Did a 19th century novelist accidentally tap into a long hidden truth about an underground race of godlike beings who control an electrical fluid called the Vril? Of course not. But that hasn't stopped plenty of folks from claiming it as fact, including Theosophists, Nazis, New Agers, a race car driver turned UFO church guru and psychologist Wilhelm Reich (kind of). Just to name a few. SECTIONS 01:47 - Author, Author - Edward Bulwer-Lytton writes a book or 40 04:24 - The Coming Race, Blavatsky chimes in 08:25 - Vril für das Vaterland - supposition as history, the Society for Truth, the Black Sun, the Vienna Circle (2.0), Nazi occultism, the Morning of the Magicians 12:07 - Maria Orsic - the Vril Society, Nazi UFOs, alien contact, plus she was super pretty 14:43 - Karl Haushofer and the Vril Society 16:25 - What's the Time? It's Time to Get Vril! - Norbert Jürgen Ratthofer, Jan Van Helsing, Lords of the Black Stone (Templars meet Nazis), using telepathy to contact aliens, the aliens are a little bit racist 19:56 - The Vril can create or destroy, Foo Fighters, Operation Paperclip had a secret 21:29 - Just Vril Out, Man - Gray Barker, Frank Stranges and Valiant Thor (Commander X), Venusian space commander; Frank Stranges - preacher and prophet 25:36 - The Vrillon Incident - we interrupt this broadcast, Claude Vorilhon and International Raëlian Movement/Church 30:42 - Wilhelm Reich - Here Today, Orgone Tomorrow 36:03 - Mistakenly arrested, retreat to Orgonon, Maine, more allegations 38:15 - UFOs and HIGs becoming bothersome - Deadly Orgone Radiation (DOR), cloudbuster machines, weather control, HIGs (Hoodlums in Government), legal injunction, UFO battles in the desert, arrested again, the US government burns books 43:01 - Reich's legacy, a big hit with the counterculture Music by Fanette Ronjat LAPSUS LINGUAE: I accidentally call the Isle of Wight the Isle of Wright at 27:46 YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdP1ldsOqFLXq71M4OWZywA