vril
Noun
Meaning
(science fiction, mysticism) A controllable form of energy.
(ufology, attributive) A kind of flying saucer supposedly built by the Nazis.
Coordinate term: Haunebu
vril (uncountable)
Alternative letter-case form of Vril
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Annie Besant and especially Helena Blavatsky incorporated his thoughts and ideas from particularly The Last Days of Pompeii, Vril, the Power of the Coming Race and Zanoni in her own books.
Johnston took the -vril suffix from Bulwer-Lytton 's then-popular novel, The Coming Race (1870), whose plot revolves around a superior race of people, the Vril-ya, who derive their powers from an electromagnetic substance named "Vril".