You seem to have this same problem i see inmany christian to think the bible and catholic church is the start of studying god spurituality and religion, but its much older than it.
That's not true in the slightest. I am completely aware that many religions pre-date Judaism. In fact, one of the main tenents of Christianity is that the yearning for spiritual things is hardwired into the fabric of our being! I looked into the occult, and paganism years ago, and it simply doesn't interest me. Everything I've read and all those I've spoken to who have practiced Wikka or reike (not sure what religion reike is attached to) confirm that it's a cafeteria religion. You choose the god, or goddess that suits you. You ask favors from your gods with incantations and spells. It doesn't require you to do anything you don't want to do. In ancient times, these religions were necessary since revelation was not complete. We didn't know why some years were bountiful and others weren't. We had no way to know how the earth worked and where we fit in. What we did know was that the earth provided for us and punished us. So we saw the earth as a goddess, and all the elements within as gods themselves. If one year a person were to cut through a root from a large tree while digging a well before experiencing misfortune, he could make sense of it by concluding he had angered the forest gods. It is the Genesis account of creation that first revealed God is one, the creator of all things including space and time to which he is not bound. This revelation is precisely what made science possible in the first place. We could now study and scrutinize the world around us without having to worry that we would anger the gods.
Religion is mostly binding, its mostly catholics who have this mentality of self sacrifice for tje supposed superior good of the church, which in my book spells stalinism.
This is where you begin to lose me. This statement of yours betrays the fact that you know absolutely nothing about the Catholic faith. The knowledge you do possess has either come from, or been skewed by anti-Catholic sources. It also suggests that you didn't actually read what I said about the necessity of dogma to prevent man's passions from polluting God's revelation. Or how man made religions will show to be wishy washy and prone to changing core doctrine to appease cultural shifts. Here, study up, then get back to me. You may actually find something to contemplate:
http://www.newadvent.org/fathers/
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/
https://www.catholic.com/
http://w2.vatican.va/content/vatican/en.html
http://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM
http://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/__P41.HTM
We live in the information age. Why should anyone take time out of their life to dialog with someone who can't be bothered to google?
*edit: I read the Isis Unveiled Wiki you linked to. It's interesting to note that twice there is mention of plagerism. You will find no such critiques of the writings contained in the links above. What you will find is meticulously detailed information direct from the source. All confirmed legitimate, and free from moral and doctrinal error.
RE: Divine Revalation or Man's imagination, How do you know?