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In the annals of mysticism, a few seers can match the lasting power and profound insight of Edgar Cayce. A clairvoyant philosopher of vast breadth and kindly demeanor, Cayce devoted his life to answering queries from tens of thousands seeking advice on their spiritual quests and personal affairs. His groundbreaking perceptions on the essence of healing, and on dreams, karma, and reincarnation served to inform and transform untold destinies.
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The four volumes comprising this extensive work, which covers the Christian Era, are the result of sixteen years of extensive research in Europe as well as in America. The result of this persistent quest, including some three extensive trips to Europe, has been the assemblage of thousands of source documents now comprising the unique Advent Source Collection. This, in turn, forms the documentary basis for these volumes, which are here presented to...
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From the ancient Mayans to the Oracle of Delphi, this sweeping look at the ancient art of prophecy features an in-depth investigation of the haunting predictions of Nostradamus. Since the very beginning of time people have attempted to see into the future. From Central African tribes to Native Americans, prophecy has held an esteemed place in cultures around the world. This searching program journeys back thousands of years for a riveting look at...
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"Including all the Prophecies in French and English, with complete notes and indexes, a critical biography of Nostradamus, his will and personal letters, bibliography of Nostradamus and his commentators, historical, geographical, and genealogical background, a review of theories about him, his method and other supplementary material."
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Highly readable and wide ranging, this fascinating account is the definitve work on the much debated and controversial subject of prophecy. What do the fall of Troy, the birth of Christ, and the Soviet Union have in common? Prophets have predicted these events, and here is fresh insight into these ever-intriguing, ever-amazing seers. The comprehensive coverage extends from priests and stargazers to the Oracle at Delphi to modern attempts to find the...
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Nostradamus anticipated a successful reception of his prophecies some half a millennium later, and that particular prophecy has come true. But was he really a man of extraordinary prophetic vision? Or did he cobble together prophecies current at the time? And how did he survive and prosper in the rigidly Catholic and inquisitorial world of 16th-century Europe? The answers to such questions are not necessarily the same as they were even a few years...
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"In The Scepter and the Star, John J. Collins turns to the Dead Sea Scrolls to shed new light on the origins, meaning, and relevance of messianic expectations. The first Christians were Jews who believed that Jesus of Nazareth was the messiah - the Christ; Christians could be called "followers of the messiah." Other Jews did not accept this claim, and so the Christians went their own way and grew into a separate religion. The disagreement about the...
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Examines an old book found in the stacks of the Italian National Library that may have been written by the famed prophet Nostradamus ; a detailed historical investigation of Nostradamus' 2012 doomsday prophecy ; describes the history of soothsayers and prophets, from ancient tales of mystics and oracles to biblical prophecies and modern age prophets, and discusses why forecasting the future is compelling for many people.
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In 1959, as part of the dedication ceremony for a new elementary school, a group of students is asked to draw pictures to be stored in a time capsule. One mysterious girl fills her sheet of paper with rows of apparently random numbers instead. Fifty years later, a new generation of students examines the capsule's contents and the girl's cryptic message ends up in the hands of Caleb. But it is Caleb's father, professor John Koestler, who makes the...
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