[1] According to biographical information on the back cover of his book Judaism Discovered, Hoffman studied at the State University of New York at Oswego in the Finger Lakes region.
Hoffman supposedly was taught about William Morgan, whose disappearance in 1826 resulted in the formation of the Anti-Masonic Party by his maternal grandfather, who told him that elections in the United States were rigged by organized crime.
From this, Hoffman was said to have deduced that "[n]othing is as it seems to be," which in turn led to a "life long vocation, researching the subterranean workings of the occult cryptocracy's orchestration of American history".
[1] Hoffman has worked on projects for now-deceased KKK Grand Dragon Tom Metzger as well as "fellow travelers" Willis Carto, David Irving, Ernst Zündel, and Herman Otten.
[10] The book's espousal of the Irish slaves myth is considered by Liam Hogan (interviewed by the Southern Poverty Law Center in 2016) as persuasive to white supremacists.
[12] Hoffman is the author of Secret Societies and Psychological Warfare which outlines his conspiracy theory of a shadow government or "cryptocracy" that gains power through manipulation of symbols and twilight language.
[1] The theory of masonic symbolism in the assassination of President Kennedy was first articulated by James Shelby Downard, with whom Hoffman co-authored King/Kill-33 which became the inspiration for a song by Marilyn Manson.
[14] In Secret Societies and Psychological Warfare, he focuses on the events of 9//11 as the culmination of a series of occult dates including the cornerstone placing of the Statue of Liberty's pedestal; the World Trade Center groundbreaking; the Pentagon groundbreaking; the attacks in New York and Arlington/Washington, perceiving that all were connected to Sirius, the Dog Star:[15] "It would be difficult to exaggerate the fanatical degree of attachment the priesthood of Egypt and all subsequent related Hermetic traditions had for Sirius.