This is a review of some of the highlights given on the lost book of Nostradamus television documentary which aired Oct. 28, 2007 on the History Channel. Oddly enough, this book was found in a modern public library in Rome.

I'll cover the highlights and statements given in the documentary with asterisks, followed separately by my observations. Wherever one my comments is shown in the highlights section, it will be enclosed in ( ). I've attempted here to cover the points chronologically presented made by the documentary and in the order they were presented for the reader. Numerous Nostradamus researchers and numerous experts on him presented short one and two sentence remarks throughout the documentary. Apparently we have moved from the age of sound bites to the age of video bites, which is a very annoying post-editing technique which is almost like being spoken to with baby talk.

DESCRIPTION OF THE LOST BOOK OF NOSTRADAMUS

Though exact dimensions were not given, based on the gloved hands of those handling the book the dimensions appear to be approximately 8" tall and about 6" wide. Thickness of the entire book appeared to be about one-half inch. It is also hard bound, but does not appear to be a leather cover. It contains several dozen very detailed pen and ink sketches throughout the book, each one carefully water-colored. Pages are in nearly perfect condition with almost no frayed edges. For a book of this age its condition is incredible.

HIGHLIGHTS OF THE DOCUMENTARY

* The television special started out immediately showing how the book directly supports the infamous 9-11-terrorist theory, with pictures of Bin Laden and the WTC attacks. (More on this later.)

* A color sketch of a single slightly rectangular, relatively short castle tower with a classic parapet-like top wall was shown with flames coming out of the top and window-like openings. This was sketch attributed to predict 9-11 by the experts on camera.

* It apparently all began when a Nostradamus researcher received a phone call that the lost book was found in Rome in a PUBLIC LIBRARY. And it is a MODERN public library, not in some dusty forgotten stack. (Nostradamus lived in France.)

* Nostradamus is well known for writing hundreds of cryptic Quatrains without any illustrations. This book has highly detailed pen and ink sketches, which are also carefully filled in with water colors.

* Events like the two attempted assassinations of the pope back in the 1980s were supposedly predicted by Nostradamus.

* Numerous quotations about Nostradamus' earlier writings were also presented.

* A color sketch showing a wheel on the back of a man is called "the wheel of time" by the narration. Between two of the spokes is a sketch of a modern city outline. One researcher stated "this looks very much like the city of New York's skyline and is referring to 9-11."

* More references to 9-11 were made.

* Another highly detailed color sketch shown shows a Pope pointing his sword at the neck of a bear. The Pope shown is supposedly riding on the back of a dragon or lion. (My comment here - the image did not clearly show him riding on anything, but it clearly appeared that a black dog was shown standing in front of the Pope, in an action position as though it was turning to attack the Pope. It did not resemble a dragon at all.)

* It was stated by one forensic expert that "There is compelling evidence that this is his [Nostradamus] work." (This was before more was known later about the authenticity.)

* Comparisons to Tarot cards pictures were also made a number of times.

* Ian Wilson, a professional researcher, did state on camera that Nostradamus was known as "having no talent for artistry and that those pictures were done by someone with artistic training."

* One of the many colorized sketches in the book shows the head of a bearded figure similar to that of Jesus, but having the body of a serpent. In front of the figure was an Islamic symbol of the moon. It was stated by experts that this is saying that "Christianity is being threatened."

* Last page states that in 1629 this book was given to Cardinal Barbarini.

* No one seems to know exactly what the paper the book is printed on. (Considering the state of artistic forensics today, this is a strange statement indeed.)

* Throughout the documentary, every few minutes various videotape footage of Bin Laden was repeatedly flashed on the screen usually whenever the antichrist or terrorism was mentioned.

* Tests were performed to verify the authenticity of the book. Tests showed that the paper used was probably used in the sixteenth to eighteenth centuries. Ink on the last page of the book has an unusually high level of zinc. The discrepancy indicated that at least the last page was written in the eighteenth century ­ at least 100 years after Nostradamus had died. This page was bound into the book with the other pages, and was not added later.

* Seven images near the end of the book appear to tell a story about the apocalypse.

* A church behind Nostradamus' house was built in the twelfth century, and has the same seven symbols on it in the book which are visible even today. It was further stated that Nostradamus might have been secretly associated with the Knights Templar who built this same church.

* Ophiuchus, the thirteenth constellation in the night sky, is supposed to be associated with the end of time in the book. The Great Alignment will be when the sun rises with perfect center of the Galaxy as indicated by this constellation.

* Supposedly the constellation Sagittarius is pointing an arrow at the center of the Galaxy. An expert stated that at that great moment, the knowledge of the tree of knowledge in the Garden of Eden will be revealed.

* Image 67 shows these two words, "one male." Nostradamus never wrote in English, but these two English words supposedly are there to make sure people of our time see it. The two words are supposedly a reference to the antichrist.

* Experts who study the book stated that the last page is a message to the reader. The author of this page claims that many images are missing in this book, and that this book is a copy from "another source." The name of this other source was not mentioned in the documentary.

* Experts stated that there are two types of writing, and the ink is also different in each section of the book.

* Experts concluded that the HANDWRITING is NOT that of Nostradamus or his son Cesar. (Pronounced as "say-zar.")

* Only one image in the book appears to point to the time, a period defined as starting in 1992 and ending in 2012.

* One expert stated that soon "We'll run out of food, run out of clean water, oil and ammunition."

* It was stated that the end has begun, and that almost all land world-wide will be flooded.

* Image 72 was stated by a researcher as probably a warning to our time. In that image, the wheel of time no longer has spokes, which may indicate the end of time.

* We have a choice at the end of time to become our destiny and have complete knowledge, or we will fail and lose all that we gained.

OBSERVATIONS

Is this an elaborate yet subtle attempt at damage control by the government to show how Nostradamus foresaw 9-11, to make it more believable? It is hard to believe that this ancient book by today's standards which was written by one of the most famous authors in history could have been LOST in a modern public library. This is a library which uses computers to track every book, disk and tape.

Is this documentary and "lost book" yet another production by covert forces, to support the Taliban/terrorist concept of 9-11? Would this surprise anyone if this is true?

All the earlier works of Nostradamus were cryptic, which is believe to have been intentionally to protect his life. In the newly found lost books, direct statements were made without the cryptic style.

One of the trademarks to the NWO is the encoding of 11 into the date of an event. Their staged events either take place on the eleventh day of the month, or when the digits of the date add up 11. This documentary aired on 10/28/2007. This date on which the show aired adds up to 11, which could be a mere coincidence. However, there are only one or two such days in each month, so this explanation seems to defy the odds of a mere coincidence.

Ted Twietmeyer

www.data4science.net

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