William Guy Carr
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William Guy Carr (born June 2, 1895, died 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 conspiracy theorist, "the most influential source in creating the American Illuminati demonology."[1]
Commander Carr served as Navigating Officer during World War One and as Naval Control Officer and Senior Naval Officer in World War Two.
His experiences in the submarine fleet in the First World War became the subject of By Guess and By God. Prefaced by his superior, Admiral S.S. Hall of the Submarine Service, it was published in 1930. Going through several printings, it was followed by sequels, including Hell's Angels of the Deep. During World War Two, he wrote Checkmate in the North.
Later in life, his writings turned to conspiracy themes, including Pawns in the Game and Red Fog over America. His son, W.J. Carr, Jr., edited the book Carr had been working on at the time of his death, Satan, Prince of This World.
Carr's books discussed a Luciferian conspiracy by 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 comprised of 'Them who say they are Jews ... and are not ... and do lie' (Rev. 2:9 and 3:9)" [2].
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[edit] 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, which Carr believed was developed by Confederate general and Masonic leader Albert Pike.
In the introduction to Pawns in the Game, Carr wrote:
- "The First World War was to be 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 agentur of the Illuminati between the British and German Empires were to be used to foment this war. After the war ended, Communism was to be built up and used to destroy other governments and weaken religions.
- "World War Two, was to be fomented by using the differences between Fascists and Political Zionists. This war was to be 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 two International Communism was to be built up until it equalled in strength that of united Christendom. At this point it was to be contained and kept in check until required for the final social cataclysm. Can any informed person deny Roosevelt and Churchill did put this policy into effect?"
- "World War Three is to be fomented by using the differences the agentur of the Illuminati stir up between the Political Zionists and the leaders of the Moslem world. The war is to be directed in such a manner that Islam (the Arab World including Mohammedanism) 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 on this issue, will be forced to fight themselves into a state of complete exhaustion physically, mentally, spiritually and economically. Can any unbiased and reasoning person deny that the intrigue now going on in the Near, Middle, and Far East is designed to accomplish this devilish purpose?
- "On August 15, 1871, Pike told [Italian revolutionary leader Giuseppe] Mazzini that after World War Three is ended, those who aspire to undisputed world domination will provoke the greatest social cataclysm the world has ever known. We quote his written words (taken from the letter catalogued in the British Museum Library, London, Eng.):
- "‘We shall unleash the Nihilists and Atheists, and we shall provoke a formidable social cataclysm which in all its horror will show clearly to the nations the effect of absolute atheism, origin of savagery and of the most bloody turmoil. Then everywhere, the citizens, obliged to defend themselves against the world minority of revolutionaries, will exterminate those destroyers of civilization, and the multitude, disillusioned with Christianity, whose deistic spirits will be from that moment without compass (direction), anxious for an ideal, but without knowing where to render its adoration, will receive the true light through the universal manifestation of the pure doctrine of Lucifer, brought finally out in the public view, a manifestation which will result from the general reactionary movement which will follow the destruction of Christianity and atheism, both conquered and exterminated at the same time.’" [3]
[edit] An unknown letter from Cardinal Caro y Rodriguez
Based on statements made by Carr, it is generally assumed that he learned about this alleged letter from Cardinal Caro y Rodriguez of Santiago, Chile, author of The Mystery of Freemasonry Unveiled. However, Carr's later book, Satan, Prince of This World, 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." [4]
More recently, the British Museum confirmed in writing to researcher Michael Haupt that such a document has never been in their possession.
[edit] Carr's influence
Whatever the source of the alleged plan for three world wars, it has become a topic for discussion among conspiracy researchers, and is cited in seminal "conspiracy" books such as Des Griffin's Fourth Reich of the Rich.[citation needed] Recently, the works of Carr has been studied by the French philosopher and historian Pierre-André Taguieff (La Foire aux illuminés : Esotérisme, théorie du complot, extrémisme, Paris, Mille et une nuits, 2005; "The Illuminati fair: Esotericism, Plot Theory, Extremism"). 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 in the twentieth century. Carr was the leader of an anti-Communist group in Toronto during the fifties, the National Federation of Christian Laymen.
[edit] Selected works
- By Guess and By God: the story of the British submarines in the war. London: Hutchinson & Co., 1930.
- Hell's Angels of the Deep. London: Hutchinson & Co., 1932.
- Brass Hats and Bell-Bottomed Trousers: unforgettable and splendid feats of the Harwich patrol (By guess and by God II. London: Hutchinson & Co., 1939.
- Good Hunting (By guess and by God III). London: Hutchinson & Co., 1940.
- Out of the Mists: great deeds of the navy in the last war and her role today. London: Hutchinson & Co., 1942.
- Checkmate in the North: the Axis planned to invade America. Toronto, The Macmillan Co. of Canada, Ltd., 1944.
- The Red Fog Over America. Willowdale, Ont., National Federation of Christian Laymen, 1955.
- Pawns in the Game. Willowdale, Ont., National Federation of Christian Laymen, 1956.
[edit] References
- ^ Bill Ellis, Raising the Devil: Satanism, New Religions, and the Media. University Press of Kentucky, 2000, p. 128
- ^ William Guy Carr, Satan, Prince of This World, Emissary Publications, Clackamas, Oreg., p. 6
- ^ William Guy Carr, Pawns in the Game, Emissary Publications, Clackamas, OR, pp. xv-xvi
- ^ William Guy Carr, Satan, Prince of This World, Emissary Publications, Clackamas, Oreg., p. 39
- Pawns in the Game reviewed by the Grand Lodge of British Columbia and Yukon Ancient Free and Accepted Masons
- Text of Pawns in the Game as hosted by yamaguchy.netfirms.com
- Pierre-André Taguieff, La Foire aux illuminés : Ésotérisme, théorie du complot, extrémisme ("The Illuminati fair: Esotericism, Plot Theory, Extremism"), Paris, Mille et une nuits, 2005.
- Pierre-André Taguieff, L'imaginaire du complot mondial : Aspects d'un mythe moderne ("The World plot imaginary: about a modern myth"), Paris, Mille et une nuits, 2006.
