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these traditions the earth 32itself�察�at the date to which the traditions ascend�察�

was   not   indeed   in   its   infancy�察  �but   in   the   throes   and   travail   of   transition 

from   one   form   of   development   to   another�察  �and   subject   to   many   violent 

revolutions   of   nature。     By   one   of   such   revolutions�察  �that   portion   of   the 

upper world inhabited by the ancestors of this race had been subjected to 

inundations�察�not rapid�察�but gradual and uncontrollable�察�in which all�察�save a 

scanty remnant�察�were submerged and perished。                  Whether this be a record 

of our historical and sacred Deluge�察�or of some earlier one contended for 

by   geologists�察  �I   do   not   pretend   to   conjecture�察  �though�察  �according   to   the 

chronology of this people as compared with that of Newton�察�it must have 

been   many   thousands   of   years   before   the   time   of   Noah。     On   the   other 

hand�察�the account of these writers does not harmonise with the  opinions 

most   in   vogue   among   geological   authorities�察  �inasmuch   as   it   places   the 

existence     of   a  human     race   upon    earth  at  dates   long    anterior   to  that 

assigned      to  the   terrestrial   formation     adapted     to  the   introduction     of 

mammalia。        A band of the ill´fated race�察�thus invaded by the Flood�察�had�察�

during the march of the waters�察�taken refuge in caverns amidst the loftier 

rocks�察�and�察�wandering through these hollows�察�they lost sight of the upper 

world forever。       Indeed�察�the whole face of the earth had been changed by 



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this great revulsion�察�land had been turned into sea´ sea into land。                   In the 

bowels   of   the   inner   earth�察  �even   now�察  �I   was   informed   as   a   positive   fact�察�

might   be   discovered   the   remains   of   human   habitation´   habitation   not   in 

huts   and   caverns�察 �but   in   vast   cities   whose   ruins   attest   the   civilisation   of 

races which flourished before the age of Noah�察�and are not to be classified 

with   those   genera   to   which   philosophy   ascribes   the   use   of   flint   and   the 

ignorance of iron。 

     The fugitives had carried with them the knowledge of the arts they had 

practised   above   ground´   arts   of   culture   and   civilisation。      Their   earliest 

want must have been that of supplying below the earth the light they had 

lost above it�察�and at no time�察�even in the traditional period�察�do the races�察�of 

which the one I now sojourned with formed a tribe�察�seem to have 33been 

unacquainted with the art of extracting light from gases�察                 �or manganese�察�

or    petroleum。     They      had   been    accustomed      in  their    former     state  to 

contend with the rude forces of nature�察�and               indeed the lengthened battle 

they had fought with their           conqueror Ocean�察�which had taken centuries 

in its spread�察�had       quickened their skill in curbing waters into dikes and 

channels。        To this skill they owed their preservation in their new abode。 

;For    many     generations�察─    �said   my   host�察  �with   a  sort  of   contempt     and 

horror�察 �these primitive forefathers are said to have                degraded their rank 

and shortened their lives by eating the              flesh of animals�察�many varieties 

of which had�察�like themselves�察           �escaped the Deluge�察�and sought shelter in 

the hollows of the        earth�察�other animals�察�supposed to be unknown to the 

upper world�察      �those hollows themselves produced。; 

     When      what    we   should    term    the  historical    age   emerged     from    the 

twilight     of   tradition�察  �the   Ana    were    already     established     in  different 

communities�察�and had attained to a degree of civilisation very analogous to 

that which the more advanced nations above the earth now enjoy。                        They 

were     familiar   with    most    of  our   mechanical      inventions�察   �including     the 

application   of   steam   as   well   as   gas。    The   communities   were   in   fierce 

competition with each other。           They had their rich and their poor�察�they had 

orators   and   conquerors�察  �they   made   war   either   for   a   domain   or   an   idea。 

Though   the   various   states   acknowledged   various   forms   of   government�察�

free    institutions    were    beginning     to   preponderate�察     �popular    assemblies 



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increased   in   power�察  �republics   soon   became   general�察  �the   democracy   to 

which     the   most    enlightened     European      politicians    look   forward     as   the 

extreme   goal   of   political   advancement�察  �and   which   still   prevailed   among 

other   subterranean   races�察  �whom   they   despised   as   barbarians�察  �the   loftier 

family of Ana�察�to which belonged the tribe I was visiting�察�looked back to 

as one of the crude and ignorant experiments which belong to the infancy 

of political science。        It was the age of envy and hate�察�of fierce passions�察�

of 34constant social changes more or less violent�察�of strife between classes�察�

of war between state and state。           This phase of society lasted�察�however�察�for 

some ages�察�and was finally brought to a close�察�at least among the nobler 

and more  intellectual populations�察�by the  gradual discovery  of the  latent 

powers stored in the all´permeating fluid which they denominate Vril。 

     According   to   the   account   I   received   from   Zee�察  �who�察  �as   an   erudite 

professor      of   the   College     of  Sages�察    �had   studied     such   matters     more 

diligently than any other member of my host's family�察�this fluid is capable 

of being raised and disciplined into the mightiest agency over all forms of 

matter�察�animate or inanimate。             It can destroy like the flash of lightning�察�

yet�察  �differently     applied�察   �it  can  replenish     or  invigorate     life�察 �heal�察  �and 

preserve�察�and on it they chiefly rely for the cure of disease�察�or rather for 

enabling the physical organisation to re´establish the due equilibrium of its 

natural powers�察�and thereby to cure itself。              By this agency they rend way 

through the most solid substances�察�and open valleys for culture through the 

rocks   of   their   subterranean   wilderness。        From   it   they   extract   the   light 

which   supplies   their  lamps�察  �finding   it   steadier�察  �softer�察  �and   healthier   than 

the other inflammable materials they had formerly used。 

     But the effects of the alleged discovery of the means to direct the more 

terrible force of vril were chiefly remarkable in their influence upon social 

polity。      As     these    effects    became      familiarly     known      and    skillfully 

administered�察  �war   between   the   vril´discoverers   ceased�察  �for   they   brought 

the   art   of   destruction   to   such   perfection   as   to   annul   all   superiority   in 

numbers�察�discipline�察�or military skill。            The fire lodged in the hollow of a 

rod directed by the hand of a child could shatter the strongest fortress�察�or 

cleave its burning way from the van to the rear of an embattled host。                        If 

army met army�察�and both had command of this agency�察�it could be but to 



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the annihilation of each。         The age of war was therefore gone�察�but with the 

35cessation of war other effects bearing upon the social state soon became 

apparent。      Man was so completely at the mercy of   man�察�each whom he 

encountered being able�察�if so willing�察�to slay him on the instant�察�that all 

notions of government by force gradually vanished from political systems 

and   forms   of   law。    It   is   only  by   force   that   vast   communities�察  �dispersed 

through great distances of space�察�can be kept together�察�but now there was 

no    longer     either   the   necessity     of   self´preservation       or  the   pride    of 

aggrandisement   to   make   one   state   desire   to   preponderate   in   population 

over another。 

     The     Vril´discoverers       thus�察  �in   the   course     of   a  few    generations�察�

peacefully  split   into   communities   of   moderate   size。          The   tribe   amongst 

which I had fallen was limited to 12��000 families。                  Each tribe occupied a 

territory    sufficient    for  all  its  wants�察   �and   at  stated   periods    the   surplus 

population      departed     to  seek    a  realm    of  its  own。    There     appeared      no 

necessity for any arbitrary selection of these emigrants�察�there was always a 

sufficient number who volunteered to depart。 

     These      subdivided      states�察  �petty    if  we    regard     either   territory    or 

population�察� all appertained to one vast general family。                    They spoke the 

same      language�察     �though      the   dialects    might     slightly     differ。    They 

intermarried�察�They maintained the same general laws and customs�察�and so 

important a bond between these several communities was the knowledge 

of    vril  and    the   practice    of   its  agencies�察   �that   the   word     A´Vril    was 

synonymous         with    civilisation�察   �and   Vril´ya�察   �signifying     ;The    Civilised 

Nations�察─  �was   the   common   name   by   which   the   communities   employing 

the uses of vril distinguished themselves from such of the Ana as were yet 

in a state of barbarism。 

     The government of the tribe of Vril´ya I am treating of was apparently 

very   complicated�察      �really   very   simple。     It   was   based    upon    a  principle 

recognised in theory�察�though little carried out   in practice�察�above  ground´ 

viz。�察  �that   the   object   of   all   systems   of   philosophical   thought   tends   to   the 

attainment of unity�察�or the ascent through all intervening labyrinths to the 

simplicity  of   a   single   first   cause   or   principle。   Thus   in   36politics�察  �even 

republican writers have agreed that a benevolent autocracy would insure 



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the best administration�察�if there were any guarantees for its continuance�察�or 

against   its   gradual   abuse   of   the   powers   accorded   to   it。      This   singular 

community   elected   therefore   a   single   supreme   magistrate   styled   Tur�察  �he 

held his office nominally for 

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