Ex Utopia By  Ex Utopia
Posted: 31 December 2012
As the first new capital of the 21st century, the city of Astana in Kazakhstan has been received by many as a revolution in social architecture. Rising out of the barren steppe in the north of the country, this surreal capital represents the investment of billions upon billions of petrodollars; and features some of the most radical, revolutionary design the world has ever seen.
Not everybody is queueing up to welcome this city of the future, however. Critics and conspiracy theorists the world over have pointed out the rich occult symbology which seems so deeply ingrained into the aesthetics of Astana⊠and many are heralding this as the âIlluminati Capital of the Worldâ.
ASTANA, KAZAKHSTAN
Earlier this year I spent the best part of a month in and around Astana. I had heard nothing about the Illuminati theory then, and the city didnât exactly strike me as a capital for the New World Order.
