Myths & mysteries
Nineteenth-century sci-fi writers about magical subterranean energy accidentally inspired a real German mystical society
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Imagine if fans of 'Dune' decided the spice was real and formed a political party. In 1871, Edward Bulwer-Lytton wrote a novel about an advanced underground race powered by an energy fluid called 'Vril.' Decades later, German occultists completely missed the fiction memo and founded the Vril Society, dedicating themselves to actually harnessing this imaginary cosmic juice.
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