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June 10, 2007: Prophecy: War with Iran - John Hogue

Jun 10, 2007
2h 37m
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Art Bell welcomes prophecy scholar John Hogue to discuss his new e-book, Nostradamus: The War with Iran. Hogue explains how he wrote 70,000 words in just seven weeks, driven by an inner compulsion that a U.S.-Iran conflict may be closer than most people realize. He connects Nostradamus quatrains to modern geopolitical tensions, including the missile defense standoff between the U.S. and Russia, and warns that forces within the old order of humanity resist the changes a new age demands.

The conversation ranges across climate science, with Art citing alarming data on Greenland glaciers accelerating from six feet per year to seventy-five feet per year of ice loss. Hogue argues that mainstream scientists have been too cautious in their projections and that cascading tipping points, including methane release from warming tundra, could push sea level rise decades ahead of schedule.

Hogue frames the current era as a moment of profound transformation, where humanity must balance rational science with subjective intuition. He urges listeners to document precognitive experiences rigorously, and both host and guest agree that the paranormal deserves serious scientific attention rather than ridicule or blind belief.

Key Moments

  1. The Great Purification (1990-2030): Hogue ties the present 'wave of madness' to a prophesied window from 1990 climaxing around 2030 - a 'Great Purification' transitioning humanity from faith-based to a science-and-meditation-based age of Aquarius.

  2. Hogue predicts war with Iran by summer's end: After a preamble, Hogue states bluntly: a war with Iran will happen any time between now and through the summer, more likely sooner than later, with the key to war or peace held by Israel.

  3. Hadith of the black-flag jihad from Khorasan: Hogue describes a Hadith prophecy of a 'jihad of the black flags' arising in Khorasan (Afghanistan) and marching westward to Jerusalem - a self-fulfilling Islamic apocalyptic narrative.

  4. Israel's nuclear gamble against Iran: Hogue lays out the catastrophic scenario: Israel strikes Iran assuming it won't retaliate, but Iran fires hundreds of missiles with chemical and biological weapons - possibly hitting Saudi oil fields too.

  5. Hogue's 1998 Hillary Clinton 2008 prediction: Hogue says he announced on The View on October 30, 1998 that Hillary Clinton would become a New York senator the following month and would run for president in 2008 and win - a prediction he stands by on air.