This podcast may not be for all listeners. Listener discretion is advised. In the depths of night, when our consciousness. Slips away like. Sand Through trembling fingers, we enter a realm where time loses all meaning, the boundary between. What was what? Is and what will be? Dissolves. 5 Centuries ago, in a candlelit study in southern France, a man named Michelle de Nostradamus understood something modern. Science still struggles. To. Explain in his waking he could.
See the shadows? Of things yet to come in this. Episode We'll peel back the veil of some of. Nostradamus prophecies and divine visions. We'll explore his life. In the shadows of medieval France. A child was born. Michel de Nostradame, one of nine siblings. Drew his first. Breath in December of. 1503. His father was a respectable. Grain merchant and notary and both grandfathers. Were doctors his? Early years remained shrouded in mystery, like much of. His later prophecies. And under the.
Watchful eye of. His grandfather, young Michelle. Absorbed not just the conventional wisdom of Latin, Greek, and mathematics. But also the. Forbidden knowledge of Jewish mysticism and the ancient art of reading the. Stars Astrology. These early teachings would plant the seeds of his infamous prophecies. During this time, his. Grandfather. Converted to Catholicism and changed the family's name to Nostradame.
The name change is believed to have been done to avoid persecution during the Spanish Inquisition. Fate's dark hand would guide. Him to the. University of Avignon at 14, where he began studying medicine. But the bubonic plague swept. Through the land, forcing him from the university's halls, he wandered the. Plague ravaged countryside. Like a ghost. Learning nature's secrets and the art of healing in those. Blood soaked years. The healer would. Begin his transformation into
the. Seer. Who would haunt history's dreams? In 1522 he entered the University of Montpellier. And completed. His doctorate in medicine in 1520. Five he received. A license to practice. Medicine. And then, as medieval academics did, he changed his name from Nostradamus to Nostradamus. Medieval academics often changed their names to its Latin version, as Latin was the primary language during that period. Nostradamus moved among the dying. Through shadow. Draped streets.
Of medieval France and Italy. Other doctors hid. Behind the Bird Like beak masks drained their patients by bloodletting, an ancient practice of draining someone's blood to remove impurities. And treat their condition desperate. Doctors wrapped their. Victims in pungent. Robes of garlic. As if the mere scent would. Ward off the darker specter of the plague. Nostradamus chose different methods of treatment. For those afflicted by the plague. He did not.
Utilize bloodletting, but explored the idea of proper. Hygiene While others clung to ancient superstitions of bloodletting, believing that salvation flowed from open veins, he turned instead to the knowledge of hygiene. Under the cover of night, he recommended removing rotting corpses from the streets. Each body a. Vessel of contagion that. Others feared to touch. Amid medieval madness, Nostradamus crafted. Salvation as a. Small rose pill. A mysterious. Blend of vitamin C and rose.
Hips that. Seemed almost magical. To those who witnessed its effects. As patients. Let these herbal lozenges dissolve. Beneath their tongues. Whispers spread through the. Plague ridden streets. Some called him A. Sorcerer, Others A. Savior. But none could deny the power of his unconventional methods. Nostradamus. 'S true sorcery. Lay in its simplicity his prescriptions. Were the bare. Essentials windows needed to open to welcome. Fresh air. Into.
Death filled rooms. Clean water needed to be served and bedding. Replaced it daily acts that appeared radical. In an era where. Filth was acceptable. As a constant companion, perhaps most shocking was his insistence on fresh food and low fat diets. Starkly contrasting the heavy. Fare that filled. Most medieval plates In time, those who once scorned his methods began to seek him out secretly, drawn by the growing number of. Survivors who witnessed his strange. But effective ways?
In the darkness of Europe's greatest nightmare, Nostradamus. Had discovered that. Sometimes the most potent medicines weren't found in bloodletting bowls or mystical incantations, but in this simple embrace of cleanliness and nature's remedies, despite his mastery. Over the Black Death, fate dealt. Nostradamus, the cruelest hand imaginable, an engine where he worked alongside renowned Jules. Cesar Scaligar. Built what seemed to be an impregnable. Fortress of domestic bliss. A wife.
Two children and a reputation that. Drew the. Sick and dying for miles around. But the. Plague that relentless. Shadow, he'd spent years fighting corrupt. Into his own home, like a thief in the night. By 1534, the unthinkable happened. The man who? Had saved countless. Lives stood helpless as the black. Death claimed his wife and children, mocking his healing arts. With each rattling. Breath they took. The. Whispers began anew. Not of his miraculous cures.
But of his failures? How could a? Healer who couldn't save his own family. Be trusted with the lives of others. His. Patients melted away like morning mist, leaving him alone with his grief. Like vultures circling. His in laws perhaps? Bitter with their. Own lust descended upon him, demanding the return of. Their daughter's. Dowry. As if gold. Could fill the void left by their shared tragedy.
Even scaligar his. Esteemed colleague turned his back, leaving Nostradamus. To walk the paths. Of the profession alone, but his tongue not his healing hands, nearly. Sealed his doom. In 1538, a careless comment about. A statue of the Virgin Mary drew the burning gaze. Of the Inquisition Nostradamus. Stood before those who held power to reduce both. Flesh and reputation. To ashes the. Healer, who had once walked freely among the dying, now faced judgement.
He would leave and stay away for many. Years traveling through. Turkey, Italy and Greece During this time, he was said to have experienced an awakening that may have awakened his powers of clairvoyance. Nostradamus returned to southern France in 1544 and once again his unconventional methods. Proved powerful against Death's advance. Those who had once shunned. Him Now spoke. His name in reverent whispers.
The healer had returned. But he was no longer the same man who had fled in. Disgrace years before. Settling in the town of Ceylon. He. Crafted a careful facade of respectability. A new wife. A new family. A thriving medical. Practice the perfect. Mask. Of a devout Catholic. Physician, but behind. Closed doors. In the depths of the night, Nostradamus pursued darker mysteries in his secret study, meditating.
Over a brass. Bowl came his portal to realms beyond mortal understanding by candlelight. Its polished surface. Gleamed like liquid. Darkness reflecting. More than mere. Firelight. As he sank into a meditative. Trance that. Transported his consciousness. Beyond the boundaries of time itself and allowed him to foresee future events in 1550 Nostradamus. Dared to bridge. The gap. Between his public persona and private mysticism.
He. Wove his midnight visions into an astrological Almanac. This success was. More than mere. Validation. It was permission. To step further. From the shadows to transmute more of. His brassable. Visions into written. Prophecy the. Physician who had once hidden his. Mystical practices. Behind closed doors, found himself transformed once more, deep in his. Study where candlelight. Danced with shadows and the brass. Bowl whispered its. Secrets Nostradamus embarked on
the most ambitious journey yet. He went on to write 10 volumes containing 100 predictions banning the next 2000 years, titled Centuries. 2000. Years of human destiny flowed into these. Books, each prediction sealed in verses. That would perplex. And fascinate future generations. Nostradamus. Filled volume after. Volume with his. Insight into. Dreams and omens each book was. Another piece. Of the vast. Tapestry he witnessed. In the meditative. States his.
Writing caught the attention of King Henry the Second in Paris. The king was fascinated by a passage in volume 1, Quatrain 30. Five which read. The young Lion will overcome the older one on the field of combat in single battle. He will Pierce his eyes. Through a golden cage 2. Wounds made one, then he. Dies a cruel death this passage. Was apparently about the. King and it concerned him, Nostradamus advised. Him to avoid jousting tournaments.
Jousting was a medieval sport. In which Knights? Rode horses and. Charged each other with a Lance attempting to make their opponent. Fall off their. Horse. Nostradamus spent many years in this King's. Court but retreated back to his. Town in Salon. After the Catholic. Church discovered his. Fortune telling and threatened to investigate him. On June 28th, 1559, King Henry was injured. During a jousting. Tournament A Lance punctured his helmet and blinded him 10 days later.
The blind and injured King Henry died from his injuries. Nostradamus met the end of his life in 15. 66 passing. From conditions he. Struggled with for years. Gout and arthritis. Painful diseases. That cause swelling. In the body, he even predicted his death. Though it. Appears he was one year off the Vatican. Saw in his. Prophecies. A power that threatened to unravel. The fabric of religious. Control for two centuries.
The book languished on the Index Liborum Prohibitum, or what is known as the Index of Forbidden Books. Alongside other works. Deemed too dangerous for mortal minds. Each. Volume was considered. A doorway to. Forbidden knowledge. A temptation that might. Lead the faithful. Astray into a darker realm of understanding. Today, while the. Vatican's forbidden list has crumbled. To dust. Nostradamus's volume still
pulse. Within their original power, his quatrains grace modern bookshelves openly, no longer hidden in secret chambers. Or read by. Candlelight behind drawn. Curtains with. Each new. Crisis or global? Change readers returned. To these prophecies. Searching for glimpses. Of our time. In these centuries. Old. Verses within the predictions and the. Volumes there were. Warnings of the French Revolution and the power hungry dictator Napoleon, a German Nazi. Leader, that would.
Arise from the depths of hell. In the 1930s. Other startling predictions were the development. Of the atomic bomb JF. KS Assassination The. US space. Shuttle Challengers demise in 19. 86. And the 9/11 attacks in 2025. He. Predicted a decrease. In the influence. Of the. Established Western countries. And an emergence of New World. Powers he also. Stated the great. Powers will clash. Though his. Predictions are. Written in. Cryptic verses. Many interpret them to predict.
Future events His words continue to haunt humanity's imagination, whispering of futures Jatsu unfold in an age of science. And reason Nostradamus. 'S dark poetry. Still casts its shadow across time. Proving that some mysteries. Refused to be buried by the. Passing centuries behind me, you hear Ryan James Carr's mesmerizing creation Take Two to Tango. You can find him on Spotify as we stand at the. Threshold of. 2025 Nostradamus's words echo through the centuries
like whispers and a forgotten. Crypt. His prophecies speak. Of a time when the sky will burn at. 45° fire approaches. The great new city and. Some say he saw our modern. World. Through the dark. Glass of time. But remember. Dear listeners. Prophecies are like. Shadows on the wall. They shift and change depending on where you stand. What seems clear in one moment blurs in the next. Much like the unexplained realms, we've.
Explored together this year. Keep watching the skies, question everything, and never stop seeking answers to the mysteries that surround us. For in these uncertain times, the truth may be stranger than any. Prophecy. And so my curious. Friends. Until next time, I'll leave you. With this. In the unexplained realms, nothing is. Ever quite. What it seems. Except for that shadow. In the corner. Of your eye. That's exactly what you think it. Is.