VAMPCULT
The Modern Vampire Fantasy
My older brother was fascinated by vampire folklore. As with sightings of ghosts, the vampire mythos is a well documented phenomenon. Our research into beings that live off the blood of other creatures was, to everyone else anyway, a natural teen cult obsession, which helped reintroduce my naturalized personality outside hospital walls. No longer under the cloud of the drugs, I was able to navigate through the mental health system – a feat I challenge anyone who thinks they’re “sane” to manage without a first diagnosis.
Secretly goth, we began to explore the occult world around us. From very early on, we developed a simple principle that applied to all the material we gathered for study; what we think we know only exists within a bubble of all that we don’t know.
Naturally, as anyone looking beyond the fictionalized modern version of Dracula, we began to learn the subtle changes to the lore, and soon began to categorize behavior and so-called vampire attributes. Vlad the impailer? Kids stuff, thousands of years after demonic beings freely roamed the earth.
Many others throughout history have been associated with vampires, and of course there is the “vampire disease” porphyria - but these are tales of those born human becoming infected with demon blood. Like, where do vampires come from? Lillith. Adam’s first wife and one of the oddly metaphysically supernatural passages of Hebrew legend seems to imply that humans co-existed with demons in a “time before time” so to speak, the beginning of human kind (see: NOTES)
• Even the Bible fails to give an accurate timeline, and it really doesn’t even try. In ancient times, formal calendars changed frequently according to rule.
Though not a common entry in today’s revised editions of biblical lore, Lillith and her demons had some kind of gang rape scene with her ex and his new sweetie, Eve, both spawning demons as a result. Demon babies! Spooky.
• At the risk of offending those of religious conviction, I should mention that historic text is written in a dead language, that Hebrew characters have evolved over an eon, and with such passage of time and even the most subtle shifts in translation dramatically changes the original meaning. Mysticism is widely accepted in these times, yet by today’s standards a burning bush is just a burning bush.
It would stand to reason that if “all peoples” come from “God’s” alpha-couple, then somewhere at some time there must exist an “unnatural” generation of hybrids bubbling with supernatural dark energy from the earliest stages of the universe as we know it. Without any significant data to back up with hypothesis, my brother and I began our own field research, leaving ink bound accounts behind us and living the life firsthand. Quickly sucked into “VampCult” (our clever little term for today’s modern fictionalized version of vampire lore), my older bro became a blood drinking creature of the night. In a kind of way.
VampCult embraces romantic aspects of the mythos and live according to standard, modern and fictional “Dracula rules” – avoiding sunlight, garlic, holy water, steaks through the heart, etc., with some intense focus on blood as part of sexual gratification. These groups can be very convincing and my brother thought becoming a vampire would make a good experiment, and being more mature, there are other aspects within the set of circumstances that I’d rather not discuss in conjunction with him. Nobody wants to think of their sibling as a sex slave. I got him away from the faux house of vampires ASAP.
All is well, except his occasional lust for warm blood. That’s sort of meant as a joke. He maintains an identity within the community, and I would often tag along back in the days before PSI.
I’ve found that most vamps could figure out my deal right away, the brightly beaming witch standing beside the dude wearing glasses and fangs. When asked, I’d generally deny or significantly downplay my connection with the spirit world. Some might argue that true witchcraft taps into the same forces as E.S.P., but I strongly disagree. To the best that I can describe, my enhanced senses are natural, innate abilities; I’m just able to perform them much better than most. The Dark Arts work to shift the very fabric of nature – reality – itself. This is paranormal versus supernatural.
If, for the sake of argument, vampires do exist, would it be wise to call attention to themselves?
Wouldn’t it make much more sense to allow folklore and modern movie mythology create a false identity for the public? What are those rules again – sunlight, mirrors, fire breath?
Only the most advanced underground vampire societies are founded on accurate historical information, but again, it could be a very well played fantasy, this “living vamp” is a human who simply acts as a vampire. Accounting for potential E.S.P. or knowledge of witchcraft, these modern ghouls could be your neighbor or close relative.
A real blood sucking demon beast? Well, that’s another story...
p.s. -- sorry I haven't been able to follow up on my last entry for so long, I had a little run in with a tempermental gang of goblins that were setting fires in Wichita, Kansas. I was able to privde evidence that cleared arson charges against a 14-year old boy and two of his friends.
//SALEM (coming soon)
//WICCA (coming soon)
My older brother was fascinated by vampire folklore. As with sightings of ghosts, the vampire mythos is a well documented phenomenon. Our research into beings that live off the blood of other creatures was, to everyone else anyway, a natural teen cult obsession, which helped reintroduce my naturalized personality outside hospital walls. No longer under the cloud of the drugs, I was able to navigate through the mental health system – a feat I challenge anyone who thinks they’re “sane” to manage without a first diagnosis.
Secretly goth, we began to explore the occult world around us. From very early on, we developed a simple principle that applied to all the material we gathered for study; what we think we know only exists within a bubble of all that we don’t know.
Naturally, as anyone looking beyond the fictionalized modern version of Dracula, we began to learn the subtle changes to the lore, and soon began to categorize behavior and so-called vampire attributes. Vlad the impailer? Kids stuff, thousands of years after demonic beings freely roamed the earth.
Many others throughout history have been associated with vampires, and of course there is the “vampire disease” porphyria - but these are tales of those born human becoming infected with demon blood. Like, where do vampires come from? Lillith. Adam’s first wife and one of the oddly metaphysically supernatural passages of Hebrew legend seems to imply that humans co-existed with demons in a “time before time” so to speak, the beginning of human kind (see: NOTES)
• Even the Bible fails to give an accurate timeline, and it really doesn’t even try. In ancient times, formal calendars changed frequently according to rule.
Though not a common entry in today’s revised editions of biblical lore, Lillith and her demons had some kind of gang rape scene with her ex and his new sweetie, Eve, both spawning demons as a result. Demon babies! Spooky.
• At the risk of offending those of religious conviction, I should mention that historic text is written in a dead language, that Hebrew characters have evolved over an eon, and with such passage of time and even the most subtle shifts in translation dramatically changes the original meaning. Mysticism is widely accepted in these times, yet by today’s standards a burning bush is just a burning bush.
It would stand to reason that if “all peoples” come from “God’s” alpha-couple, then somewhere at some time there must exist an “unnatural” generation of hybrids bubbling with supernatural dark energy from the earliest stages of the universe as we know it. Without any significant data to back up with hypothesis, my brother and I began our own field research, leaving ink bound accounts behind us and living the life firsthand. Quickly sucked into “VampCult” (our clever little term for today’s modern fictionalized version of vampire lore), my older bro became a blood drinking creature of the night. In a kind of way.
VampCult embraces romantic aspects of the mythos and live according to standard, modern and fictional “Dracula rules” – avoiding sunlight, garlic, holy water, steaks through the heart, etc., with some intense focus on blood as part of sexual gratification. These groups can be very convincing and my brother thought becoming a vampire would make a good experiment, and being more mature, there are other aspects within the set of circumstances that I’d rather not discuss in conjunction with him. Nobody wants to think of their sibling as a sex slave. I got him away from the faux house of vampires ASAP.
All is well, except his occasional lust for warm blood. That’s sort of meant as a joke. He maintains an identity within the community, and I would often tag along back in the days before PSI.
I’ve found that most vamps could figure out my deal right away, the brightly beaming witch standing beside the dude wearing glasses and fangs. When asked, I’d generally deny or significantly downplay my connection with the spirit world. Some might argue that true witchcraft taps into the same forces as E.S.P., but I strongly disagree. To the best that I can describe, my enhanced senses are natural, innate abilities; I’m just able to perform them much better than most. The Dark Arts work to shift the very fabric of nature – reality – itself. This is paranormal versus supernatural.
If, for the sake of argument, vampires do exist, would it be wise to call attention to themselves?
Wouldn’t it make much more sense to allow folklore and modern movie mythology create a false identity for the public? What are those rules again – sunlight, mirrors, fire breath?
Only the most advanced underground vampire societies are founded on accurate historical information, but again, it could be a very well played fantasy, this “living vamp” is a human who simply acts as a vampire. Accounting for potential E.S.P. or knowledge of witchcraft, these modern ghouls could be your neighbor or close relative.
A real blood sucking demon beast? Well, that’s another story...
p.s. -- sorry I haven't been able to follow up on my last entry for so long, I had a little run in with a tempermental gang of goblins that were setting fires in Wichita, Kansas. I was able to privde evidence that cleared arson charges against a 14-year old boy and two of his friends.
//SALEM (coming soon)
//WICCA (coming soon)
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