Lesson III. The Mechanism of Vril

THE STUDENT should bear in mind that Vril original: "Vril"; a term popularized by Edward Bulwer-Lytton's 1871 novel The Coming Race, referring to a mysterious, all-pervading life force or energy similar to "prana" or "chi." is never manufactured in the human body. There is a fixed amount of Vril in existence—a specific quantity—and this quantity can never be added to or subtracted from by the human body. Just as the instruments used in electrical science collect, store, and convert existing natural electricity into various forms and phases without creating or destroying a single particle of it, so does the human body gather from the principle of Vril whatever it requires. It stores up a reserve supply of Vril, transforms it into the various states required for the body's purposes, and uses it in its activities. But the Vril gathered, stored, and transformed is never created by the body; nor is the Vril used ever destroyed. What seems like creation is merely the absorption of the Vril needed from the universal supply; and what seems like destruction is merely the return of Vril to that same universal supply. Vril is never created or destroyed—it merely undergoes a transformation of its phase, form, and use.

The mechanism of the human body involved in the absorption, storage, transformation, and use of Vril is what is known in ordinary physiology as the "nervous system." original: "nervous system"; here, the author identifies biological nerves as the physical conduit for metaphysical energy. Very few people know the facts concerning this...