I love reading about obscure and little know ideas, so I was elated to come across Vril.
Vril, the Power of the Coming Race by Edward Bulwer-Lytton, a 1871 science fiction novel, which many readers believed gave a true account of the energy-form called “Vril”. The word “Vril” has come to be associated with “life-giving elixirs”. with Bovril taking the lead; a blend of Bovine and Vril. It also became associated with theories about Nazi-piloted Flugscheiben (“Flight Discs”), Vril-powered KSK (Kraftstrahlkanone, “force-ray cannon” — transmission rods that produce potent energy rays), Jesuit “spiritual exercises”, and Atlanteans.
Could vril change the world, could it be harnessed and used to benefit us all, who knows but it could move the doomsday clock a few minutes further away from midnight.