And interesting line of thought, my childhood was full of religious rituals. I learned some good ethics from some of their stories and was in the crossroads about how possible would it be for me to teach my community to be ethical without mysticism. It's possible. but you need to fill the void of the inexplicable. I used filial love and some universal karma as the base and that has been enough to stabilize them.
Specially when you are the most successful guy in the room, which sadly is an instance of plutocracy. but considering the merits of getting here, they will get a more cohesive world model from a healthy sceptic than a pile of incoherent mistycal teachings