Daily public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1892-191?, 1896-06-27
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Papus, the Celebrated seer, Mako some
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Papus, the cslsbrated seer, Mako some
strange Predictions.
Several so-called prophets have arisen
IN France during the last few months.
OF them hardly one seems TO have any
real claim to the lofty title of prophet.
The young girl who says she Is the
mouthpiece of the angel, Gabriel, seems
to have more claim TO the title than any
of the others, but even her claim seems
very ludicrous in the eyes of those who
have given any time TO the study of the
mysterious art of divination. Such per-
sons turn with a sigh of relief from the
vague predictions of these fortune tell
ers to the measured words which Papus,
probably the ablest living magician and
seer in Europe, has just uttered in re-
gard TO the future of France.
Papus, remember, is no windbag but
a trained student of occult sciences. and
an authority on all matters relating 10
magic and sorcery. intellectually no
is as much above these little prophets
of yesterday as Nostradamus is above
an itinerant gypsy fortune teller. He
predicted the assassination of President
Carnot in 1898, full year before the
tragedy took place. Here are his very
words, as they were published in the
Initiation; During the fourth month
of 1894 the president of the republic
will be in danger of death at the hands
Of an assassin" Now, Carnot was as.
sassinated in June, and, as the astrolog.
zeal year begins in March, the prediction
was clearly fulfilled.
Papus predicts dire events for the
coming year, and insists that they will
occur unless warded off by humau will
power. Ever since the 18th century"
he says, ''all the prophecies relating
tc this period are in harmony on one
point-namely, that the year 1896 will
be disastrous one. Philippe Olivarius,
a monk of CiteauX, prophesied long ago
that in 1896 Paris and other great cities
would be destroyed by fire. Now, 7 do
not believe that a calamity of this kind
will happen. but l am confident that
during 1896 the French republic will
suffer serious loss in many ways.
see danger of war, and not of war with
foreign country So much az of civil
war. The government, too, wil haze
many troubles, and the president Will
either resign or be dismissed. Incl.
dentally, l may mention that early in
1895 there was a clear foreshadowinS
of the present Italian troubles in Africa.
Personally, / look forward to the
coming year with great dread. Either
fate or Providence is determined that
the republic shall be severely tried. The
danger of a popular uprising and of all
the horrors of civil war have never been
more great. France, it is true, will pass
safely through this crisis, and the an
archist movement which threatens will
unquestionably be crushed. But never
theless the year will long be remem-
bered for it's many calamities.
"All that I have spoken of is fore
Swallowed. and yet nothing of it may
happen. We who read the stars can only
foretell the events most likely TO occur
at any given time. Human will is all
powerful, and as the strong will OF
man can ward off many peril in his
path, so the will of strong nation can
ward off even the worst catastrophes.
The glory of astrology is that it en-
ables us to see the dangers ahead and to
guard against them."-N. Y. Herald.