Is it possible to put a complex faux history or cosmology or spiritual system into a novel, or series of sci fi / fantasy novels?

Well, of course its possible. J.R.R. Tolkien did it.

There are a lot of ‘good’ conspiracy theorists, some who have started semi-religious sects and cults, producing faux histories of the universe, the solar system, the planet, various continents.

You may know a few. Zecharia Sitchin, Robert K. G. Temple, David Icke, Sir Laurence Gardner, Giorgio A. Dääniken, Peter Kolosimo , to name a few.

There are also detailed cosmological religious texts such as The Urantia Book, the Scientology faith/cult and at the expense of offending someone, literature from the Mormons which give elaborate histories and cosmologies and ties to worship, freemasonry, etc etc.

Some of these folks and sources would make great science fiction and historic fantasy epochs rather than trying to convince us of what cannot possibly be true.

One thing these cosmic and esoteric systems have in common, and that separates them from sci-fi and fantasy or horror settings, is their intricate detail, explanations, symbolic systems, etc that correlate to “real” religious orthodoxy. real national histories, and real science or cosmology.

I mentioned that J.R.R. Tolkien came up with a far-reaching mythos. Star Wars and Star Trek have some elaborate fictional renditions of the universe (but had the advantage of screen media dissemination / distribution. And Dan Brown I think wrote a few novels that dealt with classic Gnostic heresies as they are woven into history.

Role Playing games also have richly detailed background.

Well, anyhow, I have developed my own system over the past 35 years, and am wondering what is the best way to get it into writing novels or short stories, Its not flawless, and maybe I’d be better off starting a cult than writing books. But it is hard to compile it in an organized way.

My question is, how do you get all this in a series of novels? It seems far too complex. And I end up writing a lot of background material instead of stories and plots.