ViscountLéon de Poncins (3 November 1897 – 18 December 1975) was aFrench aristocrat and atraditional Catholic journalist and essayist. He authored numerous books and articles critiquing Judaism and Freemasonry.

Léon de Poncins
Born	Gabriel Léon Marie Pierre de Montaigne de Poncins (1897-11-03)3 November 1897 Civens,Loire,France
Died	18 December 1975(1975-12-18) (aged 78) Toulon, France
Occupation(s)	Journalist, writer
Movement	Judeo-Masonic conspiracy theory

Léon de Poncins' explanation for most of the majorrevolutionary political upheavals ofmodernity was the influence of certainsecret societies with ananti-Christian agenda — as well as an "occult war" waged by those possessing a diabolical kind of "faith".

Born Gabriel Léon Marie Pierre de Montaigne de Poncins inCivens,Loire. He was descended of anaristocratic familyennobled in 1696.

His writings enjoyed some prominence in the 1930s (many of his works were translated intoEnglish,Italian,German, andSpanish). Léon de Poncins contributed to many newspapers likeLe Jour,Le Figaro,L'Ami du peuple, andLe Nouvelliste; he also directed the journalContre-Révolution (Counter-Revolution) from 1937 to 1939.

Léon de Poncins was a devoutCatholic andcounter-revolutionary. His writings criticisedJudaism,Communism andFreemasonry. Until his death, inToulon, he denounced the occult forces and organizations that ruled the world and sought to poisonCatholicism.

In his writings, he denouncedMasonic conspiracies (pointing out the relationship betweenFreemasonry and the French Revolution, theLeague of Nations, etc.), and the Jewish influence in Catholic affairs.

His work was seen as a continuation of theRevue Internationale des Sociétés Secrètes (International Review of Secret Societies), whose primary editor wasMgr.Ernest Jouin (1844–1932).

Léon de Poncins was a friend ofEmmanuel Malynski (died 1938)— with whom he wroteLa Guerre occulte (The Occult War)^[2]— andJean Vaquié (1911–1992), with whom he wrote in the journalsLectures françaises andLecture et Tradition, and for theChiré-en-Montreuil-based publishing houseÉditions de Chiré. Léon de Poncins wrote the preface to Vaquié'sLa Révolution Liturgique ([The Liturgical Revolution]).^[3]

Julius Evola translatedLa Guerre occulte intoItalian.^[4]

In a 1949 letter fromRené Guenon to Evola, he expresses a belief that Léon de Poncins was subjected to attacks from "a group of dangeroussorcerers" who were connected to his secretary, Eve Louguet.^[5]

In his historical analysis of theFirst World War, Léon de Poncins suggests that concertedlobbying by internationalZionist circles led to the creation of the futureJewish state inPalestine by means of manipulating alliances and oppositions between countries. In 1916— at a time whenGermany triumphed on all fronts and theBritish planned to sign anarmistice then advanced bythe Kaiser— Zionists secured a promise of Palestine (then under the domination of theOttoman Empire) as a Jewish settlement from the government ofBritain in exchange for theUnited States' entry into the war alongside theTriple Entente. To corroborate his thesis, Léon de Poncins citedGreat Britain, The Jews and Palestine, a 1936 book by pro-Zionist author,Samuel Landman.

During theSecond Vatican Council, following the vote on 20 November 1964, at the third session of the provisional scheme dealing withthe Church's attitude towards Judaism, Léon de Poncins wrote apamphlet,Le Problème juif face au Concile (The Jewish Question Facing the Council), which was distributed to thebishops before the fourth and final session. The author noted "by the Council Fathers a profound misunderstanding of what constitutes the essence of Judaism." Léon de Poncins' advice had a significant effect on the drafting ofNostra aetate, adopted on 28 October 1965.^[6]