William Guy Carr William James Guy Carr ( R . D . Commander R . C . N . ( R ) ) ( June 2 , 1895 - October 2 , 1959 ) was a Canadian naval officer and an author . Though his accounts of wartime naval experiences found a general audience , he is best remembered today as a , " the most influential source in creating the American " Illuminati " demonology " , according to the American folklorist Bill Ellis . Carr was also the author of famous books on the English submarine war as well as a popular lecturer . In the 1950s , he was the leader of the anti - Communist National Federation of Christian Laymen of Toronto . He was also one of the presidents of the Naval Club of Toronto . Biography . Born in Formby ( Lancashire , England ) , Carr was educated in Scotland , and went to sea at the age of fourteen . He served as Navigating Officer of H . M . S . Submarines during World War I ( see : Royal Navy Submarine Service ) and as Naval Control Officer and Senior Naval Officer in World War II . In World War II he was Naval Control Officer for the St . Lawrence , then Staff Officer Operations at Shelburne , Nova Scotia , then Senior Naval Officer at Goose Bay , Labrador . As an Officer on the staff of Commodore Reginald W . Brock he organized the 7th Victory Loan for the twenty - two Royal Canadian Naval Training Divisions . His experiences in the submarine fleet in the First World War became the subject of " By Guess and By God " ( 1930 ) , prefaced by his superior , Admiral S . S . Hall of the Submarine Service . Going through several printings , it was followed by sequels , including " Hell ' s Angels of the Deep " ( 1932 ) . In 1931 , he started giving conferences in different Canadian clubs on the topic of " International conspiracy " which was subdivided in two main subjects : " International communism " and " International capitalism " , both controlled by the " Illuminati " and what he called the " International bankers " which , according to Carr , are represented mainly by the Rothschild and the Rockefeller families . After working for the Canadian Intelligence Service during World War II ( he was a Senior Naval Officer at Goose Bay , Labrador ) he wrote " Checkmate in the North " ( 1944 ) , a book where he wrote ( according to secret documents ) that an invasion of the Axis forces was supposed to take place in the area of the Goose Bay Air base . During 1944 and 1945 he gave other conferences on world conspiracies . In the 1950s , after he retired from the Navy , Carr ' s writings turned essentially to themes from a firmly Christian standpoint . With his " Pawns in the Game " ( 1955 ) and " Red Fog over America " ( 1955 ) he became one of the most famous post - war conspiracy theorists ( 500 000 copies sold of " Pawns in the Game " before his death ) . This success of Carr is closely linked to the fear of communism and the Cold War atmosphere . According to the Political Research Associates : Carr ' s works were notably influenced by the writings of Nesta Webster and the well known French hoax er Léo Taxil ( see Taxil hoax ) . He also refers to the theories of l ' abbé Augustin Barruel and John Robison who explained the French Revolution as a Freemasonic plot linked to the German " Illuminati " of Adam Weishaupt ( frequently associated to the conspiracy theory of the New World Order ) . One of Carr ' s books published after his death , " The Conspiracy to destroy all existing Governments and Religions " clearly refers to Robison ' s main work : " Proofs of a Conspiracy Against All the Religions and Governments of Europe Carried on in the Secret Meetings of Freemasons , Illuminati and Reading Societies " ( 1798 ) . According to the French philosopher and historian Pierre - André Taguieff , the works of Carr ( especially " Pawns in the game " ) , " largely contributed to popularise the themes of anti - Masonic conspiracism in the United States and in Canada ; first , it reached the Christian fundamentalist milieu ( mainly concerned with his " Luciferian " conspiracies ) , then the whole far - right movement and the new generations of conspiracy theorists " . Even Dan Brown - although he probably had his information from a different source - includes in his novel " Angels & Demons " an interpretation of the " Illuminati " through an American 1 $ bill that repeats the main arguments of Carr in " Pawns in the game " . The first editions of Carr ' s book were mainly published by the Federation of Christian Laymen . Carr was actually the President of the Federation of Christian Laymen ( Toronto ) . He directed the monthly anti - Masonic newsletter of the association : " News Behind The News " ( Willowdale , Toronto , Vol . 1 , # 1 , 1956 - ) where he published numerous articles discussing the power of the " Illuminati " in U . S . and world affairs . In that paper , Carr defends the politics of the Wisconsin anti - Communist Senator Joseph McCarthy . The political ideas of this Christian association were close to those of John Horne Blackmore the first leader of the Social Credit Party of Canada and Ron Gostick , another important member of the same party . Carr ' s Federation was closely linked with the Californian Council of Christian Laymen ( 1949 – 1964 ) , especially with Alfred Kohlberg , Edward Geary Lansdale and Stan Steiner . The council also distributed Carr ' s " New ' s Behind The News " ; its president was Verne Paul Kaub who was also known for being an anti - Communist and a conspiracy theory author . During the fifties , both organisations fought Communism and were involved in a campaign against water fluoridation ( brochure , 1956 ; articles about this topic were also published in " News behind the News " in 1958 ) . The historian Daniel Pipes studied this particular case and he mentions that " in the 1950s , the National Federation of Christian Laymen portrayed fluorine as the ' devil ' s poison ' " and considered its addition to drinking water ( to prevent tooth decay ) " one of the most dastardly plots ever attempted against the human race " . Carr died in Ontario . Main theories . The Three World Wars . One of Carr ' s most lasting contributions to modern - day conspiracy theory was his discussion of an alleged plan for Three World Wars ( often referred as the 3WW ) , which he believed was developed by Confederate general and Masonic scholar Albert Pike . In " Pawns in the Game , " Carr claims that the First World War was fought so as to enable the " Illuminati " to overthrow the powers of the Tsars in Russia and turn that country into the stronghold of Atheistic - Communism . The differences stirred up by the agents of the " Illuminati " between the British and German Empires were used to foment this war . After the war ended , Communism was built up and used to destroy other governments and weaken religions . After this , World War II , was fomented by using the differences between Fascists and Political Zionists . This war was fought so that Naziism would be destroyed and the power of Political Zionism increased , so that the sovereign state of Israel could be established in Palestine . During World War II International Communism was built up until it equalled in strength that of united Christendom . At this point it was contained and kept in check until required for the final social cataclysm . Moving into the future , Carr claimed that World War Three will be fomented by the agents of the " Illuminati " ( also involved , according to him , with the United Nations ) as they stir up between the Political Zionists and the leaders of the Muslim world . The war will be directed in such a manner that Islam and Political Zionism ( including the State of Israel ) will destroy themselves , while at the same time the remaining nations , once more divided against each other will be forced to fight among themselves until they are in a state of complete exhaustion physically , mentally , spiritually and economically . Confusion has arisen as to the precise source of Carr ' s Three World Wars scenario . As is the case with many of his claims , Carr does not provide a source for that scenario , but mentions a letter written by Pike and addressed to Italian revolutionary leader Giuseppe Mazzini , which outlines a plan for unleashing " Nihilists and Atheists " , after World War Three has ended . The confusion was created when Michael Haupt launched his website threeworldwars . com , which mistakenly assumed that Carr also attributed the World War Three scenario to the Pike letter . In fact , the authenticity of this letter is disputed . Carr states that he learned about the letter from the anti - Mason , Cardinal José María Caro Rodriguez of Santiago , Chile , author of " The Mystery of Freemasonry Unveiled " ( Hawthorne , CA , Christian Book Club of America , 1971 ) . However , Carr ' s later book , " Satan , Prince of This World " ( written in 1959 ) , includes the following footnote : " The Keeper of manuscripts recently informed the author that this letter is NOT catalogued in the British Museum Library . It seems strange that a man of Cardinal Rodriguez ' s knowledge should have said that it WAS in 1925 . " More recently , the British Museum confirmed in writing to researcher Michael Haupt that such a document has never been in their possession . Pierre - André Taguieff states that Carr gave an ultimate and synthetic account of this " legend " that links together the " Illuminati " , Mazzini and Pike in a satanic plot for world domination . The reference Terry Melanson gives a good treatment of the Pike letter , to show the origin of the account of unleashing the nihilists , and that a three world war scenario is not to be found in that material . Michael Haupt had taken the three world war theory from the introduction of Carr ' s " Pawns in the Game " ( 1958 ) . This introduction outlines a plan that Carr attributes to Pike , but not to the letter from Pike to Mazzini . Only the last section of the three world war plan in Haupt ' s text is a quote attributed to the letter from Pike to Mazzini . This quote is virtually identical to the one in Rodrique ' s book and it can be traced to the book " Le diable au XIXe siècle " ( 1894 ) by Gabriel Jagond - Pager aka Leo Taxil , where it is claimed to be from a letter of Pike to Mazzini written in 1871 . This quote was later considered to describe the Bolshevik revolution , but whether a hoax or not , it predates 1917 . The book of Jagond - Pager is enlisted in the British Museum , which is what Rodrigues meant by his statement , and it contains the full letter be it hoax or not . The plan attributed to Pike is also described in part in " Le Palladisme " by Margiotta ( see Margiotta ) and it seems to describe the same plan as in Jagond - Pager ' s book , so possible that in this case the famous hoaxer Leo Taxil actually refers to some existing letter , but Dominico Margiotta may be another pseudoname of Jacond - Pager . There is nothing of the three world war plan in this letter , and nothing especially prophetic , it simply describes a Freemasonry plan to overthrow all religions . The conspiracy of the Synagogue of Satan . Carr ' s books often discuss a Luciferian conspiracy by what he calls the " World Revolutionary Movement , " but he later attributed the conspiracy more specifically to the " " Synagogue of Satan . " " The term " Synagogue of Satan " was not a reference to Judaism . Carr wrote , " I wish to make it clearly and emphatically known that I do not believe the Synagogue of Satan ( S . O . S . ) is Jewish , but , as Christ told us for a definite purpose , it is ' I know the blasphemy of them which say they are Jews , and are not , but are the synagogue of Satan . ' ( Rev . 2 : 9 and 3 : 9 ) " . This quote is taken from " Satan , Prince of this World " , the book Carr had been working on at the time of his death . It was edited by his elder son W . J . Carr , Jr . and presented as the : " last manuscript [ of the author ] exposing the Luciferian Conspiracy , Satanism , secret societies and the Synagogue of Satan as driving forces behind the World Revolutionary Movement " . Carr ' s son also mentions he did not publish some parts of the manuscript because many references were missing . One of the most interesting things to note about Carr ' s Luciferian conspiracies , is that he believes they were already at work during Christ ' s time . As Taguieff points out , there is a transhistorical scheme in Carr ' s idea of world conspiracy . In this kind of philosophy of history anticipating a final " World Government " , the " Illuminati " are part of a satanic historical force that contributes to the evil original plot . According to that point of view Carr believes that there are " natural born " conspiracists which is nothing more for Taguieff than myth and paranoia invented from a delirious worldview . It is indeed an original aspect of Carr ' s theories since most plot theorists usually start their " " genealogy " " with the modern age , especially with the French Revolution . As a Christian traditionalist , Carr believes that the world conspiracy is based on a Manichean way of thinking , this view is common to many anti - Mason and anti - Communist conspiracy theorist , starting from Nesta Webster . There is another common variant seeing the world conspiracy being based on the Sabbatean / Frankist teachings , but it also acknowledges Manichean influences . Influence . Whatever the source of the alleged plan for Three World Wars , it has become a topic for discussion among fringe conspiracy believers , and is cited in seminal " conspiracy " books such as Des Griffin ' s " Fourth Reich of the Rich " ( 1976 ) who published the fourth edition of " Pawns in the Game " and a cassette tape of one of Carr ' s speech in Chicago in his own publishing house , Emissary Publications ( Colton , Oregon ) . William Guy Carr also inspired Dan Smoot ( " The Invisible Government " , 1962 ) , Gary Allen ( " The Rockefeller File " , 1976 ) , Phoebe Courtney , ( " Beware Metro and Regional Government " , 1973 ) , Richard T . Osborne ( " The Great International Conspiracy " , 1974 ; and lately " The Coming of World War III " , 2006 ) , Myron C . Fagan , ( Audio Document ( LP ) : " The Illuminati and The Council on Foreign Relations " , recorded in the 1967 - 1968 , ed . by a group calling themselves the Sons of Liberty . Fagan outlines the " Illuminati " world elite plans of global conspiracy for the New World Order and world domination ) , David Icke ( " The Biggest Secret " , 1999 ) , Jan van Helsing , and the French Canadian Social Credit Party member Serge Monast ( 1945 – 1996 ) who pretended being Carr ' s disciple . All these plot theorists argue for the continuing influence of the " Illuminati " as Carr suggested it in his two main works . The works of Carr and his influence among conspiracy theorists has been studied by the American historian Daniel Pipes ( 1997 ) and the folklorist Bill Ellis ( 2000 ) . The French philosopher and historian Pierre - André Taguieff recently wrote " La Foire aux illuminés : Ésotérisme , théorie du complot , extrémisme " ( 2005 ) ( " The Illuminati fair : Esotericism , Plot Theory , Extremism " ) where he makes an analysis of " Pawns in the game " . He shows that Carr belongs to a tradition of conspiracy theorists that goes far back to l ' abbé Augustin Barruel and is represented by the Protocols of the Elders of Zion ( frequently quoted in Carr ' s work ) in the twentieth century . Taguieff also studied Carr ' s theories in " L ' imaginaire du complot mondial : Aspects d ' un mythe moderne " ( " The World plot imaginary : about a modern myth " ) , 2006 ) . Since 1998 , Carr ' s most famous books ( " Pawns in the Game " , " The Conspiracy to destroy all existing Governments and Religions " and " Satan , Prince of this World " ) were translated in French . His French editor Jacques Delacroix is also a conspiracy theorist who counts himself as one of Carr ' s successors . Works . Digital Audio copy of 100 minute recording . Available at http : / / www . archive . org / details / PawnsInTheGameLecture