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emma REVIEWS < VITAMINS, MINERALS, PURE MSM, PERSONAL | CROP CIRCLES: The Evidence NOSTRADAMUS, BIBLIOMANCER by Janet Ossebaard by Peter Lemesurier CARE, HOME CARE, Benign Publishers, Zutphen, The lew Page Books, NJ, USA, 2010 BOOKS & MORE! Netherlands, 2010 SBN 978-1-60163-132-9 (286pp tpb) ISBN 978-90-78903-04-8 (I72pp tpb) — Available: www.newpagebooks.com Available: www.circularsite.com Px; Lemesurier is a foremost authority on the 16th-century French "prophet" Nostradamus, and Circles he makes some astounding claims in the evidence his new book. Having researched ostradamus's life story from contemporaneous and other French sources, he concludes that ostradamus was not a medical doctor nor an astrologer and was not even a prophet, although he did work as a medical apothecary on the tinges of medicine and achieved some notoriety for writing and publishing his annual almanacs. TRANSDERMAL MAGNESIUM - “a For Treatment oF s+. Se What Lemesurier has discovered is A anet Ossebaard has had a passion hat Nostradamus subscribed to the * Restless Leg, Cramp, Seizure Jicr crop circles since the mid-1990s "Janus" principle—that what has ‘ Sleep Disorder « Hormones when she found one near her home. happened in the past will repeat F 1 A linguist and communication itself{—and he based many of his . Tight Muscle 7 Skin . Diabetes consultant, she has since gone on to —_quatrains on material drawn from ‘ Swelling & Inflammation found her own publishing company classical through to his own present- A and website, write several books and ime sources on history and prophecy ' Paint ‘ Nerves ' Stress ud Heart co-produce film documentaries. She and used a style closely related to is currently chair of the Dutch Centre hat of the Roman poet/seer Virgil. 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Elekt at night), summarises the latest borrowed 137 quatrains. scientific research, discusses Any study of Nostradamus's anomalous effects on the plants, and prophecies is fraught with problems PURE MSM-NO ADDITIVES! notes the effects on people, animals que to mistranslations from the and technical equipment. original Middle French, and here Ossebaard considers the way the Lemesurier includes new, more foros are laid down and now the h correct translations of the Centuries ormations might be created—with a and the probable sources for most METHYLSULFONYLMETHANE nod to plasma vortex theory, and quatrains. He also emphasises that acknowledgement that most crop hardly any of the prophecies has ever formations are not man-made. She been fulfilled, and he uses several includes some amazing eyewitness examples of better-known quatrains reports of crop circles in the making tg prove his point. and points to further research that Lemesurier shatters cherished could be conducted in the future. myths in his fascinating, well- This is an impressive treatment of researched book which comes with a this great mystery of our time. CD of facsimiles and original works. SS) 70 * NEXUS NOSTRADAMUS, BIBLIOMANCER by Peter Lemesurier lew Page Books, NJ, USA, 2010 ISBN 978-I-60163-132-9 (286pp tpb) Available: www.newpagebooks.com eter Lemesurier is a foremost authority on the 16th-century French "prophet" Nostradamus, and he makes some astounding claims in his new book. Having researched ostradamus's life story from contemporaneous and other French sources, he concludes that ostradamus was not a medical doctor nor an astrologer and was not even a prophet, although he did work as a medical apothecary on the tinges of medicine and achieved some notoriety for writing and publishing his annual almanacs. What Lemesurier has discovered is hat Nostradamus subscribed to the "Janus" principle—that what has happened in the past will repeat itself—and he based many of his quatrains on material drawn from classical through to his own present- ime sources on history and prophecy and used a style closely related to hat of the Roman poet/seer Virgil. ostradamus would select a book, let it fall open at any page, then select a passage as his source of guidance— all at random. The divinatory echnique is called bibliomancy, and it's as old as the written word. His most used reference was the Mirabilis Liber (1542-43), from which he borrowed 137 quatrains. Any study of Nostradamus's prophecies is fraught with problems due to mistranslations from the original Middle French, and here Lemesurier includes new, more correct translations of the Centuries and the probable sources for most quatrains. He also emphasises that hardly any of the prophecies has ever been fulfilled, and he uses several examples of better-known quatrains to prove his point. Lemesurier shatters cherished myths in his fascinating, well- researched book which comes with a CD of facsimiles and original works. www.nexusmagazine.com DECEMBER 2010 - JANUARY 2011