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The experience of consciousness is not a list of brain chemicals. That it may be described as such, and altered by adding some or removing some, says nothing about the experience of consciousness.
Mythology - and I'll include the Abrahamic religions in that term - describes the experience of human consciousness in a wide range of states, as does visual art, story-telling and, especially, music.
Some of the more weird myths are deliberately constructed to conufuse logic and break through to an emotional revelation when used in a specific setting or ritual.
That's not the only function of mythology, and not all mythology can be used this way (consider also that not all music, art or literature can be used this way either) but if you want to know "what does it mean?" as opposed to "what is it?", mythology is still a powerful method of inquiry.