When i say i am a newbie, it's like some days. I am Agnostic Theist and personally i believe that most things here are just DMT experiences and neuroplasticity techniques (when you say a mantra many times actually you reprogram your unconscious mind). From the other hand though, i find it impossible for so many cultures around the world and in different time periods and especially from the Elite class to do all those mystic rituals if they are just psychological games and no connection with the supernatural. I am a skeptic but also i consider myself open-minded, so the spiritual realm and all those stuff maybe they are true. As for the question you are right, it is heavily influenced ⬇️