Beyond the mechanics, this meshes so well with the acceptance of lies.

Beyond the flush of peptides associated with emotion,
Beyond the morality of local social norms,
Beyond communication with the environment through our sensors, emitters and biomagnetic fields,
There lies the perception of a secure world of trust through reliance on a greater power that provides for continuity in provisions of basic needs. The greater power here being the installed institutions.

The age of enlightment of the late 19th and early 20th century coincided with great advancements in relation to linking the occult with technology. While the principalities of the world were busy scurrying for more resources to keep the industrial revolution going, those in the know were consolidating their understanding of natural processes vis a vis so called magick. And then poof! Research into the aetheric shifted and became an 'underground' endeavor.

Why do you think that is so? Because momentum keeps things rolling until something major sticks a wrench in the gears. Those in power protect the knowledge that propelled and maintains their position. And they study and know how to manipulate others.

Zoroastrians considered lying to be as a drug. Just as our emotions are driven by peptide releases, which are also 'drugs'. What a vicious circle, to be unaware of one's biochemical servitude to someone else's cause.

We emote out of control when unaware.

With awareness comes the view that manipulation and lies lead to our indenture to a questionable set of precepts.

We see the momentum of centuries of mal.
We see the inertia of huge bureaucracies, resistant to change, but so imbalanced as to easily run amok.
We see inaction as more beneficial in the face of derision, for the scorner dances to a negative tune.

I am an interface to the world.

I love and respond to love.
I know negativity and its drain on my will.
Through empathy I consolidate my bond to you.

In truth I see the will of people who are treated like sheep yet fully aware of the manipulation.
Their acceptance I understand, in light of families to support and their right to live as they please.
Yet my heart is pierced by their plight... the inertia is dominant.

Cast out traditions, cast out norms and we're forced to look at ourselves plainly.
The reflection from the still water shows a face with the heavens as a backdrop.

Awareness coupled with self-control, stills my waters.
I see the world reflected inside as I do outside.
In contemplative reflection, a clearer image emerges as the 'mirror' is made transparent.

In transparency I am within and without.