Here, Nostradamus himself gives us the rare chance to see our future and to change it. Will you take advantage of this chance? Nostradamus is speaking from his time to our time. He has come to warn us about where and how we must concentrate our energies during the next several years in order to curtail some of the more disastrous events in our future which he has foreseen. In this first volume Nostradamus deciphers 136 of his quatrains, primarily those dealing with the next 50 years of mankind's future on earth.

Kuan Yin, the Compassionate One or literally 'the one who sees and hears the cries of the world' is the principal goddess in the eastern firmament. She is centuries older than the Christian Virgin Mary, but not unconnected with her in that in most illustrations she holds a rosary, suggesting purification of the cycle of birth and death, and a willow branch, a symbol of Buddhist virtues. Kuan Yin's image can be found wherever there are Chinese or Japanese speaking people in the world - in homes, restaurants, workplaces, small urban temples, Buddhist, Taoist and Shinto shrines - and the ritual of consulting her has brought solace, hope and insight to countless people. It continues to be an integral part of the lives of tens of millions of people throughout the East today. Stephen Karcher's interpretation of this ancient text presents 'The 100 Poems of the Goddess', to be as relevant today as they were 1000 years ago, leading the reader to answers to specific questions about family, professional success, travel, health and love.