Bøger af Merle Peirce

Few people are aware of the complex relationships between the British intelligence services and Britain¿s film production companies during the interwar years. The Z organisation set up by Col. Claude Dancey quietly replaced the official Secret Intelligence Service¿s system of agents after it was discovered that the Germans had uncovered their network leading to the incident at Venlo in 1939. The Z organisation depended on reports from business men visiting Europe and was materially assisted by Alexander Korda. Alfred Hitchcock directed a series of films aimed at increasing public awareness of the growing threat from Nazi Germany. London Films, Gaumont British and Twickenham Studios all took a hand in supporting Churchill and disarming the Pacifist Movement, encouraging patriotism and preparations to face the threat of Hitler¿s armed forces. Hitchcock and Korda later moved operations to the United States where they worked on films supportive of British interests and Korda provided cover for the American branch of the SIS.

The outstanding theological contribution of ancient Egypt is Mäat, a complex construction which combines order with truth. justice and charity. It is often referred to simplistically as righteousness. Although unacknowledged, it has surreptitiously influenced most of the important Western religious congeries: Christianity, Judaism, Islam and, somewhat surprisingly, Neo-paganism. An examination of Mäat is most particularly relevant in view of recent suggestions that the story of Jesus is an entirely mythic recapitulation and elaboration of the story of Isis-Osiris-Horus. Irrespective of the hostoricity of Jesus, however, it is clear that Egyptian theology influenced the establishment and development of ethics and morality in the Abrahamic religions, and is also consonant with Wiccan practice.