religion
    religio - Servius [Roman]
        linking back [??] 
        to tie / bind fast—to constrain / to channel archetypes
        a feeling of bond or constraint
            usually a prohibition or taboo
    ritus - Cicero [Roman]
        observation / reading of signs given by the divine
        observances / due forms / rituals
    sacer
        consecrated to a diety or made divine
    sacerdos
        priest or religious official
mysteries
    not a secret
    experiential
    mysticism
        belief in the existence of realities beyond perceptual or intellectual apprehension
          that are central to being and directly accessible by subjective experience [AHD3]
shaman [see Shamanism]
Jung - religion is a defense against the experience of god
the religious impulse
    prediction
    identification
    daydream
    imagination & imaginary friends
    play / search for stimulation [see Psychology]
faith / belief
    humans adopt religions that support their beliefs
experience
ritual
    as play
sacrifice
        the performance of a sacred action
the truth
    revealed truth
    stepped truth
calling / vocation
    priest/ess
transmission thru older members of the community
    those "freed" from supporting a family
    grandparents / elders
transcendent
    sky
immanent / environmental
    earth
 
The Internet Sacred Texts Archive - http://www.sacred-texts.com/index.htm
Religious Worlds: The Comparative Study of Religion - William E. Paden  
Interpreting the Sacred: Ways of Viewing Religion - ibid