That should have been the title of this fascinating book: Sacred Origins of Profound Things by Charles Panati, a former science editor of Newsweek magazine. Indeed its subtitle is more descriptive of the book: “The stories behind the rites and rituals of the world’s religions.”

What distinguishes Homo sapiens from other creatures on earth is that it is, to be a bit melodramatic about it, the cosmos reflecting on itself. Modern mankind has developed this capacity in and past the Age of Reason. No longer does modern man take things for granted; he questions these with his faculty of reason, with the tools of science and logic.

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