Spiritualism, Superstition and the Supernatural During the First World War
The year before the start of the First World War was not without conflict. In Europe, the First and Second Balkan Wars were fought, while in British India, Gandhi challenged British Rule. Already there were predictions of a great catastrophe or war to come.
Did Leo Tolstoy Foresee the First World War? On Saturday, 22 August 1914, as the British Expeditionary Force took up positions around the town of Mons in Belgium, the Spiritualist magazine Light published another prophecy of war, this time one attributed to the great Russian writer Count Leo Tolstoy. Light had published Tolstoy’s prophecy before, […]
Did Maori Magic Protect HMS New Zealand in the Sea Battles of the First World War? One the factors contributing to the First World War was the naval rivalry between Britain and Germany, and one of the consequences of that rivalry was the construction of HMS New Zealand, a ship believed to be under magical […]
The French clairvoyant and palmist, Madame de Thèbes, made several predictions of a great catastrophe in Europe in the years before the First World War.
Raphael’s Almanac Predicts Crisis in German Empire Before 1914 even began, its terrible course had already been seen in the stars. Mars, the Roman god of war and a twinkling red spark in the night sky, had laid claim to 1914. Each year, beginning about 1827, a book of astrological forecasts appeared called Raphael’s Almanac, […]