The Ides of March: The Power and Potential of Prophecy – March 15, 44 BC, the Ides of March.
Cleopatra was worried. Intuitively, she knew her lover, Julius Caesar and their two-year-old son Caesarion were in danger. Normally nothing intimidated the brilliant Queen Cleopatra. The Egyptian people believed she was a living goddess. Cleopatra was the richest person in the world whose paramour Caesar commanded the world’s most formidable army. They were the ultimate power couple, yet today, she felt vulnerable.
The twenty-five-year-old Cleopatra had been living in Rome openly as the mistress of fifty-five-year-old Caesar. The Roman Senate and society distrusted Cleopatra and disapproved of Caesar’s adultery.
Cleopatra’s intuition was reinforced by the prophecy of an oracle (aka psychic) who warned Caesar, “Beware the Ides of March!” Even worse, just last night, Caesar’s wife, Calpurnia had a dream Caesar would be murdered.
Prophecy is the psychic ability to foresee future events. For 17 centuries, the “psychic epicenter” of the ancient Mediterranean world was the Oracle of Delphi in Greece, a temple sacred to Apollo, the god of prophecy. The oracles were always women. As priestesses of Apollo, they were believed to possess the gift of prophecy. People from the poor to the powerful consulted the Oracle of Delphi—including the mighty Julius Caesar.
However, Caesar knew spiritual/prophetic messages could have multiple meanings and several interpretations. My books “Evidence of Eternity” and “The Afterlife Frequency” explain the phenomenon of “Multiple Meaning Messages.”
Five Centuries before Caesar, King Croesus of Lydia (modern-day Turkey) consulted the Oracle of Delphi about the threat posed by the Persian (Iranian) Empire. The Oracle told Croesus, “If you attack the Persians, you will destroy a mighty Empire.” Croesus immediately attacked the Persians, who annihilated his army. The prophecy was accurate; Croesus did destroy a mighty empire—his.
Next, the Persians invaded Greece. Themistocles, an Athenian admiral, consulted the Oracle and was told a “wooden wall” would save Athens. While Athens had no defensive walls, wooden or otherwise, Themistocles immediately ordered its population evacuated to the island of Salamis. The Persian army burned the deserted Athens to the ground. The Persian navy closed in on the island of Salamis. Themistocles lured the Persian fleet into a narrow channel where its bulky warships ran aground. The smaller more maneuverable “wooden wall” of Athenian warships then destroyed the Persian fleet. Athens was the birthplace of democracy, which the Persians would’ve abolished. Was democracy itself also saved by the wooden wall of Athens?
Four centuries later came the Ides of March, 44 BC. Unfortunately, Caesar’s flaw was ego. Disregarding the prophecy, Calpurnia’s dream, and Cleopatra’s intuition, Caesar joked he’d made it to the Ides of March. Besides, he always had enemies—and crushed them all. His most formidable had been his fellow General, Pompey the Great. The two powerful generals presided over the Roman Republic as Consuls. Pompey even married Caesar’s daughter, but after she died following a miscarriage, civil war broke out for control of the Empire.
Caesar defeated Pompey, who fled to Alexandria, Egypt. Caesar and a small army arrived in Alexandria. Cleopatra’s brother, the young Egyptian king, presented Caesar with a gift—the severed head of Pompey.
Caesar was enraged by this treachery. The king ordered his army to attack, hoping to eliminate Caesar too. However, before sailing to Egypt, military genius Caesar already had a massive army en route to meet him there. Caught by surprise, the Egyptians were defeated, and the king killed in battle. His savvy sister Cleopatra became Queen of Egypt—and Caesar’s lover.
Now on the Ides of March, the victorious Caesar intended to order the Senate to abolish the Republic and declare him Emperor. With Pompey gone, who could stop him?
Triumphantly, Caesar entered the Senate Chamber. Suddenly, dozens of Senators pulled knives from their togas and brutally stabbed Caesar. He collapsed and died at the foot of a statue of Pompey. Talk about karma!
Was Caesar’s destiny predetermined? Or did prophecy show him it was possible to avoid assassination?
Twenty centuries later, people continue to seek guidance from psychics. PEW Research indicates that 40% of Americans believe in psychics. One of my lectures, “Rulers, Royals, Psychics & Spirits,” reveals how powerful people, including several US Presidents, have consulted with psychics.
The laws of physics state energy is neither created nor destroyed, only transferred—meaning energy is eternal. In “The Afterlife Frequency,” I introduce the Electromagnetic Soul theory, which describes how the brain doesn’t create our soul/spirit/consciousness; it only hosts it, similar to how a computer hard drive hosts the programs on it. When we die, the brain/hard drive dies, but the eternal energy of the Electromagnetic Soul lives on.
According to Einstein’s Theory of Relativity, on the quantum (electromagnetic) subatomic level, time doesn’t exist. Everything that happens, past, present, and future all occur simultaneously. If this is hard to comprehend, that’s because it is. After all, it took Einstein to figure this out!
Spirit Communication occurs during the frequency alignment of Spirits/Electromagnetic Souls with the frequency of a human’s Electromagnetic Soul. Future events may be part of the information transmitted during spirit communication, which can occur through a psychic medium, during a dream, or an intuitive feeling. Caesar was forewarned about the Ides of March through all three of these. As a good soldier, Caesar should’ve realized that forewarned is forearmed.
“An Evening of Spirit Communication” is a public mediumship event where I connect audience members with their loved ones in spirit. During one session, I was drawn to Alison and her teenage daughter, Chelsea.
“A male spirit—a father figure is coming forward. From the sharp pain in my head, he died abruptly—feels like a stroke.”
“Yes,” Alison acknowledged tearfully, “my dad died suddenly from a stroke.”
“He has an important message. ‘Do not go to the concert! Under no circumstances are you to get in that car. Do not go to the concert!’”
“Me and my girlfriends are driving to a concert next Saturday!” Chelsea exclaimed. “Well, you’re not going!” Alison snapped. Chelsea looked crushed.
A year later, during an event at the same venue, a woman raised her hand, “Do you remember us?” It was Alison, seated next to Chelsea, who stood and said, “Last year I was supposed to go to a concert with three friends. But my granddad’s spirit warned me not to get in the car or go to the concert.
“My friend Brianna was supposed to drive—she’s a total lead foot—always speeds. When I told my friends about Granddad’s message, they totally freaked out. Brianna drove slower than usual on the interstate. But they ran over something in the road—and all four tires blew out!
“They missed the concert because they were stuck on the interstate for hours. The State Highway Patrol had to close the highway because there were roofing nails all over the road. A Trooper told them the nails must’ve fallen off some truck—and he said with four flat tires, if they’d been speeding—their car probably would’ve flipped—they could’ve all been killed.”
Perhaps the lesson to be learned from Caesar and the Ides of March is that prophecy doesn’t determine the future; rather, it provides insights into the potential choices we make about our future.
Mark Anthony, JD Psychic Explorer® (The Psychic Lawyer) is a fourth-generation psychic medium and Oxford-educated trial attorney. Mark travels to mystical locations in remote corners of the world to examine Ancient Mysteries and Supernatural Phenomena. Mark Anthony, the author of the multiple award-winning Pulitzer considered best seller THE AFTERLIFE FREQUENCY. His other bestsellers are EVIDENCE OF ETERNITY and NEVER LETTING GO.