False Prophecies of Merlin?

As I continue my research into the Mirabilis liber which was published in 1522, I wish to talk about a set of prophecies that appear in the book under the author name of St Gregory the Great.  But the document can be linked to an earlier publication that was attributed to that of Merlin, hence a conclusion that the collector of the Mirabilis liber chose to either disguise the name for some purpose... or simply had presumed incorrectly.

So why would prophecies from the source of Merlin be false?  As discussed previously, the character of 'Merlin' originates from a welsh person from the 6th century called Myrddin Wyllt, who had made a mess of his own prophecies and was driven to madness and lived in the wild as a crazed man.  Therefore any written prophecies said to originate from this source must have been faked or copied from elsewhere.  Yet as I studied the prophecies, they actually foretold things that have happened; 

"born of a tree a bird"

(seems to predict the invention of the plane)

[the plane] "shall wander around all those deserts killing the evil beasts"

(seems to predict planes hitting enemies, possibly the Iraq wars)

"truly even the Indies shall share in it, and know that the sea shall rise greatly and miraculously"

(seems to predict the devastating tsunami on 26th Dec 2004)

Old Document Review 'Compendium revelationum'

This ancient document was written by Savonarola in 1495 and appeared not only in Mirabilis liber collection of prophecies in 1522, but was also seen as an important influence over what Nostradamus wrote in his preface to Cesar.

It is used as an extract in the Mirabilis liber, however, the manuscript itself is not a prophecy but a commentary about the abilities and knowledge that prophets obtain.  There are several points that the author makes, first that a prophet must not 'give what is holy to the dogs', recording that he has always been wary in revealing the things he is shown.

Next he states that a prophet is simply a person who knows things that every other human being is simply blind or ignorant to, that a prophet has a different kind of perception and a deep understanding of free will.  

Furthermore that only God knows truly what will happen in the future, this can be demonstrated in how some prophets have gone out a message for people to turn for their wicked ways to avoid destruction.  But when they have turned from the wicked ways, and the destruction avoided, the prophecy will not be fulfilled, but in a sense only God would have known that those circumstances would happen.

Lastly he mentions how prophets are under a beam of supernatural light, and within this light the prophet will understand but two things, the vision and the source of the revelation itself.  But this light is so strong upon their soul that it provides the prophet with complete certainty or the vision and the source.  Here a prophet is seen as a person without doubts.

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Old Document Review 'The Prophecy of St Vincent'

This old document which dates to about 1503 is attributed to St Vincent, yet it is not sure if this refers to St Vincent Ferrer or to Vincent of Aquila.  It was included in the collection of prophecies in the publication of Mirabilis liber which was first published in 1522.

The prophecy stats off very cryptically and mentions two Oxen, an Eagle and a Snake, and I researched for possible meanings of what is mean by these animals, for example two of them have Astrological significance and all of them bear reference to various countries, however, these countries do not match up with the countries mentioned later in the prophecy.  So as to the animals, I am still scratching my head.

Thankfully the rest of the prophecy is more clear.  First it says how a King from the west who fights but in the end has to retreat, leaving behind his loot.  This matches somewhat to the events where Charles V invaded Italy but had to retreat without his spoils after his defeat at the Battle of Fornovo in 1495.

Secondly it mentions dangers to the inhabitants of Sicily, and indeed there was a lot going on in the years following, including exchange of ownership various times, a terrible plague and two large earthquakes in 1542 and 1693, one of which claimed over 60,000 lives.

Next it mentions a schism within the church resulting in two popes existing at the same time, however the Great schism had occurred hundreds of years previous where three popes had existed, but it could refer to when Henry VIII broke away from the church and became the head of the Church of England.

Finally it mentions that three armies shall attack Italy, and indeed in the 16th century, Italy was attacked by the French, the Spanish and the Swiss.

The prophecies seem to be a mix of events which have happened before the publication yet there were some events that were foretold correctly.

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Old Document Review 'The prophecies of Joannes Vatiguerro'

There are three seperate manuscipts in the Mirabilis liber that are said to originate from this author, but published as a whole with the rest of the collection in Mirabilis liber in 1522, so the original prophecies would have existed before this date.

To be honest there is a huge amount of material in these prophecies, and many of them can be referenced against the prophecies of Nostradamus, in a sense proving that he had this book in his vast library of prophecy books. However there are a number of events that are foretold that have since come to pass since 1522, below I have listed a few:

-the plot against the King of France in 1503

-the capture of King Francis I during the Battle of Pavia in 1525

-the massive earthquake of 1556 in China which claimed 800,000 lives

-the French Revolution (1789-1799)

-the consolidation of Spain after the invasion of Aragon by Philip V in 1707

There is also a number of prophecies given in these manuscripts which can be seen as talking about the end times, again I have listed a few below

-frightening earthquakes in many places

-food production shall diminish

-the sea will rage

-the air will be contaminated

-two moons will be seen at the same time

-an unspeakable plague

Old Document Review 'Prophecy on the Angelic Pastor'

This document forms part of the Mirabilis liber, a book of gathered prophecies that was published in 1522, this particular section was a prophecy written by St.Cyril concerning an angelic pastor.

It is said that this man, once a hermit, will be holy and saintly to the extent that he ends up as Pope, where he sets about to make major reform within the church, it is said that he will ban hymn-singing and also dancing and such things as banning women from wearing jewelry.

It is also said that he will remain the pope for a long time, and after his death will follow three more popes who will follow his teachings and that these will be called the angelic pastors.

I did a little research and could not find history since 1522 to match this prophecy, it is possible that this prophecy is strongly linked to what was happening in the church at the time that this publication came out.  Pope Alexander VI (1492-1503) had been a terrible pope and had fathered several children by various mistresses.  In 1510 Martin Luther had made his trip to Rome and witnessed the immorality of the clergy, which eventually led to what is called the Reformation.  It may be seen here that this prophecy is very much linked to the immorality going on at the time, foreseeing a Pope who would change things to stop the corruptions.

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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 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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