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Psychologists have long realized that the ancient Greeks had deep
insights into the human psyche which, whether they realized it or
not, they expressed through their mythology. Peter Lemesurier's new
book offers a way of using these insights directly as a startling
new method of self-healing and self-realization. In the full
tradition of Joseph Campbell, James Hillman and Karl Kerenyi, it
applies the dynamics of the Greek myths to quite overwhelming
effect - as many who have used the approach report. Basically, the
system is homeopathic, in that it encourages co-operation with each
currently controlling god in turn (once identified via a simple
diagnostic test) thus allowing that god to "move on". By the same
token, therefore, it gives readers full permission - perhaps for
the first time in their lives - to be who they really are, removing
all the stultifying effects of chronic guilt about themselves. But
first, discover your god...
The predictions of Nostradamus have been continuously in print
since his death and count, alongside the Bible, as one of the two
best selling books in publishing history. Today, interest has never
been higher, with claims that he foretold recent events and fears
that even worse is to come. But prophecy is a tricky business at
best, and much of what is claimed for Nostradamus is based on
mistranslation, over-optimistic interpretation or corrupt texts.
This translation by a professional linguist offers a literary verse
translation of all the original prophecies and identifies their
historical sources. It identifies the original omen books,
illustrated from the original sources and offers reports of these
omens in contemporary English translations.
As the millennium approaches, interest increases in the prophecies
of Nostradamus. This volume explains how to decipher and uncover
the Nostradamus method for obtaining predictions.
'Nostradamus, Prophet of Provence' is a uniquely comprehensive
critical biography of the famous French seer by Peter Lemesurier,
widely regarded as the world's leading English-language Nostradamus
specialist. Stretching from the prophet's youth to his death, it
takes the form of a historical novel comprising a series of
imaginative cameos, with the author acting as a kind of 'Devil's
Advocate' against whom Nostradamus himself constantly argues,
assuming him to be some kind of visionary 'demon'. The book
consequently contains many little-known insights into the seer's
aims, activities and working methods, and shows him struggling with
the need to establish himself as a 'doctor', 'astrologer' and
'prophet' amid the swirling challenges of plague, famine, war,
death, professional jealousies, religious threats and growing
ill-health, whilst at the same time attending to his
responsibilities as a husband and father and fending off a wife who
has a definite will of her own. Only at the moment of her death
does he finally realise (too late) his lifetime ambition of
actually being able to see into the future... The book contains
translations of many original documents, and concludes with a full
bibliography.
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