[jim barlow]

I think there are at least two kinds of mysteries. One kind is when everybody is gathered in the drawing room and the detective shuffles the familiar details in such a way that it all fits into place and people say "aha".
I don't think this god business is such an "aha" thing. I think it is another kind of collection of details that are not all that familiar because we don't deal with them every day. (A neuron in the brain for example or souls on pin heads).
If the detective (and there have been many) lists all those details in a harmonious format with our experience sooner or later we'll experience a feeling of totality and continuity at which point we are satisfied.
Everyday language isn't too suited for this. It has been done in music, poetry, science (especially the last few years). Prophets (intellectuals) use words that get obsolete and you have to spend half your life studying the prophets' environment just to bring back the flavor...that is not an economical approach.
Wishful thinking is an abysmal trap too. There is really no need for it.
What you honestly see (good and bad) that's how it is up and down and sideways.The road you are standing on is the beginning and end.