Well, this all came true. Saw this being resurfaced 13 years ago, and figured I would bring some light to it. Anybody have any ideas on how to fight this? Or how to maintain any hope?

TLDNR: The Pike-Mazinni ‘letter’ is a 19th century forgery, which was amended in the 1950s to add stuff
about the Nazis, Islam, and ‘3 world wars’.

Long version:

The ‘letter’ supposedly written by Pike to Mazzini is a forgery, and part of the late 1800s [Taxil Hoax](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taxil_hoax). (Entertaining read, btw). No earlier source
exists.

However, the passage where Pike predicts 3 world wars can’t be traced back further
back than the late 1950s. Its also in a different, more modern style, and uses terminology
(eg ‘Islamic’) which Pike never used, and terms that long postdate the purported date of the
letter (‘Nazi’). It was added in at a later time.

Its a forgery, and a clumsy one.

A detailed tracking of this ‘letter’ can be found [here](http://adam.curry.com/art/1446649785_TnLeXr8Z.html).