CENTURIA VIII · QUATRAIN XCV
Abraham, Martin and John
Le seducteur sera mis en la fosse,
Et estachu00e9 jusques u00e0 quelque temps,
Le clerc uni le chef avec sa crosse
Picante droite attraira les contens.
The seducer shall be cast into the ditch
and held fast until a certain time,
the clerk united, the leader with his crosier,
the sharp right shall draw the contented after it.
THE MASTER SAYS…
Pam said: “Well, this is amusing. I saw a man lying dead when you spoke of the ditch. But the next thoughts were about the song ‘Abraham, Martin and John’ about Abraham Lincoln, Martin Luther King and John Kennedy. I do not even know the words of what you said. It just came to my mind. But these were three leaders, enlightened people who were killed. They did everything possible to help, and they were thrown into a ditch. ‘Seducer’ means a changer of minds, not necessarily a seducer of the flesh. Not only in the South, but also in the North there was an economy based on the slave trade and on goods and services connected with it. Not everyone in the North wanted to abolish slavery. It was not the only cause of the Civil War. Lincoln was perceived as a seducer of minds both in the South and in the North, who believed he was changing people’s views. They tried to restrain him on the issue of slavery. But his ideas were too right, too true, too good not to be put into practice. But it was difficult, so he was restrained for a time. Martin Luther King was a preacher, and John F. Kennedy was a man of great intellect. Thus, the scholar is Kennedy, and the leader with his cross is Martin Luther King. Yes. This does not necessarily mean that they lived on Earth at the same time, although their paths crossed. And, of course, Abraham Lincoln did not walk with them. It means that these ideas, these truths manifest regardless of circumstances. I think Nostradamus saw the attempt to suppress good people who were ultimately killed so that they could no longer speak. They could not enlighten anyone with their living tongue. All three definitely died. This is true. Truth is truth. I do not think this is an accurate translation of this line. In fact, I think it is a different verb. ‘The sharp right will do something with the contented.’ For example, push them toward something. You see, ‘contented’ means you have no burning desire to do anything. But to speak out against slavery when you are Abraham Lincoln, or to speak out against the existing state of things when you are Martin Luther King or J.F. Kennedy, is a sharp thing, a sharp truth. This is what shakes the contented. I think the verb is wrong. I think it is better to use the verb ‘stimulate.’ I asked him what the relevance is today. I should ask him this every time, regardless of circumstances. Yes, but there is relevance. And it lies in the fact that the truth will set you free. It may shake you, and you may be killed for it, but it is definitely the preferred position.”