Conversations With Nostradamus: His Prophecies Explained, Vol. 1 (Revised Edition & Addendum 2001)

Never before has a book series struck me with as much intensity, complexity, and humanity as this one. Now, I am not going to say this book is either true or false. I am going to give it a fair evaluation based on what I read in it.The basic plot is this; Upon exploring the past life time of one of her subjects, Elena, Dolores Cannon (the author) finds that Elena was a student of Nostradamus. And Nostradamus hijacks Elena, so to speak, and tells Dolores that his quatrains are too ambiguous to understand. He needs the quatrains translated in a non-ambiguous way in hopes of helping alleviate the worst of the times humanity will go through. And says he will use her subjects to translate the quatrains.A complex, intricate tale is told as Nostradamus translates the quatrains. Some of these quatrains are about, in our perspective, the past. Others are about our future.What I love about this book is that, unlike other so called prophecy books, it doesn't say "Event X will happen." It more says "Event X will happen because A, B, and C." I found this book to be very rewarding solely for explaining causes/effects in the world.Fair warning, this book is very negative and is not for the faint of heart. Nostradamus wanted to give us the worst case scenario. The reason is that Nostradamus, in the first book, told Dolores that he has no worries about us surviving the good times. He wants us to survive the worst of times.This book can be considered scientific because some parts in it are falsifiable. Some events are said to definitely happen no matter what. Such as the antichrist coming, destruction of the Vatican, and the great genius. So, when we see the Vatican is still standing two popes after the current Pope Benedict, we can definitely go back and call this book bull. Until then, just cross your fingers and hope the book is wrong. Because, if it proves to be accurate, we are in for a rough ride.It got a lot of things wrong, but it also got a lot of things right. Considering other prophecy books have a record of getting nothing right, a book that gets many things right is remarkable in itself.Here are some other things about the book you need to know (especially for readers who have already read this):1) Dates are secondary to causes and effects. Whenever Dolores tries to get a date out of Nostradamus, which he hesitantly gives, it usually is wrong. Scientists tell people that the volcano might erupt by a certain date. And, when it doesn't, this doesn't make scientists' warnings any less valid. So, for those who denounce this book as incorrect based on the wrong dates; yes the date was wrong but the fact the volcano is nearing eruption is not. One can only give an estimate at best.2) For those wondering why such a person as the antichrist hasn't shown up, recall that it was said this person would work secretly in local/regional politics building a "base of power". So, yes, this person would come into power in the 90s, but only on a local/regional level. According to the book, once the Catholic church has the final pope (aka "the tool of the antichrist"), only then would this antichrist get rid of the secrecy aspect. According to the book, we are now in the process of electing what is considered "the final pope".So, of course this person would not appear yet. The timeline is off. With at least three dictators in the middle east recently overthrown, there is now a void of power. Believe me, if there was a time for an antichrist to move from local politics into national politics, it would be now. Oh, and now that the United States withdrew troops from Iraq, there is another void. I bet you a negative person is going to take advantage of that, antichrist or not.3) Pope John Paul II was said to be assassinated in this book. No, he was never assassinated but there were certainly many assassination attempts on him. John Paul II obviously had information ahead of time or survived from sheer luck (the 1995 incident). In volume III, Nostradamus shared that he didn't feel as strongly as he did before about the pope being assassinated. So that got turned it from a definite thing to a probable thing. Of course, the pope's survival into the early 2000s instead of dying in the 1980s/1990s definitely would have delayed the course of events by another two decades.Of course, let's not forget the other predictions that time proved to be correct in this trilogy series.4) "There is to be another shuttle disaster. Again there will be loss of life due to an explosion of the launch vehicle." (Volume III pg. 309)This refers to the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster which occurred on February 1, 2003. Also, the space shuttle program finished with its last mission, STS-135 and Atlantis, which came to a conclusion on July 21, 2011, retiring the final shuttle in the fleet and the program. With the retirement of the space shuttle program, there is no possible way that a third or more space shuttle disaster could occur. Therefore, this prophecy was fulfilled.5) "I saw the sky, and then I was looking down on the Middle East area...I see this as a revolution. Unrest in one country that leads to others. It starts off slowly and snowballs. It is in the Middle East." (Volume III pg. 174)This has to refer to the Tunisian Revolution that has spread to other Arab nations in 2011. This, in turn, lead to the Arab Spring revolution. When I saw Tunisians protesting and revolting, I used this part of the book to predict a larger revolution. And I was disturbed when I was right.6) Of course, as others have pointed out, the hung jury elections in 2000 were another accurate prediction.(Added 3/27/2012) These are future predictions that the book says will happen. A lot of these are pertaining to RIGHT NOW which is why I put them in here. I will add more in the future:7) "I saw that the United States government will not solve its deficit problem. It is beyond control now and it will continue to snowball." (Volume III pg. 185)8)Goddess worship will start to increase. (Volume II or III)9)"The tomb is in Rome amongst the layers and layers of archaeological ruins underneath the present-day buildings...this Roman was a famous philosopher and he theorized about all things. He is mainly known for his philosophy and his discourses on the nature of things...archeologists will know who he is and what he did. That is why they called him the great Roman. He says when that happens and a pope is elected immediately after, it will be a clear sign. It won't be necessarily the very next day. That is symbolic of a very short time after the discovery of that tomb." (Volume III)As Pope Benedict is retiring, the above refers to the succession to the next pope after him so it pertains to RIGHT NOW. If this is true, we should see some type of major discovery like the above at least a day before February 28th-March 31st when the process of electing the next pope is being made. Peter Kodwo Appiah Turkson from the African country Ghana is among the most favored cardinal to become pope in the current elections.However, Peter Turkson does not fit all the characteristics (such as not being from France in the book said there would be a strong chance he would be. Although Ghana was a former colony of Europe so it does have those ties). He also does not have blue eyes but he does have a "swarthy complexion" as the book states. Maybe he was wearing blue-eyed contact lenses? In fact, he's one of the few popes with that "swarthy" complexion since the early colonialism era. Also, Ghana has a sizable Muslim population which could make him more receptive toward Muslim leaders like the book's supposed Antichrist. In fact, Peter Turkson is the only papal contender that I know of that isn't recorded saying something that intensely ticks off Muslims. Could show an affinity that could make him useful in being the Muslim "antichrist's tool" (strictly according to the book).Peter Turkson also has an interest in finances, as the book claims, and recently, "elaborated a proposal to reform the international financial system by creating a Global Public Authority and a Global Bank that consider the interest of all developing countries. The document of 40 pages was officially presented in October 2011 and criticizes the current structure of International Monetary Fund and other institutions.." Hmm, in Conversations with Nostradamus, the last pope also was said to have an interest in finances and world banking. In fact, the Antichrist would use a world bank to bring economic ruin to countries, making them easier to invade. Could Peter Turkson unknowingly be the tool of the antichrist by being influential in creating a world bank?I will add more as time goes on.

Through regressive hypnotherapy, Dolores Cannon makes contact with the great Nostradamus. What's really strange about this book is that Delores' client was a student of Nostradamus, and through hypnosis, Cannon actually reads the quatrains to Nostradamus who interprets them for her through her client.What really amazed Cannon, was that Nostradamus was aware that his student was talking to someone unseen and asked if he could talk. Then he told Cannon that he needed to interpret some of the quatrains because they pertained to our present time. One quatrain referred to the Chernobyl disaster. Nostradamus talked about a triangle of 3 cities that would experience an earthquake, Los Angels, San Francisco and Las Vegas? He was unsure of the 3rd one. Needless to say, earthquakes have been speeding up in the last few decades, along with volcanoes going off. I've even heard that underwater volcanoes might be what's adding to the CO2 in our atmosphere.The student explains what he's learned from Nostradamus, a doctor and his teacher. "The fire opens the way . . . the mind's eye sees the fire. The voices come to you, to help and guide you. You get . . . inside yourself. It has to be prepared. The calming of your body, of your mind." location 483 of 9220 How amazing that a woman, when regressed hypnotically, remembers being taught by Nostradamus.Another thing Cannon learned from her client, was that she(as a male student) was sitting reading from some lost books on the childhood of Christ. Apparently the church was trying to remove and separate parts of these books, and Nostradamus felt that his student should know what was in these books. The student talked about a story in the lost book when Jesus was young. Apparently he had the same powers he did as a man, but not the compassion and sometimes used his gifts unwisely, including have a playmate fall dead and then bringing him back to life afterwards out of sorrow. I can't imagine who the public would feel knowing that Jesus might not have been pure good all the time, that he had some growing pains to go through.The client explains that Nostradamus puts sand on a mirror and then traces symbols on the mirror with a quill, and then writes what he hears in side his head. "Usually there will be an area cleared by the time he's finished with the free design, and he sees things there." location 745 of 9220Read the quatrains interpreted by the man who wrote them. This is a fascinating book, as are all of Delores Cannon's work. We lost a pioneer in the search for lost knowledge with her recent passing.

I'm familiar with others of Dorothy Cannon's books and how she attains her information through hypnosis into past lives. This was so interesting, and even though it was written in the late 1980's, I can see where a lot of the information has come to pass that she didn't know about now that it is 2020. I bought the whole set, and I'm reading book II now. One thing that stood out to me was a section where he talks about meteors falling into a section of sky near the northern hemisphere around Alaska, which is caused by secret government works going on in that area, like HARRP. The other night a news story showed a meteor shower along with the northern lights, taken from photos at the space station above the earth. All the meteors entered in the northern hemisphere near Alaska. Also, a lot of the things happening since 1999 that are leading up to what he calls the "time of troubles." Nostradamus claims that he saw so far into the future that he saw the end of the earth, the end of the sun, and the end of the universe. He saw the fall of the catholic church, the Anti-Christ, and how he wants to take over the world. So many interesting things happening. I recommend this book to anyone who is fascinated by Nostradamus and his predictions.

Very interesting and really enjoyed the addition of events that had come to pass after the the first print run of the book.

This is the real deal! - any other books on Nostradamus and his prophecies are only conjecture. This one is from the horses mouth and Delores Cannon is absolutely true to only publishing word for word what she records in her sessions - I know first hand and love her work!

The 45 pages at the end entitled '' Addendum '' ( i.e. an update on how the predictions have fared out so far since the original book was written in 1989 ) were for me the most interesting part of the book , but this was essentially the end part of the book. The core topic , the '' regression sessions '' of contact with Nostradamus seemed to go on forever and I found the question and answer type format quite boring as well as the fact that the whole book is not an easy read . Lots of astrology references etc . I can't help also feeling that a lot of what came out of the regressions with the great man himself was not published in this book for fear of perhaps upsetting certain people ' high ranking controllers ' on this planet despite denials to the contrary from the author . Also far too much of the Nostradamus replies are of the nature '' not sure when '' , '' not sure where '' , '' not sure who '' etc . Later in the book he even says he is not sure of the validity of some of his Quatrains in the first place..There are many things written in the book that have came to pass already , but there are also many things predicted that never came to pass . I bought the other 2 x volumes of this book but will be in no hurry to read them after this chore.

If you want to read it as fiction then go ahead. There is review that is a single word: "Crap". I actually bought the book to see if this was true, It had me intrigued, was the review written by someone who just did not like what they were reading or by someone who actually was qualified to judge expressing an accurate assessment; unfortunately my conclusion is the latter. Books like this can give themselves away in a single line, regrettably this book does exactly that, as anyone familiar with Sidereal Astrology will realize. Great shame; but as I say, fun to read as fiction if you are so inclined.

There is so much information in here, it is chilling and outstanding in equal measure.Such a shame Dolores is not around to continue her brilliant work.