For as far back as I can recollect, I have been fascinated by religion, by man's attempt to connect what they view as the ultimate power and the many masks those deities wielding that power wear. I had already set aside the religion of my birth due to conflicting texts and hypocrisy of both the hierarchy and followers when I became captivated by the enthralling PBS series, "Joseph Campbell and the Power of Myth." It was the first time I was exposed in a systematic way to the role of religious mythologies used in societies, including the many commonalities and underlying themes in supposedly disparate religious traditions. The motif of a virgin birth, a central tenet of Christianity, has roots in the future birth of the savior Saoshyant in Zoroastrianism, the original monotheistic faith, Hinduism with Krishna, Hinduism with Ganesha and Durga, ancient Egypt with Horus, Perseus in Greek mythology, Mars in the Roman pantheon, and many other cultures and religions.