| The prophecies of Nostradamus, today | | | | were originally part of a group of one |
| popularly believed to be the work of a | | | | hundred stanzas written in the sixth century, |
| charlatan, are given new life in Morten St. | | | | a thousand years before the time of |
| George's Incantation of the Law Against Inept | | | | Nostradamus. St. George, however, does not |
| Critics: A Guide to Cryptic Thinking. St. | | | | view this as a strategic problem for the |
| George discovered that some of the famous | | | | prophecies: "If the prophecies foresaw |
| stanzas masked their message by means of a | | | | historical secrets, it is safe to assume that |
| unique type of cryptography involving the | | | | they also foresaw their translation into |
| deployment of a wide array of deception | | | | French; consequently, what we see in |
| devices. Nonetheless, a rigorous and | | | | Nostradamus' book are the intended |
| systematic unraveling of these devices does | | | | prophecies. Even the destruction of the |
| not always wind up with the prophecies | | | | remaining fifty-eight prophecies can be |
| confirming recorded history. Unperturbed, | | | | deemed as foreseen and thus intended." |
| St. George allows his decoding techniques to | | | | |
| take the prophecies to where they lead: | | | | As for the other nine hundred stanzas |
| | | | (Nostradamus published a total of 942 |
| * Napoleon Bonaparte was murdered on his | | | | stanzas), St. George says they are largely |
| island of captivity by poison in the wine, | | | | re-writes, re-combinations, or thematic |
| instigated by a woman enraged over the defeat | | | | derivatives of elements of the original one |
| of his army in 1813. | | | | hundred stanzas, with lots of new place names |
| | | | thrown in for good measure. Indeed, |
| * President John F. Kennedy was assassinated | | | | meticulous analysis of the 942 stanzas |
| by a group of conspirators led by his | | | | reveals a large number of repeating terms and |
| vice-president, Lyndon Baines Johnson. | | | | concepts. Consequently, according to St. |
| Officially accused by the Warren Commission, | | | | George, the other nine hundred stanzas have |
| Lee Harvey Oswald was completely innocent | | | | no prophetic merit at all; their purpose was |
| since the bullets that killed Kennedy were | | | | only to mask or conceal the forty-two stanzas |
| fired from a rooftop, not from an open | | | | of the sixth century, and they were very |
| window. | | | | successful at doing just that. |
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| * The JFK conspirators were also behind the | | | | When asked if the forty-two prophecies were |
| assassination of Kennedy's brother, Senator | | | | the product of extraordinary psychic powers, |
| Robert F. Kennedy, several years later. | | | | St. George asserted: "The future cannot be |
| | | | foreseen by means of psychic powers, nor by |
| * Martin Luther King was assassinated because | | | | means of astrological calculations, tarot |
| of his opposition to the Vietnam War, not | | | | cards, black magic, crystal balls, or any |
| because of racism. | | | | other such thing." Then pressured to explain |
| | | | the prophecies, St. George replied: |
| * Egyptian president Anwar Sadat was | | | | "Super-civilization technology. Very simple, |
| assassinated because of his support for the | | | | really. You gain access to the time stream |
| anti-Islamic Shah of Iran, not because of his | | | | by orbiting our planet at the speed of |
| efforts to make peace with Israel. | | | | light." |
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| * The Russians paid the Bulgarians with a | | | | The final question was: What was the motive |
| suitcase containing gold and more than a | | | | for writing one hundred prophecies in the |
| hundred thousand rubles to attempt the | | | | sixth century? To this, St. George |
| assassination of Pope John Paul II. | | | | responded: "The gloom of the Dark Ages was |
| | | | already upon the scene, and ignorance became |
| * American satellites over the Falkland | | | | perpetually self-generating. It's a common |
| Islands guided a British submarine to an | | | | misconception that technological progress is |
| Argentine cruiser, which was torpedoed | | | | an inherent characteristic of humankind. |
| resulting in the death of hundreds of | | | | Without intervention, western civilization |
| Argentine sailors. | | | | today would be exactly like it was back then, |
| | | | embroiled in an endless cycle of famine, |
| St. George claims that this information, as | | | | plague, and petty warfare. It took the |
| well as a clear allusion to all the major | | | | prophecies fourteen hundred years to achieve |
| events of world history from Hiroshima to | | | | their objective, which seems like a long time |
| September 11, are conveyed by a mere | | | | by the standard of a human lifetime, but |
| forty-two stanzas that interconnect in | | | | might not be such a long time by other |
| intricate ways to supply the needed details. | | | | standards. |
| According to St. George, these forty-stanzas | | | | |