So what about the collective consciousness, primordial memories of symbols and rituals that everyone shares, things that ring true to everyone. Around the earth, you will find that every religion, in it's core, shares similar traits. Symbols for the sun aren't too different around the globe, you can find pentagrams and swastikas pretty much anywhere.
Somewhere deep inside their is some kind of well, or maybe it's a library of sorts, that contains all the information about the divine. We all know it, but not all of can access it. Not at the same level anyway. And although it might come out in slightly different forms, we are always talking about the same thing.
We all worship the divine within, which is also outside of us. We worship the sun and the moon. Even Christianity does in the form of Jesus, whose myth is partially based on that of Mithras. Mary would probably be the moon, in her role of comforting mother. She is the maiden, the purest white.
I just mean to say, there is a reason to discuss each others beliefs. We can help each other find the core, see the way we all mold the cosmic archetypes to our own needs, but still aren't able to divert too much from them, as that would make them both untrue and impossible.
And enter alchemy.
Discussing it is like dissecting it, distilling from the stories and different views the one truth they all hold. Different religions are like different ways of treating the substance that is truth. Distilling, dissolving, extracting, mixing. Religion is the glass through which we perceive the truth. It is like a pair of binoculars, to draw closer the image of the one divine. Because even if our subconcious might grasp the concept, our waking consciousness often does not. It receives too many signals to focus on it and becomes conditioned to expect alot of signals, so it won't perceive something that it both single and pure. It needs form and motion and direction. It needs to be entertained, to be explained in its simple, mundane, mortal language the concept of the one divine. We need religion and belief, rituals and symbols to be able to attune with something which is beyond our waking existence. We are blind and we need the guiding hand of worship and prayer to show us where to look and what to look for.
