[Opinion] Vampires exist

[DiLoco_DelEted]

Very interesting point.

 

[Konsciencia]

Michelle Belanger is a Psychic Vampire. She drains the life force out of those who are only donors.

 

[Accipeveldare]

I saw something one night, on Jackson Ave, in New Orleans, that was 100% not human, though I could never put a name to it. In my mind though, the concept of vampire seems most fitting. It was awful btw. The worst five minutes of my life. Whatever it actually is, according to our mythologies, it was not us, it was more powerful than us, and was absolutely horrifying. Since that night, I have had no hesitation whatsoever in believing in traditional vampires.

Not gonna lie, this whole thread has tons of inaccuracies. I for one, am a sanguine vampire (Most of the time I just feed off pure energy instead of blood) and the reason why you all know so little about the real thing is because it is something that people tend to do in secret and don't necessarily share our practices with people. But some are different. Vampires were and are all human in the sense that before they became one they had a normal life as a human and some of us still do. The reason we feed off of energy is to build an astral body so that when we die we essentially become immortal in the astral plane. In doing so we gain special abilities as well like heightened senses or even (if you are really experienced) the ability to produce apparitions of yourself in peoples dreams or play tricks out of the corner of their eyes. (Hence some of the stereotypes)

Just wanted to clarify. Whatever you saw was NOT a vampire by any means. I'm not saying you didn't see something but it wasn't a vampire in any case because vampires pretty much just look like humans and if not have slightly paler skin than normal because we avoid sunlight due to it's insanely powerful energy not being able to be absorbed properly and pretty much making us ill.

 

[Altan]

In many ancient cultures, blood symbolizes life or what some would call life-force. In the Balkans - premodern era - those suspected of occult shenanigans were buried face down and nailed through the heart to keep the astral body from sustaining itself by visiting the dreams of unsuspecting villagers. Some types of cultivation in India and Tibet etc., allow for the consciousness to leave a body buried somewhere and barely alive, to take over a living person. If a person is already dying, the replacement was said to be smooth. A living person would be a different story.

However, someone who dies but has a powerful consciousness that lingers apparently- as the belief goes- can still use the body as a haven, even if rotting in a coffin, and nourish itself by feeding on the living, but when they sleep and dream. The description is speculative, but plausible from an esoteric point of view. It is also fairly true to the folk lore, which doesn't get into cultivation or magical training, but attributes the ability to pacts with Satan etc.

 

[OberonFromTheHills]

If you get technical, the vampire lore comes from Romania. The classic stereotype vampire is a fictive construct that mixes a lot of different folk creatures and a real life person.

Still in romanian folklore, you find a lot of creatures/magicians that were said to steal life force BUT not through blood, more like what we call now stilling energy (and it was said to be hold by both humans (magicians) and undead)

The blood part comes from the werewolf myth that inspired the vampire bite.

(((((Werewolves weren't a thing in classical Romanian lore but you know tales travel easily)))))

So yeah, the all vampire idea makes sense through occult logic but don't stick to the Hollywood idea (same from witches, possessions, hauntings, fae folk etc....)

 

[Shade]

If you get technical, the vampire lore comes from Romania. The classic stereotype vampire is a fictive construct that mixes a lot of different folk creatures and a real life person.

Still in romanian folklore, you find a lot of creatures/magicians that were said to steal life force BUT not through blood, more like what we call now stilling energy (and it was said to be hold by both humans (magicians) and undead)

The blood part comes from the werewolf myth that inspired the vampire bite.

(((((Werewolves weren't a thing in classical Romanian lore but you know tales travel easily)))))

So yeah, the all vampire idea makes sense through occult logic but don't stick to the Hollywood idea (same from witches, possessions, hauntings, fae folk etc....)

I think… and feel free to double check but, I am pretty sure vampire lore shows up independently on different continents, you have the half/half vampire thing in the Philippines, then you have the Vlad the Impaler one that became Dracula, and there’s other such mythos in a few other countries I think one or a few, is from a few African countries but as a general rule it’s thought to come from Romania, at least the present day kind when thought of.

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I've also noticed vampirism practitioners love the dark attire and atmosphere. It might be interesting to shed light on them.

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That is, some targets are usually high or moderate energy as their targets. To lower their own negativity. Seasonal Affective Disorder victims get better with exposure to sunlight or by use of tanning beds. It makes me wonder if the stereotypical anti vampire methods might actually work.

The answer for this can actually be found in psychology, blood obsession can stem from an iron deficiency, this deficiency leaves the person feeling drained so they sleep a lot during the day, are up more at night, tend to be paler due to the lack of sun, less social bonds form due to the person being “low energy” and depression can develop that feeds into all of it. The blood obsession is a subconscious aspect knowing your body is lacking something (in this case, iron in the blood) this aesthetic is found in many movies that people with depression or this issue may find refuge in. Or it could be bright colors legitimately hurt their eyes due to liking the dark. Plus the sight of blood can actually make a person feel “calm” who has this condition, because what the body is craving is in sight.
You can give someone with an iron deficiency anti-depressants all you want but it can make the condition worse or have very little effect. It’s only by giving them iron supplements or have them eat a higher than average iron intake (which red meat is rich in) that it ever gets better. That’s only one example of using iron deficiency, having a copper deficiency or a myriad of other things may show the same effect. (Not positive but plausible) the iron deficiency thing is a condition that shows symptoms found in sanguine vamps thing for blood though however low magnesium may also play a role as well as low B vitamins and low vitamin c. The last 3 things people tend to be low on if they take adhd or narcolepsy meds. I think your body equates the blood to red meat that’s high in most of these, although with vitamin c just drink some juice, (grape juice if you wanna be all vampy about it). Orgab meats (typically darker red in color) do contain vitamin c though.

 

[Xenophon]

What does anyone think of Montague Summers, "The Vampire: His Kith and Kin"? Allegedly it's an academic treatment. I'm starting it shortly. He mainly deals with the legendary blood drinker type of vampire, though.

 

[DarkHermit]

Psychic vampires exist. Sanguine or blood drinking vampires is a myth. Are there people into the goth/vampire aesthetic and drink blood from willing, usually romantic, partners? Sure, there are entire communities in places like Texas, Nevada and California for people into that subculture. But I wouldn't put that on the same level as active/conscious psychic vampirism, which is usually nefarious at it's core (though not always).

that is how I got started in black magic

 

[Azareth]

About 11 years ago I ran into a "real vampire"(as they were called back then) community in L.A.

One of it's leaders (I guess) was a self proclaimed sanguine vampire, who actually claimed that it was "psy" vampires that were a load of superstitious nonsense, and that the "sangs" were compelled by an actual biological need, unrelated to anything supernatural.

among the laundry list of things I was "identified" as, one of them was a hybrid vampire (sang and psy) given my natural proclivity for energy manipulation and absorption, and my ability to derive a lot of energy through the taking of blood (one could argue that the blood serves then as a conduit for the donor's energy, if one were inclined)