These consequences may if never man est themselves so that we can use our senses to understand them, but to have the knowledge without the experience is to have broken through. In the case of Goddess mythology we are shown how lackluster humans can be. The human quality that allows us to go to great lengths to hide is fear. Fear of accepting the vast imperceptible movement of the universe and participation in the Godddess great dance of love, or eros. Instead we tend to fall into the petty and contrary lock step or phalanx of humans who fear the universe, its diversity, its complexity and attempt to dominate the tiny around within which it moves to create the illusion of stability.
Religion provides nothing more than a ladder to nowhere substantial.
What the hell you want to lead em someplace for Just lead'em. It is difficult to summarize such an enormous concept here. Steinbeck considered it for his lifetime and put volumes of reading behind his thoughts.