political and scientific structures was contained within the SS
and it is known that Karl Schappeller actually met with SS
Reichsfueher Heinrich Himmler in Vienna in 1933 (3).
Fortunately, there are good descriptions of the Schappeller
device in both German and English languages upon which to draw.
Per Vril-Mythos is a complete discussion of Schappeller, his
device, the history and the controversy surrounding it. "Vril"
Die Kosmische Urkraft Wiedergeburt von Atlantis and Weltdynamismus
Streifzuege durch technisches Neuland an Hand von biologischen
Symbolen represent an attempt by the RAG to popularize their
ideas in booklet form. Finally, British electrical and
mechanical engineer, Cyril W. Davson, visited Karl Schappeller in
Austria and spent three years learning of his device and his
theory before the Second World War. Davson's descriptive book,
The Physics of the Primary State of Matter, was written in 1955,
after the war and the death of Schappeller.
Before describing the device itself it should be understood that
Schappeller and all writing about his device do so believing that
the energy-source being tapped is ether energy, sometimes called
"Raumkraft" or "Raumenergie", that is space energy (4)(5)(6).
This device was also said capable, perhaps with some tuning, of
emitting ether as a radiant energy (7). The physics of ether
energy is described by Davson as a primary physics as opposed to
conventional physics which he believed could only be considered a
secondary, derivative understanding.
Ether Theory
For readers who have never heard of "ether", perhaps the
simplest explanation for ether physics is that of the late Dr.
Hans A. Nieper (7) titled Revolution in Technology, Medicine and
Society. Ether could be thought of as an energy source emanating
from everywhere equally at once. The universe could be
considered, as often said, "a sea of energy". It forms a
background of energy everywhere, and since it is everywhere all
the time, it is difficult make independent measurement of it.
This ether energy is in constant motion. All energy is radiant
energy, according to this theory. This can easily be appreciated
as to electromagnetic radiation but it is also true of that very
elusive thing called gravity. Newton described the effects of
gravity but he never told us exactly what it was. Dr. Nieper
tells us that gravity is really a push, not a pull. Gravity is
acceleration and is caused by the ether field. Again, all energy
is radiant energy whose fundamental basis is ether radiation.
From the aforementioned book by Dr. Nieper:
"In addition, Nieper established the axiom that all natural
accelerations can be attributed to a single unified basic
principle, namely, the interception (or braking) of a field
energy penetrating from the outside (gravity acceleration,
magnetic, electromagnetic, electrostatic and radiesthesic
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