Vampires

[*~SilenT~*]

who is, or clams to be one?

[AradiaSupernova]

I believe I'm one on the astral planes, as in my astral form is that of a vampire. But I'm not one on this plane. lol :) I get the effects from my astral self sometimes, but not often. I do believe in vampires. I don't believe in the immortal ones, but I believe in vampires.

[VroomBroom]

we seem to have voters, but no posters!!:p

[Flaire]

*points to sig*

I don't think I've made it quite obvious yet. (NO WONDER I couldn't sleep last night! :T)

(I feel a PM coming on.....)

[VroomBroom]

You need good black out curtains for day-time sleep!;)

[Flaire]

Aluminum foil works just as well. (Trick from a friend's dad who had to work the night shift quite often. :T)

[VroomBroom]

Unless you live where there is a high incident of lightning strikes!!!:eek:

[Psyche Ague]

I seriously used to think my mom was one when I was little: she has a widow's peak, dark dark hair, and that was enough for me! ;) I was convinced I was one, too, and have always been fascinated by them. This has transferred over to some very fun...fetishes, shall we say, but other than that, I don't believe in them. I believe that there are people who believe they are vampyres, but *shrug.* It's not hurting anyone (unless they bite people who don't appreciate it), so more power to them...

[Shadowlee]

I remember chatting online with a bunch of pagans, and the subject of vampires came up. A lot of people were saying "nobody seriously believes they're a vampire do they?". Then I said "Many people would think I'm crazy if I said I was a witch, so I can accept that some people believe they are vampires". Lots of people agreed with me there.

There are a bunch of people in my city that call themselves vampires - even the goths think they're wierd :lol:

[VroomBroom]

Originally posted by Shadowlee
I remember chatting online with a bunch of pagans, and the subject of vampires came up. A lot of people were saying "nobody seriously believes they're a vampire do they?". Then I said "Many people would think I'm crazy if I said I was a witch, so I can accept that some people believe they are vampires". Lots of people agreed with me there.



I like that answer!!!;)

[Aine of the Fae]

I'm not a vampire, but I believe strongly in their existence. Most other 'mythology' has some basis in fact, why wouldn't this one?

[Stacy]

I voted No, but I believe in them..

I've never met a vampire, but I believe that there are people who can drain energy..

[Psyche Ague]

I like Shadowlee's answer, too!

And I agree with Stacy, I believe in the possibility that people can drain other people's energy. In fact, my boyfriend's brother is a bit like that...hang around him long enough and all YOU want to do is sit around, be petted, and read books all day long instead of going to work...8O

But seriously...:D

[fire_Raven]

i've got a friend who isnsitant that i am a vampire... so i voted yes O.o i don't think of vampires in the, tackles people to the ground and bite their neck and drain their blood...
but i do drain energy of those around on accident when i'm overly tired
its funny though, because i've heard a myth that Wiccan's and Vampires are supposed to dispise one another
-Raven

[MzNeko]

Well, it depends.

If you by the term "vampire" you mean...

Animate corpses that roam the night in search of blood

Er, no.
Living humans who like/feel the need to drink blood

Yes.
Living humans who believe themselves to be vampires

Yes.
Psychic/Emotional vampires - folks that just seem to suck the energy/feeling right outta you

Certainly, I think I've met a few.

[Siarlas]

I used to get called a vampire... oh not because of any sort of draining activities... it's my teeth.

When I was a kid and the teeth on either side of the front ones (what are they called?? I'm really bad with teeth names) fell out, instead of one coming out in each space, two came out in each space! Of course there wasn't really enough room for the extra ones, so they sorta got pushed out a little in front of the two front ones.
Never did get around to getting braces... but I may if I ever save up enough money...

[VroomBroom]

Wiccans and Vampires are supoosed to hate each other??? :huh:

[Rubi Waters]

Originally posted by MzNeko
Well, it depends.

If you by the term "vampire" you mean...

Animate corpses that roam the night in search of blood

Er, no.
Living humans who like/feel the need to drink blood

Yes.
Living humans who believe themselves to be vampires

Yes.
Psychic/Emotional vampires - folks that just seem to suck the energy/feeling right outta you

Certainly, I think I've met a few.

exactly!!!!!!

[Flaire]

Originally posted by VroomBroom
Wiccans and Vampires are supoosed to hate each other??? :huh:

if it's true, then I'm outta here? :T

I've had a few nasty encounters with psy's before. :(

[fire_Raven]

no, its a myth, i'm not sure if its true... Wiccan's were supposed to love people and cause harm to none... Vamps on the toher hand... well you get the idea... i'm a Wiccan Vampire CatPooka(feary spirit... not goatcreature...) according to my people...

[Flaire]

We can be peaceful.....uhm....when not experiencing the Hunger. :woah: :D

[fire_Raven]

yes... cravings... >.> i've been able to beatthem back... *sigh*
hmm... i wonder... has anyone heard of a Pooka?

[Flaire]

Not off the top of my head... Do tell?

[fire_Raven]

well... technically, Pan could be concidered a Pooka... if you're going off the Irish (i think) definition is either a half horse, or half goat being... but on the whitewolf definition (which is what i go by) a pooka is a Feary that is tied to an animal spirit, thus being part animal, so when i acctualy achieve astral travel, i imagine i'll look something liek an animal being... such as the dreaming form of the pooka, which is there more beast/ animal like form...
Pooka's are rather fun... Pranksters and notmally harbor a dark secret, or are greatly depressed about something... i'm very catliek in personality, and have dreams of being a cat, and am pretty sure in a past life i used to be a cat... so there you have it...

[Emaleth]

I'm not a vampire, tho I desperately wanted to be one when I was 15 or 16;) . Now being a witch is enough for me:D .

[VroomBroom]

Ooooo, me too!! I think I was about thirteen then!!!! I wanted to be an immortal child of the night!!!;)

[shnen]

Not sure the entire meaning of what exactly a vampire is... I am not one, tho I do bite ;) and I do believe in their existance... now them living one life for ages in the same body.. not sure if thats part of the fact or fiction part, but I think the soul is reincarnated, but not that one body lives for hundreds of years.

[Flaire]

Originally posted by fire_Raven
well... technically, Pan could be concidered a Pooka... if you're going off the Irish (i think) definition is either a half horse, or half goat being... but on the whitewolf definition (which is what i go by) a pooka is a Feary that is tied to an animal spirit, thus being part animal, so when i acctualy achieve astral travel, i imagine i'll look something liek an animal being... such as the dreaming form of the pooka, which is there more beast/ animal like form...
Pooka's are rather fun... Pranksters and notmally harbor a dark secret, or are greatly depressed about something... i'm very catliek in personality, and have dreams of being a cat, and am pretty sure in a past life i used to be a cat... so there you have it...

Did a search....Not quite like what's on this (http://members.tripod.com/~pg4anna/poo.htm) site, but more like this (http://www.coloring.ws/ireland9.htm)?

:)

[fire_Raven]

the goat one works better, this one works a bit better for the meanign i use it as..
http://www.geocities.com/EnchantedForest/Dell/9198/pooka.html

[Flaire]

Hmm....That make sense. Sorta like otherkin, I guess (I'm not really educated on otherkin though, so I could be wrong)

I just don't get the White Wolf bit... :confused:

[Shadowlee]

Phyllis Currot mentions pookas in her book "Book of Shadows". The one she talked about was a white rabbit (I think) called Harvey. Her radio kept coming on by itself and would only play "The Magic Flute" by Mozart, and she thought Harvey was playing tricks on her.

[CelestLily]

As for the whole vampire thing i believe. not to sure bout them being immortal and such...
i always felt very vampy lol.... before braces i had very long k-9's and the dentists had to literally shave off the tooth.. it kinda angered me. i ve had nurses that couldnt find a pulse in my wrist. im very pale. my hands and feet are freezing even in Summer. i stay out allllll night.
wow im a freak.... hahaha
oh and i got kicked outta pre-k for biting and pinching kids. im very bitey

[AmbivalentMirage]

Originally posted by Kaya
I used to get called a vampire... oh not because of any sort of draining activities... it's my teeth.

When I was a kid and the teeth on either side of the front ones (what are they called?? I'm really bad with teeth names) fell out, instead of one coming out in each space, two came out in each space! Of course there wasn't really enough room for the extra ones, so they sorta got pushed out a little in front of the two front ones.
Never did get around to getting braces... but I may if I ever save up enough money...

I think you're talking about canine teeth. :) My mother and I both have rather..."enlarged" canines. She was always teased and called a "witch" in high school, and I've been called "vampyre" a few times. It was exceptionally bad when I chipped my front teeth. I really DID look like Dracula! LOL Ah well. ;)

Back to vamps, though. I definitely believe they exist. Maybe just not in the form we expect to perceive them. =)

[Mythrel]

I am not one, but I believe they exist...

[MidnightSun]

No, I personally am not a vampire. I do however believe they exist. I am a different type of otherkin. I am what is called a Werecat...on the astral I am a blue and white striped tiger that walks on 2 feet and talks and such. I know I was a cat in a past life as well. AradiaSupernova is my twin and is a vamp.

I think I could be considered a form of a psy vampire..I'm an Empath and by definition not only can we feel physical and emotional pain, we are supposed to be able to drain those out of the person.

[Psyche Ague]

Originally posted by MidnightSun
I think I could be considered a form of a psy vampire..I'm an Empath and by definition not only can we feel physical and emotional pain, we are supposed to be able to drain those out of the person.
*wonders* I'm a VERY strong Empath and I HAVE drained feelings out of people intentionally. Could I be considered a psy vampyre? :confused:

[The Virus]

I'm not a Vampire but I like it when people bite my neck. Grrr...

[Psyche Ague]

Originally posted by The Virus
I'm not a Vampire but I like it when people bite my neck. Grrr...
*evil grin* Who doesn't? heh heh heh...

[The Virus]

haha

[MidnightSun]

Psyche Ague: A type of, yes...but not one of the ones who do it without permission or do it for personal gain. The difference is that Emapths have permission and discard the energy just as fast as it is drained..we don't use it for ourselves. That'd be royally silly, cuz we'd get sick as well.

[Psyche Ague]

Originally posted by MidnightSun
Psyche Ague: A type of, yes...but not one of the ones who do it without permission or do it for personal gain. The difference is that Emapths have permission and discard the energy just as fast as it is drained..we don't use it for ourselves. That'd be royally silly, cuz we'd get sick as well.
*blushes* Yes...I'm aware...*ahem* I learned that one the hard way...

[Flaire]

Originally posted by The Virus
I'm not a Vampire but I like it when people bite my neck. Grrr...

http://smilies.crowd9.com/otn/evil/vampfeed2.gif

I am a different type of otherkin. I am what is called a Werecat...on the astral I am a blue and white striped tiger that walks on 2 feet and talks and such.

How did you know you were a Werecat, MidnightSun?

[MzNeko]

Originally posted by The Virus
I'm not a Vampire but I like it when people bite my neck. Grrr...

Neck nibbles, mmmmmm... ;) :D

[AmbivalentMirage]

I've never known a vamp to give love-bites...lol...

[Flaire]

Originally posted by AmbivalentMirage
I've never known a vamp to give love-bites...lol...

That hurt! :crylaugh:

[CelestLily]

love hurts.... love scars... ooooh love hurts!!
hehe

[IsisErin]

This thread is going rapidly downhill.... :lol:

[Faolan]

I voted no but I do believe in them.. but I don't believe in them in the way of traditional vampires. There are people out there who don't just suck out energy, but life force as well.. though it's more.. er.. I don't know the right word, but it's not actually sucking their blood.

I had a friend who told me he used to take energy from me so he could stay awake in class, no wonder I used to feel so tired O-O But I smacked him and made him promise never to do it again and I've never had so much energy.

[MidnightSun]

Flaire, slightly hard to explain. Most people would think I am nuts, I think. First of all, AradiaSupernova, me, and a bunch of our friends apparently, all astralled at the same time. We all saw ourselves as we were. I didn't remember how I looked, so she had to tell me. Since then i've seen myself. I've also always been very catlike in personality. I can meow and hiss perfectly, and do talk to our cats :) lol.

Psyche Ague: hehe, so did I :)

[Flaire]

Was everyone else in an astral body too?

(I think I just killed the thread.. :p But I'm too curious!)

[VroomBroom]

Flaire the killer of threads!!!!




just kidding!!! :smooch:

[CelestLily]

IsisErin!! you arent reffering to my song i was singing were you?and Flaire I think it lands butter down because it s heavier? hehe

[charlotte]

my ex boyfriend is surely one of these auric vampires you hear about. it used to be so exhausting to be around him for any amount of time (and I don't mean that in a rude or saucy way), and I would feel mentally feeble by the time I left his house.

[Echohawk]

I voted no, but I belive in them.

I belive that Vampires exist, in various forms, however I am uncertain as to whether they are "real" or not.

Let me clarify.

I belive (and would feel confidant saying "know") that there are energy vampires, and perhaps in past times or in the 'astral realm' there are vampires who feed off of blood. However, I am uncertain as to whether any of them are living today.

[MidnightSun]

Flaire: yes, they were. AradiaSupernova was there, as was our little sister, and a few of our friends. We were in some sort of fight together.

We've also all been escorted to a large school to be taught by our astral teachers before, individually.

[Darkrose360]

I am not one but I really think I was living with a psi. once.It's not a nice thing.

[Flaire]

Originally posted by Darkrose360
I am not one but I really think I was living with a psi. once.It's not a nice thing.

It's not all that nice being on the other side of the line either. :dis:

[Darkrose360]

Oh! I meant no offense.This was a male and a particularly cruel man.He knew what he was doing and had no thought of controlling it.That was almost a year ago and I am still trying to recover.

[Flaire]

No offense taken.

I've been in much the same situation as you when it comes to psi-vamps. I went though a month or so of it, and not exactly being able to get that energy back is a bit tough on me....

[living_criticizm]

i think the idea of being a vampire is cool. except for the dead thing. i would like to fly around centuarys, experiencing different cultures as evolution goes on. i dont think it would be fun to see every one you know that isnt a vampire die though...i think every one would have to be a vampire...but then what would we feed on? ah, i have it. criminals. if someone commites a criminal act they should have their vampire powers taken away and turned into food...no more prisons. more like a McDonnalds. mmmm i could use a big mac.

[Xeen]

I voted that I am one.

A lot of people believe there are 2 types of vampires. They both have their own cool little names, but I forget them right now.

There's the kind that like to suck blood/play with blood. They aren't immortal but some of them are sensitive to the sun. Well... a lot of people are sensitive to the sun anyway. But... you know what I mean.

Then there's the other types of vampires. They're more like energy vampires. Like they kinda suck energies or something. Hard to explain, really. But I'm the energy type vampire.

Though I don't like to consider myself vampire. It sounds evil, like I'm stealing energy when I'm not. I can just feel it and... stuff ;-)

[Flutterby_whispers]

listed off a few "types" and in one of those types they describe a certain condition that some ppl have, albiet rare but what they described was that there are some ppl who have a condition that makes them crave blood, and it's not so much the blood that their craving but something in the blood that their body lacks ~ at this point I can't remember what exactly it was, but anyhow ~ if they went long periods w/out this substance (that was in the blood) their skin would grow pale, they would become sensitive to all lights, not just sun & they became agitated or onry as well as tired, hence: sleeping during the day & avoiding sunlight.

Anyways, I have no idea if this is indeed true & if there is indeed a condition out there that fits these descriptions, I wish I could remember what they called it so that I could do a search on it online & see if anything came up. Is anyone familiar with which I'm speaking? I found it interesting & it made me wonder if that is how we came about the "hollywood" vamp.


AmbivalentMirage says:

I definitely believe they exist. Maybe just not in the form we expect to perceive them. =)

My opinion & thoughts exactly :)

[Flaire]

Sanguinary, the vampire who craves blood. I"m not sure if the word you're looking for is prana..It's energy, really. That's all.

[Lady DarkGangrel]

Vampire who craves and feeds on blood = Sanguinarian
Vampire who feeds on lifeforce/Elemental/Sexual/prana = psyvampire


*chuckles* I work in the Vampire Community as a mentor to newly awakened sangs. I work on the Vampire Community Support and Message Board and contact the "newbies" as they arrive. I help sort out which ones are just wishing they were vampires from those who actually need help.



So, being a sanguniarian myself, I guess I could say I believe in vampires. *chuckles*

[Flaire]

heh...:wave: Welcome to the boards, Lady. :)

[living_criticizm]

what kind of blood do those kind of vamps feed on and crave. like animals and stuff? like raw meat? if the raw meat counts than i am one of those. i think you called them Sanguinarians. i cant get enough of that tar-tar stuff!!!
YUMMY! sushi is the best too.

[Morrigana]

I believe in Vamps 110%. I know a few, or have known them in the past. However, someone mentioned earlier about the types of Vampires and I agree with their post. I do not believe in vampires in the mythical sense, however I do believe in them in the sense that there are people that feel the need to drink blood and look strikingly like the stereo typical vamp without even trying. And of course I believe in psivamps and have been asked often if I AM one. I don't believe that I am and yet they say convincing someone that they are a psivamp is very difficult so who knows. Either way, i've known both types over the years and they are normal people, just have different "needs" than some. :)

Blessings,
Morrigana

[Sequoia]

Originally posted by living_criticizm

what kind of blood do those kind of vamps feed on and crave. like animals and stuff? like raw meat? if the raw meat counts than i am one of those. i think you called them Sanguinarians. i cant get enough of that tar-tar stuff!!!
YUMMY! sushi is the best too.

Uhh. . . Sushi is fish. ^^;; Fish are kinda different, I think. . . .

[Illuminatus]

Well, if there was a "Vampires are awesome" option I would have voted for it. But, since you repeated the 2nd option twice (they mean the exact same thing), I picked the second one. I am not a vampire, but I play one on tv. well, not tv, but live with friends.

[Flaire]

Originally posted by living_criticizm

what kind of blood do those kind of vamps feed on and crave. like animals and stuff? like raw meat? if the raw meat counts than i am one of those. i think you called them Sanguinarians. i cant get enough of that tar-tar stuff!!!
YUMMY! sushi is the best too.

It's not the meat, it's the energy from the blood. It's more than liking raw meat.....it's a physical need (to some, I guess....I just eat a ton of carbohydrates...heh). You'd go through cravings, and so forth.

I'm not sure if I posted the definition of Sanguine, but it's more or less someone who has a blood lust.

[Xentor]

I encountered an energy vampire. He was part of my martial arts group.

Since the people from my group are quite serious about energy working, we were able to cut his vampirism down. He still drains energy every now and then, but mostly has this ability under control.

The people at the group didn't see energy draining as a bad thing per sé. Please consider this a martial arts group that thinks running away is the best defense. So draining energy from you opponent is good. We just had to prevent him from draining the group and his relatives.

[Lady DarkGangrel]

*chuckles* My "kid sister", Puma Hime, was the one who told me of this place. Being both a pagan and a sanguinarian, I had to comment on the posts. *grins*

[Flaire]

Originally posted by Lady DarkGangrel

*chuckles* My "kid sister", Puma Hime, was the one who told me of this place. Being both a pagan and a sanguinarian, I had to comment on the posts. *grins*

Indeed. :)

It's quite an interesting discussion. ;)

[living_criticizm]

i know this is going to sound like i'm stretching but-
when i dont eat meat everyday i get kinda sick. like i'm going to puke - but i dont puke. that and i get a head ache with a feavor.
i dunno, iv never really thought about it before now. (how the simptoms are connected) maybe they're not and i'm just hallucinating.
eh oh well

[living_criticizm]

since seeing this thread i went to a bunch of sanguinarian websights. i have come to the conclusion that i am not a vampire. i think i am just a severe carnivore. i also discovered that being a sanguinarian is not a romantic idea. it sounds like more of a pain than being a teen. lol




"Our generation has had no Great War. Our war is a spiritual war. Our depression is our lives." this was said by Tyler Durdin from Fight Club.

[Gently Gazing Eyes]

I don't claim to be a vampire.. but I have tasted blood before and I have thoroughly enjoyed it. O.o;

[Flaire]

Originally posted by living_criticizm
i also discovered that being a sanguinarian is not a romantic idea. it sounds like more of a pain than being a teen. lol


You can say that again. :blushake: :dis:

[Ahautenites]

Someone said a few pages ago:
In one of those vampire types they describe a certain condition that some ppl have, albiet rare but what they described was that there are some ppl who have a condition that makes them crave blood, and it's not so much the blood that their craving but something in the blood that their body lacks ~ at this point I can't remember what exactly it was, but anyhow ~ if they went long periods w/out this substance (that was in the blood) their skin would grow pale, they would become sensitive to all lights, not just sun & they became agitated or onry as well as tired, hence: sleeping during the day & avoiding sunlight.

Anyways, I have no idea if this is indeed true & if there is indeed a condition out there that fits these descriptions, I wish I could remember what they called it so that I could do a search on it online & see if anything came up. Is anyone familiar with which I'm speaking? I found it interesting & it made me wonder if that is how we came about the "hollywood" vamp.

There's a symptom of iron deficiency called "pica" that is basically where a person craves strange things to eat (like ice and dirt). I think blood could be classified as one of those strange things. And an iron deficiency also can lead to anemia, pale skin, and feeling tired and irritable all the time.

[living_criticizm]

Originally posted by PaganInkubus

I don't claim to be a vampire.. but I have tasted blood before and I have thoroughly enjoyed it. O.o;



i remember when i was about 10 years old i cut my finger real bad. i could see all the muscle tissue and i sucked the blood off it. i remember that when i was that age i thought it tasted like marachino cherry juice. later when i was15 i cut my wrist on a lamp shade. i licked the blood from that one too. i still remember that it was the sweetest thing i have ever had. now that i think about it i kinda start to drool.

[VroomBroom]

Originally posted by NeferSesemet

There's a symptom of iron deficiency called "pica" that is basically where a person craves strange things to eat (like ice and dirt). I think blood could be classified as one of those strange things. And an iron deficiency also can lead to anemia, pale skin, and feeling tired and irritable all the time.

A freinds mother had that when she was pregnant. She ate dirt, no blood, just dirt...and she wanted to chew on match heads! :sick:

[Myrddyn Emrys]

Nothing unreal exists.

Personally, to my knowledge anyhow, I have never met one. But for this mythological thread to be so woven into our society, there has to be some form of factual basis for it.

Example:
It has taken quite some time, but some scholars are now convinced that Arthur Pendragon was indeed a factual person rather than the amalgamation of Celtic lore and heroes that they hypothisised previously.

Myrddyn

[Sahara]

No way am I a vampire...I practically worship the sun...and I swear that must be where my energy comes from because I feel renewed when I go out in the sun.


*dances the sun dance*

:sunny: :sunny:

[Drag0nzNSwords]

MM
well i am a vampiress... i do bie and i do like the yummie vains of blood that bump in your red heart. i have read up on most books on vampireses and things like that. trust me on this one... i am a vampiress.
u can believe in gods and goddesses and other things. why can't u believe in something like this. it is human to eat meat from furry things that go bump in the night.
that is my point.

anywaysssss........... i have a question.....
i have been looking for handfesting (weddings) and i can't find anything out there. i have seen one book with the whole wedding is going to be like.... and the vows. very cluelesses on where i can find a good basic wedding.
i am enaged o a wonderful soulmate. our first wedding is going to be May 24,2003.....just close friends. sept. 22, 2003 is our "REAL" wedding.... the whole paper ...law... thing... with family and friends. please email me back if u know a web site... a book ... or anything. plus a high prist' or pristess???
we live in Maryland. don't know any prist around here.
thank you. gods bless u.
P.S. sowwwwies about spelling... hehehe lol.
miss drag0nznswords
vampiressjello@yahoo.com

[belarogue]

I can't believe I read through all 9 pages of this so far. *sighs* Well i voted so i might as well say a thing or two.
Yes, yes and yes. I guess, according to some of your definitions, I could (or could have - in the past) pass for both a psyvamp as well as a sanguine. In addition to other things which haven't been discussed in here yet.

I've heard people say blood consuming, energy consuming (through blood, in astral, irl, etc) but what about through sex? Unless that counted as the 'playing with blood reference' and i was too serious to get the drift. I think at some point I recall seeing the plain lust option labelled as an identifier of one being something more closely aligned with succubi or incubi. If it is or isn't, I still tend to disagree. If indeed vampires, fae and succubi/incubi are all creatures which feed off of energy and sex, there would still be inherent differences in their energy signatures (so far that's the only thing i can think of that would differentiate between a vampire and a leannan sidhe).

I believe its because I began my practice in Wicca when i did (around 16) .. that i noticed things later on .. dealing with my awakening where the vampire part of me is concerned. Excuse the lengthiness of this post, if you don't mind.

For me it began long before this - i used to love to watch old vampire flicks. People used to joke around about my mother's side of the family for their croatian heritage, dark hair, widows peaks, etc. When I was 12 i was dreaming about vampires in Mexico. Didn't get much else until I was 17 or 18. Then the bloodlust began. It really freaked me out for a bit but started on my own blood and it was pretty good. Well a short time after that I started staying out of the sun and staying in the dark (growing up in a dark house was the influence of my father who apparently wasn't too fond of light either). At that time the bloodlust stopped. Shortly thereafter I had began experiencing cravings of flat out lust. Then the dreams of hunters came. Some were not vampiric and others were. Somehow I managed to get through it and then they stopped. The next phase that came was energy lust. For a while that was fine as well. That remained as i began to feel energy. The more that happened, the more i felt myself drawing it in, like breathing. It happened everywhere, and then the visions began - like doing warp speed in astral to places that exist here in the physical and seeing people function there as they would in physical unaware of anything but their own world.

Apparently I still had my sanguinary tendencies - didn't eat raw but ate meat very rare. steak and beef and the taste was exquisite. I started looking at people funny. Parts of their skin started to really excite me, things you see everyday. Like a neckline, contours of the back, etc. Eventually for health reasons I had to stop eating red meat altogether. So for the remainder I became... predominantly a psy vamp. Somewhere in all of that I started to remember things about wars between vampires and other races and in those memories I came to realize that the wars were merely something to draw attention to the real threat - which had come in visions , signs that explained something that lurked around had/has plans to eliminate both vampires and other things. But I guess you can't explain that to all races and expect them to ally themselves for the greater good. If it happens it happens by their will not by the ramblings of some seer.

Other vampire dreams and visions came revealing more info from the past - there is no order to the way these things come to the surface, they just come as they will. But the only change as of late is that the bloodlust has emerged again, even stronger than it had been within the past 7 yrs.

[SylverStar]

who is, or clams to be one?
no other option. I'm not a vamp. but everyone likes to think I am. And yes I believe in vampires but not in the classical/fantasy sense.

[FeatherGoblinglimmer]

I believe in psychic vampires. Humans who intentionally or unintentionally suck energy from others. But i do not believe in the classic bloodsucking sense. I am aware of people who live that lifestyle though.

[kewlhippiechick]

I believe in many types of vampire's as well...personally I've only encountered the phychic kind... :bat:

[Pesha]

Hey anything can happen even a vampire. I know there are psychic ones out there so why not blood sucking types as well.

BB
DS.

[Flaire]

Hey anything can happen even a vampire. I know there are psychic ones out there so why not blood sucking types as well.

BB
DS.

They don't like to let themselves be known as much.... (since a lot of people either a) don't believe that there actually ARE sanguinary vamps or
b) believe that they are just role playing) *nods*

A friend of mine is a sanguinary.....but I'm not going to say who they are (since they never told anyone aside from myself) ;)

[Aidron]

I would never claim to be a vampire. In fact, I find the whole 'vampire craze' rather annoying. I cannot count how many times people have approached me, asking if I was one, or if I followed their ways.

Now honestly, does a person COVERED in rainbows 'seem' like the type to drink blood, swear off the sun, and lurk in the shadows? I always reply "Um, no...." and then one of two things will usually happen:

1.) They will go on and on about the power they have recieved from blood.

2.) They will roll their eyes at me and scoff.

I usually reply in both cases to "Well, rock beats scissors and witch beats vampire, so neener, neener, neener!"

I do not believe vampires exist in any sense as they are portrayed in modern myth and folklore. I believe vampirism can be very real, the draining of energy, life-force, blood, and so forth from another entity, but the pointy fangs, fatally allergic to the sun, undead beings of the night? Nah. ;)

[SylverStar]

Actually ther are people that are fataly allergic to the sun. It's a very rare dieses and I forgot what it was called. It's usually Albinos that have the problem.

[Aidron]

Actually ther are people that are fataly allergic to the sun. It's a very rare dieses and I forgot what it was called. It's usually Albinos that have the problem.


I'm aware of that, but are they also drainers of energy/blood/etc. and undead? ;)

An even rarer allergy occurs in one person out of 1.2 billion people, the allergic reaction to H2O. :yikes:

[LittleRhiannon]

I've never met a vampire, but I see no reason why they shouldn't exist. Actually a friend of mine likes to drink blood and is really pale, but doesn't seem to have any sun problems. He usually only licks blood off his own cuts though, but if people let him he will taste others blood.

Interestingly enough, he says that girls blood is sweeter, while guy's blood is more salty. My blood tastes like salty pennies though... :shhhh:

[Wintersteel]

I am not a Vampyre.. but sometimes I wish I was.. It seems such a romantic and dark existence.. lol.. I have read too much Anne Rice.. lol


--Winter :smoke:

[SylverStar]

I'm aware of that, but are they also drainers of energy/blood/etc. and undead? ;)

An even rarer allergy occurs in one person out of 1.2 billion people, the allergic reaction to H2O. :yikes:
You never know they could be.

[pawnman]

I voted "No such thing" because I don't believe there are literal, undead, drink-your-blood, stake-em-through-the-heart vampires out there. However, I certainly believe there are people and even creatures that will take your energy.

[asher]

my sister and i believe that they are real on higher planes

but we dont think that they are here on this plane of time


blessed be asher

[Traz Heart]

I am a vampire!


At least when I have my fangs in....


But there are real vampires.
Mostly psychic vampires are real.

We have all run into one with out even realizing it.

They may not even know they are one

A friend, or a person you don't even know.

Psychic vampires drain you of energy
So when they are near you feal very tired for no reason at all.

In a way we are all Psychic vampires. Drawing energy from the earth and things on it.
But some of us have learned to draw energy not from people but from the energy they spend.

Perfect example at a club people are dancing sending out energy into the air.
We have all had that fealing in one instance or another that when we were at a certain event or place the room or area was just filled with energy ant it was contagious.

A psychic vamp can feed of this energy.
Some know about it and others don't.

Well that is all for now.

I leave with some words of wisdom

The quickest way to a womans heart is through her chest.

[Rua]

I am reading a really interesting book on vampires. Its called, The Vampire Watchers Handbook, and its writen by Constantine Gregory. Its really interesting and it gives a lot of information but i dont know how much of it is based on fact.

[VroomBroom]

Actually ther are people that are fataly allergic to the sun. It's a very rare dieses and I forgot what it was called. It's usually Albinos that have the problem.

Porokeratosis is one of the dieases and photosensitivity...I know there are several of them. I think even peolle with Lupus have a problem with going out in the sun. I wasn't allowed to go out in the sun when I was in Kindergarten and 1st grade because I burned so bad.:ugh: So I guess I'm a Solar Vamp!

[Tobious Windsong]

I am actualy an admin for a community for Vampires and Therianthropes which is on my sig.
Vampires do exist, just not in the way they are seen on Hollywood movies. From experience I have met two types of vampires. Both are dependant on energy and need to take energy or else their body does it for them. It is both a mental and physical struggle for them, as their bodies make and contain a lower amount of energy than most people, so they take the energy and go on highs for a short period of time. This is why alot of vamps irl seem to have severe mood swings.
The first type is called a sanguin vampire, who are people who take pranic energy directly through blood. There are places irl where you can go to share blood with others after having a background check, such as the "Copioh" in Las Vegas and "The Family" in California. You call these people donors or black swans.
The other type of vampire is a psy vamp. Their solar plexis has a habbit of absorbing stray energy or energy from other people's solar plexis. This sometimes is not intentional on the vampires side. As if they do not feed, their body will do it for them, and often in a worse weay than if they did it willingly with a donor. These tpes of vampire are also very highly empathic.

[amberwolf]

I'm not a Vampire but I like it when people bite my neck. Grrr...

LOL Virus that made me smile lol :) I like that too even bigger grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!!
i believe there are vampires long time ago I wished I was one .The whole idea of vampirism is such an errotic concept also very Romantic...I have met several people who claim to be Vampires and also know a few people that i would class as Psychic vampires in that they totally drain me when I am around them

[DixieWitch]

I consider myself a psy-vampire. But the idea of the other type of vampire--blood drinking, live forever--is always something I've been deeply fascinated with!! Not that the idea of blood drinking was good, but the idea od beig immortal. To think of all the changes in the world you'd see. How humans, civilizations and cultures would evolve over the years. BTW, I voted yes. Because I do consider myself one, just not the Dracula-Lestat-Louis kind.

[Flaire]

The whole idea of vampirism is such an errotic concept also very Romantic...

It sucks.

[VroomBroom]

It sucks.
:eek:

[Alexandra Asinine]

There's no such thing. I believe in people with porphyria, people with blood fetishes, people who want to pretend to be vampires, and people who have a mental illness or a childhood fantasy which allows them to believe that they are vampires. But, seeing as how my favorite animals are bats, and they get hated because of the whole vampirism thing, this is one myth that I would love to go away.

[ShinningStar_13]

I believe in vampires, but not in the holly wood and popular literature undead kind of vampires i am prone to writing about. I know about groups, cults - or whatever - who do ritual blood letting and call themselves vampires. I believe in them in that sense.

[FaerieGothMommy]

No i'm not! And it depends on what type of vampire you mean, wether i believe or not :)

[CrystalShadow]

I voted No, but I believe in them. I've been called one because of my canine teeth but I'm not. I'de love to have some as friends...I wouldn't turn one down if they wanted to be my boyfriend either :drool: .

[cloud]

i voted "no, but i believe in them" because i think it's fairly obvous there are some people who just need some energy feeding.

[Mau]

I used to get called a vampire... oh not because of any sort of draining activities... it's my teeth.

When I was a kid and the teeth on either side of the front ones (what are they called?? I'm really bad with teeth names) fell out, instead of one coming out in each space, two came out in each space! Of course there wasn't really enough room for the extra ones, so they sorta got pushed out a little in front of the two front ones.
Never did get around to getting braces... but I may if I ever save up enough money...

They're Lateral Inscisors. Funny, because my 3 year old has an extra primary right LI, dox said that most times that happens, they also have an extra secondary..but he has a big mouth, so it shouldn't need pulled..but may need braces.


BTW..I voted no, but I believe in them. I've always been very drawn to learning about them and attracted to them in general.

[MysticMama]

Psychic or energetic vampires, yes, blood sucking walking dead Hollywood version, no.

[Lilandra]

There is a book that might be of interest. Was good reading for me and great for my insomnia.

Vampires. The Occult Truth written by Konstantinos ISBN number 1-56718-380-8

[belarogue]

the problem with the book , that i found, was that it didn't offer any in depth insight regarding ways to learn more about that part of us .. its generally surface material, then again it is published by llewellyn after all.

[Druchii]

No. And until I meet one that can "do the dew" to me or whatever, nope, not gonna believe it.

[Thalias_Smile]

I am not a huge fan of psychic vampires and psychic vampirism in general...you should be able to re-generate your energy through purification (such as smudging), meditation, and grounding. It reminds me too much of a rather painful time in my life, when I seemed to be attracting sorcerers and psy vamps left and right. My energy tends to attract a lot of attention (which is not always a bad thing), so I am learning to focus it more, so its not so scattered, therefore making myself less vulnerable to psy vamps & sorcerers.

Psychic vampirism tends to be quite addictive, and the people who get sucked into (for lack of a better phrase) that sort of lifestyle tend to be a bit miserable and pathetic (sorry folks but that's my opinion). They tend not to have many close friends as they are constantly draining energy from anyone who is close to them, physically, but especially emotionally. :spaceman:

I tend to shy away from that and focus more on hermetic mysticism and shamanism...working for the greater good, which in turn, improves my lot. So in this case, I work for myself, by working for others...healing, teaching, defending, on a spiritual scale, these things fulfill me.

[Dextra]

Just because I tell people to bite me doesn't make me a vampire. :lol:

And I'll not speak of my biting fetish, but I had a friend that used to bite people lightly on the shoulder as a way of saying hello to friends. He wasn't a vamp either. He was just weird. :p

[Druchii]

Just because I tell people to bite me doesn't make me a vampire. :lol:

And I'll not speak of my biting fetish, but I had a friend that used to bite people lightly on the shoulder as a way of saying hello to friends. He wasn't a vamp either. He was just weird. :p

You are still kinda "vampy" you know... :lol: :)

[Dextra]

I take that as a compliment! :D

[guhlitz]

Oh you petty literalists,
Try some leather on.
Romance, Romance, Romance.......................

[ArKane]

There is a skin conditino that many take as vampirism [fools] But as for me well..yellow/grey black eyes and a botched up dentist appointment makes for very steretypical questions. Is it wrong to say watching blood spill out of someone in a crash [that I witnessed] made me oddly hungery and want to laugh?

Theres nothing wrong with a little biting and leather Dextra. Noting at all. :wink: :lol:

[rain_fallen_tears]

I believe in them....maybe not Lestat or Angel/Spike style(do I wish!:D)....but
I do believe they exsist....I've never met one that I was aware of...but that doesn't mean they aren't there....:)

[PurpleDuck]

I wish they exist, and so I decided they do. Sometimes I get confused between what's real and what's not...

[Dextra]

There is a skin conditino that many take as vampirism [fools] But as for me well..yellow/grey black eyes and a botched up dentist appointment makes for very steretypical questions. Is it wrong to say watching blood spill out of someone in a crash [that I witnessed] made me oddly hungery and want to laugh?

Theres nothing wrong with a little biting and leather Dextra. Noting at all. :wink: :lol:

Hey, we've all got our dark sides, eh. ;) :lol:

[ArKane]

Thats my only side! and my good side [I hope]

*wakes up with evil bedhair of death (tm)*

Not my good side in the morning.

[Druchii]

There is a skin conditino that many take as vampirism [fools] But as for me well..yellow/grey black eyes and a botched up dentist appointment makes for very steretypical questions. Is it wrong to say watching blood spill out of someone in a crash [that I witnessed] made me oddly hungery and want to laugh?

Theres nothing wrong with a little biting and leather Dextra. Noting at all. :wink: :lol:


Don't ENCOURAGE her!!! :lol:

[Dextra]

Muwahaha! :muwaha:

[ArKane]

I dont need encourageing but..if some lovely female [HINT HINT] whats to 'encourage me' I'll be happy to comply.

:lol:

[Morr]

I voted "yes I am a Vampire"... maybe its cause I'd really like to be one..
But I do love blood, and whenever I have a cut I lick the blood (shut up)... I cant be in the sun more then like an hour or so cause I'll get a headache.. I ALWAYS wear sunglasses when I'm outside during the day, even if its cloudy cause the sunlight hurts my eyes... I suffer from HORRIBLE migranes during the summer cause of the heat... I'm a night person in general too.. I function better at night then during the day... I love graveyards & coffins.. DEFINITLY AM AN ADVOCATE OF THE BITING THING... its a Fetish............
and I have an infatuation with Vampires in general..
I totally believe I was a Vampire in a past lifetime :lol:

I dont think I'm one of those PsyVamps - even though I'm an empath and I pick up on a lot of energy around me from people & animals and plants/trees too.

I just <3 Vampires.

[ArKane]

Morr..you just described the perfect woman.

[Athena my Goddess]

i'm not but I'm sure they exist. i admit that,when I depress hardly (that happens often to me...) I'd wish one of them kill me cos i can't suicide on my own:my mother'll be in despair if I'd do this. So,I sometimes wondered if one vampire come and drink all my blood...My death'd be useful this way!

[Morr]

Morr..you just described the perfect woman.

oh really?...

[Raihn]

I am a vampire! Bruhahaha, haha...hah...*cough*

...With the fangs and the night and the Anne Rice, with the pounce-bite-suck...grr...*cough*

...Well, that was interesting.

*Hiss, fly!*

[Isildae]

I used to be very heavily into vampirism. I never called myself one, but I had many friends(and many boyfriends) who did.

Well I couldn't really argue with them either. They either *were* real vampires, or they were living the lifestyle verrrrry convincingly.

These people went all out. They drank blood, they had real human doners, they only went out at night, and only at night, some of them slept in actual coffins, but most made it clear that that wasn't necessary as long as they were protected from any sunlight while sleeping.

Some of them could do pretty amazing things. My ex boyfriend Simon was very very, inhumanly strong. The Man could lift things a body builder couldn't lift, and Simon was a small, delicate looking fellow who wore a dress everyday! :lol:

The others were so paranoid about the sun it just had to be a life or death issue. This one girl's boyfriend pushed her into a room with an open window once(during the day of course) and she just started screaming bloody murder, like it was killing her. She ran out of there so fast she slammed into the wall in the opposit room. She was curled in on herself all day and all through the night, just crying and crying. Me and my friends wanted to drive her to a hospital, but her boyfriend said it wasn't necessary. He was a bit of a jerk to her.

Anyway I'd say that a lot of them were posers, but some of them I'm not so sure. I'd say they definitely exist, and not just in comic books either. :rolleyes:

They are just as realistic to some as faeries are to others. And I assume lots of people still believe in faeries, lots of pagans seem to anyway. *shrugs*

[darkone_withwords]

I belive in vampiers. I have always loved them and I think that all vampiers are sexy. When I was yonger I use to think that my brother was one he slept all day and did like the light very much. But now that I older I'm the same way I thin the I was a vampier in a past life.
~daddys devil

[darkone_withwords]

Yes I belive that there are vampiers out there. I have been into vapiers since I was 8. I think that they are very interresting and I think that they are all around us. Shhh I think I hear one at the door :hairraise .

[Sequoia]

Wow. . . I'm kind of worried about the poor girl who screamed at the sunlight. . . That's really sad. . . maybe she had some kind of condition, like those kids who burned from much more than candlelight. . .


Vampire in a past life. . . :strike:

Well, that's something I hadn't heard before.


I am a vampire, and (http://www.homestarrunner.com/sbemail10.html)

[boerbabe]

I haven't read all the posts, but some from both ends, and the middle...lol.

I think it depends on what type of vampyrism you mean, and then it can be answered from there.

I think there are a lot of people that think they are vampyres and are into the blood. And there are energy sapping, emotional vampyres too. Everywhere. And most are probably doing it without knowing it either.

I voted to be a vampyre in that sense, but only because I think we all are at some time or situation and in varying degrees of severity.

I know, weird answer...lol.

[ArKane]

oh really?...

Yes..really.

[WingedTigerChild]

I suspect myself of being a psychic/energy vampyre, so I voted 'Yes.' I couldn't tell you whether or not the stereotypical Hollywood vampire is real or not. My vote leans toward 'no,' but as others have said, most myths are grounded in some sort of truth. -- [/url] (http://altreligion.about.com/library/weekly/aa102203a.htm?terms=Vlad+Tepes)[url="http://altreligion.about.com/library/weekly/aa102203a.htm?terms=Vlad+Tepes"]Vlad Tepes Dracula (http://altreligion.about.com/library/weekly/aa102203a.htm?terms=Vlad+Tepes).

[FroggieThePunk]

I'm not but I beleive in them

[witchsmacked]

I used to get called a vampire... oh not because of any sort of draining activities... it's my teeth.

When I was a kid and the teeth on either side of the front ones (what are they called?? I'm really bad with teeth names) fell out, instead of one coming out in each space, two came out in each space! Of course there wasn't really enough room for the extra ones, so they sorta got pushed out a little in front of the two front ones.
Never did get around to getting braces... but I may if I ever save up enough money...

I had a similar situation. My adult teeth grew in over my baby teeth, giving them a fang appearance. I had to actually hae the baby teeth pulled. I never got the "fangs" corrected with braces. I rather like them.

I have often dressed as a vampire, even contemplated getting a tattoo of bite marks on my neck. I love vampire movies and novels. I've written poems as odes to vampires. I am a nightowl by nature, and prefer to sleep in the day time. Sunlight hurts my eyes.

Hmmm....the only thing stopping me is my queasy stomach at the sight of blood. lol

[BabblingImp]

I don't think I am one but I do love the night more than the day, my eyes are senitive to sunlight. And I do believe in them, I think that there are sevaral difftent kinds too, if we have fairies and elves, then there is room for Vampires, and they are just as real. :vamp:

[wakywitch]

No I am not one. :abanana:

[Bleeding Skies]

I believe in them...but I dont believe I am one. People used to think I was, and still do because I happen to like blood and quite a few of my friends claim to be vampires. But I don't consider myself one.

[Billy Pilgrim]

Being the silly little goth that I am, I am often thought to be a vamp.. I do like blood, but that's purely game. I don't believe in the traditional Hollywood vampires, but I do believe in psychic vamps and people who are just physically and mentally draining.

[Aleigh]

I'm not one, but I dream that I'm one all the time. What's up with that? :hmmmmm:

[SamTheBlob]

no im not a vamper.... but i like a bit of human bloob every now and then haha.. especialy my oun or my boyfriends ^.^

[morrigan]

I'm not a vamp but in a past life i was refered to as being the villiage vamp due to an illness that made me very pale and light sensitive.. i do believe in them but not the typical hollywood stereo-type vamps..Blessed Be ~Morrigan~

[QUEEN OF THE DAMNED]

I remember chatting online with a bunch of pagans, and the subject of vampires came up. A lot of people were saying "nobody seriously believes they're a vampire do they?". Then I said "Many people would think I'm crazy if I said I was a witch, so I can accept that some people believe they are vampires". Lots of people agreed with me there.

There are a bunch of people in my city that call themselves vampires - even the goths think they're wierd :lol:

Excellent answer friend. Tolerance with a capital T!! :wave:

[Zophael]

I remember chatting online with a bunch of pagans, and the subject of vampires came up. A lot of people were saying "nobody seriously believes they're a vampire do they?". Then I said "Many people would think I'm crazy if I said I was a witch, so I can accept that some people believe they are vampires". Lots of people agreed with me there.

There are a bunch of people in my city that call themselves vampires - even the goths think they're wierd :lol:

that's why I don't tell anyone

[Teresa]

I am not a vampire. I have had a roomate before that everyone accused of being a vampire.He even joked about it too.

[charmedkisses1]

I do not believe in the mythological sort, but I believe there are people who drink blood/energy who call themselves that.

[MoonlightShadow]

A while back, I voted "Yes, I am one." I don't think I am one anymore. I do believe in psychic vampires, but I'm not so sure about blood vampires anymore.
Personally, I see blood vampirism as blood fetishism. I mean, I used to say I was a blood vampire, and I did consume blood, but I don't really think I am a "vampire" anymore. I certainly have a blood fetish, but that's not really vampirism.
Psychic vampires on the other hand, I believe in. I believe certain people are born with lower levels of energy and can use psychic vampirism as a way to replenish that energy for a short time. Then there are the people who take energy by choice, whether it be to harm others or just because they like it.

[soilsigh aingeal]

I'm not a vampire

[Fang of Loki]

No, but I believe in them.

Not in the classic sense though. I believe in psychic vampires.

[MoonDragn]

If the story of Vllad inspired the story of vampires in western civilization, how do you explain the stories of vampirism in the eastern civilizations? They are show as the undead who rise up and drink blood and can turn invisible. While the facts are different, the basic underlying theme is there. There is some form of undead out there and has been around for centuries.

As for pychic vampires, yes I've experienced them. If you've been in a chat room full of witches or psychics you will run across them. The sensitive will get a headache immediately from them and they are usually ones who are inciting arguments in a chat room. They are very draining and unless you have heavy shields, you can't shut them out.

[Darakash]

As for pychic vampires, yes I've experienced them. If you've been in a chat room full of witches or psychics you will run across them. The sensitive will get a headache immediately from them and they are usually ones who are inciting arguments in a chat room. They are very draining and unless you have heavy shields, you can't shut them out.

Geesh, do I know what you are talking about! I was doing some research on psychic vampires the other day, and i went to this one site and IMMEDIATELY, my head started to pound! I was speed-reading to get the information so I could get out of there fast! It was actually kind of comical if you had seen me, like squinting and holding my head and scanning the page as fast as I could! :holycow: But the funny thing is, I am not "sensitive" usually, at all! Someone there must have been a mighty powerful power drain or something! Cause usually, i am so "projective" I hardly get any input, unless I am actually trying to!

Anyway, it was a strange and interesting experience!
DK

[The High Queen of Faerie]

*waves hands about* hello. xD sang here. :p

[TerminallyUnique]

Hullo all.
I voted no, but I believe in them. Ive read quite a bit over the years on the subject. Recent reports though I have found as unreliable and hysterical as many throughout history.
I must confess to an underlying problem in my current thinking, that is that everything is possible. With enough rolls of the dice every possible result is achieved (extended to the physically improbable too, the die rests on an edge and all that).
It is a great cop out clause though! he he.
It is my arguement that such beings can exist and should exist, as it is natures evolution that demands variations. Though this concept relies heavily on that vague thing called 'time'.
On another thought, could it not be argued that if enough people believe strongly in an idea then the idea becomes as real as anything encountered in the physical plane? The collective will combines to warp and change the very fabric of our surroundings, and in this 'creation' all the attributes expected from it , become implanted.
while there is human life, human energy, and a continued belief in vampires. I believe it would be harder to disprove their existance.

On a lighter note, A woman came up to me recently in Belfast and said I looked the spitting image of Gary Oldmans Dracula character, my wife laughed as she'd heard that said before. Though, I was holding two swords Id just bought, maybe that clinched the image! My wife laughed because she said it was just ridiculous to think of me as the blood drinker type, with my aversion to human contact and all that. Id be a pretty hungry vamp!

ps
I see the 'psychic vampire' as a fairly modern idea, and a bit misleading. But very prevalent these days, and very powerful.

all the best

[Darakash]

On a lighter note, A woman came up to me recently in Belfast and said I looked the spitting image of Gary Oldmans Dracula character, my wife laughed as she'd heard that said before.
all the best

OFFTOPIC, but your wife should know she is one lucky lady! I druel over Oldman as dracula everytime! LOL

Out of curiosity, what do you mean when you say that psychic vampire is a bit misleading? Do you mean that it what is referred to as that, should be referred to as something else entirely, or....?

DK

[TerminallyUnique]

Yes, I mean that 'psychic vampire' the title, is misleading in that it seems to tie up too many loose ends. Throughout the age of humanity such drawing-off , feeding, giving or otherwise , transfer of sprit/soul/energy has surfaced regularly. Yet it seems almost forgotten, could it be it is such a part of the human way that there is no suprise left, to hear of it happening?
On a personal note, I do know this can be done, and relatively easily too. I try to curb it too, it seems very primal. But I would never dismiss it.
cheers.

[wooleybob]

Yes, I mean that 'psychic vampire' the title, is misleading in that it seems to tie up too many loose ends. Throughout the age of humanity such drawing-off , feeding, giving or otherwise , transfer of sprit/soul/energy has surfaced regularly. Yet it seems almost forgotten, could it be it is such a part of the human way that there is no suprise left, to hear of it happening?
On a personal note, I do know this can be done, and relatively easily too. I try to curb it too, it seems very primal. But I would never dismiss it.
cheers.
I'd have to agree also... :hrmm: Does that mean i am a vamp if i eat my meat alittle raw and bloody?..gonna go think on that ...

[wooleybob]

Yes, I mean that 'psychic vampire' the title, is misleading in that it seems to tie up too many loose ends. Throughout the age of humanity such drawing-off , feeding, giving or otherwise , transfer of sprit/soul/energy has surfaced regularly. Yet it seems almost forgotten, could it be it is such a part of the human way that there is no suprise left, to hear of it happening?
On a personal note, I do know this can be done, and relatively easily too. I try to curb it too, it seems very primal. But I would never dismiss it.
cheers.
BELIVE in psycic vampires.!!!!! THOSE are real....

[moonmorgan]

I voted I don't beleive in them. I know there are people who psychially drain others energies but those aren't vampires in teh sense most mean. I have never met a human who likes to drink blood, show me one. No there are definitely not any immortal blood suckers with long teeth.

I'm interested in those who consider themselves vampires, what do you mean by that? Why that term?

[Ladylepgirl]

I have known a few vampires that did drink human blood from one another, so for sure I know they are real. I don't know too much about their practices, but from what I have read, none of them take energy unless its from a willing participant. My son was fasinated by one vampire on tv from a reality how and it got me reading up on them of whatever I could find. They really are a close nit family and don't let outsiders in too easily.

[Ravage]

..I believe I have read every post on this thread and have been both delighted and intrigued by what each of ye have said..Some I have even reread several times..It took me a bit of time to decide to post here, probably just long enough for the thread to peter out , tho that was not my intention..As for the poll, I am a vampire.. Although, as hollywood goes, I am not some undead creature of the night that lives soley off of the blood of hapless victims.. I do however languish in the energy recieved from drinking the blood of others...No, I am not a senseless being caught up in a world of role-playing..Nor am I someone who has gotten caught up in a vampire craze.. I am just simply...me..No more..No less..

[9-2-2]

I'm not one, but I believe in them. I think we may have 2 or 3 in town, there's not a lot of them left.

Before I go any further, I am talking about the kind of vampire that has NO aura, and perhaps biting people for life sustenance and doing a head explody in the sunlight, heheh.

I've never met one, and I hope I don't. If I do, I hope I'm not chow. :dinnertim

My fiance met a 3rd shift worker without an aura. Dude was white as a sheet, almost blue. I bet whoever robs this guy is in for a bit of a surprise. But seriously, I don't think any of them would come out and say they were. After all, if you lived for centuries, ate people, burned in sunlight, threw cars around and used mind control, do you think everyone wouldn't try to kick your ass? If I were a vampy, I'd make sure everyone didn't believe in them. Hint hint.

NO, that hint hint does NOT mean I am one, lol. Geez, I've made posts in the middle of the day. :rolleyes:

[StarCraftLia]

I believe in them. ^^ Blood drinkers, energy suckers.. Whatever, I believe anything is possible.

There's always dudes and chicks I see dressed all in vampire-like-garb. Once I asked my spirit friend if one really was a pointy-tooth and it said no, but he thought he was.

[blackroseivy]

I seriously knew a psychic vampire once. Just reading a final letter from her a good while back now made me feel absolutely leaden - she would have this effect on people, like she was sucking all the energy right out of the room! :P There is a story called "The Vampire" by Algernon Blackwood, about just this sort of vampire. They really do exist - they can't help themselves, but they take all the energy out of the people they get close to.

BTW, this girl was obsessed with - VAMPIRES!

[shadowkiss]

I seriously knew a psychic vampire once. Just reading a final letter from her a good while back now made me feel absolutely leaden - she would have this effect on people, like she was sucking all the energy right out of the room! :P There is a story called "The Vampire" by Algernon Blackwood, about just this sort of vampire. They really do exist - they can't help themselves, but they take all the energy out of the people they get close to.

BTW, this girl was obsessed with - VAMPIRES!


SOME of them cant help themsevles. SOME of them. some of them might be those relatives you feel positively drained around.... :lol: jp. *ducks head*

others, as disgusting as it is, do it intentionally. i know because i have dealt with such people before. they are like leeches... it can become quite an irritating situation when you do not know how to deal with it and rid yourself of them.

[blackroseivy]

Yeah, I guess she coulda been a little more aware... That's just it, she was so like UNaware of anyone but herself! They're like that!

[Rayzer]

I don't think of myself as a vampire but I do love the taste of blood :hehehehe:

[Anyanka]

I don't want to step on anybody's toes, but is there really such a thing as vampires? I mean obviously I need to be more educated on this subject, but I honestly don't think they exist. Having said that, I do believe some people believe they are. But this is just my opinion. *shrugs*

[Gypsy flower]

I beleive that people who really want to be vampires become one by their own hands, they sleep in the day are always pale,get their teeth and sometimes their looks cosmeticly done, I have met a few of those "store bought" vampires

[lednevir]

I met James Drake a descentant of Dracu.He plays guitar for a band named Asphalt in and around Memphis,TN, New Orleans LA......

[magicr666]

They are people out their that are Vampires. Now not the fiction kind that everyone thinks about. And yes some do feed on energy. Now its not like you think, they don't do it to take all your energy. Some might but their are witches that do bad spells too. One thing you have to remember is they are misunderstood just like some of us are. And its not fair to judge and say this is how they are. They need the energy, and i know a few vampires that are really good people. So before you judge read about it and research. Your not being any better then when people say witches worship the devil or that we are evil. Your minds should be more opened minded then what i have read upbove. Knowing that we go through the Stereotype of what a witch is or wiccian or pagan. Whatever you path maybe.

[~Anamorata~]

_whistle_ I will not say. Let others figure me out for themselves...

[Morgoth]

I have always been weird thats for sure. lol people have differnt tastes , some like oranges some like apples some like vegtables some like meat. some like to drink water other like blood. I know it may sound starnge but i do enjoy the tatse. I wouldnt say i am a vampire because the only quote ( true vampires} i know of are people who have a certain blood disorder that requires them to get blood every so often because of something in thier cells is differnt. I think i read about it in a medical book along time ago. I think it is quite capable for a person to develop vampirism even though it would be incrediably rare gentic flaw that would make a person need to drink blood to survive just as some bats and birds do. I myself just like the tase of blood the same as i enjoy drinking a yahoo sa strange as it may sound. There may well be vampires but i do not know of any myself . Though if anyone does know of any vampires please let them know id glady let them bite me lol,

[alex_chosen77]

Listen i am a real vampire i can answer your questions...there should be many of them considering you guys don't know anything about us (i know you think you do, but nahh...you really don't). Ask me about powers, weaknesses, origins, history, feeding anything you would like to know i'll be happy to tell you the truth.

[elfmage]

I'm not, but I certainly do believe in them. And I mean not only psychic vampires, but also physical vampires (just not pathetic RPG'ers convincing everyone how "dark, cool and alternatively hardcore" they are by calling themselves "vampires", usually with some moronic spelling). I would like to meet one, I think, even if it would most likely end with my death! :p

[alex_chosen77]

that is what i mean not pathetic "psychic" vampires or other fictional vampires like that. I mean real vampires that have a real vampire soul, which of course modifies the body and normal DNA to allow all the powers that we have to manifest. It doesn't matter if a vampire was born in a vampire family or a human family, because the vampire genes will naturally come in at puberty along with powers and such.

[lenferd]

Heyo there,

Actually I just recently figured out that i'm a psychic/energy vampire regretably.

[EternalMaiden]

I voted I do not believe in Vampires. Simply because I think the 'twang' of the soul that makes someone a vampire is completely perceptive.
You can look at it as psychism or vampirism. The only thing that makes you vampiric is your way of life, way of sustenance.
Most people don't realize how much they take from the place they come from. Vampires, do.

I think vampires dwell in the easiest flow of life; they don't strive for righteousness or even dignity. They have no problem being secretive and conniving to those that trust them. And they do it all fabulously, with a glint in their eye and a pagans admiration for the twilight.

This is all just my opinion, I've never met a Sanguine. I enjoy blood, it's lusty and erotic... But that's where it ends. As is with most I've met.

[alex_chosen77]

Sorry to say this but the only vampyres i know of are those that have supernatural strength, extreme longevity and other similar things that no human can imitate...but maybe that's just me...

[Winged Darkness]

Sorry to say this but the only vampyres i know of are those that have supernatural strength, extreme longevity and other similar things that no human can imitate...but maybe that's just me...

so... you consider yourself a vampire? you spoke about genetics, tell me the chromosome structure of your DNA since you mentioned it and all that... also tell me about blood types, is there an extra blood type for vampires? since DNA is changed, does it affect your blood type? do tell, satisfy my oh so curious mind.

[Meirya]

I'm not a vampire myself, but I know several. Most of the ones I know don't make a big deal out of it; they aren't goth, they don't wear fake canines, they don't drink blood. They're just people who have an energy deficiency.

A good explanation of vampires is found on House Kheperu (http://www.kheperu.org)'s website in an article titled The Nature of Vampirism (http://www.kheperu.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=256&mode=thread&order=0&thold=0). Interesting stuff, and it's well thought out and well written (as are several of the other articles on the site, even if I disagree with some of them). No nonsense about physical immortality and super powers.

Speaking of which, I'm tempted to call "troll" on the "supreme vampire commander"...

[David19]

I do believe in them and from what i've seen there are 2 types - Sang and psi (blood and psychic vampires). I don't know if the real immortal ones exist, they might but if they do i'm sure they would be living in secret (kind of like the coven that Gardner was probably initated in). I think maybe some vampires may have a vampirix soul like otherkin, but they're still human, just different souls.

Although i have been reading about chinese vampires (can't remember the name) and Slavic ones, so maybe they do.

[Sacredsin]

I'm a psi vamp with Sang tendencies. Though I would rather just use the term Vampyre because I can feed and do feed of both blood and prana. David19, yes, those are the two main types, but they're mainly just feeding preferences (in my opinion.) Its also believed that there are more subgroups under "Psi vamp" (such as elemental vampyrism and what not).

Meirya: House Kheperu is a great site. I personally love Michelle Belanger's work and I commend you for listing her site. Other good sites are http://www.sanguinarius.org/
http://sphynxcatvp.nocturna.org/
http://www.vampire-church.com/

Alex_chosen77: I would love to meet one of your immortals, but I do not believe they exist. I won't say they do not exist, but the probability of it is slim to none. Can you teach me more about your immortals?

Blessings all,
Caitlin

[Rae ShadowWolf]

I voted "Yes" and here is why...:

Vampire in some instances is an entity which drains vitae (or Life essence/Life blood). You have Sanguine Vampires and Psychic Vampires. While I don't drink blood, or readily drain energy from those around me, I have a very strong Will and presence, and almost 'demand' attention, so in essence, I do drain Vitae. Some people I drain, some people I replentish. I feel both the Vampire and the Feeder -- energy-wise only.

In all honesty, I never thought about this before, until my hubby kept calling me Vampire. I asked him about it, and with out talks, I've determined that I do it without realizing it.

This is something I need to keep in check, or else it could blow up in my face...lol

[Lexie]

hehe i get what u say but, i could never picture immortal ppl runin and suckin blood !! i just think there would be more talk if there was a chance they actually walked the earth......

[ViolinGoddess]

who is, or clams to be one?

Well, what is your definition of a vampire?

[Moonlight's Daughter]

listed off a few "types" and in one of those types they describe a certain condition that some ppl have, albiet rare but what they described was that there are some ppl who have a condition that makes them crave blood, and it's not so much the blood that their craving but something in the blood that their body lacks ~ at this point I can't remember what exactly it was, but anyhow ~ if they went long periods w/out this substance (that was in the blood) their skin would grow pale, they would become sensitive to all lights, not just sun & they became agitated or onry as well as tired, hence: sleeping during the day & avoiding sunlight.

Anyways, I have no idea if this is indeed true & if there is indeed a condition out there that fits these descriptions, I wish I could remember what they called it so that I could do a search on it online & see if anything came up. Is anyone familiar with which I'm speaking? I found it interesting & it made me wonder if that is how we came about the "hollywood" vamp.



My opinion & thoughts exactly :)


I beleive it is Porphyria (csi)

[SalemWitchChild]

I do not believe in the blood sucking, coffin sleeping vamps. But I do believe there are those people who suck the energy from you. I refer to them as psychic vamps.

[neoshayna888]

I'm not, but I totally believe in them. Maybe I have a little "vampy" in me (I'm into vampire stories a lot), but who knows. Good question!

[Lolair]

I am not a vampire, but energy vampires have tried to convince me I am. I've had a few good friends and aquaintances that were energy vampires, two of them very and scarily well-trained. Some are cute and fuzzy ordinary people, other's make you feel like you want to crawl under a desk and assume the fetal position - that or run for you life... :awilly:

I even dated a vampire when I was young and foolish, but I don't think I'll do that again, they may be sexy but all they do is take and take... *mischevious grin* - is that sarcasm or a pun? :vamp:

[BFD_Zayl]

while i generally don;t like to go by the title, you could indeed call me a "vampire" due to the fact i drain peoples energies if i am in need, never just for the heck of it as it requires much time and concentration, lets say, if i was very very very cold...i would sap other peoples energy and warmth. so...that makes me a psychic vampire i guess.

[Meadhbh]

I take other peoples energy. Not a lot and they for the most part don't miss it at all. What I love are these books that give people the ideal that there are people waiting to behind every car to attack them steal every last drop of their engery and make a run for it. It doesn't work that ways boys and girls sorry.

[Gene1]

I am a vampyre, and need the vitae of other beings to survive. But, I can also assimilate the energies of the elements into myself, although it does not quite replenish me.
What I love are these books that give people the ideal that there are people waiting to behind every car to attack them steal every last drop of their engery and make a run for it. It doesn't work that ways boys and girls sorry. Ahh, yes. The 'psychic vampires are parasites who try to drain you of your life' bit. I hate that stance that most people have taken up about vampyres. Let me educate. A psychic vampire (or vampyre) is a human being who, for some reason or another, has had damage done to their spiritual self. This damage can range from very mild and easily repairable, to severe and incurable. Due to this damage, the spiritual self is unable to fully replenish body's energy (vitae, mana, life force, etc.) as it could if it was undamaged. This does occur to most people, but in almost unnoticed ways. But for a vampyre, it is a curse/gift that shapes the rest of their lives.

Vampyres are usually thin, sickly individuals(due to the lack of natural energy replenishment). Though, that is not the rule, as I am tall and bulky. Vampyres ae usually individuals who walk between worlds often, astral projecting themselves at night without realizing it. So, the aura of a vampyre develops tendrils, which are used to drain energy. This can be both a concious and unconcious act. If this replenishment of energy is not preformed, the said vampyre becomes weak, tired, and may even die from the lack of energy. The energy can be taken from the surounding atmosphere, where the unattached emotional energies clump together, especially in large, crowded areas (malls, concerts, etc.). Or, it can be done on a one-on-one basis. This needs not to be feared, since any energies lost are regained after a good night's sleep.

In all, the fear surrounding vampyres as evil creatures who drain away the life of others, is mere bunk. Sure, there are thos who do it out of malice, but the same could be said of witches. Humans are humans. Vampyre, witch, christian, or otherwise, there are good and bad among all of us. Also, I referred to this as both gift and curse. This is due to the fact that we are easily weakened if we don't feed for lengths of time. But it is also a gift, since we can collect unattached emotional energies, and apply them in our magicks, as I do. Fear us not. We are mere mortals of bone and flesh and blood. Like you. Like all.

[Meirya]

hehe i get what u say but, i could never picture immortal ppl runin and suckin blood !! i just think there would be more talk if there was a chance they actually walked the earth......

I do not believe that immortal blood-sucking vampires actually exist. The sort of creature most people think of when they hear "vampire" only really dates back to Bram Stoker's novel "Dracula", though there are occasional myths incorporating blood-draining entities, and there is vampire folklore dating back through the Middle Ages. Still, energy/life/breath-stealing entities are far more common among folklore, legend, and mythology in cultures around the world; they vastly outnumbers the few localized myths of blood-drinking vampires.

So if you're looking for "vampires", the more likely (and more historically/culturally valid) form you'll find are psychic/energy vampires.

Vampyres are usually thin, sickly individuals(due to the lack of natural energy replenishment).

Not by my experience. Then again, most of the vampires I know feed responsibly and make sure they stay at a reasonably good level of energy, so perhaps before they started consciously feeding, they may havve been sickly and thin. I know one of them, at least, was always dehydrated (would go through pitchers of tea in a matter of a few hours quite regularly) until he started regularly, consciously feeding.

[AmyDarling]

You know I love vampires. I love movies, books, folklore and legend. But when I really sit myself down and wonder if I really believe in them or not I am not sure. Hmm...

[WhoseLineBabygirl]

i'm not one but i believe in them because there are people who do drink blood for sexual pleasure and stuff

[Darkest Eve]

Of the hybrid variety, yes.

[Mesektet]

Here is how I look at it:

Wampyr: Mindless, shambling, traditionally rotting corpse(sometimes even blind as well) that rose at night to feast on flesh(not just blood) of mortals. This is what we get from the eastern and central european/near east myths and legends.
Then Bram comes in and says, "Rot? Mindless? Blind? Shuffling? No, no, no this won't due at all for some romance." And then the drunk sets about revamping(no pun in intended) the concept to fit his little work of fiction. Western audiences eat that kind of stuff up. No surprise there.
Old-world "vampires" were seen more like our modern day "zombies" or "walking dead."

Then you get Renfield Syndrome http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renfield_syndrome
No explanation really needed there.

Then you have the hopeless romantics/role-players. Again, no explanation needed.




After all that, do I believe in vampires in any form or fashion?

Look how many people disappear every year, never to been seen alive or dead again.
Thats enough of a gray area for me.

[Inquisitive Soul]

I am a vampyre, and need the vitae of other beings to survive. But, I can also assimilate the energies of the elements into myself, although it does not quite replenish me.
Ahh, yes. The 'psychic vampires are parasites who try to drain you of your life' bit. I hate that stance that most people have taken up about vampyres. Let me educate. A psychic vampire (or vampyre) is a human being who, for some reason or another, has had damage done to their spiritual self. This damage can range from very mild and easily repairable, to severe and incurable. Due to this damage, the spiritual self is unable to fully replenish body's energy (vitae, mana, life force, etc.) as it could if it was undamaged. This does occur to most people, but in almost unnoticed ways. But for a vampyre, it is a curse/gift that shapes the rest of their lives.

Vampyres are usually thin, sickly individuals(due to the lack of natural energy replenishment). Though, that is not the rule, as I am tall and bulky. Vampyres ae usually individuals who walk between worlds often, astral projecting themselves at night without realizing it. So, the aura of a vampyre develops tendrils, which are used to drain energy. This can be both a concious and unconcious act. If this replenishment of energy is not preformed, the said vampyre becomes weak, tired, and may even die from the lack of energy. The energy can be taken from the surounding atmosphere, where the unattached emotional energies clump together, especially in large, crowded areas (malls, concerts, etc.). Or, it can be done on a one-on-one basis. This needs not to be feared, since any energies lost are regained after a good night's sleep.

In all, the fear surrounding vampyres as evil creatures who drain away the life of others, is mere bunk. Sure, there are thos who do it out of malice, but the same could be said of witches. Humans are humans. Vampyre, witch, christian, or otherwise, there are good and bad among all of us. Also, I referred to this as both gift and curse. This is due to the fact that we are easily weakened if we don't feed for lengths of time. But it is also a gift, since we can collect unattached emotional energies, and apply them in our magicks, as I do. Fear us not. We are mere mortals of bone and flesh and blood. Like you. Like all.

Thank you! Finally, someone with knowledge! (No offense to the vamp who posted a lot in the beginning. However, she did not post too much information, just a definition or two I believe.) Actually, I had been interested in learning about it for sometime and I believe I encountered two at last years Samhain ritual here.. perhaps a little Awakening took place? Who knows, but I've recently met two people who are now my best friends, I cannot imagine a world without them, and they are both Vampyres. I will of course not use their names here, but they have both educated me in many ways. She is a psi/sang hybrid and he is a psi. Through them (and oddly one vamp I came in contact with at Samhain) I have been learning about different types of energy and different ways of taking it in. For instance, my male friend is very capable of using elemental energy as well as ambient. My female friend is having a horrible time right now craving and needs a dose of sang, fast! She can take in ambient, but she says for her it's more like imitation crab meat vs. the real thing. If that makes any sense. I have always had a fascination with the popular version of the vampire and had heard and seen bits and pieces about the actual kind which piqued my interest quite a bit. My friends came into my life at the perfect time, and they are teaching me so much that strangely.. it's almost like I already knew. I, personally, am not quite sure if I am a Vampyre or not but have been working with my own energy as well as the energy of my friends off and on for the past few months just to learn about and better myself. I'm on a journey of self-discovery (and truthfully, shouldn't everyone be?). To make a long story short, and at this point it's already been a long story, I do believe in Vampyres but at the moment I am not sure if I am one. ^_^

[Sacredsin]

Vampirism is an energy condition, nothing more or less and it certainly does not make one superior.

[Inquisitive Soul]

Vampirism is an energy condition, nothing more or less and it certainly does not make one superior.

I hope I didn't come off sounding like I think I'm superior >.>

That's not it at all.. I was just glad to read a post with some real information.

If you're not referencing me.. sorry for being paranoid.

If you are referencing me.. well, read above. ^_^

[Sacredsin]

I hope I didn't come off sounding like I think I'm superior >.>

That's not it at all.. I was just glad to read a post with some real information.

If you're not referencing me.. sorry for being paranoid.

If you are referencing me.. well, read above. ^_^


I was just getting at the fact that there are no special signs, symptoms, or traits amongst vampires. The only telling factor of vampirism is the need for to get energy from other sources. Non-vampires can do anything vampires can, sometimes better depending on the individual. Vampires are skinny, fat, tall, short, black, white, hispanic, diurnal, nocturnal, anything under the sun, you name it. Again, the only telling thing is the need for alternative energy sources. Vampires have nothing to do with Hollywood, although much of the community would have you believe that. Likewise, the vampire community for the most part have become mixed with BDSM and a lot of lifestyling. Take gotham as an examle for that.

I was not directly referencing you and I'm not trying to be rude. I was moreso referencing the person you quoted. I'm just frustrated I guess lately with all of the misconceptions. Anyways, I'm sorry if I'm coming off as abrasive or rude, I'm not trying to be...just frustrated.

[Inquisitive Soul]

I was just getting at the fact that there are no special signs, symptoms, or traits amongst vampires. The only telling factor of vampirism is the need for to get energy from other sources. Non-vampires can do anything vampires can, sometimes better depending on the individual. Vampires are skinny, fat, tall, short, black, white, hispanic, diurnal, noctu