After my discovery of Nostradamus' secret, hidden everywhere in
his encyphered poetry and prose, a parallel began to emerge
between his encyphered prophecy and the outward form taken by
that same prophecy.
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Perfectly aware that I cannot prove what I am about to show (as
many books by Nostradamus are now lost), I nevertheless attempt
to describe that parallel in the hope that some intelligent
lurker might enjoy reading about it.
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First, Nostradamus' secret: Paris is to be destroyed at 3:53
a.m., on Sunday, August 13, 2017.
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There are many oddities *within* Nostradamus' texts which suggest
that date and that time. But the parallel I am describing today
is not based so much on what is printed *inside* his books, but
on *the number* of his books.
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First, eliminate from this discussion all the books published by
Nostradamus *but which do not contain quatrains*; you are then
left with two groups of books: 1) the Almanachs; and 2) the
Prophecies.
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If you count the Almanachs, you get 13 books (I can't prove this,
as some are lost). If you count the Prophecies, you get 4 books.
Total 17.
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This can explain why Nostradamus would have published 13
Almanachs (for the day of the destruction of Paris), and would
have published his Prophecies in 4 books, when it was not
necessary for him to do so (as there are two 1557 editions, dated
two months apart, one of which could very well *not* have been
published, but it was, for no apparent reason other than this
one).
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And with this total of 17 books containing quatrains, we get both
the year of the destruction of Paris and the month, as the number
17 can be decomposed further into 8 (1+7=8).
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I had shown earlier the parallel between the number of quatrains
published by Nostradamus in his first edition (1555) of the
Prophecies and the time of the destruction of Paris, 353 or 3:53
a.m.
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I had also shown earlier the parallel between the very weird page
numbering of the fourth and final edition of his Prophecies (the
so-called 1568 edition) and the very same day/month/year.
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Contrary to 'normal' books, this one is divided into two parts,
each with its own page numbers, each with its own 'frontpage'.
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To arrive at the page numbers he created, Nostradamus (a) had to
shorten his Centurie VII *in all editions which contain it*, so
as to give his Part One only 125 pages, (b) had to write a Letter
to Henry which would take up a number of pages which would allow
him to make up a Part Two which would contain a total of 76
pages, and (3) had to play a few other minor typographical
tricks, which only a look at the original can show. (Don't search
for it on Mario Gregorio's website, you won't find it there.)
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So, he ended up with 125 pages for Part One, and 76 pages for
Part Two. He could have numbered these 201 pages consecutively.
He did not. Here is why.
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The number 125 can be decomposed in at least two manners:
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1. 1+2+5= 8, the month of the destruction of Paris.
2. 12+5= 17, the year of the destruction of Paris.
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And the number 76 can be decomposed thus:
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7+6= 13, the day of the destruction of Paris.
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As all these numerical 'coincidences' use very unusual features
from Nostradamus' books, one can reasaoably conclude that these
oddities are not accidental and do serve a purpose, and it is my
considered opinion that this purpose is to show outwardly what is
already hidden inside his encyphered text, i.e., the time and
date of the unintended destruction of Paris.
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It has been said that -- if one plays with numbers -- there is no
limit to what one might find. Probably true. But this play with
numbers was not made for the purpose of 'finding' the
circumstances of the destruction of Paris at all cost, as that
discovery had already been made hundreds of times while
decyphering Nostradamus' poetry, from 1993 to 1996.
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It was made *as a consequence of* that hidden secret having
already been found and using a few of the very many printing
oddities found in Nostradamus books, oddities which hitherto had
not been explained satisfactorily, but whose existence cannot be
as easily denied as that of the secret hidden within these books.
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They outwardly *confirm* Nostradamus' decyphered prophecy, as if
Nostradamus already knew that his decyphered texts would not be
believed and would need further confirmation. So, he engineered
his entire literary output so as to leave yet another detectable
trace of his secret.
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Happy 500th, Nosty!
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