The Prophecies of the Brahan Seer (Coinneach Odhar Fiosaiche)Mackenzie, Alexander
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The Prophecies of the Brahan Seer (Coinneach Odhar Fiosaiche)
Mackenzie, Alexander
Precognition; Prophecies
Here are several additional predictions which have been wholly or partly
fulfilled. “The day will come when the Mackenzies will lose all their
possessions in Lochalsh, after which it will fall into the hands of an
Englishman, who shall be distinguished by great liberality to his people,
and lavish expenditure of money. He will have one son and two daughters;
and, after his death, the property will revert to the Mathesons, its
original possessors, who will build a Castle on Druim-a-Dubh, at
Balmacarra.” The late Mr. Lillingstone was an Englishman. He was truly
distinguished for kindness and liberality to his tenants, and he had a
son and two daughters, although, we are informed, he had been married for
seventeen years before he had any family. When he came into possession,
old people thought they discerned the fulfilment of a part of Kenneth’s
prediction in his person, until it was remarked that he had no family as
foretold by the Seer. At last, a son and two daughters were successively
born to Mr. Lillingstone. After his death, the son sold the whole of
Lochalsh to Alexander Matheson, M.P. for the Counties of Ross and
Cromarty, and, so far, the prediction has been realized. A castle has
been built at Duncraig, a considerable distance from the spot predicted
by the Seer; but if Kenneth is to be depended upon, a castle will yet be
built by one of the Mathesons oh Druim-a-Dubh, at Balmacarra. Had this
prophecy been got up after the event, the reputation of the Seer would
certainly not have been staked on the erection of another castle in the
remote future, when the Mathesons already possess such a magnificent
mansion at Duncraig.
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