Prophecies: 4,000 Years of Prophets, Visionaries and PredictionsDiscover how accurate past visions of the future have turned out to be and explore the continuity of the prophetic tradition. This is a fascinating anthology of amazing and curious stories - such as clairvoyant dreams about the sinking of the Titanic and the Reichstaag Fire in Berlin. It includes features on ancient shamans and soothsayers, Egyptian dream analysis, Greek oracles and Roman auguries, the ancient roots of astrology, messianic visionaries, medieval seers, African systems of divination, Aztec prophecies of cataclysms, the mysteries of Pachacamac, Nostradamus and his "Centuries" and the futurism of H. G. Wells. |
Contents
Roman Augury | |
The Ancient Roots of Astrology | |
The Book of Changes | |
The Druids | |
The Tarot | |
African Divination | |
Calendrical Systems of Mesoamerica | |
The Scryers | |
The Navel of the World | |
Visions of the Sibyl | |
The Mysteries of Pachacamac | |
The Apostle of the Third | |
The Papal Predictions | |
The Voices of Joan of | |
The BloodStained Path to Heavenly Peace | |
Joseph Smith the LatterDay Prophet | |
Native American Holy | |
The Secrets of Fatima | |
PART TWO DREAMS AND PREMONITIONS | |
The Gods of Mesopotamia | |
Foretelling Pharaohs Future | |
Aztec Visions of the Cataclysm | |
Premonitions of Death | |
Dreams that Foretold Disasters | |
The Sinking of the Titanic | |
An Experiment with Time | |
PART THREE SYSTEMS OF DIVINATION | |
A Plethora of Methods | |
PART FOUR SEERS AND CLAIRVOYANTS | |
Merlin the Prophet | |
Wizards and Wise Women | |
The Templars Curse | |
Nostradamus and the Centuries | |
The Cazotte Prophecy | |
Second Sight in the Scottish Highlands | |
The Woman Clothed with the | |
The Sleeping Prophet | |
The Hitler Prophecies | |
PART FIVE THINKING THE FUTURE | |
Leonardo the Renaissance Visionary | |
Utopia and its Neighbours | |
Jules Verne and the Technological Imagination | |
The Prophet of the Modern | |
Prediction as Science | |
The Rise of Futurology | |
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Prophecies: 4,000 Years of Prophets, Visionaries and Predictions Tony Allan Author No preview available - 2011 |
Prophecies: 4,000 Years of Prophets, Visionaries and Predictions Tony Allan No preview available - 2009 |
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