Epic: Pagan
Mystery: Christian
Sci-Fi: post-Christian
The sci-fi focus on creating imaginary utopian or dystopian worlds reflects the immanentized millenarianism of post-Christian ideologies, whether Marxist, liberal, or transhumanist
The Mystery is Christian because it revolves around the concept of Hidden Truth, which reflects the Hidden God of Christianity (as articulated by Pascal, Kierkegaard, Simone Weil, etc). Truth can be found but it must be *found*. It's not obvious to the casual observer...
The Epic is pagan, the clash of flesh and blood, the defying of fates and testing of wills. It centers around powerful yet flawed Great Men, reminiscent of the gods and heroes of ancient Greece
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