Vril
The Coming Race is a novel by Edward Bulwer-Lytton, published anonymously in 1871. It has also been published as Vril, the Power of the Coming Race.
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Vril
Some readers have believed that the fictional account of a subterranean race and the energy-form called "Vril" (also: VRIL) have some basis in reality. Notably, some theosophists accepted the book as based on occult truth. The Vril force has exerted an influence on some other esoteric authors.
Vril Society
There have been clams of a secret Vril Society (Vril-Gesellschaft) existing in the Weimar Republic and various associations with National Socialism. However, there is no certain evidence for the existence of such a secret society. The Vril Society is said to have adopted many ideas from the Pan-Babylonian societies. One of its goals was to bring young women together to counteract the masculinization and intellectual degeneration of women. A number of "conspiracy theory" texts claim that it was involved in the rise of National Socialism.
The development of unconventional drives for aviation technology played a significant role in the work of the association, which in 1926 became the company Antriebstechnische Werkstätten. This is how the first "Vril disks" were developed and built (Third Reich UFOs). The drive consisted of newly developed tachyon engines that made use of the effect of the Vril force.
