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In an
enclosure to a report about the state of affairs in Germany in the
astrological field, published on Ulrich Maichle's website
Die Nostradamus-Propaganda
der Nazis 1939-1942, some remarks by Carl Loog, made in a full-page
article (in fact: a letter to the editors) in number 50 of volume 1940 of the national-socialist weekly Der
Reichswart, were criticized. In this article, Loog's letter is
discussed.
Loog is the author of Die Weissagungen des Nostradamus (Pfullingen
in Württemberg, 1921 [1920]), in which he wrote about quatrain 03-57
that, according to Nostradamus, in 1939, a crisis would occur in England
and at the same time one in Poland.
In Mysterien von Sonne und Seele (Berlin,
1922 [1921]), dr. Hans-Hermann Kritzinger quoted Loog's comment on quatrain
03-57. The year 1939, one of the scarce years mentioned in this book, was
in bold print.
In connection with Loog's comment on quatrain 03-57, the German attack
on Poland in September 1939 became linked to this quatrain. Because of
this link, dr. Paul Joseph Goebbels, the German minister of Propaganda (1933-1945), got the idea to use the Centuries and/or
Century-comments for psychological warfare.[1]
In #50 of volume 1940 of the national-socialist weekly Der
Reichswart, a letter, written by Loog, was published under the title
Prophete rechts
- Prophete links - War Nostradamus wirklich Scharlatan und Betrüger?. On
this website, its title is abbreviated into Nostradamus
Scharlatan?.
In this letter, Loog replied to Prophete
rechts, Prophete links..., a contribution by Kurt Fervers,
published in Der Reichswart #45, November 7, 1940. Fervers had a quite
sceptical attitude
towards prophecies in general and notably towards the Centuries.
His remarks in connection with Nostradamus as a person were highly
antisemetic.[2]
Nostradamus Scharlatan?
is divided into three parts. In the first part, Loog refuted critics
on Nostradamus which in his eyes were unjust. In the part, entitled Die
Voraussagen, he discussed some features of the key he had derived
from the Centuries, a key which enabled him to arrange the
quatrains in their original order. He also compared Fervers' remarks on
some quatrains with comments he himself had given. In the part,
entitled "Ein Kapitän von Groß-Deutschland", he
discussed quatrains which according to him were fulfilled in 1940 in a
way which matched his comment in Die Weissagungen des Nostradamus.
The question is if, prior to its publication, the editorial staff of Der Reichswart
shortened Loog's letter, deleted some passages of changed some,
whether or not ordered by the Censorship department
of the Ministry of Propaganda to do so. According to
prof. dr. dr. E. Noelle-Neumann, who in June 1940 wrote a propagandistic
article on Nostradamus for the Deutsche Allgemeine
Zeitung, the Censorship department
did not constantly control the
editorial staffs. If editorial staffs had the opinion that some passages
had to be verified, it was up to them to consult the Censorship department.[3]
Since further information is lacking, it is assumed in this article that
Loog's letter has been published completely. Probably, the editorial staff of Der Reichswart divided
Loog's letter into parts and added a general title and two paragraph
titles. The paragraph title "Ein Kapitän von Groß-Deutschland",
which precedes Loog's discussion of the connection between quatrain
05-51 and the circumstances in Europe in 1940, is right in the middle of
Loog's comment on this quatrain. It is not likely that Loog himself in
this way would have inserted a paragraph title.
Unjustified
critics on Nostradamus
In the first part of Nostradamus Scharlatan?, Loog
argued that mistakes have been attributed to Nostradamus, which in fact
have to be attributed to commentators and readers. He warned against the
use of Die erstaunlichen Bücher
des Grossen Artztes, Sehers und Schicksals-Propheten Nostradamus in’s
Deutsche übertragen und dem Verständnisse aufgeschlossen (Stuttgart,1850);
the first German translation of the Centuries, made by Edouard
Roesch, the book to which Fervers referred in Prophete rechts,
Prophete links... According to Loog, Roesch's translation was that poor, that those who
based their comments upon it, easily could make serious errors.
Loog also wrote that in times of war, many people had a sense for
mysticism which they strongly rejected in times of peace. At times of
war, they would start to look in the Centuries for predictions
which in one way or another would correspond with their circumstances.
Loog stated that the mistakes these people made, can not be attributed
to Nostradamus. In Die Weissagungen des
Nostradamus, he made a similar remark[4]
Loog also wrote that it was dangerous for serious Century-scholars to
occupy themselves with the Centuries, because they might become
superstitious.
Further, Loog noted that some commentators perverted, shortened or
enlarged a quatrain until it fitted their wishes, as if they were Procrustes.[5]
For those who did not believe prophecy, this was a proof that
prophecy was a ridiculous matter. Loog stated that not Nostradamus, but
the commentators were responsible for this approach.
Loog refuted the statement that Nostradamus was a charlatan and an
imposter because he was a Jew of the third generation. According to Loog,
such a statement was not sufficient.
Loogs
key to
the Centuries
In Die Voraussagen, Loog described the way in which
Nostradamus, according to him, compiled the Centuries. Loog wrote
that the disorder of the quatrains was the result of the confusion
Nostradamus deliberately caused by a.o. the use of an astronomic system.
In connection with the key he derived from the Centuries, Loog
described astronomic features which he had not discussed in Die Weissagungen des
Nostradamus or Prophezeiungen – eine
Erwiderung, a reply to critics of notably his compatriot Count Carl.
L.F.O. von Klinckowstroem on the key he derived from the Centuries,
published in the January issue of volume 1922 of the monthly Psychische
Studien.[6]
According to Loog, the remark in the Epistle to Henry II that the
prophecies were compiled by means of the chain in which the time order
is locked, is an allusion to an astronomic system. Taking a total of 939
quatrains as a starting point, the Centuries cover exactly 18
Julian years. Actually, the Legis Cautio, the Latin quatrain in
which ignorants are warned not to occupy themselves with the Centuries,
is a boundary line. The 597 quatrains which precede the Legis Cautio,
together with the total of 939 quatrains, cover the synodic periodof
Saturn. The week in which certain planetary conjunctions occur, points
to the place of a quatrain in the original order of quatrains.[7]
Loog
on Fervers' comments
In Die Voraussagen, Loog compared
Fervers' comments on quatrains with his own. Frequently, he quoted from Die Weissagungen des Nostradamus.[8]
Contrary to Fervers, Loog had the opinion that quatrain 08-37 was not
directed against George VI, who in 1940 was the king of Great-Britain,
but that this quatrain contained a prediction of the beheading in 1649
of the British king Charles I. According to him, this quatrain contained
allusions to the imprisonment of Charles I in Windsor Castle near the
Thames, the fact that Charles I, after he climbed the scaffold, took off
his mantle and doublet, so that he could be seen in his undershirt, and
the fact that his mortal remains were buried in the castle. In Die
Weissagungen des Nostradamus, Loog also had linked this quatrain to Charles I.[9]
Loog contested the idea that the predictions in the Centuries which were
meant for Germany, were but unfavourable. He also contested the idea
that one could only comment a quatrain after its fulfilment. He
ascertained that a number of quatrains would be fulfilled in the future.
As a proof, he described that, basing himself upon quatrain 03-57, he
expected crises in England and Poland in 1939, which turned out to be
true. In 1940, German newspapers speculated about the flee of George VI.
According to Loog, this would be the seventh time in 290 years that a
British dynasty would come to an end, which would mean that quatrain
03-57 would be fulfilled completely.
Contrary to Fervers, Loog wrote that quatrain 05-52 did not deal with
the actual circumstances in their lifetime. He shared Fervers' opinion
that quatrain 05-51 did deal with these circumstances.
Further, Loog wrote that he did not want to discuss quatrain 03-67, in
which the rise of national-socialism might have been predicted. He
proceeded to discuss quatrain 09-90, which he linked to the
circumstances in Hungary at the time of the Second Viennese Arbitration
in August 1940 and to Otto von Habsburg, who wanted to restore the
monarchy in Austria/Hungary. About his comment on quatrain 09-90 in Die
Weissagungen des Nostradamus, Loog wrote that only his
interpretation of the last line of this quatrain was not correct. He
noticed that Nostradamus already wrote about Great-Germany, a conception
which was used only after 1918. Without mentioning his name, Loog
referred to Hitler as "the captain of Great-Germany".
Loog's
further comments in Nostradamus Scharlatan?
In Nostradamus Scharlatan?, Loog wrote that at the time of Die
Weissagungen des Nostradamus, he located a series of quatrains in
the correct period, around 1940, among which the quatrains 02-78, 02-100
and 01-61.
Basing himself upon quatrain 06-24, Loog expected that after the
war, a revolution would occur in France, followed by the restoration of
the French monarchy. According to him, it was predicted in quatrain
04-100 that the new French king would settle in Normandy. In connection
with this, Loog wrote that quatrain 06-20 indicated that by that time,
the League of Nations officially would be closed.
Loog closed his discussion of the quatrains with the question how to
explain that Nostradamus was aware of all these things and that in 1921
it was possible to read this from the Centuries.
At the end Nostradamus Scharlatan?, Loog wrote that Fervers was
right with his conclusions at the end of his article and that the device
of the ancient Greecs was that an omen is the best way of defence for
the home land. In addition, Loog wrote that Nostradamus knew what this
defence was about: Die Feuer gegen
die Schiffe bringt dem Westen Verderf!.[10]
Comments
on Nostradamus Scharlatan?
In the
comment in this article on Nostradamus Scharlatan?,
attention is given to the key which Loog derived from the Centuries.
Next, the comments in Nostradamus
Scharlatan? are compared with Die Weissagungen des Nostradamus.
a.
Loogs key to the Centuries
In chapter XI (Der Schlüssel zu den
Zenturien) in Die Weissagungen des
Nostradamus, Loog explained a number of elements of the key he
derived from the Centuries. According to him, the Centuries
covered a time span of about 22 centuries, running from 1555 to 3797.
Nostradamus used the word Centurie as a reference to the original
order of the quatrains. Loog stated that Nostradamus originally wrote
the quatrains in 22 books, i.e. 13 books with 43 quatrains, 8 books with
42 quatrains and 1 book with 44 quatrains.
Loog thought that Nostradamus took a series of measurements in order to
hide the meaning of his predictions. The first measure was the ordering
of the quatrains by means of an eleven-letter word, a word which in Der
Weissagungen des Nostradamus was not given.[11]
Next came a second ordering. Loog did not give details about it. Then,
Nostradamus shuffled the books which resulted from these measures in the
same way as he shuffled all Latin expressions in the Preface to Cesar
and the Epistle to Henry II. Finally, Nostradamus arranged the quatrains
in Centuries, books which contained 100 quatrains.
For the purpose of this article, Loog's calculations in Nostradamus
Scharlatan? were verified. He wrote that one quatrain covers one
week and that the 939 quatrains cover exactly 18 Julian years.
Verification: 939 quatrains x 7 days : 365,25 days = 17,9958 years.
Further, he wrote that the addition of the number of weeks, covered by
the 939 quatrains, to the number of 597 quatrains which precede the Legis Cautio,
result in the synodic period of Saturn. His calculation: (597 weeks + 939
weeks) x 7 days : 365,25 days = 29,4374 years (29 years and 160 days).
According to present-day encyclopedias, the synodic period of Saturn is
29 years and 167 days.
Loog wrote that the key which he derived from the Centuries, enabled him
to reconstruct the original order of the quatrains and to say striking
things about the past, the present and the future. This means that the
order, reconstructed by Loog, must have been based upon the fulfilment
years of the quatrains, which in one way or another result from the use
of this key.
b.
Loogs comments in Nostradamus Scharlatan? (1940) versus his
comments in Die Weissagungen des Nostradamus
(1921 [1920])
Quatrain
01-61
In both Die Weissagungen des Nostradamus and Nostradamus
Scharlatan?, Loog translated the third line of quatrain 01-61(Leur
grand amas de l'exil malefice) into "a great stream of refugees".
In Die Weissagungen des Nostradamus,
Loog discussed quatrain 01-61 in connection with the quatrains 04-100
and 06-24, in which the restoration of the French monarchy was
predicted. In France, riots would be started shortly after World
War I, which would cause the flee of many French citizens. This
stream of refugees would make it necessary for Germany to put an end to
the Versailles Treaty.[12]
In Nostradamus
Scharlatan?, Loog linked quatrain
01-61 to the flee of 12 million French citizens because of the German
march to Paris in 1940 and the replacement in June 1940 of the
Versailles Treaty by the German-French armystice. He did not discuss
this quatrain in connection with the quatrains 04-100 and 06-24, the
quatrains in which the restoration of the French monarchy was predicted.
According to Loog, these quatrains would be fulfilled after the end of
the war.
The
quatrains 02-78 and 02-100
In Die Weissagungen des Nostradamus, Loog discussed the quatrains
02-78 and 02-100 in connection with quatrain 03-57, which, according to
him, indicated that the decline of England would begin in 1939. Loog
wrote that quatrain 02-78 made it clear that the supremacy of England
could only be broken by submarines. Quatrain 02-100 contained an
allusion to some kind of communist revolt in England, its nature like
the revolt in Germany, lead by "robber-chief" Hölz, as Loog
named him.[13]
In Nostradamus Scharlatan?, Loog linked the quatrains
02-78 and 02-100 to the circumstances in England in the summer of 1940,
as described in a German newspaper. This fulfilment year more or less
coincides with the year, supposed in Die Weissagungen des Nostradamus.
Quatrain
03-57
In Die Weissagungen des Nostradamus, Loog, following the
Englishman Dietrich de Dobeler, the author of The
Prophecies of Nostradamus concerning the fate of all the kings and
queens of Great Britain since the Reformation. Now made in English by
D.D.
(London, 1715, in the same year translated into Dutch and German)
counted with six changes in England in the period 1649-1714. These
changes had in common that they were the beginning of the reign of a new
dynasty. The events which accompanied these changes were the beheading
of Charles I, two political changes, the introduction of Catholicism, a
dethroning, an economic crisis and the coronation of a member of the
German Hanover dynasty.
The six changes in Nostradamus Scharlatan? had the end of the
reign of a dynasty in common, which resulted in a series, which was
different from the series in Die Weissagungen des
Nostradamus.[14]
According to Loog, the events in Poland in September 1939 matched with
what he wrote about crises in England and Poland in 1939 in Die Weissagungen des
Nostradamus. Quatrain 03-57 was at the verge to be fulfilled
completely. In German newspapers, there was speculation about a flee
of George VI. Loog wrote that such a flee would mean the end of the
House of Windsor. That would be the seventh time in 290 year that a
British dynasty would come to an end. Quatrain 03-57 would be fulfilled
completely, in the way he had described in Nostradamus Scharlatan?:
a time span of about 290 years, counting from 1649; seven endings of
British dynasties, the first of them with bloodshed (the beheading of
Charles I), the last of them in 1940/41 (the flee of George VI); no
French influences on British dynasties but German (the coronation in
1714 of George I of Hanover, the marriage in 1837 of Elisabeth with
Albert von Saksen-Coburg) and the fact that England and Poland, because
of the outbreak of the war, simultaneousy seriously suffered from a
crisis.
Quatrain
03-67
In Die
Weissagungen des Nostradamus, Loog wrote in his comment on quatrain
03-67 that quickly, i.e. shortly after World
War I, there would
be a movement in Germany which would oppose wealth and pleasure, a
movement which would be followed by the rest of the world. Loog did not
mention a year.[15]
In Nostradamus Scharlatan?, Loog wrote that he did not want to
discuss this quatrain, in which the rise
of national-socialism was announced. Besides, this quatrain was not
discussed by Fervers at all.
The
quatrains 04-100, 06-20 and 06-24
In Die Weissagungen des Nostradamus, Loog linked quatrain 06-24 to
September 1919, when Mars in Cancer was in conjunction with Jupiter. In
September 1919, according to present-day software, both Mars and Jupiter
were in Leo, their conjunction took place on September 2, 1919, on 7
Leo. In connection with quatrain 04-100, Loog expected that some
years after 1919, the Duke of Orléans, who in March 1920 had his
residence in England, or his son, would travel to Normandy and would
become king of France. Loog was pointing towards Louis-Philippe-Robert
d'Orléans (1869-1926), great-great-grandson of king Louis-Philippe, who
after his father's decease was considered to be the legitimate pretender
of the French throne. It must be noted, however, that this Duke of
Orléans had not children. In connection with the year 1939, derived
from quatrain 03-57, Loog wrote that France for many years next to 1939
would live in peace, as a result of the new French king and his
successor.
Loog situated quatrain 06-20 shortly after World
War I, without
mentioning a fulfilment year.[16]
In Nostradamus Scharlatan?, Loog wrote that according to quatrain
06-24, after the war which had begun in September 1939, France would
suffer from a revolution. Next, the French monarchy would be restored in
Normandy, as indicated by quatrain 04-100. Loog did not tell in which
year the war would be ended. Together with the restoration of the French
monarchy, the League of Nations would come to an end, indicated by
quatrain 06-20.
Quatrain
05-51
In Die Weissagungen des Nostradamus, Loog linked quatrain 05-51
to the years next to 1918; Bohemia, Poland and Rumania were discussed as
England's allies. Loog speculated about a conflict between Italy and
Spain regarding the free passage through the Strait of Gibraltar.[17]
In Nostradamus Scharlatan?, Loog opened the comment on
quatrain 05-51 with the words "today, 1940, we know..." and
discussed Bohemia, Poland and Rumania as countries which were left alone
by England. He linked quatrain 05-51 to the Sudete crisis (Bohemia,
1938), the German attack on Poland (1939) and the handing over of
Rumanian districts to Russia and Italy (1940). In all these cases,
England did nothing to protect the sovereignty of thise countries and
regions. Loog wrote nothing about a conflict regarding the free passage
through the Strait of Gibraltar.
Quatrain
09-90
In Die Weissagungen des Nostradamus, Loog discussed quatrain 09-90 as an
example of failing German politics after World
War I. He linked
the words Kapitän
von Groß-Deutschland to the German president (Friedrich Ebert, TvB),
who according to him by 1920 did not do anything to help a former king
of Austria/Hungary (Karl I, TvB) with the realization of his royal
claims.[18]
In Nostradamus Scharlatan?, Loog opened the comment on quatrain
09-90 with the words "today, 1940, we know...". According to
him, it had become clear that only his comment on the last line of
quatrain 09-90 was not correct: it was not Germany who pretended to help
Otto von Habsburg, the former king of Austria/Hungary (and the son of
Karl I, TvB), but France and England.
With the remark that Germany truly helped Hungary, Loog meant the Second
Viennese Arbitration in August 1940, presided by Joachim von Ribbentrop,
the German secretary of State, in which Hungarian claims on Rumania
partially were granted. In connection with this, Loog referred to
Hitler, without mentioning his name.
According
to Loog, Nostradamus foresaw everything which he discussed in Nostradamus
Scharlatan?. Loog was the one who in 1920 read this all in the Centuries.
In my opinion, this can be contested.
Most of the time, Loog's comments on the quatrains contain three
elements: the nature of the events, the country in which they occur and
the period in which they take place. Frequently, he refers to persons.
From my point of view, a comment turns out to be striking if a
reflection shows that the described event took place in the country
which was mentioned and in the period which was mentioned. In the case
the comment contains references to persons, these persons must have been
involved in the way described in the comment. If on the contrary a
different event is at stake, a different country, a different period or
different persons, the comment turns out not to have been striking.
A comparison between the comments in Nostradamus Scharlatan? and Die Weissagungen des Nostradamus shows
the following.
Quatrain
01-61
According to Die Weissagungen des Nostradamus, this quatrain
dealt with a stream of refugees from France to Germany, caused by a
revolution in France after World
War I, followed by a
restoration of the French monarchy. Because of the refugees, Germany was
forced to put an end to the Versailles Treaty. In these years, however,
there was no revolution in France, as there was no stream of French
refugees to Germany. Neither there was a restoration of the French
monarchy. Loog's comment was not at all striking, something which he
could have known in 1940.
In Nostradamus Scharlatan?, a stream of refugees was also
mentioned, but within France, caused by the German aggression in 1940.
In Die Weissagungen des Nostradamus, nothing was written about
this.
The
quatrains 02-78 and 02-100
In Die Weissagungen des Nostradamus and Nostradamus Scharlatan?,
Loog discussed these quatrains in connection with quatrain 03-57, which
had a time span which would end in 1939. In both publications, the
period next to 1939 is mentioned as the fulfilment period. The
difference between the comments on these quatrains in Die
Weisssagungen des Nostradamus and Nostradamus Scharlatan? is
that in Nostradamus Scharlatan?, Loog discussed a state of war
which he did not promise in Die Weissagungen des Nostradamus. The
"communist revolt", mentioned in Die Weissagungen
des Nostradamus, did not take place. op kwatrijn 02-100 in Engeland zou voordoen,
heeft zich niet voorgedaan. Loogs comment in Die Weissagungen des Nostradamus
was not at all striking, which he could have known in 1940.
Quatrain
03-67
From Nostradamus Scharlatan?, Loog's view on
national-socialism can not be derived. Neither can it be derived if he
thought that in his comment on quatrain 03-67 in Die
Weissagungen des Nostradamus, the rise of national-socialism
was announced.
The
quatrains 04-100 and 06-24
In both Die Weissagungen des Nostradamus and Nostradamus
Scharlatan?, Loog wrote that the quatrains 04-100 and 06-24 dealt
with revolts in France, followed by the restoration of the French
monarchy in Normandy. According to his comment in Die Weissagungen des Nostradamus,
this would occur shortly after 1920, whereas according to Nostradamus
Scharlatan?, this would occur after the end of the war which started
in 1939, without the mentioning of the year in which, according to the Centuries,
this war would be over.
In the '20's, there was no revolution in France and the - childless (!)
- Duke of Orléans did not try to cross over to Normandy to
restore the French monarchy, which means that by 1940 Loog could have
known that his comment in Die Weissagungen des Nostradamus on
the quatrains 04-100 and 06-24 was not striking.
Quatrain
05-51
In Die Weissagungen des Nostradamus, Loog linked this quatrain to
the years next to 1918. In his comment, he discussed Bohemia, Poland and
Rumania as allies of England. The conflict between Italy and Spain
regarding the free passage through the Strait of Gibraltar did not
occur.
In Nostradamus Scharlatan?, Loog linked quatrain 05-51 to the
period 1938-1940. Bohemia, Poland and Rumania were the countries which
were the victim of the insufficient British support. In Die Weissagungen des Nostradamus,
however, nothing about this was mentioned. In 1940, Loog could have know
that his comment in Die
Weissagungen des Nostradamus was complete ly different and that,
regarding Gibraltar, this comment was not striking.
Quatrain
09-90
In Die Weissagungen des Nostradamus, Loog linked quatrain 09-90
to the period around 1920 and the German foreign politics which in his
eyes failed. He linked this quatrain to the German president Ebert and
the Austrian/Hungarian king Karl I, who abdicated in 1918, without
giving up his royal claims. In Nostradamus
Scharlatan?, he linked quatrain 05-51 to Otto von Habsburg and the
Second Viennese Arbitration while referring to Hitler as the
"captain of Great-Germany". This comment is entirely different
from the comment in Die Weissagungen des Nostradamus, something
which Loog by 1940 could have known.
Quatrain
03-57 and World War II
In Die Weissagungen des Nostradamus, Loog supposed the years
next to the end of World War
I as the years in which the
quatrains 01-61, 04-100, 05-51, 06-20, 06-24 and 09-90 would be
fulfilled. In other words: Loog stated that these quatrains would be
fulfilled soon after the writing of Die Weissagungen des Nostradamus.
Perhaps, these fulfilment years resulted from the key he derived from
the Centuries.
In Nostradamus Scharlatan?, Loog situated the quatrains
01-61, 04-100, 05-51, 06-20, 06-24 and 09-90 around the beginning of
World War II. He opened his comment on the quatrains 05-51 and 09-90
with the words "today, 1940, we know...". In his comment on
quatrain 03-57, he also mentioned 1940, because of the speculations in
German newspapers about the flee of George VI.
The events which according to Loog would happen shortly after World
War I, did not occur. His remark "today, 1940, we know..."
might mean that the fulfilment years of these quatrains did not result
from the key which Loog derived from the Centuries, but from the
link of these quatrains to other events and persons.
In Die Weissagungen des Nostradamus, Loog had written nothing
about a large-scale, armed European conflict which Nostradamus foresaw
for 1939. In his comment on quatrain 03-57, Loog made the remark that
both England and Poland would suffer from a crisis in 1939, at the same
time. The words eine merkwürdige
Krise at the beginning of chapter VIII show that he did not have
the faintest idea about the nature of the crisis which would occur in
England. He wrote nothing about the nature of the crisis in Poland.
Die Weissagungen
des Nostradamus does not show a connection between the crisis in
England and the one in Poland, or the involvement of other countries.
The idea that the critical state in Poland, caused by the German
invasion in September 1939, matches Loog's remark about a crisis in
Poland, seems to be logical. However: a German invasion was at stake,
which resulted in a world war. As for Germany, Loog did not expect a new
world war before 2100, which he based upon quatrain 10-72, in which the
birth was announced of the French king Henry the Fortunate, and a peace
which would start around 2040 and would last for 57 years, according to
quatrain 10-89.[19]
Twice in Die Weissagungen des Nostradamus, Loog had written
that Germany's part in the world politics would be a very minor one. In
connection with quatrain 05-51, he wrote: "Poor Germany, you will
need much time to restore yourself a little bit."[20]
Some lines further, he wrote that Germany, counting from the
Versailles Treaty, would need about 200 years to become once again a
superpower. Loog wrote that the Westphalia Treaty of 1648 was repeated.
He considered that Treaty as humiliating for Germany as the Versailles
Treaty, and after the Westphalia Treaty, Germany needed 200 years to
become once again a wealthy nation.[21]
By 1938 however, Germany had managed to some extent to realize
Great-Germany, something mentioned by dr. Bruno Winkler in Nostradamus und seine
Prophezeiungen für das zwanzigste Jahrhundert (Görlitz, 1939
[1938]).[22]
In connection with the year 1939, i.e. quatrain 03-57, Loog wrote in his
comment to quatrain 10-46 that Germany once again would have electors
and probably also an emperor, which would mean the end of the
Weimar-republic. He did not write anything about German feats of arms in
this period.[23]
The rise of Hitler and his election in 1933 as Reichskanzler
meant the end of the Weimar-republic. Germany, however, remained a
republic and did not change into a kingdom or an empire. In September
1939, the Germans attacked Poland, a feat of arms about which nothing
was announced in Die
Weissagungen des Nostradamus.
In an additional comment to quatrain 06-24, Loog wrote in
connection with quatrain 03-57 that France after 1939 would live in
peace for a long time. This was the merit of the Duke of Orléans (or
his son [sic]); Loog supposed, basing himself upon the quatrains 04-100
and 06-24, that he would restore the French monarchy in the early '20's.[24]
In September 1939, however, France declared war to Germany. In May 1940,
Germany invaded France.
Considering this all, we see that Nostradamus, according to Loog,
announced that a new world war would not break out before 2100. The crises in England and Poland which
would occur in 1939, would not have any impact or consequences for other
countries: Germany would change into a kingdom or an empire, France
would live in peace until long after 1939. In September 1939, Germany
invaded Poland. England and France declared war to Germany. Other
countries mobilized their armies. However, in September 1939, the new world war
was a fact. At the time of the writing of Die Weissagungen des Nostradamus,
Loog did not derive one single thing from the Centuries which
later could be connected to this course of history.
In Nostradamus Scharlatan?, Loog wrote about the future of
England, France and the League of Nations. His statements did not become
reality.
In connection with speculations in German newspapers about a flee of
George VI, Loog wrote in his comment on quatrain 03-57 that this might
mean the end of the House of Windsor; the seventh time in 290 years that
a British dynasty would come to an end. The course of history did not
match with his statements. George VI did not flee. Anno 2006, the House
of Windsor still reings England. The series of seven changes, presented
by Loog, cannot be linked to quatrain 03-57.
Regarding the quatrains 04-100 and 06-24, Loog wrote that after the war,
a revolution would occur in France. Next, in Normandy, the French
monarchy would be restored. Nothing of that kind happened. In connection
with these quatrains he wrote that in quatrain 06-20 it was predicted
that the League of Nations officially would come to an end. On April 19,
1946, the League of Nations came to an end. Her tasks were taken over by
the United Nations Organization, founded in 1945. The question is if
Loog meant that the League of Nations would come to an end without being
replaced.
The
nature of Nostradamus Scharlatan?
Nostradamus
Scharlatan? is Loog's reply to the critical contribution by Fervers,
published in #45 of volume 1940 of Der Reichswart. The
introduction part of Nostradamus Scharlatan? shows that Loog
asked the editorial staff of Der Reichswart to permit him to
speak, according to the ancient Roman principle of hearing both sides (audiatur
et altera pars).
In the epilogue to the fourth edition of Die Weissagungen des
Nostradamus (October 1921), Loog had written that by writing Die
Weissagungen des Nostradamus he wanted to draw attention to the
phenomenon or clairvoyance, to prove its existence and to present some
peculiar and interesting findings of his research on the Centuries.[25]
With Nostradamus Scharlatan?, Loog
wanted to prove that in the sixteenth century, Nostradamus foresaw the
circumstances in Europe in 1938-1940 and that in Die Weissagungen des Nostradamus
he, Loog, had described the outlines of these circumstances. In
this article, it is demonstrated that Loog in Nostradamus Scharlatan?
unjustly qualified his comments Die Weissagungen des Nostradamus
as descriptions of outlines. In a number of cases, he did not at all
discuss these comments. The main point of criticism is that Loog did not
openly admit that in Die
Weissagungen des Nostradamus, he wrote nothing about an
outbreak in 1939 of a large-scale European conflict. Further, Nostradamus
Scharlatan? raises the question if Loog's key was the only
determination factor for fulfilment years or events.
According to my opinion, Nostradamus Scharlatan? was not
written as a contribution to psychological warfare. In propagandistic
writings, it is tried to intimidate the adversaries or to scold them, or
it is tried to mobilize the internal public opinion.[26]
Nostradamus Scharlatan? contains quite a lot of remarks which are
directed against England. However, there is no indication that Loog
wanted to undermine the morale of Germany's enemies or wanted the German
people to support Hitler. His remarks about Great-Germany are, as far as
I can see, due to nationalistic sentiments, not to national-socialist
sentiments.
Loog
qualified the criticism that Nostradamus was a charlatan and an impostor
because he was a Jew of the third generation, as insufficient. In those
days, it was quite risky to say such things.
It is also striking that in Nostradamus Scharlatan?, Loog wrote
that Die Weissagungen des Nostradamus was sold out for a long
time. The German National Library and the Berlin State Library have
preserved copies of reprints in 1940 of the fifth as well as the sixth
edition of Die Weissagungen des
Nostradamus.
Loog
versus Winkler
In his comment on quatrain 01-61, Loof qualified a colleague, who in
1939 translated the third and fourth line of quatrain 01-61 (Leur
grand amas de l'exil malefice fera Sueve ravir leur grand contract)
into "The great masses of unemployed makes it necessary for Germany
to tear the Great Contract (the Versailles Treaty) to pieces", as a
plagiator and a Procrustes. Loog did not specify the colleague nor his
publication. The questionable translation can be found on p.37-38 in Nostradamus
und seine Prophezeiungen für das zwanzigste Jahrhundert (dr. Bruno
Winkler, Görlitz,
1939 [1938]).
It is not clear why Loog accused Winkler of plagiarism or of working
like a Procrustes. In all his publications on Nostradamus, Winkler
consequently referred to the publications he consulted, including page
numbers. Next, Winkler always paid respect to Loog. For example, he
qualified his decodation attempt as very intelligent.[27]
Perhaps Loog was displeased with Winkler's Englands Aufstieg und Niedergang nach den Prophezeiungen des
großen französischen Sehers Michel Nostradamus aus den Jahren 1555 und
1558 (Leipzig, 1940), in which he discussed the war by means of a.o.
quatrain 03-57, which in his Nostradamus-novel Und dies geheimnisvolle
Buch...! was linked to the period 1461-1751 and in Nostradamus
und seine Prophezeiungen... not discussed at all.[28]
In Englands Aufstieg und Niedergang..., Winkler referred to
the Frenchman Charles Nicoullaud, who in Nostradamus - ses
prophéties (Paris, 1914) wrote that the series of seven changes,
mentioned in quatrain 03-57, was an allusion to seven changes regarding
ruling dynasties. Winkler did not discuss the series of six events
between 1649 and 1714 which Loog had presented. According to Winkler,
Loog was the one who in 1921 wrote that 1939 would be fatal for Poland.[29]
It is also possible that Loog was displeased with Winklers remark in Nostradamus und seine Prophezeiungen...
regarding Loogs supposition that Germany, counting from 1918, would need
200 years to become a superpower once again. Winkler wrote that Loog was
wrong, since Germany only had needed twenty years to become a
superpower.[30]
The
fortune of Nostradamus Scharlatan?
Enclosure #7 of a report about the state of affairs in Germany in the
astrological field, which probably was made by the end of 1940 or the
beginning of 1941, contained a displeased comment upon a.o. Nostradamus
Scharlatan?. This enclosure was entitled Kriegspropaganda durch
Nostradamus.
In Kriegspropaganda durch Nostradamus, the reporter referred to
an order of Alfred Rosenberg, the ideologist of the NSDAP, issued
upon a non-described document which was conceived on January 30, 1940.
In Rosenberg's order, it read that the circles of the NSDAP no
longer were allowed to discuss the Centuries. Despite this order,
two well-known German magazines published page-size articles on
Nostradamus: Der Reichswart and Der Märkische
Adler, amtliches Organ der Ostmark der Nationalsozialistischen
Deutschen Arbeiterpartei (1926-1945). Further, the reporter
criticized the spread of Krafft's photocopy of a 1568-B.Rigaud-edition
of the Centuries, accompanied by his Einführung
zu den PROPHÉTIES de Maistre Michel Nostradamus (Frankfurt am Main,
1940).
In the enclosure Kriegspropaganda durch Nostradamus, it was
postulated that those who wanted to follow the Centuries, handed
themselves over to the fatalism upon which the idea was founded that
events in the twentieth century were described in oracle words, dating
from the sixteenth century, as given facts. It was a thorn in the eyes of the reporter that
Der Reichswart had
permitted Loog in Nostradamus
Scharlatan? to link the words "captain of Great-Germany"
to Hitler and thus had involved Hitler in the Centuries. In the eyes of
the reporter, the fact that Loog had written that he had a key to the Centuries,
which enabled him to decipher each of Nostradamus' predictions, meant
that leading persons had nothing else to do but to address themselves to
Loog in order to get information about what else would be ahead.
At the end of the enclosure, it was strongly recommended to suppress war
prophecies in general and notably those of Nostradamus.
On May 27, 1940, the article Die Kolonne des Nostradamus, written
by dr. Th.Fr. Böttiger, was published in the Völkische
Beobachter, the official newspaper of the NSDAP.[31] Kraffts Einführung...
was printed on October 12, 1940. The criticized edition of Der Reichswart dated
from December 1940, the edition of Der Märkische Adler dated
from January 1941. Perhaps Rosenberg's order dated from the second
half of 1940. The critic of the reporter that the editorial staff of Der
Reichswart had permitted Loog to link the words "captain of Great-Germany"
to Hitler, seems to confirm Noelle's statement that it primary was up to
the editorial staffs to decide about the contents of an article.
De Meern, the
Netherlands, October 22, 2006
T.W.M.
van Berkel
actualized on November 26, 2006
In
this article, a copy has been studied of Loog's Prophete
rechts - Prophete links - War Nostradamus wirklich Scharlatan und
Betrüger? (Berlin State Library, signature 2"
Ad 768MR / Unter den Linden).
Notes
-
See:
Van Berkel:
-
Quatrain 03-57 and Die
Weissagungen des Nostradamus (C. Loog, Pfullingen in
Württemberg, 1921 [1920]);
- The 1939-fortune of Mysterien
von Sonne und Seele (dr. H.H. Kritzinger, DE, 1961);
- Information on C. Loog;
- Informatie on prof. dr. H-H. Kritzinger.
[text]
-
See:
Van Berkel: Prophete rechts, Prophete
links... (in: Der Reichswart #45, November 7, 1940).
The author of the article in #45 of Der Reichswart might have been
Hans Kurt Fervers (Fiebig to Van Berkel, October 24, 2006). Hans
Kurt Fervers,
born on September 18, 1911, was head of the NSDAP Press office. He occupied
himself with the German youth and wrote a great number of
publications, directed against Jews and freemasonry.
A
couple of facts about the weekly Der Reichswart are given in
the article Information
on Der Reichswart (a national-socialist weekly, Berlin, 1920-1944). [text]
-
See:
Van Berkel: Die
Erschaffung der Demoskopie (W. Hagen im Gespräch mit E.
Noelle-Neumann, 1998 [1996]) [text]
-
Loog-1921,
p.109: "During and after war, the leaning towards mysticism easily
obtains foothold, which makes people less critical." [text]
-
Procrustes:
a robber in Greek mythology who assaulted travelers and imprisoned
them. A traveler whose height was too small, was stretched in a long
bed; a traveler whose height was too long, was mutilated until he
fitted into a small bed. [text]
-
In
those days, Kritzinger was the editor-in-chief of P. In a footnote on the discussion between Von
Klinckowstroem and Loog in Mysterien von Sonne und Seele (Berlin,
1922 [1921]), Kritzinger wrote that Von Klinkcowstroem's critic was
obvious and that Loog's reply was plausible (Kritzinger-1922, p.127).
[text]
-
In Die Weissagungen des Nostradamus,
Loog also counted with 939 quatrains, he excluded the quatrains
01-01 and 01-02 and the Legis
Cautio. His source text was Le Pelletier's Les
oracles de Michel de Nostredame, Paris, 1867 (Loog-1921,
p.8). In this text, Century 6 consisted of 99 numbered
quatrains and one quatrain, the Legis Cautio, which did not
carry a number. Century 7 consisted of 42 quatrains. Each of
the remaining Centuries consisted of 100 quatrains. [text]
-
Loog
referred to a different edition of Die Weissagungen des
Nostradamus than the sixth edition which has been used in this
article. This edition counts 132 pages; the first edition counted 135
pages. Therefore, Loog's page references in Nostradamus
Scharlatan? differ from the page references in this article. The
pages to which Loog referred, are given between brackets. [text]
-
Loog-1921,
p.20-21 (p.22). The text of quatrain 08-37 in Nostradamus Scharlatan? is
identical to the text in Die Weissagungen
des Nostradamus. [text]
-
The
line Die
Feuer gegen die Schiffe bringt dem Westen Verderf! is Loog's
translation of the second line of quatrain 09-100. The French text
of this line reads: Le feu aux naves à l'Occident ruine.[text]
-
On
the last page of the first edition of Die Weissagungen des Nostradamus,
the editor had stated that on December 22, 1920, Loog gave him the
code word under the restriction of keeping it secret. A couple of
weeks later, in front of a notary, Loog declared on oath about his
key (Howe,
p.218-219). [text]
-
Loog-1921, p.61-62
(p.65). [text]
-
Loog-1921, p.70-71
(p.75).[text]
-
See
the paragraph
"Loogs comment in 1940 on quatrain 03-57" in: Van Berkel: Quatrain 03-57
and Die
Weissagungen des Nostradamus (C. Loog, Pfullingen in
Württemberg, 1921 [1920]). [text]
-
Loog-1921, p.67-68
(p.72). [text]
-
Loog-1921, p.60-61, 65
and 72. [text]
-
Loog-1921, p.66 (p.71). [text]
-
Loog-1921, p.66-67
(p.71). [text]
-
Loog-1921, p.86.
In Die Weissagungen des Nostradamus, quatrain 10-89 is
erroneously numbered as quatrain IX-89. [text]
-
Loog-1921, p.66. [text]
-
Loog-1921, p.86. [text]
-
Winkler-1939, p.45. [text]
-
Loog-1921, p.71. [text]
-
Loog-1921, p.68-72. [text]
-
Loog-1921, p.130. [text]
-
See: Van Berkel: Quadrains
de Nostradamus Imprimez à Aix en Provence, 1525 / Eenige Prophetien
van Michiel Nostradamus, van 't jaer 1525, tot Ake in Proventie
gedruckt, dewelcke nu in dese tijd worden vervuldt. [text]
-
Winkler-1939, p.44. [text]
-
Winkler-1940, p.23-25;
Winkler-1937, p.65. [text]
-
See: Van Berkel:
Quatrain 03-57 and Die
Weissagungen des Nostradamus (C. Loog, Pfullingen in
Württemberg, 1921 [1920]). [text]
-
Winkler-1939, p.45. [text]
-
See:
Van Berkel: Die
Kolonne des Nostradamus (Dr. Th.Fr. Böttiger, Völkischer
Beobachter, Berlin, May 27, 1940) [text]
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