Think of Spirituality as the technology of the Ancients. Their Architecture, Cultures and lives revolved around it much like how our lives revolve around Technology now. What if there was a time when most people knew that they could directly connect into the spiritual grid or life-force that drove all creation? Imagine the power that individuals would posses if they could find peace and healing from within all on their own by praying or meditating directly to the Center of all creation without any middle-men. Maybe at some point in ancient history some smart individuals saw the benefit of creating proxy's to spirituality in the form of gods & myths, in doing so took away something that was essentially free from the masses. The analogy in our present time would be, what would happen if everyone suddenly had access to free and unlimited energy for their personal use? The answer is the few who have benefit from the ignorance of the masses would loose significant power.