In this riveting account, the predictions of the most famous sages and  seers from the dawn of civilization are looked at in detail. One of the  best known of these visionaries was Nostradamus, and indeed his  prophecies and predictions form the core of this book. Nostradamus and Other Prophets and Seers examines the role of astrology, alchemy, and arcane knowledge in prophecy. Most intriguingly, it tries to answer that age-old question of whether there is such a thing as 'secret knowledge', and whether it is possible for mere mortals to access it.