Old Document Review 'A prophecy on the Antichrist'

This prophecy is one that can be found in the Mirabilis liber which was an ancient document published in 1522, a document which was a vast collection of prophecies from many older sources including this prophecy which gives details about the Antichrist.

It is said in the prophecy that the Antichrist or the false prophet will come from the 'land of Leo' and will influence many powerful people through false signs and wrong doctrines, it his said that deep within his mind he despises Christianity yet he hides this, and gains powerful sway even over the Roman Catholic church, it is said that 'even the wisest shall be misled'.

Yet despite the trial which is forecast to put on the church by his existence, it is a part of what is meant to happen, part of the bigger plan.  In a sense the Antichrist is seen here as part of God's plan, not in the sense that he serves God, but more in the sense of Judas who betrayed Jesus, yet that too was part of God's plan as it was meant for Jesus to die.  So here the Antichrist has been given his time and his moment so that he can test believers, to put them through a trial to see if they should pass.

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Old Document Review 'The prophecy of Raynard Lolhardus'

I am reviewing the contents of this prophecy as part of my studies on the Mirabilis liber prophecy collection, this is the eighth part of the collection published in 1522, and this is very different to the other prophecies in the collection that I have already reviewed.

This prophecy is very specific, even stating that the events will happen between 1496 and 1598, and yes I did say that this was published in 1522 yet I would assume that the original pre-dates 1496, yet very little is known about Raynard apart that he is mentioned as being a hermit, and there have been other prophets in time that were also hermits such as Hermas.

The theme of the prophecy concerns the wars between Europe and the Turks when the Turks shall 'slaughter the priests at the altar', yet seeing as though the Ottoman Wars started from about 1299 it cannot be said that this prophecy foretold the slaughter of the priests, as the slaughter may have already started by the time that the prophecy was written.

However the next section of the prophecy leaves no doubt, it states that 'an invincible leader shall emerge from Spain' to fight.  In 1571, John of Austria, the half-brother of the King of Spain led a fleet containing an army of the Holy League which consisted of over 200 ships and defeated the Ottomans in the Battle of Lepanto.

Yet there are sections of the prophecy that never came to be, it stated for example that the 'Church of Saint Sophia shall revive', this church was in Constantinople and had been conquered by the invaders and turned into a mosque and stayed as such until the modern era when it was converted into a museum.  Another prophecy that failed to come true was the rise of another Emperor called Doglosius.

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Old Document Review 'The prophecy of St Brigid of Sweden'

This old document forms part of the Mirabilis liber prophecy collection which was published in 1522, however this was originally written by St Brigid.  This prophecy is somewhat similar to the prophecy by Joachim of Fiore, in the sense that once again the 'barque of Peter' is once again referred to.

Although Joachim seen the 'barque of Peter' as the Roman Church, in this prophecy it is referred to only as the Church, which of course refer to any church.  However there are some stark clues given, it is said of 'summoning the proud Germans against his Church', could the Church being referred to, be the Jews and their persecution by the Germans during World War 2?

Once again the prophecy looks into the past in order to foretell the future, in the case of the Germans, it refers to the moment of the past of the story of Samson, which as I will quickly remind you, is about a guy who had heaps of strength but his secret to the strength was his hair, which was discovered by his lover and then he was captured, yet his hair grew back bit by bit and he brought his revenge upon his captives.  So here the Germans are seeing to have had a large strength but an event will lead to them being stripped of this strength (the aftermath of World War 1) yet their strength grew back slowly 'the seven hairs of Samson with which the head of the German nation is adorned'; so because the Germans were weakened, it gave rise to a new leader, a new head of the country

which of course can be interpreted as Hitler and World War 2.

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Old Document Review 'The Prophecy of Joachim of Fiore'

This document forms part of the Mirabilis liber which was published in 1522, yet was originally written by Joachim of Fiore and published in this document as part of a greater collection of prophecies.  It is known as a fact that this document, either as part of the Mirabilis liber or a copy of Joachim's original work was owned by Nostradamus, who copies one section of it word-for-word in the 1565 almanac.

The prophecy talks in detail about 'the barque of Peter' which is identified as symbolizing the Roman Church, and is a strange prophecy in a sense that it looks into the past, back to the story of creation and the giants in order to foretell the future, with the basic idea that history repeats itself.

The prophecy states that before a terrifying eclipse the Roman church will face problems and they will start to occur after a child has ruled in France.  This part of the prophecy was fulfilled of course in 1610 when Louis XIII became King of France at the age of 9.

The problems that the church will face include being led astray by those in charge which will 'destroy the Church's dignity' and will create widespread 'shame and confusion', this could easily signify the child abuse scandal of recent years.  The second great problem shall be false Christians.  Yet although these will cause much distress to the Roman Church, it is said that it will not sink, yet neither will it be worthy to be 'considered the abode of the masters of the world'.

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Old Document Review 'The prophecy of Saint Severus'

This ancient document forms part of the Mirabilis liber, a collection of prophecies that was published in 1522, however this fourth section of the prophecies is believed to have originally been a 4th century composition or a 15th century composition with some confusion over who the author might be.

This set of prophecies is unlike anything I have read, and is somewhat disjointed in ways.  In places it mentions things such as 'the Church that shall be called diabolical' which could easily relate to modern time Catholic priest scandals, and there is also a reference to the 'time of the giants' which would suggest that the author would have considered other ancient texts about the giants as being the truth such as The Book of Giants and The Book of the Bee.

There is a long and specific prophecy in relation to the city of Ravenna (Italy), the author calls it the 'city of philosophers, built by the children of Noah', yet there will be a great struggle over this place, and indeed in history there has been struggles over Ravenna; with it being at points belonging to the Roman Catholic Empire and at other points it belonged to Italy and has switched between them many times.

However, despite the name, there is the possibility that this prophecy is actually talking about New York, it is called 'city of the peoples and of riches' yet its enemy shall rise and 'shall take into the air' and then says that 'The towers that are your joy shall fall into the dust'.  Could this very clear prophecy actually be predicting the 9/11 attacks?

Either way this moment in time is seen as a turning point leading to battles and wars that have not been seen since the beginning of the world, yet that faith and unity will be reborn in Ravenna (or New York) and the enemies of the Christians will be destroyed until the times of the Antichrist.

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Old Document Review 'The prophecy of St Augustine of Hippo'

This prophecy believed to have been written around 950 AD and forms part of the collection called the Marabilis liber which was first published in 1522.  This prophecy is quite short in comparison to some of the other prophecies in the book, and just talks in particular about the Antichrist.

It is not clear however whether the author Augustine is a prophet himself, or just a prophecy collector, and after having examined the document, it would be my opinion that this prophecy is probably in commentary format based upon other prophecies or maybe spurs from study on the subject by the author.

As far as what is predicted in the prophecy, it says that the Antichrist shall not appear until a period of time where people "shall have freed and separated themselves" from Rome.  Rome here is seen as the Roman Empire which had already been mainly destroyed by the time this was written.  After this, Augustine in-visions a new type of Roman Empire with links to "French kings", and while the Roman Empire was vast it mainly covered Europe, so it is possible that the Roman Empire referred to here is actually the European Union.  And the Antichrist is seen as a French king who will rule the Empire.  If Europe becomes a federation due to the financial crisis, it could leave the door open for Presidency of Europe, and if there comes to be a French President of the EU, it will fulfill this prophecy of the Antichrist.

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Old Document Review 'The Prophecy of the Tiburtine Sibyl'

This old document forms part of the Mirabilis liber which is a collection of prophecies from various sources and anthologies.  This part of the collection is said to be a surviving prophecy of the Tiburtine Sibyl, that she was one of ten Sibyls and that she is called Cassandra and lived for 367 years and traveled across many parts of the world from Asia to Africa and Europe.

There are a lot of similarities between this continuous prophecy and the prophecy by Bishop Bemechobus and seems to biblical based, however there are some very stark differences which have no apparent biblical links.  The story tells us of how she came to Rome where she was asked to interpret a dream, and so she took them up into the mountain and told them that 'The nine suns that you saw signify all the generations that are to come' and then she goes on to tell them what some of the things that are in store for some of these generations.  This is somewhat similar in a way to the belief of the Mayans that there are nine generations.

She goes on to list rulers and princes and successors to a point where there shall be 'wars between Christians and the pagans' in a time where 'Men shall be greedy and false and truth shall disappear'.  She lists a number of disasters including islands swallowed up by floods (Japan?) and bloodshed and earthquakes and so on.

Then she says that after all the wars that a king shall reign over the Greeks and French and Romans for a hundred and twelve years, at which point the Antichrist will appear and cause havoc.  Followed by the army from the north and the two witnesses Elias and Enoch, and the Antichrist will be killed by Michael.  Then the king (Christ) shall return 'through the spheres'.  And all mankind will be judged before earth is then finally destroyed.  What I find intriguing is that if the references to war are actually meant to represent World War 2 then if you add 112 years (of the UN) to 1945 you end up with 2057, and the Antichrist is said to rule for three years which gives you the end of the world being 2060, the exact same year which Isaac Newton came up with in his mathematical formula based upon the Book of Daniel > one word > hmmm

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Old Document review 'The Prophecy of Bishop Bemechobus'

This old document forms part of the Mirabilis liber which is a collection of prophecies and anthologies that was published in 1522.  This part, written by a Syrian bishop forms one complete prophecy based solely upon a biblical background.

The prophecy tells of a war started by 'the arms of the south' that will cause much devastation to Northern Africa and much of Europe, and that this will be a religious war where Christians will be subject to many horrors.  Next the Christians fight back and win back their homelands and 'Peace and tranquility shall be reborn on earth' where the age that people live to shall increase drawing near to the amounts of years which Noah lived.  

Then another war, an army from the North with so many men that they are referred to as a plague that devour anything from snakes to humans and they shall capture Greece and much of the middle-east and they will rule of Jerusalem for seven years, then the Antichrist will appear and show many miracles to the world.  Then the two witnesses(Elias and Enoch) will come and attack the Antichrist, and then follows this is the return of Christ.

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Michel de Nostredame (1503-1566)

Michel de Nostredame or otherwise referred to as Nostradamus was born in the south of France and was part of a large family.  In his teens he enrolled in the University of Avignon where he stayed until it closed a year later due to an outbreak of the plague.  It is said that he traveled afterwards for about eight years where he gained a particular interest in herbal remedies, then he entered the University of Montepellier to become a doctor but was expelled for being associated with herbal remedies and for slandering procedures that some doctors were intent on using at the time such as 'draining the blood' to heal sickness.

In 1531 Nostradamus met Jules-Cesar Scaliger , a leading scholar of the time and this is where he is rumored to have gained access to ancient books and scrolls which were at the time banned in the general society.  It is said that he married and had two children but they were all lost to the plague and so he devoted many years to help fight outbreaks.  In 1547 he settled down again in Salon-de-Provence where he re-married and had six children.

His first almanac was written for 1550 and was so popular that he decided to produce one once a year, and by the end of his life he had written well over six thousand prophecies.  He was dragged into the limelight when he apparently foretold the death of the King of France with a very exactly prediction.  From then on he was asked by prominent people for assistance, not only as a seer but as a healer.

There has been incredible debates about whether he was a true seer, or whether he was severely influenced by the work of others such as Joachim of Fiore, the Tiburtine Sibyl and others.  Many people however point to the fact that in his letters he clearly says that he is not a prophet.  Yet in all my research I have not yet found a biblical prophet that ever referred to themselves as being a prophet.  Prophecy is seen as a gift from God, one that maybe can be stripped away if the gifted person claims any greatness on their own behalf.

The greatest difficulty in reviewing any of the prophecies by Nostradamus is that, the translations tend not to be very accurate.  This is because the original by Nostradamus was written in old French and many people have attempted to translate using modern french, or even slightly adapting it in a way to make the prophecies apply to certain circumstances in modern times.  I came across this myself after comparing the words of his prophecies claimed on a DVD Nostradamus documentary against the words in my copy of his complete collection, and there were so completely different it was crazy.  However it is still my belief that he was a true prophet, it is not his fault that we cannot translate his words properly.

Prophet Daniel (est 605-530BC)

The story of the prophet called Daniel which means “God is (my) judge” is told in the Book of Daniel. His overall mission can be said was to show that God was sovereign over the kingdoms of men.

Daniel was a captured Jew living in exile after the siege of Jerusalem, a student of the Babylonian court, and later rose to third in power, looking after much of the kingdom. He was known for his wisdom and for his talent as a dream interpreter, and most famously for surviving a night in the lion’s den.

He was a humble man, knew the importance of eating healthily, trustworthy, not corrupt or negligent, and had knowledge of other prophets including Jeremiah. He had visions during the day and the night; some of which would disturb him or exhaust him or even make him ill. He had the ability to talk with angels. He could make prophecies against people to force the outcome of God’s will (making a king live in the wild, telling a king his days were numbered).

Examples of his prophecies include the rise and fall of four empires (Babylonia, Medo-Persia, Greece and Rome), the prediction of the death of Antichus IV in 164 B.C, the prediction of the coming Messiah and his death and the prediction of Israel’s destruction by Titus in 70 A.D.

Yet his prophecies regarding the end times are equally impressive and were very much studied by prophecy collectors such as Isaac Newton and others. His end-time prophecies include; that a prince called Michael will arise, that those in dust will awake to face their judgement, that there will be a time of great distress on the scale that has never been seen before, yet he also said that more was revealed to him than he was allowed to reveal, the words were ‘sealed up’.

Old Document Review 'The Book of Creation'

The Book of Creation is the first in a collection of ancient documents called the Kolbrin Bible, but this book was originally part of The Book of the Great Sons of Fire, a collection which was put together by the Egyptians after the exodus of the Jews. This book contains eight chapters, some of which tell the same story but from a different angle but as such do not disagree with each other.

The first two chapters tell specifically the story of Creation yet strangely from the perspective of an Evolutionist. It tells how mankind were born from things of the earth and were unaware of anything but things of the earth as in eating mating dying until they reached a point of development where mankind stood upright and then God breathed into him a soul. But God left a memory within the mind of mankind so that "deep within himself man knew something greater than himself was always with him and part of him". This is intriguing to think of Creation by God through Evolution, and, it raises the point that if Darwin knew of this document he did not come up with the theory of evolution but merely copied it.

The third and fourth chapters have been significantly examined by theorists concerning the end times for it tells us about a great object passing by Earths orbit and "behind it trailed a flowing tail of smoke", the story goes on to say how the seas rose up and ash filled the air, the Earth opened up and the mountains were torn apart, yet "amidst all the desolation a few survived". This is the one you hear end-time-people call 'the destroyer' and it supports my Hidden Disaster Theory. The Book even lists the places that were flooded and the places which were not, not by name as such but by location for example the 'lands of the east' and it is worthwhile to mention here that listed as being flooded is the 'land of Giants'.

The fifth chapter has its basis in theology for example it says "destiny leaves no choice...fate gives limited choice which may be good or bad, but it cannot be averted". In this Chapter it also gives the location of the Garden of Eden, but that even at the start man had learnt the mysteries of magic and the stars, they knew of medicines and potions to keep away illness. This Chapter lists one clan as the 'Children of God' who kept themselves separated from other clans yet they would be welcoming to other clans to teach them. Yet within the clan of the 'Children of God' was a special family "for all those having the blood of Aruah had twinsight, an ability to see wraiths and sithfolk, ansis and spiritbeings, all the things of the Otherworld, not clearly but as throught a veil. Is this a reference to the Bloodline of Prophets?

The sixth, seventh and eighth chapters tells the story of a few main characters including Habaris who has come from the family of Adam, Herthew whom is taught by Habaris, Gwineva a sorceress who becomes Herthews wife and Gwidon the prophet. Concerning Habaris, it is clear that he is considered a very wise person as he teaches "them concerning the wheel of the years" and teaches them rituals and things of the Otherworld and even shows them how to forge metal blades. Creation is also mentioned once more saying that God "produced an out flowing wave of power", sound familiar to the Big Bang Theory? There are other things to note such as the harvest celebration every 13th moon, a noted lunar eclipse at night time, the methods which Gwidon uses (omensticks and smoke and so on), and that later when Herthew is injured in a tournament Gwidon opens his skull to take out the sickness, was there complex ancient knowledge of medicine? Lastly there is the story of his sons who compete over pulling a sword out of a rock to inherit a throne! Story sound familiar?

Old Document Review 'Brief explanations of the Apocalypse'

This ancient document was written by Cassiodorus (d.580) who was a senator, then theologian before he founded a monastery in Italy where he resided with scholar-monks till his death. Only one copy of this document remains in existence and is in Verona.

Cassiodorus sees John's vision in the Apocalypse (Revelations) as specifically "concerning the end of the world" and that furthermore the visions are "joining things in the past with things in the future".

Here the seals are seen differently to other commentators of Revelations which I have mentioned before, Cassiodorus believes that the first two seals and the first two horsemen symbolize Christ. The white horse is purity and the red horse is the blood that was shed. He also sees other symbolic things as describing parts of the church, for example the 144,000 are the "congregation of the saints" also, the 'harp of the elders' signifies the relationships between the members of the church.

Ancient Egyptian Theories

The Great Pyramid was originally covered in casing stone which would have resembled something like polished marble. Inside is a descending channel then an ascending channel which leads to the grand gallery. However there is no ancient text that explains why the pyramid was constructed in such a way, and there are seperate theories as to why this is the case. The first is that maybe the message of the pyramids is built into the actual architecture and have pointed to certain mathematical equations which are concealed, for example the width of the 'kings chamber' divided by pie equals 365.25, the exact amount of days in the year. Other calculations give rise to a theory that the Egyptians had a simialar measure to the 'inch' which is still now used. By measuring from certain points in the pyramid using this inch you come up with surprising dates such as the date which Moses led the people from Egypt, the date World War One started and also the date of the 9/11 attacks. This is called the Pyramid Inch Theory.

Another theory is that the ancient Pyramids were actually built before the Egyptians; inside the Pyramids there are no hieroglyphs yet all other Egyptian buildings are wildly decorated in hieroglyphs. Many people have made the link between the Pyramids and Orion's belt, yet the alignment is slightly wrong in that it does not match exactly to how the stars appear today, however, if you go back far enough the alignment will be right, it will match, but that would place the Pyramids as being much older than what they are now thought. Another piece of proof is the Sphinx which is believed as having a lions head originally which was also constructed with the Pyramids in reference to Leo or the lion. The proof is in the erosion lines differences between the new head and the rest of the body, they do not match. Egyptian myths talk of an ancient race when they talk about Osiris and Isis, yet Isis is mentioned elsewhere as being the sister of Sambethe who married into the family of Noah about 5000BC. More proof would be that the Book of the Bee mentions how Adam and Noah and so on were all embalmed, which are rituals considered to be Egyptian in origin, but what if it wasn't? I call this theory the Origin Theory.

One anceint book that survived from ancient Egypt is called The Book of the Dead, which is a collections of spells which are said to help people into the afterlife. In ancient Egypt is was believed that the soul of the Pharoah travelled to Orion after death, they linked Orion to many things, not just the pyramids and the floods of the nile but death itself. However in the book there is references to a disaster which happened many years previous and mentions how the people suffered, if you link this with the Kolbrin bible which mentions 'the destroyer' which does not collide with the earth but passes nearby which would cause massive disasters. Many people reference these writings saying that becuase they were mentioned that they somehow apply to 2012 as if history will repeat itself. However my belief is that 'the destroyer' was the cause of The Great Flood, as something so large passing so close would rip the oceans up out of their sea beds, and simultaneously there was a polar shift as recorded in the Book of the Dead 'after the disaster the old lion turned around' which could be in reference to the Sphinx which was built as a lion now facing a new direction. I call this theory the Hidden Disaster Theory.

Myrddin Wyllt (540-584 AD)

Myrddin, otherwise known as Lailoken, born in Wales, was the original person in which the legends of Merlin sprouted up from for the Arthur legends. It is said that he prophesied the death of King Rhydderch Hael and ended up being dragged along to fight in the battle that ensued in Cumbria, England.

However instead of the King being killed, he slaughtered his enemies and Myrddin became part of the army that lost and the sight of all the men dying based upon his words drove him mad and he went off to live in the wilderness with the animals.

There is another story where he has several meetings with St. Kentigern in the wilderness where the saint describes a naked hairy madman, and Myrddin tells him why he is there and why he has been forsaken. After some meetings later Myrddin asks for forgiveness and it is granted and then he speaks a new prophesy about his own death that he would die by falling stabbing and drowning all at once, yet no one believed him, until later some jeering shepherds drove him off a cliff where he fell down onto a stake which had been left out by fisherman and died with his head below the water.

What is unclear about the story is that little is said about his prediction of the Kings death, whether he had predicted the death differently and a heap of people jumped on the bad wagon in the hope of killing the King? It is not known, yet what is clear is that when the gift of prophecy had been seen as being abused it was stripped from him and he was driven mad until he was forgiven.

Joachim of Fiore (1135-1202 AD)

Joachim of Fiore, also known as Joachim of Flora was born in the village of Celico (Italy), he was son of Mauro and married a girl called Gemma. He was educated at Cosenza and then became a cleric working for the courts before later becoming a notary for an archbishop.

His life changed direction in about 1159 when he left his life behind and went on a pilgrimage to the Holy Land (Jerusalem) where it is said that he went through a spiritual conversion, and upon his return home, he became a hermit for many years, wandering and preaching to many people.

His life took another change as he got older, in 1168 he applied himself totally to try and understand the meanings hidden within the Bible, in particular the Book of Revelations and he himself wrote some books, of which copies are rare. He was later made abbot where many people would visit him on their way to the Holy Land including Richard the Lionheart. He was said to be a simple man who was eloquent yet not proud and often wore rags.

In 1184 he was called to Rome to decipher an obscure prophecy found by the pope and afterwards Joachim founded the Abbey of Fiore in Calabria. He has also been put forward as the author of Vaticinia de Summis Pontificibus, the book from which the 'Lost book of Nostradamus' was based upon.

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Quadratus (est40-129A.D.)

Very little is known about Quadratus as a person other than what is said of him from others. Montanism pointed him out as a prophet who taught prophecy to others but there is no clear evidence of this, however other reliable sources can tell us a few things about him, first of all that he was a disciple of the apostles and that he was based in Athens, Greece where he eventually became the bishop.

Eusebius mentioned Quadratus and said how he had talked about the people who had been healed or raised from the dead by Jesus, and that how these people had lived extra long lives and some were still alive in the second century.

Quadratus is also mentioned by Jerome and of how he wrote a compelling document to the Roman Emperor Hadrian on behalf of Christianity full 'of sound argument and faith and worthy of the apostolic teaching' and spoke of how Christians have been treated unfairly and wrongly by others. However this document, despite mentioned in various sources has not survived the test of time.

Agabus (est30-60A.D.)

Agabus came with a group of prophets to Antioch from Jerusalem, as recorded in the Book of Acts, whilst there he predicted a famine which came true only a few years later in 45A.D. where a famine in Jerusalem was so bad that many people died.

It is also recorded that in 58A.D. that Agabus met Paul of Tarsus at Caesarea Maritima and foretold him of his imminent capture and even demonstrated to him what the Jews would do to him if he continued with his journey to Jerusalem. It is also worth while mentioning that Philip the Evangelist also resided in Caesarea Maritima and it is more than likely that the two men knew each other well. This supports the story told by the supporters of Montanus who said that he had learnt prophecy from Quadratus and Ammia who had learnt it from Agabus and Philip. Maybe Caesarea Maritima was the location of these teachings.

Philip the Evangelist (est40-60 A.D.)

Philip was one of the seven deacons that were chosen to care for poor people in Jerusalem, later he preached and performed miracles in Samaria, and converted an Ethiopian man in Gaza. Later in life he is known to have been living in Caesarea Maritima (nowadays near Tel Aviv) with his four daughters who also prophesied.

All the references I could find for Philip and his family originate from the Book of Acts, Book of Ephesians and the Book of Timothy.

Montanus (est135-177A.D.)

It is said that Montanus was a recent convert when he first began to prophesy, he believed that he was a prophet of God and made proclomations in Pepuza and Tymion(Turkey). He gained two female coleagues Maximilla and Priscilla who were also inspired by the Holy Spirit. Their following grew and eventually became known as Montanism or 'New Prophecy'. IT has been compared to that of Pentecostalism.

His followers believed that he was part of a sacred line of prophets and that he was taught by Quadratus and Ammia who had in turn learnt from Agabus(and his daughters) and Philip the Evangelist. The movement gained momentum and spread to Africa and Gaul.

There was however a strong backlash from orthodox Christians who fought to suppress the movement, saying that it was possession by evil spirits and they even tried to carry out exorcisms on Maximilla and Priscilla but failed. Finally around 177 A.D. Montanism was condemned by the church and was then on regarded as heresy. The movement managed to survive in small groups of people until at least the 6^th century, there is no recordings of the prophecies made as all records were sought out by the church to be destroyed.

However certain things are known about them, based upon sources of 'anti-montanists' and their beliefs included; that prophets could forgive sins, that females should be made bishops, that preachers should be paid, that prophets would stain their eyes and their hair and so on, but many of these things were forbidden by the early Catholic church.

Hermas (est 80-140A.D.)

Hermas or otherwise known as Hermes of Philippopolis is believed to have lived somewhere around 80-140A.D. He is believed to have once been a slave that was brought to Greece, however at some point in his life he started to walk the life of a prophet. The main source for information about Hermas is a book called The Good Shepherd which has three sections; the first contains five visions, the second contains twelve mandates and the last contains ten parables. He is also mentioned in other places, for example he is mentioned by Paul in Romans16:14, and it is also suggested that he is the brother of Pius the bishop of Rome.

In the visions he is visited at various points by a woman, twice while making the journey to Cumae where he says:

“I had walked a little, I fell asleep; and the spirit caught me away”

At first he mistakes the woman for a sibyl who has been sent to give him messages from God, yet in his second vision he is told that it is not a sibyl but that the woman symbolises the Church of God. As the story of the visions develop, it is made clear that Hermes is a man of simplicity and innocence who keeps himself away from lusts. When he sees visions he describes it as being carried away or his hair would stand on end. He also mentions that he would spend a lot of time in prayer and fasting and meditating.

In the section of mandates, this time Hermas is visited by the Good Shepherd who gives him twelve mandates or commandments, each one is long and very detailed, yet they can be simplified for example believers should fear God but not the devil and the spirits and prophets are to be tried by their works and so on.

My favorite of the parables from the last section of the book is the one that says these times are like the winter and you cannot tell by the empty trees which are dry and which are not, if it was summer you would see some have fruit and some are barren, and so it is with the righteous and the sinner as their worlds have become so intwined that you cannot tell them apart.

Old Document Review 'Book of the Bee'

The Book of the Bee is a collection of theological and historical texts compiled by Solomon of Akhlat in the thirteenth century(est1222). The book consists of 55 chapters discussing various topics including the creation, heaven and earth, the angels, darkness, paradise, Old Testament patriarchs, New Testament events, lists of kings and patriarchs, and the final day of resurrection.

I have to say upon the reading of this book I am very intrigued as its like it gives partial history that complies with the Bible yet it gives additional information on many topics. For example Chapter XXXII is a history on how all the prophets died, listing some as dying in peace and others who were killed or assassinated. This is strange to me because when I researched the biblical perspective of the 12 minor prophets, very little is actually known about many of them, so, this collection of histories of their demise is very interesting to me and I wonder where the original content comes from. It may be that the author collected various beliefs or maybe he simply published a copy of some earlier document concerning the prophets.

In many places this book attempts or succeeds to fill in the missing facts from the Bible, including for example the details of the wise men who came to visit Jesus after his birth, this document names 12 kings who made the journey to visit him (please note the bible does not provide a quantity of visitors only that there were three gifts).

I have had my own theory about the authorship of Revelations for a while now knowing that there was still some debate on the matter. In Chapter XLVIII it is said when the disciple was on Patmos that he himself had a disciple called John who later became the bishop of Ephesus, and that he was the author of the Book of Revelations and that everything he had written down he had heard from John the disciple.

Furthermore there is a chapter dedicated to the end of times and another dedicated to the Antichrist, yet these are written with the ideal that there will be peace after tribulations, that cities will be rebuilt and everything will continue on except in peace.

Mary the Prophetess (est400BC - 300AD)

She is estimated to have lived anywhere bwtween 400B.C.-300 A.D. And is said to be the first non fictitious alchemist in the Western world. She is known as the names Maria the Jewess or Maria Prophetissima or Mary Prophetissa or Miriam the Prophetess. There is no tangible evidence of the exact time and place of her existence. One theory is that she is possibly Miriam, the sister of Moses and the prophet Aaron.

She is mentioned in a few sources including the 4^th century alchemy by Zosimos of Panopolis, she is also mentioned by George Syncellus in the eighth century as 'Mary the Prophetess', the Arabs knew her as the 'Daughter of Plato'. In the Alexander book by Nizami, Maria a Syrian princess visits Alexander the Great in Greece and learns from Aristotle (384-322B.C.) including how to make gold.

Although none of her original writings have survived the test of time, she is said to have invented some aparatus that alchemists use as well as having various precepts attributed to her.

Fake Prophecies Mother Shipton (est1488-1561)

Ursela Southeil otherwise known as Mother shipton was born in 1488 in Knaresborough, Yorkshire, England in a cave which is now visited by tourists (pictured above). She was supposedly very ugly yet had married Toby Shipton who was a local carpenter in 1512. It is said that she made predictions throughout her life including the prediction of the great fire of London and even the end of the world in 1881.

However it has been found that many of her supposed predictions are fake including a poetic verse circulated by William Harrison in 1881 in which cars and the phone are predicted after they have been invented. But of course these became her most famous prophecies despite the fact that they were fake. In fact the first publications of her life story and prophecies did not appear until 80 years after her death, so it is very hard to know if there is any truth in the story at all. Many people put her in the same category as Robin Hood, a story based upon the real person but something that gathers momentum and 'extras' as the story is told over and over. Below I have included the fake William Harrison prophecy:

Carriages without horses shall go,
And accidents fill the world with woe.
Around the world thoughts shall fly
In the twinkling of an eye.
The world upside down shall be
And gold be found at the root of a tree.
Through hills man shall ride,
And no horse be at his side.
Under water men shall walk,
Shall ride, shall sleep, shall talk.
In the air men shall be seen,
In white, in black, in green;
Iron in the water shall float,
As easily as a wooden boat.
Gold shall be found and shown
In a land that's now not known.
Fire and water shall wonders do,
England shall at last admit a foe.
The world to an end shall come,
In eighteen hundred and eighty one

The Lost Book

A book was found hidden in 1994 at the Italian national library and it is believed to be centuries old and may even have been written by Nostradamus himself. At one point it had been a part of the Vatican library and may have come into the possession of the Vatican through Cesar at his end of his life around 1628 or 1629

The authorship is still in debate yet the possible options are Cesar Nostradamus as well as Nostradamus' scribe, or maybe it was only a reference book belonging to Nostradamus that had been written by the Cathars.

It's own title is translated as Prophecies of Michel Nostradamus on the Future Vicars of Christ to Cesar his son, as expounded by Lord Abbot Joachim. However it is said to be a copy of the earlier 14^th Century Vaticinia de Summis and that the images are all based upon the prophecies of Lord Abbot Joachim otherwise known as Joachim of Fiore.

This book contains 80 watercolour paintings which show symbols from many cultures and many time periods, seven are seen as the most important in reference to giving the time and date of a coming Apocalypse. Others are ascribed to other predictions such as as the 9/11 attacks but the one most people point to is the image which apparetely tells us when the end of the world will happen which you can see above.

The veil (meaning apocalypse) has been dropped, the time has come and there is no help for humanity as the book of life is empty, time has finished, in another image linked to this one the scorpion at the centre of the Galaxy point to the Galactic alignment so representing the 21^st of December 2012.

Hellespontine Sibyl (est600B.C.)

This sibyl(prophetess) also known as the Trojan Sibyl resided at Dardania (Greece) and is said to have been born in the village of Marpessus (within the boundaries of Troad). It is said that this Sibyl predicted the Crucifixion, and because of that, images depicting her normally show her standing beside a cross.

It is said that she lived during the lifetimes of Solon and Cyrus the Great which works out as about 600B.C. It is said that the Sibylline Books were written by this Sibyl, which were then stored at the temple in Gergis(Troas, Greece) before they passed to the possession of Erythraean Sibyl.

However one theory is that the Phrygian Sibyl, the Hellespontine Sibyl and the Erythraean Sibyl are all one in the same, and as the Sibyls often got named after the place where they resided it is possible that they are one in the same, but that cannot be taken as a fact but a theory.

Prophecy Collector Isaac Newton (1642-1727)

In1926 old documents written by Isaac Newton around 1704 turned up for auction. These old documents are said to be secret research done by Isaac at the height of his career which he never published in his life due to fear of being arrested for heresy. Newton was a devout Christian who became obsessed with the prophecies contained in the Bible. He believed that 'the authority of prophecies is divine' and named his writings 'the history of things to come' based around simple mathematical calculations. He was also interested in alchemy much the same as Nostradamus and Paracelcus.

In his first maths prediction, he takes the number 1290 from the Book of Daniel and adds it to the year 609A.D. (the year in which the Romans start to give power to the church) and ends up with a figure of 1899. The 1890s was when the Zionist movement took hold, a group of people who want the holy land to be given back to the Jews. This is central to Newtons beliefs, that these are the stepping stones towards the ends times.

In his second prediction, he takes the number 1335 from the Book of Daniel and once again adds it to the date 609A.D. Which ends up with the date of 1944 which is around the end of World War 2, another turning point towards Israel becoming a nation once again.

In the third prediction, he takes the sayings 'a time, two times and half a time' from the Book of Daniel and the Book of Revelations and comes up with the figure of 1260 which he adds to the year 800A.D. (the year in which the holy roman empire was formed) and comes up with the year 2060 which he believed would be the end of the world.

The figure of 2060 is also highlighted in 'The prophecy of the Tiburtine Sibyl'

Old Document Review 'Exposition of the Apocalypse'

This old document was composed by Caesarius of Arles and was written somewhere between the years of 510-537A.D. It was intended as a commentary of understanding the meanings hidden within the Apocalypse (Revelations). In the preface, Caesarius claims that there were originally people within the beginnings of the church that understood fully the greater part of the book and that the knowledge had been lost to time.

Some other theologians apply the book of Revelations to the life of Christ, but in this document applies the book of Revelations to Christ and His church. The white horse is seen as the church that has been made snow-white-clean by the sacrifice of Christ, and how it spead out across the world. He further more highlights the description of the darkened sun, the red moon and the falling stars as representing different sorts of people within the church. For example the falling stars here as seen as people who have fallen away from the church.

The other three horses are seen here as a trilogy, all being ridden by the devil. The black horse is seen as representing sinister people (who are influenced by the devil), and that these sinister people pretend to serve justice but are deceiving. The red horse is seen as evil people and the pale horse as people who persecute others.

Although I do not agree with everything that the author wrote, it is very interesting for me to see his view of things. I have always believed that Revelations has an interpretation and in some places that interpertation will have double meanings, as this is how prophets always write, in cryptic meanings that sometimes mean so much more than the initial interpretations.

The Delphic Sibyl (est1200-800B.C.)

The Delphic Sibyl made her prophecies at Delphi (Greece), there are many various stories about this Sibyl but not all of them agree. For example, one source lists her as a daughter of Queen Lamia which would make her a sister or half-sister of The Libyan Sibyl. However, it is said that she came from Troad before the Trojan War (1200B.C.) with her brother (Apollo) to Delphi, then later stopped at Samos (Greek island) Claros (Greek city) and Delos (Greek island where Apollo was born) before eventually dying in Troad (Turkey) after living nine generations(which is about 300-400years).

The Sibyl is mentioned by various sources, most noticeably by Pausanias in his description of Greece, and later she was also one of the Sibyls that was painted by Michelangelo. There are claims that she gave a prophecy about the coming of Christ.

The Libyan Sibyl (est350B.C.)

The Libyan Sibyl, also named as Phemonoe, was a prophetic priestess at the Siwa Oasis in the Libyan dessert. Her mother is said to have been Queen Lamia who originated from the Chaldeans from Babylonia. There are many myths about her mother, been seeing as evil and close to that of a vampire (may even be there origin of vampire stories as mothers used to threaten their kids with the story of Lamia).

However, Phemonoe managed to gain a lot of attention herself, she was talked about by Pausanias, Serapion, and Euripides and was even depicted in a painting by Michelangelo. The most interesting story of her however is by Plutarch as he tells the story of Alexander the Great marching to the Oasis, and the sibyl confirming him as the legitimate Pharoah of Egypt, this would place her as living around the year 350 B.C.

Sambethe (estimated to have lived from 5000B.C.)

Sambethe, otherwise known as the Persian Sibyl or the Hebrew Sibyl lived from about 5000 B.C. And is believed to be the first ever Sibyl (meaning prophetess). Some of the books of the Sibylline oracles is attributed to her, and in which she identifies her family; father Gnostos, mother Circe, sister Isis. More interestingly, in the oracles she is identified as the daughter-in-law of Noah which places her at being in existence at the time of the Great Flood.

Technically she has married into the family of Enoch (the first prophet) who was the grandfather of Noah's wife, a family very knowledgeable in the ways of the prophet. As I researched the names of Noah's family further, the more varied the possible names became, it seems that each religion that recorded the story of Noah gives different possible names for his wife and his son's wives, and some religions even give multiple possible names. I do not wish to get dragged into a debate about Noah here so I will leave this part of the discussion till another time.

Again the topic comes up about the ages people lived to in those days, as various documents that mention Sambethe, mention that she lived many centuries. And as we all know loads of people in the Bible are listed have lived very long years. Anyways, the Sibylline oracles say that some years after flood, Sambethe mobed to Greece and began to write oracles.

The Tiburtine Sibyl (est50 B.C.)

The Tiburtine Sibyl,also known as Albunea, lived in Tibur (now Tivoli) and located about fifteen miles Northeast of Rome. Her temple, which still stands today, was surrounded by a "sacred" grove and by mineral springs which, poetically enough given the topic of this page, flowed into the Tiber. The reason for this Sibyl's importance to Christians is her meeting with Augustus, he had gone to seek out knowledge about his own divinity and also about his successor, however, instead he was informed of the coming of Christ “This Child will be greater than thou”.

Furthermore one of the writings from the Sibylline Oracles has been attributed to the Tiburtine Sibyl, which include predictions; that the final Emperor of Rome will be the ninth and he will vanquish the foes of Christianity, that the coming of the Antichrist will happen and he will oppose the two witnesses and eventually be slain by Michael the Archangel.

For more information please read Old Document Review 'The prophecy of the Tiburtine Sibyl' which formed part of the Mirabilis liber published in 1522

The Erythraean Sibyls (est1300-150 B.C.?)

The first Erythraean Sibyl is said to have been the daughter of a sheperd. She lived in Erythrae, Ionia (Asia Minor), on the Aegean Sea, and is often confused with the Cumaean Sibyl (St. Augustine, in his "City of God," speaks of this).

What makes this woman important to Christians is her prediction of Christ, given in the form of an acrostic poem which formed the words, 'Ihsous Xristos Qeou uios spthr, which means, "Jesus Christ the Son of God, the Saviour." And in some ways she was remembered through her dipiction in a floor mosaic in the Cathedral of Siena and in a painting by Michelangelo. It is said that she also predicted the Trojan War (est1200 B.C.) saying that Troy would be destroyed and that Homer (est 850 B.C) would write falsely. It is also said that she prophesied Alexander the Great's(est 300 B.C.) divine parentage.

However it seems that Erthrae may have become a permanent base for a succession of Sibyls, as the daughter of Berossus (est 300 B.C.) became one, Berossus was a scholar and an astrologist who, according to Vitruvius de Architectura, is said to have moved in later like to the island of Kos to set up a school of Astrology. Further evidence to this idea is that Appollodorus (est180 B.C.) still references a Sibyl of Erthrae many years later. Therefore I am referencing to them here in the plural and to have existed from 1300-150 B.C.

Upon further examination of other documents(incl the Suidas), it appears that the Erythraean Sibyl (the original) spent the greater part of her life on the Greek Island of Samos and became known as the Samian Sibyl, or Phyto (meaning 'wandering'). It is possible that she originally settled in Erthrae and set up a base for other sibyls before moving to Samos to spend the rest of her life there, or maybe she originated from the island itself and just traveled to Erthrae at some point in her life. The Samian Sibyl is recorded as existing during the building of the city of Byzantium (around 600B.C.??)

Cumaean Sibyl (est1500-500 B.C.)

The Cumaean Sibyl lived in Cumae (now Cuma) which was the first Greek colony founded in Italy, which is about twenty miles from Naples. Her home was a grotto under the ground which can still be seen to this day in a volcanic region where vapours would issue from the ground.

Her existence is recorded from two main sources, the first is from the manuscript Aeneid by Virgil where he writes about the mysterious woman;

“Arriv'd at Cumae, when you view the flood
Of black Avernus, and the sounding wood,
The mad prophetic Sibyl you shall find,
Dark in a cave, and on a rock reclin'd.
She sings the fates, and, in her frantic fits”

Also during his visit, she took him on a tour of the underworld where he questioned her about her existence, asking if she was an immortal goddess, to which she answered that she was not a goddess and she was mortal yet she had been granted a long life, yet the long life was not that of eternal youth but one where her body will fade until all that is left is her voice, living for a thousand years.

In other manuscripts it is recorded that she went to king Tarquin with nine books that contained the destiny of his kingdom and the world, they were called the Sibylline Books, the king refused and the sibyl burned three books in a fire, when he refused the second time she burned three more, but the king eventually bought the last three books for 300 coins. The books are recorded to have been destroyed in a fire in 83 B.C. This led to the Roman Emperor demanding that the collection to be reformed from other copies which became the Sibylline Oracles.

It is possible that this is the Sibyl in which Naevius spoke about in his books about the Punic War, yet he called her the Cimmerian Sibyl or Carmentis as he recorded the same place near Lake Avernus in Italy as being the place where she resided.

Old Document Review 'Prognostications'

This fantastic document was originally published in 1536 A.D and was written by Paracelsus (d.1541). It contains 32 images with very cryptic statements to go with them. Paracelcus was originally born as Philippus Aureolus Theophrastus Bombastus von Hohenheim and was a German-Swiss, in his life time he was a physician, a botanist, an alchemist, astrologer and occultist. He was famous for many things, he gave zinc its name and contibuted greatly to the development of medicine.

The 32 predictions are of mundane events, ecclesiastical affairs and political upheavals, yet they are so cryptic that has made them almost impossible to interpret. The Past, Present and future are described as three separate entities yet there are the same. Like a Trinity of time itself, and Paracelsus claims that it is through divine intervention that he has been shown things, as nothing is impossible through the Trinity of God. He speaks many times of Magic, yet by magic he means divine power. Magic and Occultism at his time ran the risk of being tried for heresy, yet in reading extracts of his various writings, the only thing that comes clear is that he was a devout believer in God, a spiritual person with a great understanding of the nature of God.

An example of the text from the book;'What a thing is internally is shown by its outward sign. As Nature signs her own so does Magic. You have been signed as a devourer of all who have to do with them'

As you can see the text is very cryptic and quite hard to understand yet some scholars claim that several of the prophecies have been fulfilled. They interpret seperate words from the texts just as one would do with interpreting dreams, for example the bear is Russia, the lion is England and so on.

There are a couple of interesting things I found in the document; the first is a reference in Figure 26 to Sibyl, meaning the Sibylline Oracles perhaps, or maybe he had access to other writings from the Sibyls that is now lost to time. Secondly; In the third figure, the image contains beams of sunlight 6 on the left, 7 on the right, is this possibly a reference to the same beliefs that the Mayans had of the sevens days of existence (seven days and six nights) making the number thirteen.