Monotheism?

I visited Kauai's Hindu Monastery - Saiva Siddhanta Headquarters. Walking amongst the temples and statues, it struck me (and this perception may have been influenced by Carl Jung and the concept of archetypes and the unconscious) that monotheism, the culture that Westerners pay most attention to, might be a narrowing of the polytheistic religions of the East.

The photographic project here in Mergings has demonstrated that under certain circumstances, the single ‘I’ might be separated into a ‘we’: multiple aspects of ourselves. In Hindu and other Eastern religions there are frequently figures with multiple faces and arms. Is it possible that monotheism has intentionally or unintentionally directed us to regard the ‘one’, the ‘I’ above the ‘many’ or ‘us’? Or in other words, The Ego?

What if, as the multi-universe and many-selves believers (perceivers) have it correctly? What if we are a container for many selves? What if our ego is working to obscure them?