The greatest sinner ever
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Thanks to:Maria-Bonita KapitanyJack van MildertLiesbeth GijsbersMoene SeuntjensMarleen van HaerenRia AdriaensenEls PellisGuus JanssensRonald Mengerink Arthur HendriksSpecial thanks to: Trudi KoningUsed quatrains from The Prophesies2
Chapter 1
“Brrr, it’s so cold in here!”“Stop complaining, Mercury; only thirty-one days till you’ll be turnedaround.”“Who’s there?”“I am Hermes, your higher self.”“Hermes, your visit is timely because those boring turns around my orbitare driving me stark-raving mad.”“Well, I’ll tell you, Zeus has decided that your assignment is almost done.You only have to be of the flesh for a while before you get to shine.”“And how do you know all this?”“I am the fastest one in the Milky Way, and I put my ear to the groundhere and there, so to speak. Besides, it’s my job to relay messages.”“How much longer do I have?”“Until you’re lined up with the Sun and the Earth, so not much longer.”“Hmm, at least it’s a change from being a dead planet. My only diversionis causing shock waves and sun baths.”“You might well come to miss this simple existence, my material brother, but please be patient just a little longer.”A month later, an extraordinary birth took place on planet Earth. A personwith unprecedented prophetic gifts was born. The astrologer’s birth in thevillage took place at the very beginning of the Renaissance, in the Frenchtown of Saint Rémy de Provence. In a stately mansion behind the markethalls where the merchants had been hawking their wares for some time,the contractions had started. Reynière de Nostredame had carefullycalculated the date of birth, but the onset of labor still came unexpectedly.The little one probably had a slightly earlier birth in mind in order to meetthe optimum position of the planets. The noticeably large mucus plug,which closes off the cervix during pregnancy, had just come out. This wasthe sign that showed the end of the pregnancy was nearing. Reynière lostsome blood and asked for her father, Jean de Saint Rémy to come; her father was the court physician of the Good King René, the former count of Provence. She lay on the bed, perspiring, and her husband, Jacques, whohad risen to the status of notary public, hurriedly entered along with her father. The contractions were now coming regularly and were becomingmore painful, until, at their peak, they suddenly stopped. Her father lookedworried and felt his daughter’s belly with a professional touch. Relieved,the physician established that the unborn child was still moving and thatReynière was losing amniotic fluid at a normal rate. Regular contractionsreturned and the membranes broke; labor was now well underway. Slowly but surely, Reynière’s body made an opening for the baby to movethrough. The cervix, which during pregnancy is drawn tight, was now3
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