Of note, two of history's
greatest seers, Nostradamus and Edgar Cayce, were
physicians. Long before his
Quatrains, Michel de Nostredame was an accomplished apothecary and "assisted the prominent physician Louis Serre in his fight against a major plague-outbreak in Marseille, and then tackled further outbreaks of disease on his own in
Salon-de-Provence and in the regional capital,
Aix-en-Provence." (from
Wikipedia) Only later, did Nostradamus write down his prophecies, some of which have
never been found or published to this day. I believe that he had Divine assistance in writing many of his predictions, such that they are true
inspiration, or Revelation. But they also serve as warnings, and are not necessarily meant to indicate what
will happen, but what
might. And there's the rub!
Edgar Cayce, sometimes called
"the other Nostradamus," came from a fundamentalist Christian background and had
no medical training, yet he gave more than 14,000 "readings" during a period of 43 years (1901 to 1944). This includes 9,603 "health readings," involving accurate diagnoses and cures for
all varieties of ills - including many, many cases where mainstream science could do
nothing for the patient, even sometimes when doctors had told the patient that they would surely die. This man
did not take money for his readings unless it was offered, his family often struggled just to make ends meet (working during the Great Depression and the World Wars, as he did), yet he did manage to open a
hospital in which he could treat patients with his cures - although the stock market crash of 1929 forced him to close it. Here is what Edgar Cayce said of it:
"I told them I have nothing to sell. I am not a doctor, nor a professor. I do not treat in any way, manner, or form. I have little or nothing of this world's goods, yet I believe that if it be the Lord's work, it will succeed. If it is not, it has no right to succeed, nor any place in man's life. Those, however, who seek assistance through these forces surely know that the physical man must be supplied with the physical needs. Therefore, we depend upon those for whom readings are given for contributions sufficient to take care of the needs of the hour, and for the propagation of the truths that do mean, and have meant, so much in the lives of so many. Freely ye have received, freely give."
Ye shall know them by their fruits ... 
Dozens more modern-day prophets exist; these are just two, both legitimate,
imo and findings. I am much more interested in Edgar Cayce, and in his own readings he explained much about the (several) sources of his information. This included, but was not limited to, the
Akashic Records, as well as the
astral light (I suspect), these two existing spiritually in the relationship of
Book to
scraps & distorted fragments thereof, respectively. But whether or not Cayce was always accurate, it is the
nature, the motivation, and the methods of his work - which seems of greatest signficance to me. Along with the fact, that it was overwhelmingly performed in the
spirit of Service to others.
I think there are sufficient cases, aside from Cayce's, from within the past 150 years, which evidence fully satisfactorily for all but the hardened skeptic, that there is "something to prophecy." Further, I think that many of the various methods have been well documented, discussed, expounded, and as far as we can tell,
accurately accounted for. Even the requirements for verifying some of these prophecies ... are quite in line with the tenets of most of the worlds religions - with an emphasis on purity of character/body/mind, an inward & outward self-discipline, and an unfailing persistence,
a spiritual aspiration.
While with regard to some of the more profound predictions there remains a shroud of mystery -
such as the hour of the return of Christ ... there are other predictions which I feel comfortable saying I can observe on a daily basis, since they have already come to pass, and quite objectively so. Yet many such matters remain cases of
interpretation, and are obviously open to doubt. Edgar Cayce said that Atlantis would
rise in 1968 or 1969. I have not read that actual prediction, but people generally say things like,
Obviously, the man was wrong. But was he? The "Bimini Road"
was discovered in 1968, and there are many who consider this
exactly what Edgar Cayce was referring to. Also, the so-called "
Hall of Records" was said by Cayce (in 1941) to lie beneath the front, left paw of the Guardian Sphinx, in Egypt. He was apparently right, as such a chamber
has been detected, and sonar imaging
does suggest that it is not empty. Some are content that there is
nothing there to discover, while others are unconvinced. The fact is, continued discovery of
many chambers beneath the Sphinx & Great Pyramid ... has become an almost regular occurrence! But in this case, Edgar Cayce's time frame of "1996 to 1998" seems to be -
off.
cheers,
andrew
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