"Out of Russia will come the hope of the world — not from communism, but from freedom, where each lives for his neighbour. "

"Messing reportedly named a precise victory date over Germany — the signing of the surrender on 8 May — claiming the war would end in 1945. "

"Messing reportedly foretold that the Battle of Stalingrad would end in the defeat of Hitler's troops and the capture of a field marshal, naming early February 1943. "

"Before the war Messing claimed he saw Soviet tanks with red stars rolling into Berlin, foretelling a clash between the USSR and Germany. "

"You expect a new root race. What are you doing to prepare for it? "

"A day of great change will come, when power in South Africa passes into other hands. "

"Darkness will descend on Petersburg. When its name is changed [Petrograd], then the Empire will end. "

"Around 1911 van Rensburg reportedly saw a vast thunderstorm breaking over Europe and raining blood — read by believers as a foretelling of the First World War. "

"There will be a war between Russia and Japan (the prediction of the Russo-Japanese War attributed to Madame de Thèbes). "

"According to Deneys Reitz's memoir, van Rensburg recounted a vision of a black bull fighting a red bull in which the red one (the British) sank to its knees; at that very moment a rider arrived with a letter from General Botha announcing British peace overtures. "

"Cheiro is said to have predicted the date of Queen Victoria's death. "

"Cheiro claimed to have foretold the sinking of the Titanic some 13 years earlier while reading the palm of William Pirrie, chairman of Harland and Wolff, the shipyard that built her. "

"A war will break out in South Africa (the prediction of the Boer War attributed to Madame de Thèbes). "

"On 16 September 1899, just before the outbreak of the Second Boer War, van Rensburg reportedly saw thickening clouds and, when they cleared, burning houses and women and children fleeing in terror, thousands of whom would die in agony. "

"Through the Gypsy field an iron road will pass, and upon it an iron, fiery cart that will always stop where the Gypsy tents stand. "

"Everybody will ride around in carts with no oxen. People will travel in the sky, looking down upon our land. "

"People with a star on the forehead will appear. They will rule over Užice and these parts, but they will always bring evil. "

"Shortly after, a second, even greater war will come, and a foreign, evil army will invade the country. "

"A man with blue eyes on a white horse will appear. He will gather a strong army and free occupied Belgrade. "

"Napoleon will divorce Joséphine. "