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 Topic: Vampires & Vampirism
The new items published under this topic are as follows.
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| Getting Past the Stereotypes |
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| On Friday, December 08, 2006 Twilight_Muse wrote : |
I wrote this article for a 'real' vampire group I participated in back in May 2004. I was partly motivated to write it after constantly hearing co-workers saying bad things about a good person--just because of the way she dressed and the color of her hair(which changed on a regular basis). I guess I just thought it was stupid for people to say things about a person they didn't even take the chance to get to know.
Since it was for a vampire group, it starts off with whether vampires exist or not, but than moves into other areas. The group I was in classified themselves as "non-human", which, I've learned since isn't really true, so please forgive any non-human/human references I missed in editing it for this group.
It was also my first attempt at a non-fiction article--and I think I've greatly improved since then(I write a monthly horror column for writers now). I edited this as is, and didn't do a total rewrite.
Thank you for reading!
Cindy
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| Articles: Therian and the Empathic Vampyre |
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| On Friday, September 29, 2006 LadyBlak wrote : |
Therian to Empathic Vampyre
I will preface this article by saying there was a time that I doubted the existence of Therians. I imagine that some of them have some doubts about Vampyres as well. I simply did not have experience with any that proved to be legitimate and thought that I had closed my mind to that group entirely. This is the same attitude that I had, as a primarily sanguine vampyre, towards psivamps. My knowledge was limited by my lack of experience. But as with most things once you have experience, once you ‘know’ within your spirit, you cannot NOT know again.
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| Energy Vampire's |
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| On Sunday, December 04, 2005 corpus wrote : |
ENERGY VAMPIRES
by Judith Orloff, MD
Some people bring unexpected lightness and comfort to your life. They crackle with energy, practically electrify you with their presence. And then there are those who leave you feeling stressed out. Or guilty. Or exhausted down to your very last molecule. I call them energy vampires, and obnoxious or meek, they come in all forms. The sob sister, for one, always considers herself the victim. The world is always against her, and she'll recount every horrible thing that has happened to her, wallowing in every perceived slight. The charmer is a constant talker or joke-teller who has to be the center of attention. The blamer, on the other hand, doles out endless servings of guilt. And then there's the drama queen, the co-worker who claims she almost died from a high fever or the neighbor who lives in extremes of emotion—life is unbelievably good or horrifically bad.
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| Energy vampires do not need fangs to live. |
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| On Wednesday, November 09, 2005 RowenWindsong wrote : |
A lot of people will probably say that they sometimes experience weird and unpleasant feelings after even a short conversation with others, whether it is a friend or a stranger. A person may feel fagged out and weary after such communication. As it turns out, these conditions can result from an "attack" of an energy vampire. Unlike fictitious vampires that climb out of their coffins at night and kill people drinking their blood, energy vampires need to absorb other people's energy.
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| Resonance Vampyrism |
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| On Tuesday, November 08, 2005 Sedona wrote : |
*Note: This is my introduction to a possible new type of vampyrism I have been contemplating for a while. Usage of this article without permission of the author and House Aeterno is FORBIDDEN. This article may or may not be complete, I haven't decided yet.*
The sound of the ocean or a steady rain usually would calm our nerves, whereas a sharp crash or the sound of someone screaming would probably make us cringe. As I've mentioned in previously written essays, the environment around us constantly gives and takes energy from us. But can surrounding sound, and in particular music, be used as a medium of vampyric feeding?
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| My views on the vampire condition |
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| On Saturday, November 05, 2005 LoneNights wrote : |
Well to start off this article was inspired by Sedona's article on vampirism. To begin with I agree with the good theory on the cause of the condition is a traumatic experiance to a person. From what I have gathered every vampire that I have spoken to has had some great trauma in their lives. However I think that even the trauma of birth itself could be a big enough shock to the system to create this tearing of the spirit. Now what I think the reason that this trauma causes a tearing is that it is a spiritual self defence mechanism. It is the spirit's way of trying to escape the shock that the trauma causes. However because the spirit is anchored to the body untill death it only tears a small portion of the spirit away.
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| My Personal Belief on Vampyrism |
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| On Friday, November 04, 2005 Sedona wrote : |
Note: This is a more detailed version of my previous essay "Vampyrism Associated With Energy Signatures."* Before using this essay for other purposes, please read the author's copyright at the bottom of the article. Please read the entire essay, including the footnotes, before messaging me with questions.
I've searched for a few years for an explanation on how the vampyric "condition" occurs. And until recently I was only able to get bits and pieces of a theory I thought would make sense, but the pieces never fit together until a couple of days ago when I was introduced to the Sep Tepy** theory.
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| The Nature of Vampirism |
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| On Thursday, November 03, 2005 Setekh wrote : |
Being a vampire in this day and age is not an easy thing. It is hardly the glamorous life it is made out to be in books or movies. It is often a great liability, creating unwanted hassles, hate and distrust from those around you. Among the many real vampires I have had contact with over the years, I have learned that a number of them would change their nature if they could. But vampirism is hardly a choice. It is something we carry within us, and whether latent or realized, it affects every aspect of our lives. We cannot be other than what we are.
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| Interview with the vampire |
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| On Thursday, October 27, 2005 RowenWindsong wrote : |
It was dusk and as we walked north on John Street, it was eerily quiet and the air was getting colder with each step. Every few minutes we'd pass other pedestrians on their way to somewhere else, unaware of our presence. I started wondering if leaving the crowded and noisy Starbucks on Queen West was a mistake, as I struggled to keep pace with Baron Marcus, a Toronto vampire and the lead singer of Vampire Beach Babes ....
He was leading me to his favourite spot in the city, an old tower. Instantly my mind filled with images of a Transylvanian castle, its towers surrounded by bats, and a wolf howling up at the moon from within a churchyard at the base of the castle. Sure enough, after a few minutes, we arrived at a gothic, ivy-covered tower, remnants of a burnt down church, with a small, gated graveyard concealed behind it.
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| Articles: Hiding in Plain Sight |
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| On Wednesday, October 12, 2005 LadyBlak wrote : |
I have had a few friends go through some things in the area of their ‘shadow’ lives that made me take a look at my practice of hiding in plain sight as far as vampyrism goes. Suddenly their lives became changed very severely because of the veil between their night and day lives came down. Friendships overturned, social communities in an uproar, not because these people committed crimes or anything of note, very simply it was discovered who and what they were.
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| Issues with Awakening Today |
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| On Tuesday, September 27, 2005 VampireKitten wrote : |
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I've noticed a lot lately when cruising the many vampirism and occult related boards out there on the Internet that one of the big issues today with vampirism is not the fact that people are role playing or making a mockery of the term "Vampire", but the increasingly large number of people claiming to be vampires (mostly of the psychic sorts). The idea struck me that many of the people claiming what they are might not be true.
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| Why Are We Discriminated Against |
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| On Monday, September 19, 2005 Vader wrote : |
Why are we discriminated against in America? The people of America follow religions that other people made up, they follow it like it is the only religion. So why do they hate us so? The vampire occult and religion have been around for thousands of years in other countries so why when it was brought to America do people hate it? We do nothing to harm them, and because of the way they live and raise their children their children are afraid to speak of any intrest to our kind. So I ask all of you why are we discriminated against?
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| Undead and unseen (someone didn't do enough research) |
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| On Saturday, June 04, 2005 RowenWindsong wrote : |
Below is a news article I found while hunting the net for news stories for my site, someone should have pointed her here hehe.
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Vampires, it seems, like to keep a low profile. So much so that I couldn't persuade anyone claiming to be an actual representative of the bloodsucking undead to agree to an interview for this article -- despite numerous invitations posted on websites, requests to a handful of experts in the field, and visits to the Goth stores and clubs you'd expect vampires to patronize. The best I can offer is a few quotes lifted from the Scottish Goth magazine Bite Me, and letters and emails written to a Dracula expert by self-proclaimed vampires. The media, I guess, have given these creatures of the night a bad rap. We trot them out as fodder for Halloween stories or, more hurtfully, implicate all the Count's followers when a few psychopathic types carry out gruesome crimes. In fact, I'm told the vast majority are harmless.
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| Alternative Style Theory |
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| On Thursday, May 19, 2005 Erych wrote : |
This is my thought and theory as to why some of us have choosen to dress in a more alternative style or fashion, whether it is a "goth" look or just some thing a bit different.
It is my thought that one of the many possible reasons people involved in the vampyre community dress in an alternative fashion (rivethead, goth, fetish etc.) may be either a subconscious or just plain conscious reason to be noticed. Yes they may just enjoy the style of clothing or that it brings out their features, or it may be for shock value or simple what they are comfortable being in.. but it also may be to seduce others in a way.
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| Museum of Vampires |
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| On Tuesday, April 26, 2005 jacquessirgent wrote : |
The first worldwide musée des vampires ( museum of vampires ) in Paris, France.
Good ... night ! The museum of vampires ( a real museum ), unique of its kind, has recently opened in Paris,France. History of vampirism, vampires and their symbolism, his and her stories, mythology, literature, poetry, art, cinema, music, news and much more, a gourmet restaurant at a table d'hôte ( common table ) on friday and saturday evenings.
Having a private museum is magical, its members are always welcome, and opening hours are extensive and extendable. Many researchers,writers and fans have already joined. Information at musee-des-vampires.net and [email protected] 01 43 62 80 76
as Algernon Blackwood once wrote " I am an old man of visions and I am at your service ". Jacques Sirgent.
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| Vampyrism Associated With Energy Signatures |
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| On Tuesday, April 05, 2005 Sedona wrote : |
Before I begin with the article there are a few comments I'd like to make first. One, please don't read this essay and think I am attacking the current ways of vampyrism; I am entitled to my own opinions just as anyone else is. The sole purpose of this article is to get people to take information they already know and see what they can come up with in their own rights using their own mind and words, not someone else's. Second, these are my personal views on things and do not necessarily reflect those of the staff on D.E. So don't hound the other staff members or forum members if you disagree with something, PM me about it. Third, this is free distribution, if you feel like this article is good enough to give to others then by all means do so. Proper credentials would be appreciated ;), now onto the essay.
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| Am I a Vampire? |
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| On Tuesday, December 21, 2004 Larae wrote : |
This is one of the most incessant inquiries to come across Darkness Embraced and other sites alike. Unfortunately, neither I nor anyone else present on the internet can answer that question. We are not you and have no true sense of what is going on in there. You are the only one that can truly make this assessment.
The best advice that I can offer is to encourage you to read many of the articles and topics in the forum offered here. Make sure you have clarity on what a vampire truly is. To start you on your way, I suggest this article. Understanding that being a vampire is not about power, beauty and romance is crucial. There are no Frank Langella’s or female equivalences in our realms. No one is going to appear outside your window in the darkest hours with billowing mist behind them, embrace you in a eternal kiss, make you their eternal bride/groom and take you away from all your pain. As romantic as this may seem, this type of magic exists only on a Hollywood set. There are various downsides to our nature that creates hardship for many of us and it leaves very little to be desired.
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| Vampyre Donor Article |
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| On Tuesday, December 07, 2004 LadyBlak wrote : |
The vampyre, by whatever definition you choose, having either a condition of the physical body or simply a spiritual malady that needs prana to be obtained to sustain its physical/spiritual health, does by nature, need to partake of the energies of outside sources. The amount and the method are quite personal to the individual and can come from many sources. In this article however I will be talking about other Vampyres (Kitra) or people as donors, Sanguine (blood) or Psychic/ Pranic (energy) sources.
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| Energy Work |
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| On Tuesday, December 07, 2004 LadyBlak wrote : |
In this article I am going to attempt to explain some how’s and why’s for different forms of energy work both within a person’s immediate body, and long distance, sometimes called ‘far-reaching’.
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| Books of Enoch: The Nephilim Vampires |
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| On Thursday, December 02, 2004 Sedona wrote : |
I was doing some research for a storyline that I was plan on elaborating on, when I came across the Books of Enoch and their tale of the Nephilim race. I remember that in the Liber Jahira book, there was mention of a myth of the Nephilim actually being vampyres. So I decided to look up more info on this thing. Here is what I gathered:
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| Modern Vampyres & Nocturnal Habits |
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| On Friday, November 19, 2004 Erych wrote : |
The relationship between modern vampyres, fictional vampires and the connection of nocturnal habits are often in strong association with one another but how and why? Modern vampyres are more less energy manipulators, they sense, intake and can give energy through the means of psychic concentration or blood yet some are quite spiritual beings. Why then are these people, mortal human beings who have a deeper sense and desire due to lack of energy replenishment feel the need to have such a fascination with the darker aspects of life and the night? Such things are in character with fictional vampires, beings that are undead and burn in the sunlight and thus they are damned to plague the cities by night, both because their alleged deformities and because it is the only time they may come out of hiding.
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| In Search of Vampires |
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| On Wednesday, November 10, 2004 Larae wrote : |
If the thought of Dracula and vampires makes us shiver, then the myth still fulfils its functions for us: as a projection of our fears and uncertainties, sexual desires, group and personal animosities, and longing for the dissolution of the structure of society. Ultimately, the spiritual gloom and existential dread that we associate with Eastern Europe are merely an extension of our own
In Eastern European folk tales, vampires are nocturnal bloodsuckers who have risen from the dead. We know these creatures’ apotheosis, Dracula, as a vampire from Transylvania, a bat-like person with long canine teeth who lies in a coffin during the day and bites necks and drinks blood for sustenance.
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| Synopsis Of Modern Vampyres |
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| On Thursday, October 07, 2004 Vampyre_Romantice wrote : |
Real or modern vampyres are indeed human, they are often split into two types which are Sanguine (sang.) & Psychic (psi.) and it is not uncommon for a person to have traits of both types. Both require energy to stabilize some part of their mind, body or some may even claim soul, it is not a do or die scenario but rather it is often like having an addiction. It is known that when they do not feed the experience symptoms of feeling weak, headaches, loss of train of thought, depression/sadness, easily aggravated but not limited to these things.
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The energy these people take in can help them feel more "alive," for a limited amount of time, it can even inspire them, cause them to focus on what is important in their life because they have filled the hunger momentarily and it is a unique experience that can make every last nerve on their body tingle. Again, they are not limited to these things and often there are more results from the energy they receive, everyone is different.
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| Vampires...From Outer Space?? |
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| On Wednesday, August 04, 2004 Sedona wrote : |
Most of us know about the vampire origin stories of Cain from Vampire: The Masquerade and of Akasha and Enkil from Anne Rice. Recently, thanks to an article submitted by Firewalker entitled "Was Judas Iscariot the First Vampire?", we are also aware of the story of Jesus' apostle Judas. However, how many people know about the belief that vampires possibly came from another galaxy?
There is an order that believes that vampires are creatures that came from outer space. They state that vampires are beings that, were either exiled from their home planet because of their "vampiric condition" and considered threats to others of their kind or that their planet was no longer inhabitable for whatever reason and left in search of a new domain.
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| Abhartach: Irelands Bloody Tyrant |
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| On Tuesday, February 24, 2004 rautati wrote : |
I am writing this article on Abhartach, a tyrannical 5th century warlord who is believed to be the real inspiration, or at least a good amount of the inspiration behind Bram Stoker's Dracula.
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| Judas Iscariot: The First Vampire |
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| On Tuesday, February 24, 2004 rautati wrote : |
This is an older article of mine on the myth of Judas Iscariot as the first vampire.
The Biblical Story of Judas Iscariot:
To begin with lets review a bit of bible history, for those of you who are not familiar with the story of Judas Iscariot. Judas betrayed Jesus christ to the chief priests and elders for 30 silver pieces, Judas then felt so horrible for what he had done when he found out that Jesus had been condemned, he attempted to return the silver pieces, but the chief priests and elders refused to accept them from him. Judas threw down the silver pieces in the temple, and departed, he then hung himself.
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| Vampires Mythology Versus Disease |
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| On Monday, February 23, 2004 Nimshi wrote : |
Even though Vampires are still a pervasive part of our society and culture, and these entities seem to have a stranglehold not only on our fears, but also on our choice of entertainment, escapism, and not forgetting the heartstrings of thousands of old and young. Due to the absence of sightings or their actual involvement if you will, in life today, they no longer the great threat they obviously were hundreds of years ago.
Luckily our lives are not (usually) colored with superstition, and fear of the night, of strings of garlic and crucifix, of stakes and decapitation of the dead bodies of our nearest and dearest. We are more likely to worry about crime, rape, and the never-ending number of serial killers that seem to abound these days. Sadly for us, the monsters we fear, have no restrictive nighttime curfew, and are not easily repelled by mere vegetables and religious symbols.
This is because in this enlightened time, we know that vampires don't exist, that the monsters that haunt our landscapes are all too human. But what has changed in these last 200 or so years, what creature struck fear in the hearts of our ancestors and spawned the myth of the fanged fiend so revered and loved today. The answer is no less terrible than the myth the believed, but is in many ways so much more unbeatable, and deadly. Disease...
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| El Dia de los Muetros (Mexico) November 1st - November 2nd |
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| On Saturday, November 01, 2003 rautati wrote : |
November 1st and 2nd are celebrated as the Day of the Dead in Mexico, and All Saints & All Souls days by Catholics.
The Days of the Dead also known as el Dia de los Muertos is a holiday that has its origins in the Aztec culture. It is believed that on these days the souls of the departed return to their families to celebrate.
The Aztecs believed that death was but a portal to other existences - a natural, albeit mystical, occurrence. Families paid homage to their dead, and on those days when the living and dead were reunited, they welcomed them back with great respect and reverence. This is the basis for the Days of the Dead, even today.
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| The Deadliest Vanity: Bathory as a Victim of 16th Century Masculine Dominance |
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| On Monday, September 08, 2003 Anonymous Coward wrote : |
Elisabeth Bathory: Aristocrat. Woman. Vampire? When we look into the world of film and literature, we see Countess Bathory inscribed into the horror genre. She has become a gruesome female figure of the Sixteenth Century imagination. She is the evil spinster who craves the youth of the village children. We all know the story of this woman. She is the one who the children fear… the one who lures the children into her home. We see this tale in the Grimm brothers’ ‘The Gingerbread House’. The children are lured to the Witch’s delightful looking home made of bread and sweets, and then she seeks to fatten them up for her dinner.
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| Mary had a little lamb? |
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| On Saturday, July 26, 2003 Cursed_Eternal wrote : |
Before I begin, I would like to point out that this is not a work involving Vampires. When I get bored, I take popular ideas and attack them. That is all this is... a constructed argument about the famous nursery rhyme 'Mary had a little lamb'. I encourage you to read it and any feedback would be appreciated.
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| Respect of Elders? - New York City |
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| On Monday, July 14, 2003 Sedona wrote : |
Recently in Greenwich Village, there has been a slight trouble with the "government" in the vampire community. At least, it seems to me that the society in Manhattan is going through a renaissance of some sort. For the 2-3 years I have been in House of Illusions, I have seen constant corruption in the hierarchy of the community. If it wasn't betrayal, then it's overdramatic nonesense that isn't necessary. That is not to say that every single vampire community is hectic at this time, but the one in Greenwich Village seems to be quit disorganized.
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| Elizabeth Bathory, the blood countess |
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| On Wednesday, June 25, 2003 +Vampyre+ wrote : |
Elizabeth Bathory was born in 1560 into one of the oldest and wealthiest families in Transylvania. She had many powerful relatives - a cardinal, princes, and a cousin who was prime minister of Hungary. The most famous Bathory was King Steven of Poland. 1575-86.
Elizabeth was married to Count Ferencz Nasdasdy when she was 15, he was 26. The count added her surname to his, so the countess kept her name. They lived at Castle Csejthe in the Nyitra country of Hungary. The count spent a great deal of time away from home fighting. His nickname was "The Black Hero of Hungary". While he was away, Elizabeth's manservant Thorko introduced her to the occult.
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| My Theory |
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| On Thursday, June 19, 2003 Angelus wrote : |
I cannot be forsaken, because I'm not the only one, we walk amongst you feeding, raping, must we hide from everyone?
Taken from Queen of the Damned theme song, Forsaken by David Draiman, this would best describe a vampire's feelings. Imagine having the power to live forever, enhanced strength, being able to fly, being able to suduce anyone you wanted, and be feared be thousands, but nobody can know, you MUST remain hidden.
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| Sleep Paralysis Vs. Psychic Attacks |
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| On Monday, March 24, 2003 Larae wrote : |
"When, doomed to death I shall have expired, I will attend you as a nocturnal fury; and, a ghost, I will attack your faces with my hooked talons (for such is the power of those divinities, the Manes) and brooding upon your restless breasts, I will deprive you of repose by terror." (Horace, 5th Epode).
Introduction To Terror
Your in the middle of a deep sleep, when suddenly, you awaken. You look at the clock, it's 3:15 a.m. "ugh! Why am I up?!" You ask yourself.
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| On Thursday, March 06, 2003 angel wrote : |
Dreams are a part of the soul, a part of every living thing on this planet. Can you, as a mortal, define real from dreams?
my dark self is of this world and another quite like the dreamscape, ever changing and always new.
vampires throughout time know what I mean by this.
especially mortal beings.
good luck trying to escape this world because you will never leave again!
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| Does the immortal vampire truly exist? |
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| On Wednesday, November 06, 2002 Larae wrote : |
Are there really immortal vampires amongst us? I have never encountered such a being and based upon my own thoughts, I can not offer you anymore than a possibility. My philosophy when dealing with any supernatural phenomenon is that just because something remains unseen, does not mean that it does not exist.
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