CENTURIA IV · QUATRAIN XLI
The Honeyed Words
Gymnique sexe captive par hostage,
Viendra de nuict custodes decevoir:
Le chef du camp deceu par son langage:
Lairra a la gente, sera piteux a voir.
The sportful sex held captive as hostage,
Will come by night the guardians to deceive:
The chief of the camp beguiled by her language,
Lets her loose upon the people u2014 pitiful to see.
THE MASTER SAYS…
He says that this quatrain contains a lot of symbolism. One aspect of the Antichrist will manifest in the distortion of philosophy, represented by the captured woman who will come at night. Along with distorting philosophy, he will try to weaken his opponents from within. This specific campaign of his will be very effective, because the philosophy he distorts will deceive those (guards) who are precisely looking for it. And after “she” deceives the guards, “she” will be able to reach the leader of the guards. The leader is also deceived by gentle words flowing like honey. The leader will think that nothing bad will happen if this special channel of propaganda is given free rein to the general population. Nostradamus says that this philosophy is based on the distortion of what is healthy and good. At present there is already a good example of this: the speeches of television preachers. The Antichrist will observe them to understand how they manage to be so effective, and he will use their methods of processing people to convince them that their ideas are wrong and must be replaced with his new combination of ideas. He is going to use some of these methods to spread his philosophy. Translators think this speaks of a real woman who was handed over to the crowd after deceiving the guards. He just shakes his head.