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I came across the work of Nostradamus as part of a curatorial team working with books housed in special collections. Instantly, I was intrigued by the background of the man who's most enduring work is an attempt to calculate the events of the future based off the mathematics of astrology. Nostradamus was a doctor and astrologist living in France from 1503 to 1566. He wrote his first prophesies in 1550 after a visit to Italy sparked his interest in the occult. In order to keep his predictions from seeming to close to biblical prophecies, they were written using poetic forms.

Publication Date

12-6-2022

City

Logan, UT

Keywords

mathematics of astrology, Nostradamus, occult, poetry

Disciplines

Arts and Humanities

How Poetry Saved Nostradamus From the Pope

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