From time immemorial, man wanted to see his future, but predictions about the fate of all mankind were especially popular. Of course, in the pursuit of world fame, many charlatans tried to guess the upcoming global cataclysms. One guess meant world recognition, but a mistake to the predictor cost nothing. One way or another, many tried themselves in the field of the prophets, but only a few went down in history as great and mysterious personalities. Such, without a doubt, include the brilliant medieval seer Nostradamus, who lived almost half a millennium ago.
The predictions of Nostradamus are still popular, and there is still a debate about whether there is any sense in them or whether the notes are nonsense of a crazy dreamer. The fact is that the predictions themselves are given in a very veiled form and a key is needed in order to correctly interpret them. Our contemporaries claim that the key is found, and the predictions of Nostradamus that we can read today are based on this key, but there is no guarantee that we will correctly interpret the genius.
It is worth noting that Nostradamus himself warned his future admirers against the free interpretation of the prophecies. According to him, a misunderstanding can lead to very sad consequences. By the way, he knew that he would be remembered for a long time after death, which can be considered confirmation of the presence of a gift from Nostradamus. The full disclosure of the entire depth of the prophecy should come to people in about one or two centuries from today's date. But this again, when you consider that the key was correctly selected.
In favor of the fact that the key was chosen correctly, to say the fact that some of the predictions of Nostradamus came true quite accurately. We are talking about a famous story with the death of King Henry, the Second World War, the collapse of the USSR, the fall of the towers in New York, etc. Although some skeptics believe that the predictions were written in such a free interpretation that they can be interpreted post-factum as you like, it is worth recognizing that certain points clearly indicate the accuracy of the prophecy.
One way or another, everything rests on the question of faith, and if a person does not believe the prophet, nothing will convince him of the opposite, as well as vice versa. For those who are closely following the predictions of Nostradamus, and who care about the current tense political situation, the predictions of Nostradamus for 2012 will be very interesting .
Contrary to popular belief, Nostradamus did not predict this year a war or any global catastrophe. In his katerns you can find references to gossip and lies directed by the enemy, as well as the flight of certain heads of state across the ocean. In addition, it talks about the awakening of people's consciousness, at least about the beginning of awakening, which is already somewhat closer to people's ideas about 2012 as the end of the world or the end of an era.
Predictions of Nostradamus about the end of the world very vague and do not point directly to 2012, so the attempts of individual “scientists” to connect Nostradamus with the Maya Indians could not be called a hoax. On the other hand, the version of the change in human consciousness in 2012 is confirmed in the katerns of the prophet. So, according to Nostradamus, we are afraid of nothing this year.
However, this does not mean that you can sleep peacefully. What is more important than ancient predictions is a true analysis of the situation, and it has been somewhat tense lately. Given the predictions of Nostradamus rarely understood by contemporaries of events, it is entirely possible that the prophet's warning was missed by us, and it will be understood only by our distant descendants.