CENTURIA IV · QUATRAIN IV
The Powerless Prince
L'impotente Prince fache, plaincts & querelles,
De rapts & pille, par coqz & par Libiques:
Grand est par terre par mer infinies voilles,
Seule Italie sera chassont Celtiques.
The impotent Prince angered, complaints and quarrels,
of rapine and pillage, by cocks and by Libyans:
great is by land, by sea infinite sails,
Italy alone will be driving out the Celts.
THE MASTER SAYS…
This quatrain relates to the period of your century, when a prince of an old house will want power, but will not receive it. Does he know what country this is? These are Arab countries. It is difficult to see. He says: “I do not understand all the names of your new countries.” He speaks very vaguely. Who is the rooster in this case? Egypt. I do not know how. Here it says: “Italy alone will drive out the Celts.” Who are the Celts in this quatrain? He fell silent in indecision, as if Nostradamus did not answer him, and then he continued. The Celts were an ancient tribe that inhabited the Italian peninsula before the Romans and Etruscans. You must know Roman history. He says: “We know it very well, and you must too.” He points at me. He told me this before. I know that we should know Roman history better, but after Rome there were still centuries of history. He says: “I want to see the magnificence of your mind.” He asks you to look into the history of Rome and look for the key, and after that we will discuss this quatrain again. Why did the hesitation arise a moment ago? What hindered him? He was deep in thought. He seemed to fall into a trance. I think that is what it can be called. We had a lot of noise here (a lawnmower was working outside), and I thought maybe it hindered him. No, it could not have hindered him. He does not hear any sounds from my dimension. He no longer wants to interpret quatrains. He put down his pen and says: “If you want more information, we can look into the mirror. What would you like to hear about? This last quatrain made me think about many things.” About something special? He says: “Study the history of Rome. We in our time must study it, and you must study it in your time. It is part of your civilization, as well as mine.” Yes. But so much time separates us that all this seems to have gone into the distant past. I think that people do not use it as they should. If he does not want to talk about quatrains, then maybe he has something special that he would like to show us in the mirror? No, he says that for now we will set them aside. He is in a very cheerful mood. He says that on the second floor he has another room, and he asks if I would like to look at it. This was unexpected. We were never allowed to visit other rooms of the house. Can we do this? Yes, he leads me to the second floor to another room. It is a tiny ritual room. This is where he keeps all his magical instruments and such, but he does not keep the mirror here. The walls are hung with curtains, and it all looks beautiful. The room is the size of my bathroom, no — a little bigger. Each side is about three, three and a half meters long. You cannot put a bed here, however a magic circle is depicted on the floor. Around there are many different scrolls, books, there is a large device for burning incense, and also a chair with crossed legs. All this is pushed aside. This is where he comes to meditate and pray. He is a very spiritual person. He says that it is very important for people to pray. What do the curtains look like? Oh, they are beautiful, made of something like velvet. Some are embroidered, and some are woven like a tapestry. They depict various occult symbols. I asked him who made them, and he answered: “That is my secret.” He is forced to hide this room from others. There is a heavy lock on the door, and it is believed that he keeps money and valuables inside. His wife can see it, but the maid is forbidden to enter, because she would declare him a sorcerer. This is his religious refuge, and he simply wanted me to know what he thought of it. He says: “I love to sit here and pray to my ancestors, so that they bless my life and the life of my family members.” And now he wants me to leave him. He says he wishes to pray. He just wanted to show you this room, and that’s all? I do not know why, but he wanted to bring me here. He wants to pray and speaks about it — oh, I understand now. You see, sometimes he gets the feeling that we might be some kind of evil spirits. I can understand why he might get such a feeling. It seems to him that if we pray with him, it will become clear to him. I am praying with him now. I say the Jesus Prayer with him. John quietly says the prayer. I mentally say it with him. Does he say it the same way we do? No, a little differently, but similar. This was his test. He says: “I know that you are not an evil spirit, because otherwise you could not say this prayer.” And now he wants us to leave him. His mention of evil spirits aroused my curiosity, and I wanted to clarify this question. Can you ask him if he has ever had to… He does not want to talk. He took out a scroll and is praying, saying some words. I am just curious about the spirits… I am already in the Tapestry Room. The Keeper brought me back. He tells me: “He does not want you to stay there. His prayer is very important. Prayer elevates a person.” Nostradamus wanted to test us, because he has had cases when he “came into contact with demons.” That is what I wanted to know about. The Keeper said that some negative spirits passed through the mirror. “Prayer is very important, because prayer is our conversation with God. When we meditate, we listen to what God says to us in reply,” said the Keeper. I thought it was unusual that we were allowed to enter another room of his house. He wanted to see whether we were negative spirits, and if we were, he would sprinkle the floor with salt. I knew it. That is why he wanted to see whether we would pray, glorify the Creator, as he says. I would have thought that by now he might already know that we are positive spirits. I would hope so. We have been coming for quite a long time. You see, it is not regular. We do not come every day at the same time. We intrude into his life at different intervals. The Keeper says that he has had problems with negative spirits. Well, I am glad that we passed the test. Yes. The Keeper says that everything is fine.