Husbands and wives, families, roommates, sports teams and business partners all conspire together to achieve common goals every day. Most of us are probably involved with a dozen or more conspiracies at the same time. Distinguishing between them is critical if we are to properly analyze the actions and intentions of everything from grammar school social cliques and inner city youth gangs to political parties, religious groups and multi-national corporations. Conscious conspiracies are made with people that you know or people that you know about. Unconscious conspiracies exist between people and groups that are either unaware of each other's existence, unaware of the common purpose they share or, though aware of these things, are not organizationally linked in any tangible manner.
Unwitting conspiracies exist where the participants are directed by unperceived spiritual forces.
On the surface these groups might even seem like they are working at cross purposes, but unbeknownst often even to themselves, they are really coordinated, guided or inspired by either the Holy Spirit or by demonic forces. The same conspiracy can operate in more than one dimension simultaneously, and there can be various combinations and relative weightings between these dimensions. We can even find all three types being manifested in unison to achieve the same common purpose. For example, most Christians working with their local prayer group, church or denomination are completely unaware of what millions of other Christians are doing in countless groups small and large around the world. At the same time, the Holy Spirit is collectively guiding and strategically coordinating all of their activities according to a Master plan that no individual piece can comprehend.