Scriptures, the persecution of the Ecclesiastical folk will have its origin in the power of the Kings of "Aquilon" [the North], united with the Easterners. This persecution will last for eleven years, or somewhat less, for then the chief King of "Aquilon" will fall. There upon the same thing will occur in the South, where for the space of three years the Church people will be persecuted even more fiercely through the Apostatic seduction of one who will hold all the absolute power in the Church militant. The holy people of God, the observer of his law, will be persecuted fiercely and such will be their affliction that the blood of the true Ecclesiastics will flow everywhere. One of these horrible temporal Kings shall be praised by his followers for having split more human blood of the innocent clergymen than anybody has done to wine. This King shall commit incredible crimes against the Church; human blood shall run through public streets and churches, as water coming from an impetuous rain, coloring the nearby rivers red with blood. The ocean itself will be reddened by another naval battle, such that one king will say to another, Naval battles have caused the sea to blush. Then, in this same year, and in those following, there will ensue the most horrible pestilence, made more stupendous by the famine, which will have preceded it. Such great tribulations will never have occurred since the first foundation of the Christian Church. It will cover all Latin regions, and will leave traces in some countries of the Spanish. Thereupon the third King of "Aquilon" [the North], hearing the lament of the people of his principal title, will raise a very mighty army and, defying the tradition of his predecessors, will put almost everything back in its proper place, and the great Vicar of the hood will be put back in his former state. But desolated, and 224

then abandoned by all, he will turn to find the Holy of Holies destroyed by paganism, and the old and new Testaments thrown out and burned. After that Antichrist will be the infernal prince. And in this last era all the Kingdoms of Christianity and also of the unbelievers shall quake for the space of twenty-five years. And there shall be more grievous wars and battles; towns, cities, castles and other buildings shall be burned, desolated and destroyed, with great effusion of vestal blood, married woman and widows ravished, sucking children dashed against the walls of towns, and so many evils shall be committed by means of the infernal prince, Satan, that almost the entire world shall be undone and desolate. Before these events, some unusual birds shall cry in the air: crying 'Now, Now'. A little while after they shall vanish. After this shall have lasted a good while, there will be renewed a reign of Saturn, and golden age. Hearing the affliction of his people, God the Creator will command that Satan be cast into the depths of the bottomless pit, and bound there. Then a universal peace will commence between God and man. The ecclesiastical power shall return in force and Satan will remain bound for around a thousand years, and then will be unbound. All these figures represent the just integration of Holy Scriptures with Visible celestial bodies, namely, Saturn, Jupiter, Mars and others coned, as can be seen at more length in some of the Quatrains. I would have calculated more profoundly and integrated them even further, Most Serene King, but for the fact that some given to censure would raise difficulties. Therefore I withdraw my pen and seek nocturnal repose. Many events, most powerful of all Kings, of the most astounding sort are to transpire soon, but I neither could nor 225

would fit them all into this epistle; but in order to comprehend certain horrible facts, a few must be set forth. So great is your grandeur and humanity before men, and your piety before the gods, that you alone seem worthy of the great title of the Most Christian King, and to whom the highest authority in all religion should be deferred. But I shall only beseech you, Most Clement King, by this singular and prudent humanity of yours, to understand rather the desire of my heart, and the sovereign wish I have to obey Your Most Serene Majesty, ever since my eyes approached your solar splendor, than the grandeur of my labor can attain to or acquire. From Salon, this 27th of June 1558. Done by Michel Nostradamus at Salon-de-Crau in Provence.

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