Nostradamus and Other Prophets and Seers: Prophecies and Secret Knowledge from Ancient Times to the Present Day

by Jo Durden-Smith

Prophecy and prediction continues to be a popular topic and, covering various prophets and their methods, this book is an essential guide.

304 pages, Paperback

Published November 15, 2017

About the author

Jo Durden Smith was a British author and a documentary film maker.
He was educated at Haileybury and Merton College, Oxford. He worked for World in Action, Granada TV's documentary team, where his rock films were made.
Subsequently he lived in New York, and then Moscow. He was a columnist for The Moscow Times, to 1997.

Reviews

[Terry · Rating 4 out of 5]

This contains a limited overview of prophets of long ago, focusing mainly on the life and prophecies of Nostradamus.

The author relies on a couple of other sources for interpretations of the prophecies, adding in a few possibilities of their own. There is a lot of conjecture about astrology and alchemy and what role those realms played in the prophecies, including, perhaps, the vague references that Nostradamus uses.

Definitely an entertaining read as my first exposure to the subject.

[airy xie · Rating 5 out of 5]

Prophecy is predictions based on sciences. It needs a very doctoral level scientists not just a regular persons faking themselves understanding the universe.

[nancy · Rating 3 out of 5]

As a nerd of history and mysteries, this was quite fun to read. Parts were a bit tedious to get through due to lack of knowledge about things (i.e. 15th century French politics) but overall it was written well enough that anyone could enjoy it :)