Nostradamus C2 Q40: Superape from Africa brings tragic tumult to Europe
Copyright: Allan Webber, December 2015, Feb2023

At the end of this century Nostradamus foresaw great mutational changes that include vast floods and fire from the sky. Beyond that his work consistently leads to a conclusion that a new type of man evolves but his arrival won't be welcomed by the remnants of our species.

It is notable that the first two lines of text in this verse can be read as start of a new species that upsets humankind. It is of course an indirect reference at best but it is improbable that it would be anything clearer. Even today we have no name for the inevitable creature that will one day lead to the demise of our species. The closest term for our times is superape which is only found in modern fiction. However it is a term found as an anagram in the first line of this verse.

In the anagrams of the verse there is an identification of regions and a reference to Tellurian (interuall) which refers to an inhabitant of earth.

The anagram for super-ape (peu apres) reinforces the idea of earthly creatures rather than human ones as the animals mentioned in the fourth line of text.

Nostradamus' wording indicates these animals cause great insult to man. The story built from this verse and others that are linked to it is progenyof a new human-like species or geniture (ngue inter)  which emerge out of Africa (ra faic). Anagrams for  repulsion (i plus ſeron)  and mania(anima)  imply they aren't welome by Europeans (eu apres no)  and  the peoples of other nations.

This particular verse's anagrams  play a very powerful role in defining the origin and nature of the species that is at the heart of Nostradamus' visions for the coming century. It is for this reason as well as both containing anagrams for geniture that guides my selecting this as the partner for C6 Q18 in the superape series.