The publication received a great response and served to spread his name all across France, which encouraged Nostradamus to write more. Nostradamus began writing about his visions and incorporating them into his first almanac. Almanacs were very popular at the time, as they provided useful information for farmers and merchants and contained entertaining bits of local folklore and predictions of the coming year. In 1550, Nostradamus wrote his first almanac of astrological information and predictions of the coming year. It is believed the visions were the basis of his predictions for the future. The meditation would bring on a trance and visions. It is said that he would spend hours in his study at night meditating in front of a bowl filled with water and herbs. Within a few years of his settling into Salon, Nostradamus began moving away from medicine and more toward the occult. The monk, called Felice Peretti, was ordained Pope Sixtus V in 1585, fulfilling the prediction of Nostradamus. One of the legends of Nostradamus says that, during his travels in Italy, he came upon a group of Franciscan monks, identifying one as the future Pope. During his travels to the ancient mystery schools, it is believed that Nostradamus experienced a psychic awakening. When ordered to appear before the Church Inquisition, he wisely chose to leave Province to travel for several years through Italy, Greece and Turkey. In 1538, an offhanded remark about a religious statue resulted in charges of heresy against Nostradamus. Not being able to save his wife and children caused him to fall out of favor in the community and with his patron, Scaliger. In 1534, his wife and children died-presumably of the plague-while he was traveling on a medical mission to Italy. There he married and in the next few years, had two children. 1n 1531, he was invited to work with a leading scholar of the time, Jules-Cesar Scaliger in Agen, in southwestern France. In time, Nostradamus found himself somewhat of a local celebrity for his treatments and received financial support from many of the citizens of Provence. At this time he Latinized his name - as was the custom of many medieval academics - from Nostradame to Nostradamus.
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Evidently, the school took a dim view of anyone who was involved in what was considered a "manual trade." However, most accounts state he was not expelled and received a license to practice medicine in 1525. There are some reports that university officials discovered his previous experience as an apothecary and found this reason to expel him from school. He sometimes expressed dissension with the teachings of the Catholic priests, who dismissed his notions of astrology. In 1522 he entered the University of Montpelier to complete his doctorate in medicine. According to his own account, he traveled throughout the countryside during this time, researching herbal remedies and working as an apothecary. He was forced to leave after only one year, however, due to an outbreak of the bubonic plague. At the age of 14, Nostradame entered the University of Avignon to study medicine.
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