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My impression is that if an older advanced civilization existed from which we inherited knowledge, that knowledge would be the transcendence stuff and not the sacrifice stuff.
The prime example of this narrative being the lore of Hermes Trismegistus/Abraham the Hermetics have.

But in that same ancient lore, usually they were themselves split factions and molochian faction is what caused their downfall. So the sacrifice stuff may as well be inherited too.