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The infamous Albert Pike 3 world wars letter did the rounds in the mainstream media this week, though reporters unsurprisingly failed to check the source material. The myth states that Pike (a Confederate Military General and Freemason) sent a letter to fellow Mason and Italian revolutionary Giuseppe Mazzini in 1871, calling for three world wars at the behest of the Illuminati secret society. The first war would use communism to overthrow the Tsars in Russia, WWII would lead to the formation of Zionist Israel, and the third war would see the Zionists and Islamic world mutually destroy each other, so the Satanic New World Order can emerge. Yet despite the hype surrounding this so called Albert Pike letter, the text as we know it didn't emerge until the 1950s when William Guy Carr was writing his anti-Freemason books. When one traces the sources there is no mention of three world wars prior to this and not one author has been able to quote directly from or prove the letter's existence. In short it's a hoax that can be traced back to the infamous 1890s Leo Taxil hoaxes. So why promote a long debunked hoax now? Well it ties nicely in to the hype surrounding ISIS and it's not like the mainstream media are opposed to profiting from conspiracy theorists falling for click bait. To learn more about the real origins (or lack thereof) of the Albert Pike three world wars letter, check out the article from WideShut: Those with a critical eye will recognize that if this letter is true, Albert Pike had an uncanny ability to use phrases long before they ever made it in to the public vernacular. In fact he’s so prophetic, it immediately sheds doubt on the authenticity of the letter. According to the text he claims that the first world war “must be brought about in order to permit the Illuminati to overthrow the power of the Czars in Russia and of making that country a fortress of atheistic Communism…” While theoretically the term communism could have been used by Pike, as it was popularized by Marx and Engels in the 1840s ahead of the publication of the Communist Manifesto, the roots of the Russian Revolution did not form until the 1890s, some 20 years after the letter was allegedly written and when Pike was on his last legs. The reader must question whether he could have been privy to the outcome of the Russian workers’ movement before those workers themselves had ever heard of Marx or formed the movement to oppose their masters? And if he was, how could he have such foresight to suggest a World War could simply be brought about and that it could be controlled in such a manner to accomplish his goals? It’s not only highly unlikely but there is nothing of substance to suggest it actually happened. No testimony from anybody else associated with Pike, no other correspondence or writings from Pike himself – literally nothing other than this alleged letter. It should also be noted that other than the general enlightenment movement the only “Illuminati” organization documented within decades of the time-frame of the letter was the “Bavarian Illuminati” which officially disbanded in 1785. Though conspiracy theories flourish to this day and the term is used in the abstract, serious accusations of the group’s secret continuation had died out at least 50 years before the letter was allegedly written. Out of all the verified Pike literature, only Morals & Dogma makes a fleeting and abstract use of the term Illuminati and this certainly ins’t in he context of some all powerful secret society. So if Pike believed a war must take place for the Illuminati, who are they and what evidence is there to support that they existed and he was a member? Of course some irrational proponents of the “letter” will say they’re a secret…but if they are such a well kept secret, how do YOU know they are/were real? It’s unfounded speculation at best. The rest of the “letter” is also extremely dubious. Terms like Fascism, Nazism and Zionism were never used in Pike’s lifetime. Zionism as a word was coined in 1890 by Nathan Birnbaum and would not take root for several more years. There is no record of Pike knowing or meeting Birnbaum or having any connection to the Zionist movement. The ideological roots of Fascism were only in their infancy during Pike’s final years, and the term was not used publicly until Mussolini took his position in the 1920s. The term Nazism did not emerge until the 1930s with the rise of Germany’s National Socialist party.
