As this series of blogs describes, Nostradamus is clearly focussing on the inherent weaknesses in the Capitalist system in contrast to the eternal truth and happiness engendered by divine will:
Las qu'on verra grand peuple tourmente
Par la loi saincte en totale ruine
Par auttres loix toute la chrestiente
Quand d'or, d'argent trouve nouvelle mine. 1-53
Alas that we will see a great people tormented
By the sacred law in total ruin
by other laws all of Christianity
When of gold, silver, find new mine.
Erika Cheetham proposed that this quatrain referred to the French Revolution abolition of the clergy on 14th July 1790 and the the funds taken from this clergy as the new money. This undoubtedly was a major factor in this history, but it would appear that 'all of Christianity' would imply a more general area than only France. The torment of a 'great people' may be regarded as the current malaise in our materialistic society, ever wanting more 'shop till you drop' and the present temples of consumerism replacing the 'sacred law in utter ruin'.
consequently, at the very apogee of Capitalistic glee, is the utter vacuity of Quantitative Easing and easy credit both for individuals, as well as governments (find new mine), which is bound to end in tears, as it already has done in Greece.
Other blogs in this series of the Prophecies of Nostradamus relate to 9/11, Islamic State, Charlie Hebdo, the Hubble Space Telescope and other current affairs.
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