David Icke

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David Vaughan Icke [ ˈde̯ɪvɪd a̯ɪk ] (born April 29, 1952 in Leicester , England ) is a British publicist and former professional footballer . Since the mid-1990s he has represented right-wing esoteric conspiracy theories as a book author and speaker .

Life

David Icke
Personnel
birthday April 29, 1952
place of birth LeicesterEngland
position goal
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
1969-1971 Coventry City 0 (0)
1970 →  Oxford United  (loan) 0 (0)
1970-1971 →  Northampton Town  (loan) 0 (0)
1971-1973 Hereford United 37 (0)
1 Only league games are given.

Icke played in his youth first as a goalkeeper for Coventry City and until 1973 for the fourth-rate professional club Hereford United . At the age of 21 he had to end his football career because of arthritis . Shortly afterwards he became a sports reporter for the BBC and hosted the sports program Grandstand . After separating from the broadcaster in strife, he became one of four spokesmen for the Green Party from 1985 to 1990 .

In 1990 Icke went to an esoteric healer for treatment for his arthritis , who is said to have brought him into contact with spirits during a therapeutic session . They reportedly told Icke that he would "heal the earth and be world famous". Icke then traveled to Peru , where he claims to have had intense spiritual experiences. He was now embarking on a new career, this time as a writer and lecturer on New Age topics and conspiracy theories. Icke publicly referred to himself as the " Son of God ", which earned him great ridicule in the British public. Years later he declared that he wanted to express his emotionally felt unity with all being that could also be called God . At the end of 2006, Icke was on the verge of financial bankruptcy due to copyright disputes with a business partner in the USA.

Icke has a son and a daughter from his first marriage. His former wife runs his publishing house Bridge of Love Publications in England and also organizes some of his lecture tours. He is a second married and lives on the Isle of Wight .

Work and theses

Icke combines the theses of many different authors from esotericism, ufology and conspiracy literature into a “super conspiracy theory”. In his book The Robots Rebellion , which was originally published in English in 1994, Icke combines an anti-elitist, ecological and spiritual worldview with a wide range of right-wing extremist conspiracy theories, beliefs and paranoid clichés of the conspiracy cults and fears of the American militia movement . He believes that a large part of civilization is controlled by a secret and pyramidal organizational structure called "The Brotherhood", which he identifies with the Illuminati , a truly radical enlightenment secret society that ceased operations after being banned in 1785. Icke believes the order exists to this day, its goal is the establishment of a "new world order" in which the whole world would be enslaved. He quotes approvingly the Protocols of the Elders of Zion , an anti-Semitic forgery from the beginning of the 20th century that was supposed to provide evidence of a Jewish world conspiracy , but emphasizes that it is not about Jews at all , but about the Illuminati. Nevertheless, his publishing house terminated his collaboration because of his anti-Semitic undertones. After an interview, the journalist Jon Ronson criticized Icke's metaphorical understanding of the word Jew : "You don't have to be a Jew to be Jewish anymore."

In his 1999 work The Biggest Secret and the books and lectures since then, Icke spreads more precisely about the group that is at the head of this organization: A minority with special genetic traits, which were created by crossing humans with extraterrestrial reptilian races allegedly 1 Mos 6.4  EU reports. Following up on theories of pre-astronautics , he assumes that humans did not come into being through evolution , but were genetically engineered by the alien Anunnaki to work for them as slaves. Namely, the Anunnaki needed "monoatomic" gold for their transdimensional travels. Icke identifies mixed race between them and humans as Aryans : they were originally the overseers of mankind. Because their genes are unstable, their bodies would be able to take a reptilian form (Icke calls them shape shifts , " shape-shifting "). In order to be able to preserve the human form, they are dependent on the consumption of human blood and flesh, so they are vampires . This is the real motive of the allegedly practiced Satanism in these circles . The majority of the European aristocracy descends from bloodlines that can be traced back to early times and especially to the Sumerian culture. The Catholic Church is only a cover organization for a millennia-old Babylonian cult that includes human sacrifice and incest . Icke counts among the reptilians leading politicians and aristocrats such as the British royal family and almost all presidents of the United States . The aliens would hide themselves in cavities in the interior of the earth and try to control humanity through deliberately induced fear: This is the background of the attacks on John F. Kennedy and Princess Diana . They would also implant an RFID chip into people in order to be able to control them better in a global, all-encompassing surveillance state and to be able to rule them through a centralized world government ; They also wanted to abolish cash so that everyone would have to pay with their implanted chip. This idea goes back to the interpretation of the mark of the beast that was widespread in evangelical dispensationalism ( Rev 13:17  EU ). The terrorist attacks on 11 September 2001 declared Icke as an attempt of the Illuminati to force the "new world order": An inter-dimensional beings have it channeled that President George W. Bush and Prime Minister Tony Blair already had known before the attacks notice ; he predicted that numerous celebrities would be undergoing cosmetic surgery in the near future , which would in fact be used for mind control; The aim is to use these "genetically manipulated [...] zombies " to increase the acceptance of the new rule among the masses.

Since 2003, Icke also represents the thesis that the Ashkenazim , which account for the vast majority of Jews would not like the Sephardim of the Israelites descended the ancient world, but from the Khazars , a Turkic people, which in the Middle Ages on the north coast of the Sea blacks moved. This hypothesis, which enables a distinction between “good” and “bad” Jews, is widespread in anti-Semitic and right-wing extremist circles.

In order to escape totalitarian slavery, humanity must develop a consciousness of comprehensive love that includes even the reptilian extraterrestrials: "We are the reptiles and the ' demons ', and we are at the same time the ones who manipulate them, because we are all the same' I'". Liberation lies in learning to also accept and love the repressed parts of oneself.

In April 2020, in the course of the COVID-19 pandemic, in an interview with the television station London Live, he spread the claim that the pandemic was only a pretext to establish a "global world order". The intention behind this is to destroy the economy, to ban the use of cash and to be able to persecute everyone. Icke gave no evidence to support these claims. The British media authority, the Office of Communications , imposed a fine on the broadcaster for broadcasting it because Icke's statements had the potential to "cause great damage to viewers in London".

reception

Commercial win

While his books and speeches received little attention at first, Icke was able to fill halls with several hundred spectators from around the turn of the millennium. In May 2006, his seven-hour lecture "Freedom Or Fascism: The Time To Choose" at London's Brixton Academy , which has a capacity of almost 5000 spectators, was sold out in advance. His books have also been among the most popular of the genre since around 2000. As it became known, the number of people using it to publish information grew. In his lectures and films he shows interviews with Vusamazulu Credo Mutwa , Arizona Wilder and Cathy O'Brien . Icke's books have been translated into French and German and have had multiple editions, and his website is reportedly clicked 600,000 times a week.

classification

David Icke is mostly classified in the context of right-wing esotericism . The Austrian journalists Eduard Gugenberger, Franko Petri and Roman Schweidlenka mentioned it in 1998 in their book World Conspiracy Theories . The new danger from the right as a “prime example” of this way of thinking that links elements of the New Age, belief in the supernatural and in UFOs with classic set pieces of right-wing extremism such as anti-Semitism and conspiracy theory. According to journalist Chip Berlet, Icke brings right - wing anti-Semitism into left-wing and alternative subcultures. The Anti-Defamation League called him because of his approval of conspiracy theories on September 11, 2001 as an anarchist or left-wing anti-Semite. Research by journalists Matthew Kalmans and John Murray from Open-Eye-Magazin found indications that the gullible Icke was being instrumentalized by right-wing extremist and neo-Nazi groups who, as part of an infiltration strategy, would try to use this method to develop their worldview in the green and New Age milieu to spread. The new age magazine Rainbow Ark works closely with Icke. It has a large number of right-wing extremist contacts and supporters, prints extracts from Icke's conspiracy theories and organizes its lectures and meetings.

The American philosophers Tyson Lewis and Richard Kahn think it is possible that Icke does not believe in his own conspiracy theories. They could therefore be read as satire in the sense of Jonathan Swift , as a postmodern meta-narrative that provides a narrative framework for criticizing the existing. However, this “ utopian impulse” must first be dug up under all the reactionary sediment of his fantasies about shape-changing reptilians, because George W. Bush actually has to be criticized for his militarism , not for the fact that he is supposedly not human.

The American political scientist Michael Barkun points to Icke's origins from the political left and the incompatibility of his New Age speculations about transdimensional travel with the beliefs of American right-wing extremism; Icke also denied being an anti-Semite. However, he regards the allegations of the Anti-Defamation League as confirmation that he is on the right track, as he sees them as a tool used by the conspirators to silence anyone who comes too close to the truth. He also always relied on right-wing extremist sources such as Milton William Cooper and other sources from the American militia movement or the magazine The Spotlight . In addition, he is not afraid to appear with representatives of the American gun lobby and anti-Semites at a conference, as in 1996 in Reno (Nevada) . In summary, Barkun classifies Icke in “improvisational millenarianism ”. This is characterized by end-time scenarios , eclectic source selection from religious, secular and even fictional texts as well as a tendency to “stigmatized knowledge”: The mere fact that information is generally viewed as absurd is taken as an argument for its being true must - why else would the conspirators go so far as to portray them as absurd?

The political scientist Ulrike Heß-Meining argues that Icke must be clearly classified under right-wing extremism. They refer in addition to its use of the Protocols of the Elders of Zion to its argument that the banking house of Rothschild (which was not Jewish according to Icke, but alien-reptilian "one of the most notorious black occult bloodlines of medieval Germany") Adolf Hitler on had brought power and was therefore responsible for the Holocaust . Nobody believes what Icke claims, but there is a risk that he will popularize right-wing extremist ideologues through the Internet.

Works

  • Brotherhood of Evil , Kubiak-Verlag, Recklinghausen 1994, ISBN 978-3-9804767-2-0
  • The greatest secret - part 1. Mosquito-Verlag, Potsdam 2004, ISBN 3-928963-09-0
  • The greatest secret - part 2 , Mosquito-Verlag, Potsdam 2005, ISBN 3-928963-10-4
  • Alice in Wonderland and the World Trade Center Disaster: Why the Official 9/11 Story is a Monumental Lie. Mosquito-Verlag, Potsdam 2005, ISBN 978-3-928963-11-4
  • Infinite love is the only truth - everything else is illusion , Mosquito-Verlag, Potsdam 2006, ISBN 978-3-928963-12-1
  • ... and the Truth Will Set You Free, Part 1: Updated Edition for the 21st Century; [the incredible synopsis of a hidden agenda behind global politics] Mosquito-Verlag, Potsdam 2007, ISBN 978-3-928963-13-8
  • ... and the Truth Will Set You Free, Part 2: Updated Edition for the 21st Century; [the incredible exposé of a hidden agenda behind global politics] Mosquito-Verlag, Potsdam 2007, ISBN 978-3-928963-16-9
  • The Biggest Secret: This Book Will Change the World , 2009, ISBN 978-3-928963-17-6
  • The lion awakens: now humanity is finally free. Mosquito-Verlag, Immenstadt 2011, ISBN 978-3-928963-45-9
  • The perception trap, part 1: Or ... all just nonsense - yes, everything; the most extensive exposure of the "world" ever written. Mosquito-Verlag, Immenstadt 2015, ISBN 978-3-943238-40-2 (eBook ISBN 978-3-943238-39-6 )
  • The perception trap, part 2: Or ... all just nonsense - yes, everything; the most extensive exposure of the "world" ever written. Mosquito-Verlag , Immenstadt 2016, ISBN 978-3-943238-42-6
  • The I-Phantom: ... and the way to the true self. Mosquito-Verlag, Immenstadt 2018, ISBN 9783943238549

Lectures

Icke has given a number of lectures over the years, some of which can be found on the Internet for free. Others are available on DVD.

  • Speaking Out: Who Really Controls the World and What We Can Do About It
  • David Icke: Turning of the Tide (1996)
  • The Reptilian Agenda (1999) (DVD)
  • David Icke: Revelations of a Mother Goddess
  • David Icke: The Freedom Road (2003)
  • David Icke: Secrets of the Matrix , Parts 1–3 (2003) (DVD)
  • David Icke, Live in Vancouver: From Prison to Paradise (2005) (DVD)
  • Freedom or Fascism: The Time to Choose (2006) (DVD)
  • David Icke: Big Brother, the Big Picture , (2008) Free Internet Video
  • Beyond The Cutting Edge (2008) (DVD)
  • David Icke Live at the Oxford Union Debating Society
  • Secret Space
  • Secret Space 2
  • Human Race, Get Off Your Knees! , Zurich 2009, lecture with German voice over (2010) (nexworld.TV 3-DVD edition)

Web links

Commons : David Icke  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

literature

Individual evidence

  1. without appearances in the Southern League 1971/72
  2. Michael Barkun : A Culture of Conspiracy. Apocalyptic Visions in Contemporary America. University of California Press, Berkeley 2013, p. 104.
  3. Michael Barkun: A Culture of Conspiracy. Apocalyptic Visions in Contemporary America. University of California Press, Berkeley 2013, p. 104.
  4. Roger Schawinski : Conspiracy! The fanatical hunt for the evil in the world. NZZ Libro, Zurich 2018, p. 100 f.
  5. Janet Tappin Coelho: So what David Icke right? In: The Guardian . December 21, 2006
  6. Michael Barkun: A Culture of Conspiracy. Apocalyptic Visions in Contemporary America . University of California Press, Berkeley 2013, p. 6.
  7. David Icke: The Robots' Rebellion. The Story of the Spiritual Renaissance . Gateway Books, 1994.
  8. Nicholas Goodrick-Clarke : In the Shadow of the Black Sun. Aryan Cults, Esoteric National Socialism and the Politics of Demarcation. Marix Verlag, Wiesbaden 2009, pp. 552-553; Michael Barkun: A Culture of Conspiracy. Apocalyptic Visions in Contemporary America . University of California Press, Berkeley 2013, pp. 105 and 109.
  9. Quoted from Roger Schawinski: Conspiracy! The fanatical hunt for the evil in the world. NZZ Libro, Zurich 2018, p. 102.
  10. ^ David Icke: The Biggest Secret. The Book That Will Change the World . Bridge of Love Publications 1999; German under the title The biggest secret. The book that will change the world . (2 parts) Mosquito-Verlag, Immenstadt 2004 and 2005.
  11. ^ Tyson Lewis and Richard Kahn: The Reptoid Hypothesis. Utopian and Dystopian Representational Motifs in David Icke's Alien Conspiracy Theory . In: Utopian Studies 16, 1 (2005), p. 51 ff.
  12. Asbjørn Dyrendal: Hidden Knowledge, Hidden Powers. Esotericism and Conspiracy Culture . In: Egil Asprem and Kennet Granholm (eds.): Contemporary Esotericism . Equinox, Sheffield 2013, pp. 212-215.
  13. ^ Tyson Lewis and Richard Kahn: The Reptoid Hypothesis. Utopian and Dystopian Representational Motifs in David Icke's Alien Conspiracy Theory . In: Utopian Studies 16, 1 (2005), p. 53.
  14. Michael Barkun: A Culture of Conspiracy. Apocalyptic Visions in Contemporary America . University of California Press, Berkeley 2013, pp. 44 f., 107–110, 124 and 134 ff.
  15. Michael Barkun: A Culture of Conspiracy. Apocalyptic Visions in Contemporary America . University of California Press, Berkeley 2013, p. 164 f.
  16. ^ David Icke: Tales from the Time Loop. The Most Comprehensive Expose of the Global Conspiracy Ever Written and All You Need to Know to Be Truly Free . David Icke Books, 2003, p. 98; Michael Barkun: A Culture of Conspiracy. Apocalyptic Visions in Contemporary America . University of California Press, Berkeley 2013, p. 145.
  17. ^ "We are the reptilians and the 'demons' and, at the same time, we are those they manipulate because we are all the same 'I'". David Icke: Children of the Matrix. How an Interdimensional Race has Controlled the World for Thousands of Years-and Still Does . Bridge of Love Publications, 2001, p. 424, quoted in Tyson Lewis and Richard Kahn: The Reptoid Hypothesis. Utopian and Dystopian Representational Motifs in David Icke's Alien Conspiracy Theory . In: Utopian Studies 16, 1 (2005), p. 56 f
  18. Covid-19: London TV station is punished for coronavirus interview with conspiracy theorists . deutschlandfunk.de , April 20, 2020.
  19. Michael Barkun: A Culture of Conspiracy. Apocalyptic Visions in Contemporary America. University of California Press, Berkeley 2013, p. 106; Ulrike Heß-Meining: Right Wing Esotericism in Europe. In: Uwe Backes , Patrick Moreau : The Extreme Right in Europe. Current Trends and Perspectives (= writings of the Hannah Arendt Institute. Volume 46). Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 2012, pages 398 and 400.
  20. Eduard Gugenberger, Franko Petri and Roman Schweidlenka: World conspiracy theories . The new danger from the right . Deuticke, Vienna 1998, p. 268.
  21. ^ Chip Berlet: Right-Wing Populism in America. Too Close for Comfort. The Guilford Press, New York 2000, p. 341.
  22. Terrorism Strikes America: What They Are Saying ( Memento of the original from May 25, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on adl.org, October 1, 2001, accessed May 24, 2015. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / archive.adl.org
  23. Nicholas Goodrick-Clarke: In the Shadow of the Black Sun. Aryan Cults, Esoteric National Socialism and the Politics of Demarcation. Marix Verlag, Wiesbaden 2009, p. 553.
  24. Nicholas Goodrick-Clarke: In the Shadow of the Black Sun. Aryan Cults, Esoteric National Socialism and the Politics of Demarcation. Marix Verlag, Wiesbaden 2009, p. 554.
  25. ^ Tyson Lewis and Richard Kahn: The Reptoid Hypothesis. Utopian and Dystopian Representational Motifs in David Icke's Alien Conspiracy Theory . In: Utopian Studies 16, 1 (2005), pp. 45–74.
  26. Michael Barkun: A Culture of Conspiracy. Apocalyptic Visions in Contemporary America . University of California Press, Berkeley 2013, pp. 106-110 and 144 f.
  27. ^ "One of the most notorious black occult bloodlines of middle age Germany". David Icke: Was Hitler a Rothschild? , quoted by Ulrike Heß-Meining: Right Wing Esotericism in Europe , in: Uwe Backes and Patrick Moreau: The Extreme Right in Europe. Current Trends and Perspectives , writings of the Hannah Arendt Institute, Volume 46, Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 2012, page 399.
  28. Ulrike Heß-Meining: Right Wing Esotericism in Europe , in: Uwe Backes and Patrick Moreau: The Extreme Right in Europe. Current Trends and Perspectives , writings of the Hannah Arendt Institute, Volume 46, Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 2012, page 398 ff.