Albert Pike, the American Freemason who predicted the two world wars and the third one more than 160 years ago
The lawyer and writer Albert Pike was active as a Freemason from 1840 and until the end of his life, in 1891, he held the order's highest title of Commander.
Today, however, Albert Pike is mainly associated with numerous "conspiracy theories". In August 1871, he wrote a letter to the leader of the Italian revolutionary movement, Giuseppe Macchini, and based it on the vision he had of the three coming world wars.
"The First World War would have had to happen to enable us to overthrow the Russian tsars and make that country a stronghold of atheistic communism. The divisions and disagreements between the British and German empires caused by Illuminati agents will be used by the empires to fuel this war. Communism will be established in order to destroy other governments through it and weaken the influence of religions," Pique wrote.
"World War II must have been fueled by the use of differences between fascists and political Zionists. This war must take place so that Nazism is destroyed and political Zionism is strong enough to establish a sovereign state of Israel in Palestine. During the Second World War, international communism must become strong enough to oppose Christianity, which will be limited until we need it for the final social cataclysm," Pique writes.
The part that most worries modern fans of doomsday predictions, and which has become especially relevant since September 9, 2001, concerns the beginning - World War III:
"The Third World War must be ignited by exploiting the differences between the political Zionists and the leaders of the Islamic world. The war should be fought in such a way that Islam and political Zionism will destroy each other. Meanwhile, other nations will be divided once again. We will encourage the nihilists and atheists, we will cause a huge social cataclysm which will clearly show its peoples the effect of complete atheism, the source of savagery and the most bloody turmoil. Then the citizens around the world will be forced to defend themselves against the revolutionary world minorities, to exterminate the destroyers of civilization and the people disillusioned with Christianity. To receive the true light through the universal revelation of Lucifer's teaching, which will finally be brought before the public," Pike concludes.
The letter was published by William Guy Carr, Canadian naval officer and intelligence officer, writer, conspiracy theorist, accused of being anti-Semitic.