Serpent and the Cross, The by Alan Morrison

Religious Corruption in an Evil Age

It is widely believed today that the world is now moving into a post-Christian Era, and that this will be an age of peace, justice and human brotherhood. But the religion of this New Age has all the hallmarks of the ancient heresy of Gnosticism which so plagued the early Christian Church. Not only has this religion penetrated many areas of cultural life today - science, the arts, the media, medicine, education, churches, business and world government - but it is also being promoted by the Princes, Presidents and Prime Ministers of many lands. We are now living in a world which scoffs at the devil, demons, angels, miracles and Messiah of the Bible, yet which earnestly embraces the concepts of ETs, UFOs, spirit-guides, earth mysteries, cosmic consciousness, mind-control, magic, witchcraft, self-hypnosis. spiritism, astrology, parapsychology, and a quantum leap in human Evolution leading to a Golden Age on earth. 

The Serpent and the Cross is an encyclopaedic expose of the historical development and modern growth of this New Gnosticism in both the secular world and the professing Church. With a thorough grasp of the spiritual warfare waged by occult forces against Christianity throughout the present Age, the Church will be better equipped to fulfil its evangelistic mission in an increasingly hostile world. 

Originally published in 1994 as a 638 pp large paperback of 3 000 copies. This edition being exhausted and demand continuing it is now available as an A5 hardback slightly updated second edition of 740pp containing almost 300,000 words. It includes a comprehensive index and an expanded table of contents, coupled with extensive footnotes and a 20-page bibliography. 

• Catalogues the historical background to worldwide religious corruption from the time of the Fall to the present day.
• Offers an informative analysis of anti-christian developments in science and society, health and healing, psychology, business and global politics throughout the past 400 years.
• Discloses the true meaning of the word 'occult' and the extent of occult practices in the world and among the churches today .
• Documents the infiltration of Christianity with Eastern mysticism from the Early Church era to the present day. 
• Provides an encyclopaedic expose* of the hallmarks and strategies of the New Gnosticism, with detailed refutations. 
• Reveals the religious and political aims of the Feminist Movement. 

  Uncovers the New Age, syncretist, interfaith agenda of the modern international Ecumenical Movement.