Vril (energy)

Vril is a hypothetical form of energy, being defined in several distinct ways by different authors, beginning with Edward Bulwer-Lytton who coined the term (in his 1871 novel The Coming Race) and linked it with Victorian conceptions of electro-magnetism (as an all-permeating fluid), while later esoteric authors allied the term with their ideas regarding mesmerism (animal magnetism) and with vitalistic, cosmic forces.

Vril in the world

 * Charles W. Caryl and his Vril Industrial System, a utopian socialist planned-city concept based around Vril power.

Vril-branded products

 * Bovril ("Beef Force"), an extract of beef product;
 * Vrilium Tube, the Magic Spike, a radio-therapeutic nostrum;
 * Vril, "The Drink with a Thrill", a fruit beverage sold by Vril Co. of Cincinnati, Ohio.