Mystery surrounds a letter said to have been written in 1871 which predicted the First and Second World Wars and claims the third global conflict will be between the West and Islam.
The bizarre predictions say the First World War, which began in 1914, was triggered by the mysterious Illuminati hoping to bring down Russia’s reign of Tsars.
It then says the Second World War – which came to fruition in 1939 – would be fomented many years later by a clash between Fascists and Zionists.
The predictions are said to have been penned by Confederate officer and Freemason Albert Pike in 1871 in his correspondence to Italian revolutionary Giuseppe Mazzini, The Sun reported.
However, some have declared the letter a hoax – claiming many terms that feature in the letter were not in regular use in 1871 and that there are no primary sources to vouch for its authenticity.
The letter purportedly states: ‘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.’
Written in 1871, the statement would appear to accurately predict the Russian Revolution of 1917, which overthrew the Tsarist leadership and led to the creation of the communist Soviet Empire.