# Science vs. Religion in The Purple Cloud

> Theme guide for The Purple Cloud by M. P. Shiel.

The tension between scientific ambition (exploration, technology) and religious or supernatural warnings (Mackay's sermons, the Sibylline prophecy) underpins the conflict driving the plot.

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