Encyclopedia of Prophecy

A definitive factual AZ reference guide offering a global perspective on the role of prophecy in world history religion folklore and literature.From at least 1200 B.C. and probably long before prophets have attempted to see into the future. Mostfrom ancient oracles to modern astrologers from doomsday sects to telephone psychicshave been wrong the majority of the time says British researcher Geoffrey Ashe. True foreknowledge is rare but those rare occurrences are impressive this fascinating reference work the first to encompass the entire 3000 year span of recorded prophecy Ashe examines the predictions of both good prophets and bad including seers like Jacques Cazotte who forecast the Reign of Terror in the French Revolution and Morgan Robertson who described the Titanic disaster 14 years before it happened. He refutes many of the far-fetched claims of Nostradamus and highlights those that foreshadow events after his lifetime. He also examines failed prophecies that have been influential including the many end-of-the-world forecasts along with the surprisingly accurate visions of some science-fiction authors.