
Prophecies
4,000 Years of Prophets, Visionaries and Predictions
Tony Allan(Author)
Watkins Publishing
Published on 6. April 2009
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288 pages
978-1-906787-02-8 (ISBN)
Description
Discover how accurate past visions of the future have turned out to be and explore the continuity of the prophetic tradition. This is a fascinating anthology of amazing and curious stories - such as clairvoyant dreams about the sinking of the Titanic and the Reichstaag Fire in Berlin. It includes features on ancient shamans and soothsayers, Egyptian dream analysis, Greek oracles and Roman auguries, the ancient roots of astrology, messianic visionaries, medieval seers, African systems of divination, Aztec prophecies of cataclysms, the mysteries of Pachacamac, Nostradamus and his "Centuries" and the futurism of H. G. Wells.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Watkins Media Limited
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Paperback (UK-trade)
Dimensions
Height: 185 mm
Width: 123 mm
Weight
468 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-906787-02-8 (9781906787028)
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01/2012
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Tony Allan studied history at Oxford and was for many years a writer and editor with Time-Life Books, serving as Series Editor of the Time-Life History of the World, and working as an author and consultant on Myth and Mankind, a 20-volume study of comparative mythology.