If I could give some advice as a random internet person whose words you would just have to trust are meant to help and not hurt I would tell you to start (if you're not already) praying to God for wisdom and to show you the truth of who he is. Yes you are right we have been praying to God before organized religion and the perfect example of that is Abraham. The difference is that Abraham took a leap of passion into what he didn't know and left what he did know (human knowledge).
The reason why I said your reading is all over the place is because you're trying to use both (human and God wisdom) to find your way, which sounds correct in theory, but what you're really doing is trusting in your own wisdom low-key and are actually saying that you know the best way through your own understanding. Most people won't admit it but its a form of ego or pride.
I commend you fam on what you're doing in seeking knowledge and betterment just be careful is all I'm saying. I seen many times now people looking for more in a good way and find something worse. When I say to pray to God for wisdom it really means allowing him to show you the way (ie. what to read, and what not to read, what to watch and not to watch etc etc). The difference between being aware and believing what you have just been made aware in the form of practicing it of is a Very thin line.
For example one God created all things so everything is a facet of this one God. People would say the "Sun God" and their meaning in saying this is that this is a facet of god but not God himself in totality. But guess what happens, and I'm just projecting here, people come along and see this person praying to what looks like the sun and get confused. Now they these same people take the sun for thee God, and start worshipping the sun in and of itself, and not as a gateway for it's true purpose -- to see the one, true living God which the sun was formed from -- which is what Abraham did. That's why he is called the father of faith because he recognized, not by human knowledge, but by jumping into the unknown contrary to all the teachings of his day.
It's really a paradox because will Robert Greene and others teach you something, yes -- but he is also pulling you away from something else at the same time. Robert Greene's knowledge comes from somewhere too. It's really worthless knowledge low-key. Know God and he makes you aware of everything Robert Greene attempts to teach and you won't be decieved in the process. Remember this, to join God you have to separate from man and yourself. That's the paradox -- the joining and separating.
Definitely didn't mean to type all of this and I hope you don't take this the wrong way. Peace fam.