That is what the evidence suggests, that for the evidence these are the necessary scenarios.

That is suggested quite strongly by certain aspects.

I am unfamiliar with any evidence of a collective psyche or that these are symbolic maps.

Could you share the reason you consider this possible?

Consider first that in terms of human generations this is not much time or that many generations (for 6000 years) The topic is complex, but we find that these "symbols" do no arise or form in an independent manner. We find that the symbols actually vary a great deal, over time. There are no examples of what in evolution is termed convergence, rather much as we have genetic divergence we have symbolic divergence. If the cause was something embedded in psyche the evidence would support both convergence and multiple independent origins of these symbols, but there is not evidence that these symbols show up in peoples experiences in a manner suggesting they are an aspect of human psyche. Likewise the diversity regarding them also contradicts this.

The cultures are less varied than we might think, our species and cultures are not that old and are all interconnected, in effect isolation has been limited. The flow of alleles is something that supports this, for example.

What I am saying is that in specific cases these views are not different, but I would not ever consider them maps of the world. I am curious how you arrive at a conclusion they are maps?

No man, when I used the term invoke it was not about experiencing oneself as a deity.

While in some cases we have possession, like in relation to the Loa, this is different.

The central figure I have addressed thus far is master of the winds, for example.

That is cool for you but is not what i was talking about, or what I have experienced.

Blood sacrifice to obtain an outcome is more what this pertains to in terms of practice and invocation, among other things.

Please do not mistake intellectual aggression with animosity,  but no, what you are talking about, something that can be viewed as related to trance states (Felicitas Goodman comes to mind)is a different thing in any ways, though there is some crossover as I mentions in regards to the Loa, but even then there are signs like not being burned by red hot metal, not being cut by machetes and other specific aspects.

Likewise a non-believer can ask the deity to do X, using an intermediary and see if X gets done or not. Consider Obeah, in practice it is not required that a person believe in it for it to be worked. It is intrusive and not exactly moral, but you can affect someone who does not know about it, or that they are being affected by it. The tests are simple.

This concept you share of an altered state where you experience being a deity or god is rather interesting, but something I am not particularly familiar with or that i have any experience with. I have conversed with a deity through a person before, but the person had no memory of the event, zero recollection at all. They were not aware it ever happened.

If due to an altered state gained from concentration you can call the winds, or effect others towards a goal or outcome, I am very interested in learning more about it. Can you elaborate?