Of course, human consciousness seems to carry with it strong impulse to ideological belief, which may in fact be the impetus to symbolic representation.
Mathematics is certainly more apt to provide useful description of extra-dimensional "realities" BUT we're still discovering mis- and reinterpretations of the particle trails of atom-smashers. Not to mention the new stuff.
Your links are excellent, thank you.
Seems were all sitting around waiting for proof of the Higgs Boson, right? LOL
http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/space/06/05/universe.origins.reut/