Is the Letter From Albert Pike a Hoax?

The letter from Albert Pike regarding the Illuminati plan for three world wars is largely considered a hoax. According to the letter, the Third War officially started on 9-11 and was intended to leave the people in a state of complete physical, moral, spiritual, and economic exhaustion. This bloodbath would result in the destruction of both Christianity and atheism and lead to the pure doctrine of Lucifer as the new world religion.