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* Add a DiscussionWe're sorry, but this discussion has just been closed to further replies.Raven WilliamsonVampires- info reposted here from a forum discussion.* Posted by Raven Williamson on October 7, 2009 at 11:48am in The Vampires Lair * Back to The Vampires Lair DiscussionsDISCLAIMER: This article is presented as information about real vampires for educationalpurposes. The information presented in this is article should not used as a checklist to determineif someone is a real vampire or not. Having any of the qualities described within this article doesnot make someone a real vampire.All other explanations (i.e., medical, psychological, environmental,etc.) should be explored beforeassuming that one is a real vampire.Also, the information presented in this article is general in nature, and does not go into anydetails. Further research into any specific topics is encouraged by the author.Real Vampires?What is a real vampire? What are the different type of vampires and their differences?This article originally started out as a response to someone asking those very questions in adiscussion group that I am a member of.These questions are frequently asked in many different discussion groups by many differentpeople, usually by those that are new to the vampire community. Depending on where one asksthese questionsor to whom one asks these questions, one will get many different answers. The answers I willgive are my own understanding and my own opinion based on my own personal research.There are often discussions about mythical/fictional vampires that most are already familiar withfrom myths, books, movies, television and role playing games. There are also sometimesdiscussions about energy/astral beings (which do not have corporeal forms) and creatures(suchas demons) with vampiric qualities, however such beings and creatures are not considered to betrue vampires. In actuality, thereis only one type of vampire: real vampires. Real vampires are individuals (mortal living humans)that have a genuine need for life force energies from outside sources because their bodies either consume energy too quickly or do not produce sufficient life force energy to sustain them.Real vampires are then further classified by their feeding methods, but some will say that thedifferent feeding methods are different types of real vampires."Types" of VampiresSome will say that there are two main different methods of feeding on life force energy; sanguineand psi; and that all other forms of feeding are subcategories or specializations of psi feeding.Others will saythat each feeding method is a different form of feeding, hence different "types" of vampires.Sanguine vampires (or sanguinarians) are vampires who feed by drinking blood. However, it isnot the blood itself that they are feeding on.It is the life force energy contained within the blood. Blood drinking is arguably the most potentform of feeding on life force energy, and many sanguinarians can thrive for many weeks from asingle feeding.(A single feeding is often about an ounce or two of blood taken from a willing donor.)

Sanguinarians often describe blood drinking as a very fulfilling, very powerful and somewhatintoxicating experience. It also tends to be a rather intimate form of feeding.Psi (or psy) vampires are vampires that feed psychically on life force energies. Psi feeding (in anyform) can be done from an individual (most often a willing donor) or from the ambient energies of a group or crowd. However, psi feeding can also be done from a person without the personrealizing that they are being fed from, although many may consider it to be unethical to do so.Generally though, the person being fed from is not harmed by the feeding in any way. It should benoted that there is no difference between a psi vampire and a psy vampire, other than thespelling. As for the difference in spellings, the only conclusion I have been able to reach is thatpsi is an abbreviation of psionic, while psy is an abbreviation of psychic.However both terms, psionic and psychic, refer to psychic phenomena.Psi vampires used to be referred to as psychic vampires, but the field of behavioral psychologyhas co-opted the term psychic vampire to describe a person who has a psychological need for attentionand will do whatever they can to get that attention from anyone and everyone, leaving those thatinteract with them feeling drained. Psi vampires avoid using the term psychic vampire todifferentiate themselves from the behavioral psychology psychic vampires. Some will also refer topsi vampires as pranic vampires, derived from the term prana, a sanskrit term literally translatedas life force energy.Empathic vampires are vampires who feed on emotional life force energies from the emotions of people. There are those that will say that vampires that feed on negative emotional energies(anger, fear, etc.) are negative/chaotic vampires and are a subcategory/specialization of empathicvampires.Others will say that negative/chaos vampires are separate from empathic vampires. The reasonis that empathic vampires will usually feed on whatever emotions a person is feeling withoutnecessarily causing those emotions.However, often negative/chaos vampires will cause situations where negative emotions andchaotic energies will be stimulated and then feed off of those energies.Sexual vampires are vampires who feed on the life force energies generated from having sex,especially the excess energies generated at the moment of orgasm. They can do so psychicallyand/or frombodily fluids. Female sexual vampires are sometimes referred to as succubi (singularly,succubus), and male sexual vampires are sometime referred to as incubi (singularly, incubus).Some will also refer tosexual vampires as tantric vampires. Others will refer to sexual vampires as pranic vampires.There is sometimes debate within the vampire community if referring to sexual vampires aspranic vampires is correct or not as there are some within the vampire community that refer to psivampires as pranicvampires, which could lead to some confusion when talking about pranic vampires. Those thatsupport referring to sexual vampires as pranic vampires argue that pranic energies and prana aretwo different things, and that pranic energies are energies related to sex while prana is just lifeforce energies.There are those that think the use of the labels tantric and pranic in reference to sexual vampiresis an attempt by some within the vampire community at political correctness who feel that theterm sexual vampire is derogatory and/or offensive or simply think that tantric and pranic "sound"better than sexual.It is also possible that those who use tantric or pranic when talking about sexual vampires are

doing so to differentiate them from any link to behavioral psychology which seems to also be co-opting the term sexual vampire to describe a person who has a psychological need for attention(much like a psychic vampire) through sex.Soul vampires are vampires that are able to feed directly off the energy of a person's soul. As aresult of soul feeding, soul vampires will sometimes gain some or all of the abilities of the personthey arefeeding from. Soul vampires will also sometimes receive memories, thoughts and desires of theperson that they are feeding from. Soul feeding is a very intimate form of feeding, even more sothan sexualand sanguine feeding. Soul vampires are also sometimes referred to as soul devourers.Elemental vampires are vampires that are able to feed on the life force energies of the elements;earth, wind, fire, and water. Some will say that elemental vampires are elementalists who are abletomanipulate elemental energies and then convert those energies into consumable life forceenergies. Others will say that elemental vampires feed directly from elemental life force energies.There are also those that will say that vampires who feed on life force energies from plants andanimals are also elemental vampires. However, there are those that distinguish such vampires asnature vampires.Another method of feeding often considered a subcategory or specialization of elemental feedingis electrical feeding; the indirect feeding on energies in electrical fields and lightning. Others willdistinguish such vampires as electrical vampires.Astral vampires are vampires that are able to travel through the astral plane and feed off of thelife force energies of other entities within the astral plane, and/or they are able to materialize inastral form and feed off the life force energies of people that are usually asleep.Dreamscape vampires are essentially astral vampires that are able to enter into a person'sdream, and feed from the life force energies within the dream. They can be invisible observers inthe dream, or they can manifest themselves within the dream. Some are able to influence thecourse of the dream.Magickal vampires are vampires that are able to feed on and manipulate magickal energies.Vampires who only use one method of feeding are referred to by the way that they feed (i.e.,sanguinarian, elemental vampire, sexual vampire, etc.). Vampires who are able to feed usingsome but not all psychic methods but are not able to feed sanguine are referred to as adaptivepsi vampires. Vampires who are able to feed using all psychic methods but are not able to feedsanguine are referred to as eclectic psi vampires. Sanguine vampires that are also able to feedusing some but not all psychic methods are referred to as adaptive vampires. Sanguine vampireswho are also able to feed using allpsychic methods are referred to as eclectic vampires.Other "Vampires"There are several groups of people that are often mistaken for being real vampires that are oftenassociated with the vampire community.One such group of people are referred to as leeches or energy leeches by some within thevampire community. Such individuals are people who have developed the ability to manipulateand feedon life force energies in many of the ways vampires feed, however such individuals usually do nothave a genuine need for the life force energies that they feed on. They manipulate and feed onlife force