| THE LETTERS OF NOSTRADAMUS |
| A Book by Robert Tippett |
When I first started writing my interpretations of Nostradamus, in 200 selected quatrains, which was
under the title of "The Future According to Nostradamus," I talked to a college philosophy professor
of mine about what I was trying to convey to the world. I told him that I had a rough draft of about
400 pages (single spaced). He told me flatly that no one would read something that long. He
suggested writing magazine articles, boiling the whole thing down to 1,500 words. My attempts at
that made the whole story read like a tabloid newspaper sensationalized article. So, I tried to briefly
summarize the 200 quatrains in a story format; and, that turned out to be 70 pages. That length was
on just part of the story that I later realized was there.
That first book also did not include anything of the letters that Nostradamus wrote. I found out
about the Letter of Preface and the Letter to Henry II after I drafted those 400 pages and
summarized in 70. When I realized that I had to write a more comprehensive book, covering all of
the quatrains, I began to write Pearls Before Swine. By the time I had interpreted 111 quatrains, I
again had 400 pages that deeply interpreted those quatrains. At that time I translated and interpreted
the Letter of Preface and added that to Pearls Before Swine, which ended up being 740 pages of
text. Since I still had another 847 quatrains to deeply interpret, plus the Letter to Henry II, I knew I
would have to do this project in volumes. The subtitle, Volume 1: Predicting the Past, was indicative
of the 111 quatrains; and, the presence of the Letter of Preface acted more to support the section of
systems that I explained, with a significant portion of the book not directly relating to the subtitle.
When that book went to the publisher I still had not translated or interpreted the Letter to Henry II.
All that I knew from looking over it was it was strange; but, I could easily see that it too supported
all of my theories so far.
Armed with a new book the size of a major city's phone book (over 3 lbs), everyone I showed it to
was immediately intimidated by the size. Friends kept asking me, "Can't you just write a synopsis of
what it all means?" My response was that I could; but, it would seem so far fetched that everyone
would end up asking, "How did you get that from that?" That would return everything to the need
for a lengthy explanation of just that. Still, the point of everything is to have everyone know what the
message of Nostradamus is; it is not to sell expensive big books. When a friend of a friend, who
knew the publishing business told me that no publisher would take a manuscript from a first time
author over 250-300 pages, I really had no idea where to go next. I knew that I still had to tackle
the Letter to Henry II, so that I finally knew everything that Nostradamus wrote, concerning The
Prophecies, so I figured I could write a short book with that in it. If I included the Letter of Preface,
between those two letters I should be able to let people know the main points of The Prophecies;
and, maybe that would stretch to 250-300 pages. I decided to suspend writing volume 2 of Pearls
Before Swine and write about The Letters of Nostradamus.
Having had already written an interpretation of the Letter of Preface in volume 1 of Pearls Before
Swine, I knew that wouldn't be hard to repeat. However, in this book I decided to forego all of the
previous style, of listing what Nostradamus wrote, in short bits, and then spend a few pages
explaining that one bit, and just make it appear like Nostradamus had written the letter the way it
would read, if not written in coded fashion. I was amazed at what was coming from that style of
writing. It put the Letter of Preface in the voice of Nostradamus, making it make perfect sense, and
some new insights came to me that were not included in my first interpretation. With that done, I
began to look at my translations of the Letter to Henry II; and, a very amazing document appeared
to me, like never before seen.
To set up just how amazing what I found in the Letter to Henry II, one author on Nostradamus
described this letter as a wild ride down rapids, which fed some calm pools along the way. Another
author footnoted his presentation of the Letter to Henry II as being in his book simply because the
publisher demanded it to be. He said this letter was basically unintelligible and nonsense. What I
found was the clarity that removed all of the rapid rushes of thought and made this document
completely intelligible. In fact, this letter IS the summation of what The Prophecies is all about; and,
it not only tells the general stories that the quatrains tell, but it adds explanation for everything
surrounding The Prophecies.
As I looked at my translations, set out in the manner that the Systems of Nostradamus calls for, it
dawned on me that this letter, sent to Henry II in response to a royal demand for explanation, was
doing just that; but, it was doing it in the same way that the quatrains of The Prophecies did. Since
the quatrains were all out of order, making it make no sense, it prompted Henry to request
explanation; and, in this letter of explanation, Nostradamus wrote a letter that was also scrambled
and just as in need of reordering, to make sense of it. The Letter to Henry II is a symbolic
explanation of The Prophecies, by being out of order and equally nonsensical, until that order is
restored. I realized it was my role to do this restoration.
This ordering of the passages of the Letter to Henry II would be impossible without understanding
the need and understanding how the systems make it determinable how the document can be divided
into pieces, like the quatrains. Once everything is cleanly separated into sections - some no more
than 4 words long, some 25 lines long, with well over 100 words - which then act something like
paragraphs, it then becomes a process of fitting these "paragraphs" together, by looking at
connecting themes. The result is that Nostradamus wrote a letter that can easily be broken into
chapters of focus, with the longest chapter being the story of mankind that is The Prophecies.
However, this is the final chapter of this letter, as before this Nostradamus wrote about meeting
Jesus Christ and how Jesus instructed him to incorporate the systems into the writing style. He also
makes it clear that Jesus Christ allowed Nostradamus to see more than just the future of mankind.
Nostradamus was able to see the history of Man, from Adam to the first coming of Christ, so that he
gave details of all of the Patriarchs of the Old Testament. The point of this is how God has tried to
guide a select group of humanity to learn the values of faith and devotion; and, this history culminated
with the coming of Jesus Christ, the promised Mesiah. This history makes it clear, through the
examples of prophecies that have come true, that belief in this prophecy of Nostradamus is to save
the mankind that God loves. Mankind has to return to its faith in God, admit that Jesus Christ is the
Son of God and follow his teachings. in order to save mankind and the souls of each individual. To
mark the importance of how much time is left for us to now act towards this salvation, Nostradamus
presented some most specific astrological-astronomical arrangements, which are only ten years from
now. All in all, the Letter to Henry II makes it clear what will happen, should mankind not make the
effort to change its direction; but, it does this in a way that desires for mankind to trust in Jesus
Christ, and make those changes come to be. This document, and The Letters of Nostradamus as a
whole, is all that one truly needs to find a renewal of one's faith and save their soul through change.
All people of the world must be made aware of this urgent message. The time for awareness is most
certainly now.
under the title of "The Future According to Nostradamus," I talked to a college philosophy professor
of mine about what I was trying to convey to the world. I told him that I had a rough draft of about
400 pages (single spaced). He told me flatly that no one would read something that long. He
suggested writing magazine articles, boiling the whole thing down to 1,500 words. My attempts at
that made the whole story read like a tabloid newspaper sensationalized article. So, I tried to briefly
summarize the 200 quatrains in a story format; and, that turned out to be 70 pages. That length was
on just part of the story that I later realized was there.
That first book also did not include anything of the letters that Nostradamus wrote. I found out
about the Letter of Preface and the Letter to Henry II after I drafted those 400 pages and
summarized in 70. When I realized that I had to write a more comprehensive book, covering all of
the quatrains, I began to write Pearls Before Swine. By the time I had interpreted 111 quatrains, I
again had 400 pages that deeply interpreted those quatrains. At that time I translated and interpreted
the Letter of Preface and added that to Pearls Before Swine, which ended up being 740 pages of
text. Since I still had another 847 quatrains to deeply interpret, plus the Letter to Henry II, I knew I
would have to do this project in volumes. The subtitle, Volume 1: Predicting the Past, was indicative
of the 111 quatrains; and, the presence of the Letter of Preface acted more to support the section of
systems that I explained, with a significant portion of the book not directly relating to the subtitle.
When that book went to the publisher I still had not translated or interpreted the Letter to Henry II.
All that I knew from looking over it was it was strange; but, I could easily see that it too supported
all of my theories so far.
Armed with a new book the size of a major city's phone book (over 3 lbs), everyone I showed it to
was immediately intimidated by the size. Friends kept asking me, "Can't you just write a synopsis of
what it all means?" My response was that I could; but, it would seem so far fetched that everyone
would end up asking, "How did you get that from that?" That would return everything to the need
for a lengthy explanation of just that. Still, the point of everything is to have everyone know what the
message of Nostradamus is; it is not to sell expensive big books. When a friend of a friend, who
knew the publishing business told me that no publisher would take a manuscript from a first time
author over 250-300 pages, I really had no idea where to go next. I knew that I still had to tackle
the Letter to Henry II, so that I finally knew everything that Nostradamus wrote, concerning The
Prophecies, so I figured I could write a short book with that in it. If I included the Letter of Preface,
between those two letters I should be able to let people know the main points of The Prophecies;
and, maybe that would stretch to 250-300 pages. I decided to suspend writing volume 2 of Pearls
Before Swine and write about The Letters of Nostradamus.
Having had already written an interpretation of the Letter of Preface in volume 1 of Pearls Before
Swine, I knew that wouldn't be hard to repeat. However, in this book I decided to forego all of the
previous style, of listing what Nostradamus wrote, in short bits, and then spend a few pages
explaining that one bit, and just make it appear like Nostradamus had written the letter the way it
would read, if not written in coded fashion. I was amazed at what was coming from that style of
writing. It put the Letter of Preface in the voice of Nostradamus, making it make perfect sense, and
some new insights came to me that were not included in my first interpretation. With that done, I
began to look at my translations of the Letter to Henry II; and, a very amazing document appeared
to me, like never before seen.
To set up just how amazing what I found in the Letter to Henry II, one author on Nostradamus
described this letter as a wild ride down rapids, which fed some calm pools along the way. Another
author footnoted his presentation of the Letter to Henry II as being in his book simply because the
publisher demanded it to be. He said this letter was basically unintelligible and nonsense. What I
found was the clarity that removed all of the rapid rushes of thought and made this document
completely intelligible. In fact, this letter IS the summation of what The Prophecies is all about; and,
it not only tells the general stories that the quatrains tell, but it adds explanation for everything
surrounding The Prophecies.
As I looked at my translations, set out in the manner that the Systems of Nostradamus calls for, it
dawned on me that this letter, sent to Henry II in response to a royal demand for explanation, was
doing just that; but, it was doing it in the same way that the quatrains of The Prophecies did. Since
the quatrains were all out of order, making it make no sense, it prompted Henry to request
explanation; and, in this letter of explanation, Nostradamus wrote a letter that was also scrambled
and just as in need of reordering, to make sense of it. The Letter to Henry II is a symbolic
explanation of The Prophecies, by being out of order and equally nonsensical, until that order is
restored. I realized it was my role to do this restoration.
This ordering of the passages of the Letter to Henry II would be impossible without understanding
the need and understanding how the systems make it determinable how the document can be divided
into pieces, like the quatrains. Once everything is cleanly separated into sections - some no more
than 4 words long, some 25 lines long, with well over 100 words - which then act something like
paragraphs, it then becomes a process of fitting these "paragraphs" together, by looking at
connecting themes. The result is that Nostradamus wrote a letter that can easily be broken into
chapters of focus, with the longest chapter being the story of mankind that is The Prophecies.
However, this is the final chapter of this letter, as before this Nostradamus wrote about meeting
Jesus Christ and how Jesus instructed him to incorporate the systems into the writing style. He also
makes it clear that Jesus Christ allowed Nostradamus to see more than just the future of mankind.
Nostradamus was able to see the history of Man, from Adam to the first coming of Christ, so that he
gave details of all of the Patriarchs of the Old Testament. The point of this is how God has tried to
guide a select group of humanity to learn the values of faith and devotion; and, this history culminated
with the coming of Jesus Christ, the promised Mesiah. This history makes it clear, through the
examples of prophecies that have come true, that belief in this prophecy of Nostradamus is to save
the mankind that God loves. Mankind has to return to its faith in God, admit that Jesus Christ is the
Son of God and follow his teachings. in order to save mankind and the souls of each individual. To
mark the importance of how much time is left for us to now act towards this salvation, Nostradamus
presented some most specific astrological-astronomical arrangements, which are only ten years from
now. All in all, the Letter to Henry II makes it clear what will happen, should mankind not make the
effort to change its direction; but, it does this in a way that desires for mankind to trust in Jesus
Christ, and make those changes come to be. This document, and The Letters of Nostradamus as a
whole, is all that one truly needs to find a renewal of one's faith and save their soul through change.
All people of the world must be made aware of this urgent message. The time for awareness is most
certainly now.
UPDATE:
The Letters of Nostradamus (Second Edition) is now available to be purchased through Amazon
($19.95 list), and an increasing number of other booksellers. Barnes & Noble has it listed (May
14, 2010) at $14.36, and Books-A-Million has it for $15.29 (Club price $13.76). Prices are
subject to change, and shipping is additional.
Copies of the First Edition (no longer available via the Internet) can be purchased directly through
this website, for a cost of $12, plus shipping and handling. Contact Us to order.
An e-book version of the first edition is available, requiring Adobe Acrobat Reader. Cost is $8.
Contact Us to order.
The Letters of Nostradamus (Second Edition) is now available to be purchased through Amazon
($19.95 list), and an increasing number of other booksellers. Barnes & Noble has it listed (May
14, 2010) at $14.36, and Books-A-Million has it for $15.29 (Club price $13.76). Prices are
subject to change, and shipping is additional.
Copies of the First Edition (no longer available via the Internet) can be purchased directly through
this website, for a cost of $12, plus shipping and handling. Contact Us to order.
An e-book version of the first edition is available, requiring Adobe Acrobat Reader. Cost is $8.
Contact Us to order.
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2010
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2010
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2006
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