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The Prophetic Visions of | Mitar Tarabich A 19th-century Serbian prophet accurately predicted many significant world events, and foresaw a troubled future that's unfolding before our very eyes, (The following is an account of a little-known Serbian prophet, that I found on the World Wide Web. Permission to reprint was obtained via Tim Hobbs, web site author. Editor.) itar Tarabich (1829-1899), an illiterate peasant from a small Serbian village called Kremna, had experienced occasional prophetic visions. Being a reli- gious person and having a local Serbian Orthodox priest for a godfather, he told this priest about his episodes of 'seeing into the future’. The priest, Zaharije Zaharich (1836-1918), wrote down everything in a small notebook, which was damaged by fire in 1943 when his family house was destroyed by the occupying Bulgarian Army. This text is now in the possession of the family of Zaharich's great- grandson, Mr Dejan Malenkovich. Tarabich's best-known prophecy has to do with a series of political events in 19th-cen- tury Serbia. He predicted a sequence of events, spanning a course of decades, that eventu- ally led to the removal of the ruling Obrenovich family from the Serbian royal throne. This prophecy came to be known in the region as the "black prophecy", and it did play out as predicted. It culminated in 1903 with the assassination of Alexandar Obrenovich and his wife Draga, who were killed by their own guards. What follows is a series of quotations from Tarabich, starting with events that followed the assassination of the Serbian King and Queen. Tarabich's words are translated from Serbo-Croatian, and some of the phrasing in the quotes is awkward and rough but this is an accurate reflection of his rural accent. Tarabich's words come from conversations with his godfather, Zaharich, so any references to "you" or “your descendants” relate to Zaharich specifically. When Tarabich says “us”, he means the Serbs; but he does not dis- tinguish between Croats, Serbs, Slovenians, etc. To him, anyone who spoke his language was a Serb. PREDICTIONS AND EVENTS UP TO THE END OF WORLD WAR | eyes. After the assassination of the King and Queen (Alexandar and Draga Obrenovich], the Karageorgevichs will come to power. Then we will again start a war with the Turks. Four Christian states will attack Turkey, and our border will be on the River Lim. Then we shall finally conquer and avenge Kosovo... Historical Facts: . 1903 — Alexandar and Draga Obrenovich are assassinated by their own guards, and Petar Karageorgevich becomes the ruler of Serbia. 1912 — War erupts between Serbia and Turkey. With the help of Greece, Bulgaria and Montenegro (three other Christian states), Serbia soon wins, moving its borders up to the River Lim. Web Page by Tim Hobbs, UK Web Page Address: http://www. infi.net/~thobbs/mitar. htm! Email Address: thobbs@nr.infi.net Email Address: Soon after this war, another war will start. The Big War in which a lot of blood will be spilled. If that blood were a river, a huge stone of 300 kg would roll in its current easily. A mighty army from across a river, three times bigger than ours, will attack us... They will destroy everything on their way. They penetrate deep into our land... Hard thobbs@nr.infi.net APRIL-MAY 1996 NEXUS ¢ 23 A LITTLE BACKGROUND