David Vaughan Icke (pronounced /aɪk/; born 29 April 1952) is an English writer and public speaker who has devoted himself since 1990 to researching what he calls "who and what is really controlling the world." Describing himself as "the most controversial speaker and author in the world," he has written 16 books explaining his views, characterized as New Age conspiracism, and has attracted a substantial following across the political spectrum. Hi...
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David Vaughan Icke (pronounced /aɪk/; born 29 April 1952) is an English writer and public speaker who has devoted himself since 1990 to researching what he calls "who and what is really controlling the world." Describing himself as "the most controversial speaker and author in the world," he has written 16 books explaining his views, characterized as New Age conspiracism, and has attracted a substantial following across the political spectrum. His books have been translated into eight languages, he runs a website that receives 600,000 hits a week, and his lecture tours, during which he speaks for up to eight hours at a time, attracted audiences of 30,000 between 2000 and 2006. His 533-page The Biggest Secret has been called the Rosetta Stone for conspiracy theorists.
Icke was a well-known BBC television sports presenter and spokesman for the British Green Party, when, at the age of 38, he had an encounter with a psychic who told him he was a healer and had been placed on Earth for a...
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