I’ve always been a big fan of science fiction and of the worlds of the spiritual and the mystic.

Aykroyd links two imaginative domains—science fiction and spirituality/mysticism—as parallel ways of exploring realities beyond everyday experience. The quote suggests his creative interests are fueled both by speculative, future-oriented worldbuilding and by fascination with paranormal or metaphysical questions. Read this way, it helps explain why his work often blends the technological with the supernatural: he treats the unknown (whether cosmic or spiritual) as a legitimate source of wonder and narrative energy. It also implies an openness to multiple “languages” for mystery—scientific speculation on one hand, and mystical or esoteric traditions on the other.