The concept of something "transcending the universe" is "mumbo-jumbo and word salad" to you?
Yup
Are you so wedded to a naturalistic worldview that you can't even conceive of such a thing?
Well I am sure if you could tell me what it means I could conceive of it, but unless there is evidence the conception is meaningless.
I can conceive such a thing as the world of Harry Potter and the Muppets and even Brothers Grimm, but there is no evidence for them either.
Do you believe in alchemy too?
Facts don't lie or have an agenda. Facts are just facts