What must be fundamental to any religion is spirituality, and spirituality is not the expression of mentality. The basis of spirituality is essentially the adherence to the Truth that exists in the Universe that the prophets spoke of. The Truth is the only moral force, and it will continue for ever even after collapse of all these empires. When commercial values infiltrate into life, culture and wisdom soon disappear from all areas of life, and even from legal systems. Very often wisdom disappears from judgements even.
Mind can shape matter.
When matter begins to shape mind, it loses its inherent sensibility for the pulse of life. At its extreme, the mind just loses its consciousness due to its alienation from the factors that control its inherent culture. This is the conquest of culture by civilization. In many areas, at present, we find even the expression of the soulless mind, the mind that is purely guided by reason. When man becomes a rational animal the casualty is its human nature.