Laugh all you want, but Nostradamus has a track record of some remarkable "hits." By all indications, he was a devout Catholic. But, regardless of where he got his information from, it's hard to deny that he got a lot of stuff right. They're cryptic, so that it's hard to use them to predict stuff before hand, but some of the after-the-fact stuff had too many very distinct details in them for it to be coincidence.
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A quick Jewgle search tells me much of what I need to know about Nostradamus:
https://www.Jєωιѕнvirtuallibrary.org/nostradamus
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"Michel de Nostredame was born in the small Provencal town of St Remy where his father was a prosperous notary. From an early age, the boy showed a talent for prophecy and as a student he was skilled in mathematics and astrology and learned Greek, Latin and Hebrew.
Both of his grandfathers were court physicians and were influential in Michel's education participating in his instruction in medicine and herbal folk medicine as well as the "forbidden" arts of Kabbalah and alchemy"
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"When the French king, Louis XII ordered all Jҽωs to be baptized,
Nostradamus' family complied, but continued to secretly follow their religious tradition."
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"A master astrologer, Nostradamus was sought out by wealthy citizens to prepare their horoscopes. He travelled widely, practicing medical arts by day
while at night participating in an underground network of alchemists and Kabbalists."
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He ran afoul of the Inquisition and had to flee spending six years wandering throughout Europe. It was during this period that he began prophesying in earnest. After another period of personal and professional success when he successfully treated plague victims in Aix and then Salon,
bad fortune recurred and again he was accused of heresy. In 1554 he began writing the first of his books of prophecy. His fame spread throughout Europe and he became a favorite of Queen Catherine de Medici. Nostradamus died at the age of 66 [sic 63], probably of renal complications of gout, and his name is still familiar today.
However, few know that he was a Jєωιѕн doctor."
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I remember watching the corny Orson Welles docuмentary about him back the 80s.