Throughout his life, renowned English author and public speaker David Icke has worn a number of hats. Icke played football for a living before transitioning to a career as a professional conspiracy theorist, a role he still maintains today. In 1990, Icke—a politician and activist for the Green Party—had a life-altering experience when he was told by a clairvoyant that he was meant to cure the Earth. For this former Grandstand host, who claimed to see through the material world and get communications from the hereafter, things changed drastically almost immediately. Icke identifies himself the “Son of Godhead.” He declared in 1997 that earthquakes and tidal surges will destroy the planet and bring about its end. On the prime program “Wogan,” he made the same prediction, which received a lot of backlash. Every time that Icke appeared in public, he was made fun of and scoffed at. Even with harsh criticism and jeers, Icke’s writing has found a positive audience. Books like “It Doesn’t Have To Be Like This,” “The Robots’ Rebellion,” “And the Truth Shall Set You Free,” “Children of the Matrix,” and others are products of his thoughts and convictions. Icke has authored over 20 books as of 2018, and they have been translated into eleven different languages. In addition, he has created multiple DVDs and given lectures in 25 different countries, engaging audiences for up to 10 hours at a time.
Early Life & Childhood of David Icke
On April 29, 1952, David Icke was born in Leicester General Hospital to Barbara Icke and Beric Vaughan. Prior to working as a clerk in the Gents clock factory, his father was a member of the Royal Air Force. Icke favored leading a solitary life as a child.
Whiteball Infant School was his school. During his school years, he was a goalkeeper for his football team. In 1967, he obtained a contract to become the goalie for Coventry City’s youth squad, ending his academic career. Sadly, rheumatoid arthritis ended his football career, leaving him severely debilitated.
Career of David Icke
Upon his inability to pursue a career in sports, Icke secured employment as a reporter for the Leicester Advertiser. He quickly relocated to work for Leicester News Agency. Later, he worked for BBC Radio Leicester as a football reporter.
Icke has great success as a journalist throughout the years, holding significant positions at the Leicester Mercury, the Loughborough Monitor, and BRMB Radio. He traveled to Saudi Arabia in 1976 as a member of the national football squad on business.
When Icke worked for Midlands Today at the BBC’s Pebble Mill Studios in Birmingham, his career took off. The company granted him an on-air appearance in addition to a significant prominence.
Icke started presenting sports on the BBC’s flagship show Newsnight in 1981. He began hosting sports news on the BBC’s Breakfast Time, the country’s first national breakfast program, in 1982. Icke’s goal came true in 1983 when he co-hosted Grandstand, the BBC’s premier national sports program.
By the late 1980s, Icke had established himself as a household figure. He was regarded as one of the most famous sports journalists of his day. But a career in television was no longer appealing to him.
Icke’s flirtation with alternative medicine and New Age philosophy sparked his interest in Green politics. He rose to the position of chief speaker for the political party in just under six months. Around the same period, Icke wrote “It Doesn’t Have To Be Like This,” his second book, in which he discussed his environmental beliefs.
Icke first sensed someone nearby in the late 1980s and early 1990s. He remembered being directed to particular books, among them “Mind to Mind,” written by psychic healer Betty Shine. He made a few trips to Shine. Shine revealed to him on their fourth meeting that his true purpose for coming to Earth was to serve as a healer. She also brought him a message from the spirit realm, from Wang Ye Lee.
Shine predicted that Icke would become well-known worldwide because to his communication with the afterlife, but he would also encounter strong opposition from the populace. He frequently expressed what the spirit world had told him.
Icke wrote five books between 1991 and 1993 that revealed snippets of his communication with the spirit world: “The Truth Vibrations,” “Love Changes Everything,” “In the Light of Experience,” “Days of Decision,” and “Heal the World.” He foresaw the development of new flying vehicles that would facilitate travel. He made predictions regarding the frequency of earthquakes in atypical locations.
Icke traveled to a pre-Inca Sillustani cemetery close to Puno, Peru, in 1991. He was lured to the circle of stones that were waist height as he crept closer to the spot. His mind was suddenly overflowing with fresh concepts, and he had a strange Kundalini experience—a state in which a person awakens their chakras, or energy centers, by reaching a higher plane of awareness.
Icke quit from the Green Party in 1991. He identified himself as the “Son of Godhead,” where “Infinite Mind” is the term used to describe Godhead. His “turquoise period” began when he began wearing “only turquoise.” He thought that the color served as a conduit for good vibes. Icke predicted that earthquakes and tidal surges will ruin the planet and cause it to end.
The media outlets paid close attention to Icke’s prophecies that the world would end. He reiterated his prediction during an interview that aired in April 1991 on Terry Wogan’s prime-time program, The Wogan Show. For Icke, the show turned his life around and utterly destroyed his reputation. He became the target of mockery as the audience laughed at him. In 2006, Wogan, who faced backlash over the show, conducted a second interview with Icke for the “Now & Then” series and expressed regret for his behavior.
Icke wrote several pieces throughout the course of the following eleven years, ranging from 1994’s “The Robots’ Rebellion” to 1995’s “And the Truth Shall Set You Free.” Icke even developed his global perspective on New Age conspiracy theory with “Children of the Matrix,” published in 2001. His theory revolves around the ideas that the Earth and humans have been ruled by reptiles for eons, and that the universe is composed of vibrational energy. He goes so far as to say that they even control world events to maintain people’s perpetual terror. According to Icke, humans can only overcome this effect by realizing “the truth” and allowing love to flood their hearts.
Individual Life and Heritage of David Icke
David Icke has been married twice. Linda Atherton was his first wife. It was during a dance at the Chesford Grange Hotel, close to Leamington Spa, in May 1971 that he first met Linda Atherton. The two tied the nuptial knot by September. They welcomed their daughter in 1975, and two sons, born in 1981 and 1992, followed. The couple was wed in 2001. Still, Linda remained David Icke’s business manager after their divorce.
Icke became friends with Deborah Shaw, an English psychic who resided in Canada, when she was married to Linda. Deborah moved in with Icke and his household. The two’s relationship also resulted in a daughter’s birth in December 1991. But the couple’s relationship ended.
After divorcing Linda in 2001, Icke wed Pamela Richards right away. The marriage persisted till 2011.
Net worth of David Icke
The estimated net worth of David Icke is about $1 million.