Some entertainment after the first four posts being a bit boring. I wrote it after I first found the glossary and you might have to use it quite a bit to understand the phrasings but nevertheless please comment and lemme know what you think!
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They said it was clinical vampirism.
That it was nothing to worry about.
I was a gaja, simple role player.
Human and mundane, mortal like you all.
I didn't believe in hematophagy, only in bats and mosquitos.
I disrgarded my hemeralopia and haematomania.
But the hunger got stronger and became haematodipsia.
I didn't know I was a kitra or believe in my kindred.
Completely latent, a leech with no mentor.
I was unaware of those of the blood.
They thought I was one with porphyria.
I had no idea I was a seeker for myself.
I knew not of my home in the shadow.
Unbeknownst to me I'd befriended their black swans, all vampire bait.
I thought they were just lifestylers.
But now I'm a fledgeling and have experienced the embrace, I'm no ardetha.
The beacon called to me and the becoming began.
I learned the ways of the black veil.
I experienced the blood bond for the first time.
Now I'm among the vampyres, my brothers and sisters in blood lust.
Just a childe, barely coming out of the coffin.
The dayside was nothing to me, I live on the darkside now.
My little coven with one elder and his supporting black swans forming our golden circle.
I knew their energy signatures like my own, we ruled the night--even our kitra.
The incubus and succubus active in bloodplay, our house at peace.
We could make such a mess, psychologically high on their prana and physically high from their blood.
Not a single poser, each leech recognises the next.
Psychic attacks easy, sanguines falling in love with their donors.
Blood fetishists welcome, our blood bond strong in bloodletting.
Siring our sources, welcome to the nightside.
The thirst now manageable, peace now at twilight.
Vamp-outs rare, I'm in control.
No one excommunicated, each fledgling welcome.
Our haven perfect darkness.
What could go wrong?
Ask our slayers, ask our hunters.
Don't let me die this way...
Spill our blood, all that we stole, all that was given.
White feathers stained, they've become that which they seeked to destroy.
Who's the bloodthirsty leech now?
Bloody white swans, now you're black as our night and you can't go back.
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
Video and comments
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(video TOTALLY not mine)
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Let me start with this: Not all psyvamps are bad. Speaking as one personally, I would know. You can take negative energy away from a person making them feel better. But I also know the other end of the story, two members of my family (both unknowingly) are psyvamps and I never talk to (with good reason--100% narcissist)one of them anymore while the other I love but just generally avoid out of self preservation--after all, I have my own energy imabalances to deal with. In addition, if you tell a vamp to stop being a vamp the most likely response you'll get from an awakened one will be a no and a latent one will give you the "WTF I'm not like that." face. There are Edward Cullen (excuse the Twilight referance) point-of-view vamps who'd be willing to adjust but most of us that I know of have accepted how we are and content to stay this way.
Reverance/Support links
http://www.religioustolerance.org/vampire5.htm (Glossary of Terms)
http://www.kheperu.org/index.html (written by a famous psychic vampire, Michelle Belanger and stuffed with information)
http://www.vampiresamongus.com/psyvamps.html#part5 (I haven't been on this site in forever and don't remember the navigational stuff or how good the info is but it is definately NOT the first place I'd go for info or support)
http://www.psychicvampire.org/resource.htm?q=feeding (One of my favs of all time, great information and also feeding techniques and you can buy psivials.)
http://sphynxcatvp.nocturna.org/about/press-asseen.html (also very helpful, I still haven't looked through the whole thing)
http://psyvampinformationexchange.yuku.com/topic/495 (Good forum to read through but pain in the butt to join)
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I AM COMPLETELY OPEN TO NEW SITE SUGGESTIONS, IF YOU HAVE SOMETHING YOU'D LIKE ME TO CHECK OUT OR ADD PLEASE SAY SO IN A COMMENT.
http://www.kheperu.org/index.html (written by a famous psychic vampire, Michelle Belanger and stuffed with information)
http://www.vampiresamongus.com/psyvamps.html#part5 (I haven't been on this site in forever and don't remember the navigational stuff or how good the info is but it is definately NOT the first place I'd go for info or support)
http://www.psychicvampire.org/resource.htm?q=feeding (One of my favs of all time, great information and also feeding techniques and you can buy psivials.)
http://sphynxcatvp.nocturna.org/about/press-asseen.html (also very helpful, I still haven't looked through the whole thing)
http://psyvampinformationexchange.yuku.com/topic/495 (Good forum to read through but pain in the butt to join)
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I AM COMPLETELY OPEN TO NEW SITE SUGGESTIONS, IF YOU HAVE SOMETHING YOU'D LIKE ME TO CHECK OUT OR ADD PLEASE SAY SO IN A COMMENT.
Glossary of Terms
Ok before you go any further, quick disclaimer. This glossary is NOT MINE. I found it at http://www.religioustolerance.org/vampire5.htm and found it extremely useful and refer to it often.
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Adra: A sponsor or mentor of a fledgling vampyre.
Ardetha: An individual who has been awakened as a vampyre as a result of a magickal ritual. This is a controversial belief. 1
Auto-vampirism: The act of drinking one's own blood.
Awakening: The process whereby a latent vampire realizes what their true condition is, and accepts it.
Beacon: A signal in the form of "a particular feeling or energy signature." 8 generated by both vampyres and "latent or potential" vampyres. Its main function is to lead vampyres to latent vampires in order to assist in their awakening.
The Becoming: The process of conversion from a non-vampyre to a vampyre.
Black Swan: An individual who is not a vampyre but who is close to one or more vampyres and is often a supporter of the community.
The Black Veil : A non-binding but widely accepted ethical guide for vampyres. (The first version of the Black Veil was called The Thirteen Rules of Community.)
Blood bond: A feeling of attraction between a vampyre and a donor that is often felt only by the donor. The term also means an initiation ritual in which a vampyre joins a coven. It also refers to a marriage between two vampyres.
Blood Fetishist: An individual who is sexually aroused by the sight of blood. This is generally unrelated to vampyrism.
Blood Junkie: A pejorative synonym for a sanguinarian vampyre.
Bloodletting: Cutting or piercing skin to release blood. This can be a dangerous procedure unless conducted by a trained individual.
In ancient times, a medical procedure falsely believed to cure diseases and disorders.
Blood lust: An overwhelming desire to feed on a donor's blood.
Bloodplay: Ritual activities, often of a sexual nature, involving blood.
Chi: Close synonym for prana, or life force. A Chinese term.
Childe: A pejorative term for an inexperienced vampyre.
Clinical vampirism: Synonym for Renfield's Syndrome.
Coming out of the Coffin: The process of revealing one's vampyrism condition to non-vampyres. This is analogous to gays and lesbians coming out of the closet, and Wiccans and other Neopagans coming out of their broom closet.
Coven: A group of vampyres.
Darkside (a.k.a. Dark side): Synonym for nightside.
Dayside: Mundane activities in the "real world."
Donor: A person, usually a non-vampyre -- who freely volunteers their blood or life energy to be consumed by one or more vampyres.
Dhampyri: an individual who exhibited symptoms of vampyrism prior to puberty.
The Dragon: Synonym for nightside.
Elder: A person who has been active in the vampyre community. for a lengthy interval, and who shares their knowledge with others.
Embrace: A mythical process of converting a non-vampyre into a vampyre by having them ingest the blood of a vampyre. This concept frequently appears in vampire literature, but is foreign to the beliefs of vampyres.
Energy signature: An individual's specific energy pattern which is uniquely theirs. This allegedly enables vampyres to recognize fellow vampyres.
Energy vampire: A vampire who obtains nourishment primarily or entirely by tapping into another person's prana or life force directly, without ingesting their blood.
Excommunication: The act of excluding a vampyre from a coven or from the entire vampyre community.
Feeding: An activity of vampyres in which they consume a donor's blood, or prana from a donor by other means, or elemental energy from nature.
Fledgling: a recently awakened vampyre with little experience.
Gaja: synonym for poser.
Golden Circle: Individuals who form a vampyre coven. This typically includes black swans, vampyres, and kitra.
Haematodipsia: Intense feeling of haematophilia.
Haematomania: A strong psychological craving for blood.
Hematophageous: Having blood as one's only form of nourishment.
Haematophilia: An sexual attraction to the presence of blood.
Haven: A place where vampyres meet.
Hemeralopia: An inability to see in bright light
House: A group of vampyres who share common beliefs, rituals traditions, etc.
Human: A non-vampire. (this can be a confusing term because it implies that vampires are not human.)
The Hunger: An intense psychological and physical need to feed.
Hunter: An individual who attempts to harm either vampyres or persons perceived to be vampyres.
Incubus: A male vampyre who feeds on pranic energy while involved in sexual activity.
An mythical male demon who seduced females in their sleep.
See succubus.
Kindred: Fellow vampyres.
Kitra: An individual who is both a vampyre and a donor.
Klavasi. A vampyre who experienced a post-pubertal awakening. Most vampyres are klavasi.
Latent vampire: A vampyre who has not yet realized her or his condition.
Leech: A pejorative term for a vampyre.
Life force: Synonym for prana.
Mentor: An experienced vampyre who guides a fledgling.
Mortal: A non-vampyre. (This can be a confusing term, because all vampyres are mortal, just like the rest of the population.)
Mundane: A non-vampyre.
Nightside: "The life of a vampire; being part of the vampiric community."
Of the Blood: Identifying an individual as a vampyre.
Porphyria: A group of medical disorders of which most will cause the individual will have a strong reaction to sunlight. Areas of the skin which are exposed to the sun may burn, blister or scar. Some vampire myths may well have originated as a result of the fear of sunlight by persons with porphyria.
Poser: A non-vampyre who pretends to be a vampyre by claiming to:
Have come from a line of vampyres,
Be immortal,
Be unable to step over flowing water,
Be unable to cast an image in a mirror, etc.
Prana: Life force. Sanguinarian vampyres obtain pranic energy through blood; Psi vampyres extract it from other person's emotional energy without consuming blood.
Psi vampyre: A vampyre who feeds off of the emotional energy of another person or persons.
Psychic energy: Forms of energy which may be pranic (from living things) or elemental (from natural forces)
Psychic attack: An action by a psychic vampire which drains prana from another individual without their prior consent.
Psychic vampyre: An individual who feeds off of the prana of others by tapping into their emotional energy.
Real vampire (a.k.a. RealVamp): A sanguine, psychic, psi, or energy vampyre who needs to feed off of other individuals or of nature in order to maintain their health and energy levels.
Renfield's Syndrome. A psychological disorder named after a fictional character in Dracula. Richard Noll proposed the syndrome. He suggests that children go through blood-related phases until full vampyrism is expressed after puberty. The theory is not widely accepted among mental health professionals. It does not appear in the American Psychiatric Association's Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV).
Role player: A synonym for poser.
RPG'er: An individual who considers themselves to be a vampyre because they play that role in a Role Playing Game
Sang: a synonym for Sanguinarian vampyre.
Sanguinarian vampyre: An individual who has a need to consume blood -- usually from human source(s) in order to maintain adequate physical and/or emotional energy. He or she may also tap into the emotional energy of others in addition to consuming blood.
Sanguine: a synonym for Sanguinarian vampyre.
Seeker: An individual who wants to be around vampyres. Often, they want to become a vampyre through the mythical process of embracing.
Sexual vampyre: A vampyre who feeds from the sexual energy released during sexual activity. They are rare among the vampyre community.
Shadow: Synonym for nightside.
Sire, Siring: The mythical act of creating a new vampyre by embracing.
Slayer: An individual who attempts to kill vampires. Sarah Michelle Gellar, "The Chosen One," played the role of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, on a TV program by the same name.
Source: A donor; an individual who willingly donates blood to a vampyre.
Succubus:
A female vampyre who feeds on pranic energy while involved in sexual activity.
An mythical female demon who seduced males in their sleep.
See Incubus.
Thirst: Synonym for hunger.
Turning: The process of converting a non-vampyre into a vampyre, generally through blood ingestion or pranic energy exchange. Most vampyres believe that this is impossible. It is a common theme in vampire literature.
Twilight: Establishing an optimum balance between one's Dayside and Nightside activities.
Vamp: Synonym for either vampire or vampyre. Alternately, a sexually predatory non-vampire woman.
Vampire: A male or female, mythical, animated corpse found only in novels, films, comic books and religious myths who rises from its grave to feed off of the blood of animals or humans. 4
A real female or male person who has a condition requiring them to feed off of the pranic energy of other humans or derive energy from natural forces. Non-vampyres regard vampyrism as a hobby, lifestyle, occultic activity, religion or condition.
Vampire bait: A poser or wannabe who attempts to lure a vampyre into their presence.
Vamping out: An extreme attack of the hunger. It generally produces many physiological changes in the vampyre's body.
Vampire children: A pejorative term referring to children with xeroderma pigmentosum. This is a genetic disease that causes an extreme sensitivity to sunlight. Even ordinary exposure can cause skin cancer. They have no actual connection to vampyres.
Vampiress: A female vampire.
Vampyre: A variant of the term "vampire" that is sometimes used to differentiate a real individual from a mythical vampire.
Vampyress: A female vampyre.
Vampyric community: All individuals who either refer to themselves as vampyres, or have been identified as vampyres.
Vampire lifestyler: A non-vampyre who who adopts "fictional vampire imagery and trappings into his/her personal life," often patterning themselves after a fictional character. 6
Vampire tap: An electronic connector which pierces through the insulating layer of a coaxial cable and makes contact with the inner conductor of the cable. It is often used in Ethernet networks that are linked by coaxial cables. They have no relationship with vampyres or vampires. They are also known as a piercing tap.
Wannabe: Pejorative term for a non-vampyre who wants to become one.
White Swan: An individual who opposes the vampyre community.
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Adra: A sponsor or mentor of a fledgling vampyre.
Ardetha: An individual who has been awakened as a vampyre as a result of a magickal ritual. This is a controversial belief. 1
Auto-vampirism: The act of drinking one's own blood.
Awakening: The process whereby a latent vampire realizes what their true condition is, and accepts it.
Beacon: A signal in the form of "a particular feeling or energy signature." 8 generated by both vampyres and "latent or potential" vampyres. Its main function is to lead vampyres to latent vampires in order to assist in their awakening.
The Becoming: The process of conversion from a non-vampyre to a vampyre.
Black Swan: An individual who is not a vampyre but who is close to one or more vampyres and is often a supporter of the community.
The Black Veil : A non-binding but widely accepted ethical guide for vampyres. (The first version of the Black Veil was called The Thirteen Rules of Community.)
Blood bond: A feeling of attraction between a vampyre and a donor that is often felt only by the donor. The term also means an initiation ritual in which a vampyre joins a coven. It also refers to a marriage between two vampyres.
Blood Fetishist: An individual who is sexually aroused by the sight of blood. This is generally unrelated to vampyrism.
Blood Junkie: A pejorative synonym for a sanguinarian vampyre.
Bloodletting: Cutting or piercing skin to release blood. This can be a dangerous procedure unless conducted by a trained individual.
In ancient times, a medical procedure falsely believed to cure diseases and disorders.
Blood lust: An overwhelming desire to feed on a donor's blood.
Bloodplay: Ritual activities, often of a sexual nature, involving blood.
Chi: Close synonym for prana, or life force. A Chinese term.
Childe: A pejorative term for an inexperienced vampyre.
Clinical vampirism: Synonym for Renfield's Syndrome.
Coming out of the Coffin: The process of revealing one's vampyrism condition to non-vampyres. This is analogous to gays and lesbians coming out of the closet, and Wiccans and other Neopagans coming out of their broom closet.
Coven: A group of vampyres.
Darkside (a.k.a. Dark side): Synonym for nightside.
Dayside: Mundane activities in the "real world."
Donor: A person, usually a non-vampyre -- who freely volunteers their blood or life energy to be consumed by one or more vampyres.
Dhampyri: an individual who exhibited symptoms of vampyrism prior to puberty.
The Dragon: Synonym for nightside.
Elder: A person who has been active in the vampyre community. for a lengthy interval, and who shares their knowledge with others.
Embrace: A mythical process of converting a non-vampyre into a vampyre by having them ingest the blood of a vampyre. This concept frequently appears in vampire literature, but is foreign to the beliefs of vampyres.
Energy signature: An individual's specific energy pattern which is uniquely theirs. This allegedly enables vampyres to recognize fellow vampyres.
Energy vampire: A vampire who obtains nourishment primarily or entirely by tapping into another person's prana or life force directly, without ingesting their blood.
Excommunication: The act of excluding a vampyre from a coven or from the entire vampyre community.
Feeding: An activity of vampyres in which they consume a donor's blood, or prana from a donor by other means, or elemental energy from nature.
Fledgling: a recently awakened vampyre with little experience.
Gaja: synonym for poser.
Golden Circle: Individuals who form a vampyre coven. This typically includes black swans, vampyres, and kitra.
Haematodipsia: Intense feeling of haematophilia.
Haematomania: A strong psychological craving for blood.
Hematophageous: Having blood as one's only form of nourishment.
Haematophilia: An sexual attraction to the presence of blood.
Haven: A place where vampyres meet.
Hemeralopia: An inability to see in bright light
House: A group of vampyres who share common beliefs, rituals traditions, etc.
Human: A non-vampire. (this can be a confusing term because it implies that vampires are not human.)
The Hunger: An intense psychological and physical need to feed.
Hunter: An individual who attempts to harm either vampyres or persons perceived to be vampyres.
Incubus: A male vampyre who feeds on pranic energy while involved in sexual activity.
An mythical male demon who seduced females in their sleep.
See succubus.
Kindred: Fellow vampyres.
Kitra: An individual who is both a vampyre and a donor.
Klavasi. A vampyre who experienced a post-pubertal awakening. Most vampyres are klavasi.
Latent vampire: A vampyre who has not yet realized her or his condition.
Leech: A pejorative term for a vampyre.
Life force: Synonym for prana.
Mentor: An experienced vampyre who guides a fledgling.
Mortal: A non-vampyre. (This can be a confusing term, because all vampyres are mortal, just like the rest of the population.)
Mundane: A non-vampyre.
Nightside: "The life of a vampire; being part of the vampiric community."
Of the Blood: Identifying an individual as a vampyre.
Porphyria: A group of medical disorders of which most will cause the individual will have a strong reaction to sunlight. Areas of the skin which are exposed to the sun may burn, blister or scar. Some vampire myths may well have originated as a result of the fear of sunlight by persons with porphyria.
Poser: A non-vampyre who pretends to be a vampyre by claiming to:
Have come from a line of vampyres,
Be immortal,
Be unable to step over flowing water,
Be unable to cast an image in a mirror, etc.
Prana: Life force. Sanguinarian vampyres obtain pranic energy through blood; Psi vampyres extract it from other person's emotional energy without consuming blood.
Psi vampyre: A vampyre who feeds off of the emotional energy of another person or persons.
Psychic energy: Forms of energy which may be pranic (from living things) or elemental (from natural forces)
Psychic attack: An action by a psychic vampire which drains prana from another individual without their prior consent.
Psychic vampyre: An individual who feeds off of the prana of others by tapping into their emotional energy.
Real vampire (a.k.a. RealVamp): A sanguine, psychic, psi, or energy vampyre who needs to feed off of other individuals or of nature in order to maintain their health and energy levels.
Renfield's Syndrome. A psychological disorder named after a fictional character in Dracula. Richard Noll proposed the syndrome. He suggests that children go through blood-related phases until full vampyrism is expressed after puberty. The theory is not widely accepted among mental health professionals. It does not appear in the American Psychiatric Association's Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV).
Role player: A synonym for poser.
RPG'er: An individual who considers themselves to be a vampyre because they play that role in a Role Playing Game
Sang: a synonym for Sanguinarian vampyre.
Sanguinarian vampyre: An individual who has a need to consume blood -- usually from human source(s) in order to maintain adequate physical and/or emotional energy. He or she may also tap into the emotional energy of others in addition to consuming blood.
Sanguine: a synonym for Sanguinarian vampyre.
Seeker: An individual who wants to be around vampyres. Often, they want to become a vampyre through the mythical process of embracing.
Sexual vampyre: A vampyre who feeds from the sexual energy released during sexual activity. They are rare among the vampyre community.
Shadow: Synonym for nightside.
Sire, Siring: The mythical act of creating a new vampyre by embracing.
Slayer: An individual who attempts to kill vampires. Sarah Michelle Gellar, "The Chosen One," played the role of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, on a TV program by the same name.
Source: A donor; an individual who willingly donates blood to a vampyre.
Succubus:
A female vampyre who feeds on pranic energy while involved in sexual activity.
An mythical female demon who seduced males in their sleep.
See Incubus.
Thirst: Synonym for hunger.
Turning: The process of converting a non-vampyre into a vampyre, generally through blood ingestion or pranic energy exchange. Most vampyres believe that this is impossible. It is a common theme in vampire literature.
Twilight: Establishing an optimum balance between one's Dayside and Nightside activities.
Vamp: Synonym for either vampire or vampyre. Alternately, a sexually predatory non-vampire woman.
Vampire: A male or female, mythical, animated corpse found only in novels, films, comic books and religious myths who rises from its grave to feed off of the blood of animals or humans. 4
A real female or male person who has a condition requiring them to feed off of the pranic energy of other humans or derive energy from natural forces. Non-vampyres regard vampyrism as a hobby, lifestyle, occultic activity, religion or condition.
Vampire bait: A poser or wannabe who attempts to lure a vampyre into their presence.
Vamping out: An extreme attack of the hunger. It generally produces many physiological changes in the vampyre's body.
Vampire children: A pejorative term referring to children with xeroderma pigmentosum. This is a genetic disease that causes an extreme sensitivity to sunlight. Even ordinary exposure can cause skin cancer. They have no actual connection to vampyres.
Vampiress: A female vampire.
Vampyre: A variant of the term "vampire" that is sometimes used to differentiate a real individual from a mythical vampire.
Vampyress: A female vampyre.
Vampyric community: All individuals who either refer to themselves as vampyres, or have been identified as vampyres.
Vampire lifestyler: A non-vampyre who who adopts "fictional vampire imagery and trappings into his/her personal life," often patterning themselves after a fictional character. 6
Vampire tap: An electronic connector which pierces through the insulating layer of a coaxial cable and makes contact with the inner conductor of the cable. It is often used in Ethernet networks that are linked by coaxial cables. They have no relationship with vampyres or vampires. They are also known as a piercing tap.
Wannabe: Pejorative term for a non-vampyre who wants to become one.
White Swan: An individual who opposes the vampyre community.
Intro (short)
Ok this post is just an intro for people who don't know what psychic vampires (or psyvamps--my favorite term, or psi vamps, or psi's or psy's, or psychic vampyres, whichever you prefer) are. We are people who have an energy imbalance. Other words for what we feed from are prana (what I normally use), chi, or life energy. In my next post I will have a glossary of terms and in the post after will be a (hopefully oft. edited--I'm open for suggestions) page with links for referances and or support pages, whatever is useful and relevant.
Please keep an open mind when reading and if you have a question or comment feel free to let me know.
Also keep in mind I myself am still learning and in no way consider myself an expert. Think of me more like an information collector and support for my fellow psyvamps out there.
Please keep an open mind when reading and if you have a question or comment feel free to let me know.
Also keep in mind I myself am still learning and in no way consider myself an expert. Think of me more like an information collector and support for my fellow psyvamps out there.
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