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The subject of prophecy and prediction is one which has fasdnated mankind for centuries. In fact, several centuries ago if a person demonstrated an accurate ability to forecast the future, he or she would usually be put to death for "being in league with the devil". It seems that at the end of each century, there are those who believe that the ancient prophecies of "the end of the world" and "the second coming of the Lord" are upon us. This decade is no different, or is it? Certainly at the end of Ithe last century, prophecies and predictions were rampant. In Europe and! England, many of these fearful prophecies cen tred upon Nostradamus, the Book of Revelations in the Bible, Mother Shipton or others. There is however a consistent theme in many of the predictions, despite minor details like the dates Qften lacking or at best contradicting. In a nutshell, ,the theme could be generally inteq>reted to run something like this: Strange things appearing in the sky, plagues, wars, famin'es, massive earth changes (earthquakes, volcanos, tidal waves), visitors from the stars, universal peace -pretty much in that order. Any of that sound familiar? Many of the older prophecies such as the Book of Revelations, Nostradamus etc are very difficult to decipher. In fact it is only in retro spect that we often decide what they were talking abQut. One of these however was a linle easier than the rest to understand -the prophecies of Mother Shipton. (See Nexus Magazine, Vo1.2, #3, May June 1991) As far back as the 14th century she accurately and uncannily described! such things as automobiles, trains and! train tunnels, airplanes, submarines, electricity, the discovery of new continents, the American Civil War, Worldl War II, etc. Her prophecies for the next several years however, leave a lot to be desired. If one can interpret her it would appear that in the years following the recent Pik'iS of Halley's Comet, there will be outbreaks of unknown dis eases, an increase in volcanic and earthquake activity, sudden huge earth quakes, massive tidal waves, tremendous loss of me, wars, famine, whole land masses sinking beneath the waves, and oldlland masses rising from the deep to appear above the sea once again. Don't worry, if you survive all this, we are in for a long period of peace, aided and abetted by people .from the stars who land and live among us. How seriously you take her predictions depends on how seriously you take her track record, which is not bad. Moving on a bit down the centuries, let's have a look at one ot the twen tieth century's most remarkably ace-urate prophets or clairvoyants and ilhey seem to be referred to these days -Edgar Cayce. There have been books and books on and about him -he.is one person even the skeptics have a hard time trying to discredit. For those who have I by Duncan Roads I not heard or read of him, do yourself a favour -go out and ,get one of the dozen or m.ore books available. 26-NEXUS OCTOBER-NOVEMBER 1992