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The Nostradamus Code: The Lost Manuscript That Unlocks the Secrets of the Master Prophet

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While Ramotti has stated that the Nostradamus quatrains contain a code that reveals information beneath the surface, he does little in the way of making the reader understand what he has deciphered, and even less in making the reader understand his methodology. Much of it makes so little sense that it is amazing he printed it. He also does the decoding in Italian, which I feel should be in French. He implies by doing so that Nostradamus targeted an Italian audience for the quatrains. In reading the decoded verses, it appears that he groped to put together many of the sentences, making them sound almost incoherent. Insummary, I would say that he is indeed onto something with his decoding scheme, but he sorely lacks a deeply conscious, esoteric understanding of what is hidden beneath the quatrains, as well as the intepretation of the platelets (which contain many symbols of the tarot).

Another writer, a Michael Rathford, also claims a lost manuscript of Nostradamus exists, but while Ramotti claims the lost manuscript was found in 1994, Rathford says 2004. What is going on? That is uncertain.

Also, Mr. Ramotti claims he created the computer program to decipher the manuscript, while Mr. Rathford in his book on the same subject claims that he created the computer program to decipher the manuscript. I suppose it is possible both independently created programs to decipher the same text, but I am left with a large uncertainty.

Humans have a fascination with patterns, and we have uncertainty and anxieties for the future. And so it should be no surprise that there will be those who will take advantage of that for their own gain. Yes, often new philosophies, new theories, etc, are often met with derision before acceptance, but that is no proof whatsoever of validity: "my theory is being attacked, therefore it is true" is nonsense. I could say rocks eat rainbows and produce butterflies which spit out babies and say to those how attack me "my theory is being attacked, therefore it is true." Proves nothing. As the Bible says "test all things, keep that which is good." Test. All things. Don't blindly accept things on face value, or at first blush. Or because the writer is playing on your fears, or anxieties, or weaknesses.

As for the one positive review, Mr. Moral Amor, my hesitation about accepting his review is that at his Web site he states that his new system of organic moral philosophy took 10 years at a cost of over 1 million dollars to create - I find that extremely difficult to accept. If he has discovered such an incredible system that will save the world, morally I would think he should share it for free, or at the very least at cost. Especially a moral system that will even make you look and feel younger (moral botox). Maybe that's just me, maybe my morality is wrong. If so, then I apologize for my ignorance.

I have communicated with a World-Known authority on Nostradamus, and he has told me that no such 'lost manuscript' of Nostradamus exists. Therefore, I must conclude that this book is not worth the paper it is printed on.

This is one of the funniest books I've ever read. Hands down winner. Just how gullible does the author think we are? The "predictions" in this goofy book wouldn't fool the smallest child.

I have studied Nostradamus's quartrains in a University class on how to deal logically with weird and silly ideas. The ideas in this book are about as weird and silly as they come.

Nostradamus made no clear predictions about the future. His writings are all quite vague, and you can basically see anything you want in them. They're like inkblot tests in psychology classes.

There is no "newly discovered manuscript" of Nostradamus's predictions found in the "archives of the Italian National Library in Rome," as the book claims. This is just a silly ploy to make the contents of this book seem believable by associating them with a big, important-sounding name.

The "predictions" in this book also have nothing to do with Nostradamus's genuine writings. The author seems to have blatently made them up.

Absolutely sickening.

Several people believe that "Nostradamus correctly predicts such key events as the Nazi Blitzkrieg, the assassination attempt on Pope John Paul II, the burning of the oil wells of Kuwait by Iraq, and Boris Yeltsin's rise to power," as it says on the cover of this book.

Funny thing is, people only realized that Nostradamus's writings "predicted" these things AFTER they had happened. Only then were people able to match up certain passages written by Nostradamus and claim that they resembled the events just described.

I have trouble seeing why people bother with a fortune-teller whose predictions are only visible after the fact. The simple conclusion is that Nostradamus never predicted anything at all. People look at his "predictions" and see what they want to see.

A system of "prediction" that lags behind the facts is something I refer to as a "miserable degenerating research program." It doesn't lead to new knowledge, it just hangs around until something happens. What people see in these "predictions" tells us more about what's going on in THEIR heads, rather than what is happening in reality.

If there was a way to give this book zero stars, I would. I find my intelligence is insulted just by the mere existence of such a thing.

I loved this book, being so intelligently written and for being so much more positive about Mankind's future. Self-empowerment is the theme for Man's redemption; moral self-awareness. Being the author of Moral Armor, I'm all about that!

Ramotti shows us a rational order for the quatrains and a level of depth no other Nostradamus scholar can touch. His civil rationelle reflects that of the American Founding Fathers: honest, straightforward and at times, deep. I was fascinated that Nostradamus himself said someone would come in the end of the 20th Century and resolve the code to bring order to his work; he called him his "spiritual son": Cesar.

This is a scholarly and objective effort; not full of forced expectations of doom or quatrains warped to fit events. I'm no fan of religious history or of the papacy, but the parallels shown are astonishing. There is a complete method to his work; not a lot of ominous guessing. Passages are certainly challenging and there is much room to ponder meanings, but he doesn't force his opinions. If you have a mature, disciplined mind, you'll definitely enjoy it.