Science and Life

I have realized, finally, a single, deeply fundamental difference between the purely "scientific" existentialism that we live today; and the religious lives that our ancestors have lived for thousands of years.
In the book I'm reading, "Secrets of the Jaguar", the earth is considered to be alive. Everything on earth is just as well alive, the classical elements, even various objects such as sand are themselves alive. Many who studied astrology were also convinced that the planets were themselves alive. Today, we need to remove from our minds the way we treat something as being a "god". Polytheism and paganism has for years been considered satanic. What many don't realize is that indeed many of what we consider "polytheistic" religions were actually more accurately defined as "henotheistic". The Hindu Upanishads, reserved for the initiated, stipulates a clear, deep belief in a single, all-powerful god, with the other gods simply being a part of all creation. The early mayans are also believed to have held a similar view. Either way, it is useful to understand that many of them, having believed that all things had consciousness, felt that it was obvious that the planets themselves would influence humans beings. Modern theorists clarify this by speaking of an aether, and consciousness units comprising the very fabric of space.
However, mainstream science, in deep contrast to the view that everything is alive, essentially believes that everything is dead. It needs no explanation that they do not believe that the planets, elements, or earth are alive, but in a sense, they imply that humans themselves are not alive. The basic view is that humans are merely a "biochemical machine", with the implication that we are basically robots and devoid of any meaningful notion of conciousness or free will.
I beg to differ, in my belief that all is alive, and at some level, all is one.