The Brahan Seer Was Said To Be A Scottish Predictor of The Future In The 17th Century Who Was Gifted With The “Second Sight”
The Brahan Seer, or Coinneach Odhar, was a Scottish predictor of the future. He was born Kenneth Mackenzie at the beginning of the seventeenth century near the Parish of Uig and Island of Lewis and worked as a farm laborer.
According to legend, Kenneth was gifted with the “Second Sight.” In Scotland, the Second Sight is known as the ability to see visions from the regular world and the spirit world.
It is said that his special sight was caused by his mother. One night, his mother had witnessed the ghost of a Danish princess heading back to her grave. She stopped the spirit from returning to her grave until the ghost carried out her wishes.
She requested that her son Kenneth be given the gift of the Second Sight. Only then did she allow the princess to go back to rest.
Later, Kenneth discovered a small stone with a hole in its center. When he looked through the hole, he could see images that foretold the future.
Many of the seer’s prophecies came true in the years after his death, and here are some of the most well-known ones.
Almost a hundred years before The Battle of Culloden occurred in 1745, Kenneth had predicted the event in the moorlands. The infamous battle had been fought in the very spot where he uttered the fateful words:
“Oh! Drumossie, thy bleak moor shall, ere many generations have passed away, be stained with the best blood of the Highlands. Glad am I that I will not see the day, for it will be a fearful period; heads will be lopped off by the score, and no mercy shall be shown or quarter given on either side.”
In another prediction referencing the Highland Clearances (1750–1860), he declared that the day would come when the people would be forced to flee their native country before an army of sheep.
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During the Highland Clearances, the Duke of Sutherland announced new land reforms that caused families to be driven from their homes so their land could be given to sheep to graze on.
Kenneth also spoke of the day when Scotland would have a Parliament once again when men could “walk dry-shod from England to France.” He was proven correct after the Channel Tunnel opened in 1994. A few years later, the first Scottish Parliament since 1707 was established.
By far, his most notorious prediction was one that cost him his life. His powers had come to the attention of Isabella, the wife of the Earl of Seaforth. While her husband was visiting Paris, she called for Kenneth to give him news of her husband.
The seer merely told her that the Earl was in good health and refused to supply further information. Enraged, Isabella threatened to have him killed and demanded that he tell her everything he knew.
So, Kenneth informed her that her husband was with another woman who was much more beautiful than her. He also revealed that the Seaforth bloodline would come to an end, with the last heir being “deaf and dumb.” The last heir would have four children who died prematurely.
Isabella flew into a rage. She had the prophet taken into custody and thrown into a barrel of boiling tar. In 1783, Francis Humberston Mackenzie became deaf and dumb due to an attack of scarlet fever in childhood. He ended up having four children who passed early on in their lives, fulfilling the seer’s final prophecy.
Today, the Brahan Seer’s predictions are still remembered in the areas of Scotland where he had lived. The tales of his visions have been passed down through generations, and locals continue to take his word seriously.
For instance, in the small town of Strathpeffer, Ross-shire, there stands the Eagle Stone. The seer stated that if the stone fell three times, the nearby loch would flood the valley below. So far, the stone has fallen twice and is now held in place by concrete.
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