It’s a very interesting interview. Some of Flowers’ observations make me wonder if none of the modern religions are pure, seeing as how they bleed into one another. Men and organizations of men will always use religion as a tool to subject the minds of the people, similar to how government, the new religion, handles itself today. I may have to dig up more of his talks and interviews or whatnot to see what his most powerful conclusions are. Or maybe his dissertation on runes and magic or what he concludes magic is, outside of the mystical elements. It seems to me people were much more vulnerable to deception back in the day, and what they perceived as magic, was not. So much ground covered, it is difficult for me to home in on the parts you found most profound.