The message has remained the same across centuries - look within.

but how many people can we expect to turn their focus away from the shiny objects of their grasping gaze to an inner world that, at the start, has all the allure of a damp cave?

Don't get me wrong; I'm with you on this, but don't see the change coming. One small start would be for people to discuss openly their esoteric experiences. To stop relying on Hollywooden melodrama to give us the next myths.