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Throughout human history, men have tried to read their fortunes in the stars. Kings, prophets, men of science and the arts have turned to astrology in an attempt to find some order in the events of their lives, and to help provide for a dim and often frightening future. Modern science has tended to scoff at any relationship between event son earth and the positions of the stars in the heavens, but, in Eric Russell's probing and objective investigation, certain undeniable and extraordinary patterns begin to appear.
Could it be possible that the 16th Century "seer" known as Nostradamus foresaw the rise and fall of Adolf Hitler? Skeptics will say "incredible", but scattered through Nostradamus' predictions are references to a German leader named "Hister", as well as to an Italian who may well have been Mussolini.
Join Eric Russell in his fascinating investigation of the world of the occult. With a quick wit, and a healthily unprejudiced attitude, the author chronicles astrological prediction from biblical times to the present day, including not only those individuals who just may have been accurate in their guesswork about the future, but many of the most colorful frauds who attempted - and often succeeded - in convincing the unwary that they had strange and invincible psychic powers.
Whether one believes in astrology or not, this book is one that will be read with ever-growing interest, and the disturbing possibilities suggested by the author will not soon be forgotten.
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