We live in a day and age where more and more people are waking up. Very Cool! So too it has become clear to many that these religious old ancient texts are symbolic.
In the old testament it is said that GOD is not a man. In the new testament it is said that GOD is Light. To know/see GOD is to sit in the dark, go within and let the Light penetrate our pineal gland.
In doing so we open up a portal to Higher Divine Truths, Wisdom, Knowledge and Understanding. So even these ancient texts actually don’t speak of a power outside of ourselves, but they speak of a power within us that allows us to perceive the electromagnetic field.
Also religion comes from the Latin word Re-ligare which means to re-connect. And we indeed need to re-connect for we have forgotten a lot.
Therefore spirituality and religion in it’s esoteric principles are one and the same when we don’t make it personal and look at it through the lense of symbolism and story telling. They lay out a map to re-connect to our True origin and Divine powers.