Defence against Energy Vampirism

[SkullTraill]

What are some ways in which you protect yourself from energy vampires?

Obviously the easiest solution is to distance yourself from these people. In my experience at least, energy vampirism mainly occurs in person, or at least when in some form of communication with people.

Let's say you're in a situation where you can't immediately cut contact with people. How then would you take measures to defend your energy? Be that occult measures or mundane.

 

[stalkinghyena]

Some tactics I employ, mainly from the physical proximity angle, I long ago developed from the inspirations of Anton LaVey, Robert Greene and Dennings and Phillips include:

1. Avoid eye contact, or at least prolonged gazing.
2. Try not to face them directly - as in keeping turned slightly to one side. This to try to protect energy centers and project aloofness.
3. Keep any conversations only to what is necessary and tune out any of their emotional hooks and lures.
4. If they try to get close, stay mobile in a natural way and try to keep physical barriers between you and them, like a table or something.
5. If they invade thoughts and emotions somehow - especially for no reason - intentionally develop a sense of inner hostility without violating social boundaries. A way I see this as the desiccation of Mars energy vs. the moisture of Venusian energy. Outwardly an impersonal businesslike attitude while avoiding direct rudeness, unless they provoke it.
6. Try to avoid them mooching, such as when they ask to borrow something or to bum cigarettes. Avoid accepting gifts from them or anything where some kind of sympathetic bond can be assumed.

I could think of more, but it is dependent on the situation. I view what I consider and have experienced as "vampirism" as a hostile act, a form of psychic warfare. Most people I meet who are vamping are seeking someone to latch onto and are unconscious of it. It's really sad in the case of people who are really ill and need to latch onto the energy of others, especially if they are close relations - in those cases some inner distance with due care is needed as these are not enemies.