Publisher's Synopsis
Vril is energy latent in man, a traveler discovers a spiritually advanced, matriarchal, subterranean civilization of beings called the Vril-ya. These beings, some of whom are more advanced than others, can control the "all-permeating fluid" known as Vril. Therefore, it's a kind of universal material or energy, who discovers it and masters its usage will acquire great powers.
The main theme of this book is about the modern civilizations were originated from a single, primordial nucleus, which was the same for India, western Asia, and Europe. In North of Europe, the magic civilization has existed for millennia and its name is Thule. The superior beings of Thule live in huge caverns in the entrails of the earth. They possess an extraordinary source of magic energy: the Vril. In many of his works, particularly in Les Fils de Dieu, and in Les Traditions Indo-Européenes, Jacolliot affirms that he discovered the existence of Vril among an Indian sect: the Jains, still active in the regions of Mysore and Gujerat, and counting millions of adepts.