Kindred Tribune April 1, 2007

Volume 2
Issue 2
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Atlanta Vampire Alliance (AVA) David Goddard Yara Nightshade

Michelle Belanger Vincent Grisanti Nox
William Blumberg Vampire kitten Angela Pearson
Melissa Brown Lady CG Sanguinarius
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 From the Editor
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In this issue we address the issues and difficulties of awakening. Be it to your nature as
otherkin, vampire or to the world of paganism and magic. In this issue members of the
communities will share their own stories and offer tips and advice to help those who are
just beginning their walk down these paths.
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 Table Of Contents
Awakening: Learning to Believe ..... 1
What is Awakening? . . . . .3
How I came to be & What I've learned... . . . . .4
Tips For Awakening . . . . . . 6
Red Letters of Love . . . . .7
Awakening - What’s wrong with me? . . . . .13
Issues with Awakening Today . . . . . . 14
News, Events, & Announcements. . . . .15
Cover Artwork
Provided By Jesse Peper
For any of you Kindred Tribune readers interested in
knowing; I am a painter, mostly. Although, I also
work with sound-related projects, sculpture, intaglio
and anything that looks useful for me to bring my
ideas and imagination out into the physical world.
Whenever I attempt to describe my work as a
painter, I find myself engaging in a process that
interferes with the actual paintings as individual
entities. Currently, I feel as if painting is a
language of sorts. One day my paintings will have
to live without me and speak for themselves. Titles
and sometimes inscriptions are as far as I usually
incorporate the use of words regarding my visual
ideas. Symbolism has a very strong impression on
my work. A great deal of what I use or see as such,
are thusly incorporated with some degree of
personal association and interpretation. If you
would care to view my works or correspond with me
please visit my website:
http://www.jessepeper.com
Thank you! - Jesse
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Awakening: Learning to Believe on that I really wanted to stop, but couldn’t control
any other way. “It’s all psycho-somatic, it’s all
By. Michelle Belanger
psycho-somatic” I’d say over and over again, until
the unwanted phenomenon would just go away.
When I was in second grade, we were flying kites in
the schoolyard, and I was disappointed because my
Gifts from Heaven or Hell
kite would not fly very high. I was a very
Sometimes other kids and adults would connect
competitive child, and so I naturally decided to call
these strange happenings with me, and their
a wind to make it fly higher than everyone else’s. I
responses would vary, as did my responses to their
closed my eyes and sort of reached up into the wind
responses. Some folks at my church, for example,
to pull a stronger gust my way, and I started
seemed to think I was some kind of little angel
chanting quietly to myself to help focus:
come down with great gifts from God. The way they
went on about what I could do just plain scared me,
Thunder, lightning, wind and rain,
because it seemed like a terrible responsibility to be
Blow the clouds in, storm again!
walking around with miraculous gifts. Heck, I’d gone
Thunder, lightning, wind and hail,
to Sunday school - I knew what they’d done to that
Lightning flash and thunder wail!
Jesus guy, and I didn’t want anything like that
happening to me!
It is a chant I use to this day whenever I do storm
magick.
Then there were the folks who would be afraid of
me, or decide it had something to do with Satan.
Now, no one had taught me anything about magick
They made me feel scared as well, or ashamed of
at that point in my life, and I know I hadn’t learned
what I could do. Their responses also made me
the chant from anyone - it just sort of came to me.
want to be pretty secretive about things, so I talked
The really funny thing about this is that not only did
less and less and usually tried to pretend I had
it work to call a really strong wind, but one of the
nothing to do with anything weird if things
teachers on recess duty apparently noticed me
happened around me.
chanting and yelled at me to cut it out - as if she
knew that I was calling the wind. I was so
If someone confronted me about these
embarrassed for getting caught doing something I
“coincidences” I usually claimed innocence, saying I
obviously shouldn’t have been, that I didn’t do
had no idea what they were talking about.
anything like that for quite some time.
Although, to be honest, there were times when,
being a kid, I got really pissed off at someone and
After that, there were a lot of little incidents that
tried to make things happen to them. It usually
hinted there was something a little strange about
scared the hell out of me when something finally
me: lights going on and off, other electrical devices
did, and if I was pretty sure I’d done it, I’d feel
like TVs and radios not working right around me,
guilty for a while. I usually escaped the guilt with
circuits and things blowing out. I didn’t start
the same excuse I used for so many years: it was
connecting all this to me until fourth or fifth grade,
just a coincidence, so what was I worried about
and then I started studying what I could find on
anyway?
psychic phenomenon at the time.
The Balance of Belief
At that point I knew I could do things, but I still
There is no single, specific incident that finally
didn’t understand how anything worked or what it
tipped the balance of belief for me. Rather, it was a
meant. And of course, I wavered back and forth,
whole lot of little things that piled up till I couldn’t
because anytime I’d talk about the things I could
ignore them anymore. I could have explained one
do, people got really weird about it and were either
or two away, but five, ten, or fifteen weird things all
scared of me afterward or told me I was crazy.
happening at about the same time with no good
explanation just couldn’t be coincidence any more.
Swimming in Denial
It was hard at first to accept that it was me doing
And I’ve seen this in others again and again - the
these things. It was even harder to accept that it
really big, reality-popping incidents don’t do it for
wasn’t just accidental, but that I could learn to do
them. Those they can somehow turn a blind eye to,
these things consciously. I was a pretty rational /
or maybe trick themselves into forgetting about.
scientific-minded kid growing up, so of course I
But the day-to-day incidents, the endless string of
fought to fit everything into a paradigm that agreed
little intuitions and “coincidences” and “luck” are
with what I was being taught about what was
what finally prove it to people. Eventually, all those
possible and impossible.
little incidents build up into a huge pile of crushing
proof:
Coincidence was my favorite excuse, or that it was
somehow all psycho-somatic Sometimes this would
be my mantra when something strange was going

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Reality is not always what it seems, Sentiments I write once more

And we can alter it through Will and through
dreams. So soft did my window open
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© 2003 Michelle Belanger
I stall my breath, a sharp inhale,
Quietly hoping to see you,
To feel your warm heart against mine.
Let dark wings occlude our bodies.
Have dominion over my eyes.
Let lips collide, ecstatic purrs
Run slender arms across hot skin
Time, finally, you lay with me.
Thine darkest wings of onyx stone
Do they so take captive weak me
Moaning sighs, heated lust from us
Your hands now slide downward, lower.
Your wings provide a heated dark
Have dominion over my heart
Let precious tears fall from my eyes
These dark, pooling, kind emeralds
Take swiftly away, sweaty kiss.
Our love now heralds high above
Aphrodite now envies our sight
Raging angrily from our lust
Dark wings unfold and morn is here.
You place a loving sentiment
A rose, a ring, a kiss on me
Standing on the sill you there are
You smile from the spot you grace and
Before you realize it I wake
I don’t want you to go, ever
Why must you? But before you do
I cling to your arm, crying now
Take me with you away from pain
You smile, take my hand and lead me
Away and far from worldly pain

David Goddard
©2007

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What is Awakening? accepted paradigm and seek to define one of your

own. This is one of the reasons so many Awakened
By. Michelle Belanger
people are such egoists -- it takes a strong ego to
survive the process of Awakening without buckling
There is more to the world than just ordinary,
under the pressure to just disbelieve.
physical reality. There is not just body. There is also
spirit. All of the material things around us have a
Belief is the crux of Awakening. There is usually a
vital, spiritual component that our current culture
critical point at which a person who is Awakening
encourages us to be blind to.
makes a decision to believe or not to believe. If
they choose to accept that there is more to reality
However, for some of us, it is impossible to remain
than they have been told, then the process
blind. Those who we term "Awakened" have their
continues and, with work, they will eventually come
eyes open and are able to see all of those things
to understand and even master the latent abilities
that make the universe a richer and more profound
that they have. If they choose not to believe, those
experience than one of just the material senses.
latent abilities do not just go away. Instead, the
Awakened person enters a period of deep
Awakening comes at various points in people's lives.
repression that can continue their whole lives.
Some of us are born Awakened, and we have
Either way, the road before the person is not an
known nothing else. Others come to their
easy one. On one hand, they must work their whole
Awakening later in life. Most often, we are born with
lives to believe in something most other people
the capacity to Awaken, and latent talents and
regard as fantasy. On the other, they must work
abilities manifest in early childhood. But as our
their whole lives to forcibly keep their spiritual eyes
parents, teachers, and all other authority figures in
shut when seeing and experiencing things on that
our lives repeatedly reinforce the notion that our
level are as natural to them as breathing.
subtle senses are just our imagination, that spirits
aren't real and that magick doesn't exist, we start
We've been there. We've seen people go either
to block off this aspect of our experience.
way. And we know how hard it is to keep going,
even once you've made the decision to believe.
These self-imposed mental blocks often do not start
That's why this page has articles on Awakening --
to come loose until the onset of puberty or later
what it's like from people who have been there, tips
adolescence. Sometimes latent abilities manifest
for getting through it, and encouraging words that
with renewed strength as puberty comes upon us,
will hopefully make you realize that you're as not
and then our sensations and perceptions become
crazy as you think you are.
something which we cannot deny. More often, as we
go through that period of individuation in
The world is changing as are the people in it. There
adolescence wherein we question the rules and
are more and more Awakened in every generation
boundaries set by society and by our parents, we
now. Together we are pushing the boundaries, so it
start to also question those boundaries that tell us
becomes easier each time someone new gives them
what we can and cannot believe.
a push. This is the time and the place for it, and if
you have the courage and the perseverance, there
It is very common in this stage of Awakening to re-
is something wonderful to be achieved.
evaluate the experiences and beliefs of childhood in
______________________
an attempt to discern what was real and what was
© 2003 Michelle Belanger
truly imagination. At this stage it is also common to
experiment with different belief systems in an
attempt to understand what is really going on with
a reality that does not seem to conform to the
accepted rules. A person at this stage has a lot of
unanswered questions and a lot of experiences that
seem to defy the very rules of possibility.

It is not uncommon to have spontaneous numinous

experiences at this stage as well -- episodes of
precognition, strong moments of empathy or
telepathy, visual perception of auras or spirits, and
other feelings which cannot be explained.

The challenge with Awakening is breaking through

those barriers imposed by your parents, your
society, and your birth religion. This is not an easy
thing to do. It takes a strong personality and a
profound belief in yourself to be able to reject the

~3~
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How I came to be & What I've learned...
Broken Wings: A new ability?
Those eyes....*his* eyes. The dark warm eyes I had
always subconsciously avoided are now staring back
at mine. They suddenly became cold and pupils a
piercing white. I can't break the connection. But oh
how desperately I want to. It’s as if he sees right
into my very soul. It feels as if he's telling me
things about myself that I don't even know. I lost all
sense of time, direction and sound into his eyes. He
was in complete control. All I remember was those
eyes. He awakened something within me that night.
Something...weird, that I don't quite understand.
***
This is the story of my 4th awakening, not how I
awakened to my vampirism or therianthropy or how
I found the Goddess. This is the awakening of a new
ability. One that apparently no one's heard of. I
don't know how I do it or why... I just know I can. I
call it "Broken Wings".
***
From that moment on something was different. I
noticed things and experienced things in new ways.
I suddenly knew *he* was 'kin. I could feel it. I
could now sense otherkin by scanning their energy
and could also see phantom limbs. That was
normal. Within days of that night I began to develop
something else, something different. It started with
a dream...
***
I’m in my Arctic Wolf form, am walking down a long
road. The wind howling, cracks of lightning easing
me into my walk. The stone of the path is cold to
the pads of my feet. I trail on into a cave. *THE*
cave, the one where I found myself for the 1st time.
I enter cautiously... it gets cold...very cold. I walk
on slowly...carefully. Then I reach it the silvery
pond at the end of the tunnel. I call it the "Mirror of
the Goddess". I take a look at myself long and hard.
Then I see them. The scars on my back. They're
odd, placed exactly where one may have once had
wings. I take the image in and all at once I snap
awake!
***
That dream never left my mind... I was constantly
reminded of it...especially when I was around
*him*. Then it happened... at rehearsal one night.
He poked me lightly and told me to "pass it on".
Silly I know but I did so anyway. What's wrong with
having a little innocent fun every now and again? I
look back at him... I get cold again, that same
unbearable cold, that cold that tells me that 'kin are
near. I look at him. His wings are fully visible,
yellow at the time. At that moment I could feel
them on me as if they were mine! I was in physical
pain... that's how intense his wings are. I can't
really explain what it was like but it's an amped up
version of feeling my own phantom limbs.
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(Ears, paws and tail). I then realized what my gift
was. I could feel other people's phantom wings.
Only wings though nothing else. I knew these wings
were not my own. This really fascinated me. I tried
to research it but to no avail. I posted on boards
and web sites and nobody knew. I have a gryphon
friend who's wings I can also feel, hers are very
different from *his*. They're very bird-like and
twitchy. My dragon friends are large and sturdy.
Everyone's wings were different but I could feel
them all. A few weeks later I came to the realization
that I also experienced the mental shifts of the 'kin
who's wings I was feeling. I become hyper sensitive
and have the most amazing feeling. I can see, hear,
smell, touch and taste EVERY little thing. Along with
experiencing the rapidly changing mindset of my
fellow 'kin It's almost as if I speed up while the
world slows down. I can now control who's wings I
feel and when, at first it was spontaneous. I'm
learning to control it more an more. With every step
I take my gift sharpens and unfold itself. I become
closer and closer to finding out exactly what it is I
can do. I've only slightly begun my journey!
Again we learn new things. With this gift I can feel
things behind me pass through the wings of the 'kin
around me. I can feel the wings of the otherkin
without being near them now. I focus on their
energies and say a word that relates to their wings.
I can also feel their moods now. Whenever I pick up
their belongings I automatically feel their wings.
This is developing to be a very powerful ability.
~Nox The Wolf with the Broken Wings
---- ------------------
Its been five years. Five years of dealing
with vampirism, five years of learning, five years of
emotion, and five years of pain. In January 1999, I
awakened as a sanguinarian. For 3 years before
that, I went through the process of awakening, and
I suffered a great deal of emotional and physical
pain. And on a cold January day in 1999, I cleared
my mind, cleared away the pain for a moment, and
decided that I was a vampire.
A flood of memories saturated my mind, and I knew
that it was blood that made me feel better.Did it
make sense? not really. Was it real? you bet your
ass it was. So there I was, a vampire...the long
sicknesses, the sensitivity to sunlight, the rage, the
thirst. It all became a part of life, and I became
numb to it. I went through the denial stage, the
angry stage, and the bizarre stage. Even at this
stage I did'nt really know what being a vampire
meant. I did'nt know what a "sanguinarian" was, or
what "Psi vamps" were. In 2002, I got on the
Internet for the first time, and stumbled across this
whole world of real vampires. As I read everything,
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it all started to make sense. So, here I am, in 2004,

still learning, and now helping others who are
feeling the same pain, and asking the same
questions.

I spent a lot of time questioning our condition, and

researching, trying to grasp something real, trying
to find the answers. Its been one hell of a ride the
past two years. I've made a lot of good friends, and
even some enemies. There's a whole world out
there who despises us, who puts us down, who calls
us psycho. And even some vampires think its all in
our heads. However, I believe there is a hidden
condition within us, just like there are plenty of
other things science does'nt know about the human
body. On the other hand, there's plenty of people
who support us, befriend us, donate to us, and help
us understand our condition. Vampirism has
become such a big part of my life, that I could
never dare think of denying it ever again. That
would'nt be fair to everyone here, to all of the
people that will awaken, or who have just
awakened. It would'nt be fair to the seekers who
are genuinely interested in learning about us.
My life as a vampire is good right now. I have one
best friend who knows what I am (outside of the
Internet). The other friends are'nt mature enough
to understand yet. Maybe they will be someday. So,
do I damn myself 5 years later? no. I have learned
so much about people. I have gotten to know some
of the smartest, funniest, and friendliest people
here, and thats the best I could ask for.

I thought that it was time to reflect on where i've

been for the past 5 years, and where im headed.
Whatever I decide to do with myself, I live with
vampirism. Its here with me every day, and I have
learned to accept it.

~MFuture

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Tips For Awakening : How do I

know I'm on track?
By: Yara Nightshade

Awakening is simply defined but not easily handled.

It is a range of emotions, memories, senses,
abilities, karma, realizations and more.
Also contrary to popular belief, it has no set time
line. It never stops.

Most of the vampires and other-kin I know are

awakened now.
I have come to understand however there are two
phases of awakening.
The basic awakening, and the deeper awareness.
Basic awakening is simple things, one to a few past
lifetimes, a few abilities,
being able to energy siphon for vampires, feeling
phantom limbs for some kin,
being able to astral project.

The deeper awareness is the wicked tailspin one is

thrown into that uncovers more lifetimes, intricate
deeper abilities, and the insane quest to learn more,
know more and become more, not out of greed, but
because it is the destiny of the soul to rejoin with
True Source in this manner, and most importantly
because we are who we are.

Only a handle of vampires and kin find their deeper

awareness, because so few are comfortable with the
depth, commitment and interesting theories and
truths one forms, the deeper one goes.

Either way for either path, you must learn to not

envy others progress, and learn there is no set time
frame for you to remember how or what. You
control your own awakening. You hold the joystick.
You will see what you're meant to when you are
ready to see and know. It can't be rushed. If you're
still saying "Oh! but that's so cool! I wanna do
that!" You're not ready.

Spirituality helps it doesn't really matter the path.

Meditation helps, Energy and Chakra work helps
and most of all your acceptance of what you are,
who you have been, what you may be, what you're
capable of both good and bad is very key to when
you awaken what within. Remembering what we are
and have been is not only a gift, and sometimes a
curse, but is responsibility. Source and our
guardians know when we can handle something,
and when we can't. You may think there's nothing
out there that guides us, but the more you'll
awaken, the more you will become aware

©2007 Yara Nightshade

~6~
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Red Letters Of Love I have document you are looking for. Call me to
By - Angela Pearson & William Blumberg
discuss details and payment.
Chapter Nine
Wynter was stunned. Information he had spent the
past several decades of his life searching for may
now be his. There had been many mistakes made
Aine rose to look into Wynter’s eyes. She blinked
over the years and many false leads, but this time
like she was confused.
Wynter felt sure he was on the right track.
She was silent so long, just blinking, Wynter asked
He sent back his message.
her again, “Aine, do you wish to join me in this life?
Cannot call now, in an urgent meeting. Call me
with details in three hours or when you have a
Aine growled low in her throat, cupped Wynter’s
chance.
face, and pulled him into a passionate embrace.
Her hands were as wild in his hair as her tongue is
Pleased, Wynter closed his phone with a click.
in his mouth.
Tucking the device into his pocket, he took Aine’s
hand in his. Together, they walked back to where
Wynter groaned and crushed Aine close to him.
Wynter had left the car in the shadows.
After a few moments, he fought Aine, roughly
pulling her hair, so her face, at least, tipped away
A man had been watching them from the overhang
from his.
above the bar door. Staying many feet behind the
couple, he followed them and paused when they got
Both were panting heavily.
into the car. After they drove off, the man pulled a
phone out his pocket and made a phone call.
“Aine,” Wynter gasped. “Mi carus, as much as I
would like to continue this, I have to know if this is
“Master Damek, it is done. She is one of us.” He
adrenaline or if you want this, if you want me.” He
paused and listened. “No one was alerted to what
gave Aine a quick shake to stop her roaming hands
happened. Yes, she took the man Wynter had been
and to focus her attention.
stalking, sir.” He listened again. “The only thing
that happened was he got a message. I wasn’t
“Aine,” Wynter couldn’t keep the anguish from his
close enough to hear anything, but I think it was
voice.
just a text message anyway.” The man nodded to
the voice he was listening to. “Yes, sir, he took the
Aine slowly closed her eyes and took a deep breath.
car and appeared to be returning to his place… Yes,
She opened her eyes and cupped Wynter’s face
I will take over the watch tomorrow night. Thank
again. “Yes, Wynter. I want this. I want you.”
you, Damek.”
Wynter kissed her hard before clutching her close.
The man ended the call and slipped the phone back
“As much as I would really, really like to continue
into his pocket. He sauntered back to the bar for a
this, I think it if best we go home.”
drink to celebrate, but only one. Damek would kill
him if he were hung over on the job tomorrow.
“Home?” Aine looked at the dead man at her feet.
“Yes, it probably would be better if we left.” Aine
slipped slowly out of Wynter’s arms. “What do I do
now?”
The return trip was a quiet one. Aine thought over
everything that had just happened, staring with
Wynter gave Aine quiet directions as he set to work.
unseeing eyes out the car window. Wynter had
With minimal words exchanged, they hide any sign
shown her how to use a knife and make the wounds
of their visit before slipping out the way they had
created by her teeth look like an attack and less like
come in.
a bite. Together, they rummaged through the
apartment, leaving the place looking like it had
been robbed. Wynter had discovered some papers
At the entrance to the alley that would lead them
that the man had listed everything he had stolen
back to the bar, Wynter’s cell phone announced he
and people he had cheated over the recent years.
had a text message. He paused under the feeble
Wynter made sure to place them where the police
glow of a streetlight to read it. Aine stood at his
would easily find them.
side, trying to look and act normal even though she
jumped at every sound, sure it was the police.
Aine’s thoughts shifted to what had brought her to
this point.
Wynter glanced at Aine before he flipped open his
phone to read the message.
She had taken a life.

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It was a monumental event that should have left
her wracked with guilt, yet, Aine was filled with
satisfaction. The man whose life she had ended
deserved to die. While she had been draining his
blood she had been able to touch his mind. The
things he had done through his life had nearly made
her wretch and toss him away like a rag doll.
Instead, she focused on draining his life essence to
provide herself with energy she needed to survive.
“Wynter, is it wrong to feel satisfied at ending a life
or should I feel like a monster?,” Aine demanded
suddenly.
Wynter flinched at her sudden question, lost as he
was in his own thoughts of the message he had just
received. Wynter was not sure how to answer her
question. It was complex.
The light turned green and he used the time it took
to negotiate the intersection with people turning in
front of them to think.
How do I tell her it maybe that we are both monster
and victim? He thought.
His mind went back to the text message he had
received and what it meant; the possibility of
answers to so many questions he had.
The answer may be closer than ever before, he
thought, stopping for another traffic light. Perhaps,
it is fate that we are together for the last part of my
quest. The quest for the answer to the very
question Aine just asked.
Instead of sharing his thoughts with Aine, he said in
a quiet voice, “I am not sure.”
He saw in her face the same doubt he had felt when
he started down the path to the life he now lead.
He knew Aine needed to walk down a much
different path than he had.
I will not lie to her nor will I continue the lie we
vampires have told ourselves for centuries, the
same lies I was told.
Wynter told her, brushing the back of her hand
briefly, “We may be monster, but I do not think that
is true. Well, there are some who really are
monsters, but that kind of being exists in all
cultures and realms.”
“Then tell me what you think and what you know,”
Aine said, the beginnings of understanding
shadowing her words, chasing away the doubt that
had hung heavy in the car.
“It is difficult. Much of the truth has been lost to
us. What is left is hidden in myth and legends. It is
hard to say what is true and what is embellishment
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and fable. What I do know is we must drink blood
to survive; just not as much as some vampires
would have us believe. I also know vampires were
made this way and did not evolve to be homo lamia
from some branch of modern humans.”
Wynter paused to turn the corner into a generic
industrial park before continuing his answer, “I
know that was not a satisfactory answer for you,
but it the only one I have. When I was in Scotland,
I discovered information that has set me on a quest
to find the truth of who we are as vampires. I have
spent the last several decades of my life searching
for the answer to the question you asked a few
minutes ago.”
He stopped the car in front of a bland building with
a roll-up door on the side. While he waited, the
door began to open.
Aine looked with interest because Wynter hadn’t
used a clicker or pushed any buttons to activate the
door.
Wynter drove into the dark space. As they got out
of the car, the door began to close of its own
accord.
Aine had been lost in thought and didn’t recognize
where they were. Wynter lead her to a door near
the roll-up one and stopped her.
Gathering Aine into his arms, Wynter told her, “I do
not know if this path, my quest, will lead us to
despair, but I must see it to the end.” He held her
close for a moment before brushing his lips over
hers.
Stepping away from Aine, he fished keys out of his
pocket and opened the door. He took Aine’s hand
and, together, they walked along the road between
the buildings and onto the main street.
Aine recognize the street as the one Wynter’s office
was on. Thinking quickly, she remembered a listing
of a storage property near the office in her
accounting work. She wondered what else was in
the unobtrusive building. She was about to ask
when the hair on the back of her neck stood on end,
sending goose bumps over her body and awareness
into her senses.
“Wynter, I think we are being watched,” Aine spoke
in a quiet voice.
Wynter never broke stride. “I would not be
surprised if we are. I will protect you, if there is a
need, but I do not think that anything will happen.”
Wynter continued to walk to the building he owned.
He passed by the front door and lead Aine to the
security door they had left the building through
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earlier. Under the glare of the overhead light,
Wynter removed the keys from his pocket.
He fiddled with the keys, like they had become
tangled in the ring. Looking at his hands he asked
Aine, “Do you still feel like we are being watched?”
“Um,” Aine shifted a bit.
“Don’t look where you feel it coming from. Tell
me.”
“Toward the front of the building,” Aine said.
Wynter dropped his keys, squatting down, he
looked to where Aine had said, but could see only
shadows. Picking up the keys, he smiled to Aine.
“Let us go inside. I wouldn’t want you to catch
cold, not after being so sick recently,” Wynter said
in a loud voice.
After Wynter opened the door, Aine forced herself
to walk normally into the building.
Locking the door, Wynter said, “I couldn’t see
anyone or anything but shadows, but as I said, I
wouldn’t be surprised if we were being watched.”
“Damek?” Aine asked.
“More likely one of his mercenaries.” Wynter took
her elbow and started up the long flight of stairs.
“Wynter, can you tell me more about being a
vampire?” Aine asked at a landing.
“Is there something specific you want to know?”
“Not really, just more information, please. Tell me
about blood. Do people taste different, like wines?”
“That is a good analogy. Yes, blood can taste
different from person to person. Sometimes
depending on what the person has just eaten or
their diet or their mood.”
“Mood?” Aine asked.
“A person who is afraid or excited, has adrenaline
pumping through them, will taste much different
than a person who is relaxed. There are some of
our kind who will scare or excite their prey just so
they can have that adrenaline. It makes them feel
stronger, more invincible.”
“That gives me a whole new meaning to adrenaline
junkie,” Aine said to the window.
“There are some of our kind who live their lives to
extremes—in dress, manner, activities.” Wynter
stopped to unlock the stout door to the apartment.
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“Aine, how are you feeling?” he asked gently.
“Ambivalent. While I am satisfied about ending that
man’s life, I’m restless, like there is something I am
missing.”
“Oh, my dear Aine, I understand,” Wynter pulled
Aine into his arms and kissed the top of her head.
“That is why so many who become vampires put so
much into the idea of being the hunter.” Wynter
paused, resting his cheek on her hair.
Being ambivalent is what has lead so many of our
kind to ruin. What should I say? I want her to
know all of the truth I know, but I am afraid of
loosing her if I take away all the mythos
surrounding our kind, leaving her with nothing.
His mind went back to when Aine opened the
curtains and burned them both and decided to tell
her the truth.
She is bright and asks excellent questions. She
would only see through anything else I tell her,
even half truths.
Releasing her, he stepped back and pocketed his
keys. “You are not missing anything,” he told her.
“All that I can offer now is my longing for you to
join me in this life. That meant taking a life. I will
not claim that it is right or that we are somehow
entitled to do so. I only wished for you to be with
me.” Sadness welled up in Wynter.
I made her this way; yet I can give so little comfort
to her in her time of need. I am just reminding her
that I forced this life on her, too.
Wynter sighed heavily and looked down at
his feet. “Even though I think we were made with
magic and blood, I believe there is more to us.
More than any of us, even those who are old for
vampires, even remember. Aine,” he looked up at
her with his head down and shoulders hunched, “I
know I did not give a choice and I do regret that. I
do not regret having you at my side, no matter
what the future holds for us.”
It was Aine’s turn to offer comfort. Saying
nothing, she slipped her arms around Wynter and
rested her cheek against his. They stood that way
for a long time before Wynter lightly kissed her and
opened the door.
Walking into the darkened apartment, Aine still felt
restless. She toed off her battered sneakers and
socks near the refectory table and padded barefoot
on the wood floor. She wandered, looking at
various objects, but not seeing anything.
Her questions had been answered, but she felt as if
there were more she should know. Not that she
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thought Wynter was keeping things from her, but
more like she wasn’t seeing the whole picture.
In his letter before taking her first prey, Wynter had
told her about her senses being heightened now.
She would be able to hear that man’s heart stop,
just as she had. She had already noticed how
improved her sense of smell was. She could still
even smell the orange she had shared with Wynter
before they left. Aine heard Wynter close the door
somewhere behind her and worked at using her
senses to follow him. She heard the sound of metal
jingling and clink as Wynter set his keys on a table.
She inhaled slowly and could smell the lingering
scent of him in the room. Inhaling again, she could
smell the warmth of his cologne as he moved closer
to her. The desire she had felt after draining that
man of his blood had settled into a smoldering heat
after taking care of the body and during the drive
home. As the smell of Wynter’s cologne grew
stronger as he came closer to her, that smoldering
desire flickered to life once more.
Wynter stepped up behind Aine and slipped his
arms around her. He lightly nuzzled her neck.
“What is it you would like to do?” Wynter whispered
in her ear.
Aine shivered and leaned her head against his
shoulder. “Mmm, I think I would like to take a
shower.”
“That can be arranged.” Wynter scooped Aine up in
his arms and walked to the bedroom, Aine’s
laughter filling the air around them.
Chapter Ten
“Wynter, why do we have to drink blood? I mean,
seriously, what is it that creates a vampire? Do you
know?” Aine asked, settling onto the floor between
Wynter’s knees.
Wynter was quiet for a time before speaking, “There
is this world, the one we live in and were born to
and another world where magic rules. Separating
these two worlds is another realm, one of shadows,”
he began, as if reciting a tale so old, it had become
embroidered in the mists of time. “There were
creatures from this shadowed realm that were very
powerful and wanted to rule the magical world. You
could call them demons. Their true names have
been lost to the mists of time. The battle escalated
and spilled over into this world. The beings from
the magical realms wanted to join forces with the
humans of this world. Unfortunately, many of the
humans proved to be… intolerant and distrustful of
anything magical.” Wynter fell silent, staring into
the flames leap among the logs in the fireplace. He
gathered Aine’s wet hair and began combing it. He
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was organizing his thoughts, deciding what to tell
Aine and what could be left to a later time.
“It was becoming a blood bath for all sides with the
demons destroying humans and magical beings
alike. Atrocities were committed by all sides.
Finally, after a strong hold that had been sheltering
children of all the races and those too old or weak
to fight on any side was attacked. I am not sure
which side was responsible, but none survived who
were being sheltered. Hundreds of beings died
horribly. It appeared the demons would win the
battle and conquer both realms. Then, things
changed.”
“During the night, the most powerful of the
remaining magical beings joined sides with the
remaining humans and performed a ritual to make
warriors that were able to heal quickly, who were
physically stronger than any other being, who were
able to blend into the night, and cloud the minds of
their prey. Forty of the most intolerant, self-
righteous of the humans volunteered to be created
into twenty of these new warriors. Through magic,
these warriors, saviors of humans and magical
beings alike, were able to all the things their
creators wanted them to—to blend into the
darkness, to confuse the minds of their prey, to be
the swiftest and quietest of hunters. They created
these warriors to drain the blood of their victims,
thus a silent death. By draining the blood of the
demons, they became the strongest of beings and
conquered the demons of the shadow realm,
destroying all the demons that could be found, but
some fled to the darkest reaches of the shadow
realm, never to be seen again. At the dawn of
recorded history, vampires were created.”
Wynter paused and looked at Aine.
“Vampires were first created with magic, correct?”
Aine asked, gazing at the sluggish flames in the
fireplace.
“Yes,” Wynter answered.
“So, why the blood?” Aine pressed for more
information. “Why didn’t the original vampires die
after the demons were gone? Couldn’t the
vampires be changed back? To their original form?”
Wynter smiled briefly at Aine’s determination for the
answer. “So many questions. I will answer your
last question first. There is so much misinformation,
that the truth may have been lost. I am not sure
what happened after those first warriors came back
from battle. Yes, a vampire could be returned to
their original form, be it human or magical being,
but only by a necromancer. It is not an easy piece
of magic, even for the most powerful of
necromancers to perform. The few necromancers
that were alive then would not have bothered to
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even try. Even today, those few necromancers feel
it is beneath their skills and a waste of a vast
amount of energy to return a vampire to their
original form. It is also very costly and I am not
talking about money either. I do not think those
were the reasons the first vampires were not
returned to the original forms, though.”
“For your second question, I do not know the
answer of why vampires did not die when the
demons were conquered, either. One historical
document stated that at the moment of death,
those twenty who became vampires drank the blood
of the other twenty. That explains the need to drink
blood, and possibly, why the first vampires did not
die at the end of the battle. The spell that made
the vampire ‘virus’ ended the physical life of the
body,” Wynter touched his chest absently. “Only
through the consumption of another life force, the
Chinese call it Ch’I,” He paused in his combing,
letting the red locks curl around his wrist.
Aine nodded in conformation tugging her hair from
the comb.
“Only through the intake of another’s life essence
staves off the body’s natural decomposition.”
Aine was silent as she thought on this new
information.
Wynter continued, “When the body ceases to live
according to medical standards, the blood begins to
coagulate. Once coagulation sets in, decomposition
begins in earnest. The spells that were used have
been lost to the ages, but the magic that created
vampires still exists in the virus and keeps us alive.
The magic that forces us to take another’s life is
also the magic that allows us to live. The fresh
blood we ingest replaces the decomposing blood
inside of us. That new life essence energizes the
magic that allows us to live. If we do not have that
blood and life essence-” Wynter snorted in sudden
humor.
“Life essence—the Force. That Jedi thing from the
movies,” Wynter looked at Aine.
Aine looked over her shoulder with a raised
eyebrow, but said nothing.
“Anyway, as I said, the natural decomposition of
our bodies begins. Our awareness, our essence, is
connected to the body for as long as the body
remains whole.”
“So, as the body, the brain decomposes, madness
sets in,” Aine said. “What you told me about my
options makes sense now.”
The snap and crackle of the fire was the only sound
in the room for a long while.
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“Will that man become a vampire now?” Aine asked.
“No,” Wynter said. “In a sense, it is easy to create
another vampire. The steps are simple and
straightforward. In reality, it is not as easy as it
would appear. Mistakes are made, both in the
creation and the being chosen to be the new
vampire. Were it that simple, there would be so
many vampires, not only the human race would be
wiped out, but the vampires as well. No food
source, no vampires.”
“Is that why I am the only vampire you have made?
Because it wasn’t easy?” Aine asked, studying
Wynter’s hand where it rested on her shoulder,
gilded with an artificial tan by the glow of the fire.
“No, that is not the reason.” Wynter sighed. He sat
the comb on the stark pew he had been sitting on
and slid to the floor next to Aine, close enough to
touch, yet, not touching her. “I have never wished
this life on another. Not all vampires are killing
machines, as the creators intended. Many of us
retain our personalities, who we were in our other
life. The morals we had then are usually carried
over into this life. This is not always true. There
are some who revel in the power being a vampire
gives to them.”
“Like Damek?” Aine interrupted.
“Yes, very much like Damek.” Wynter began to
absently flick at the edge of the towel Aine wore
where it pooled between them. “Damek chose me
for my vanity and devotion. He felt he could appeal
to the vanity, giving me what he thought I would
want. He thought my devotion to my beliefs would
be transferred to devotion to him.”
“He was wrong,” Aine said with certainty.
“No, he was right for many years.”
“Really,” Aine looked at Wynter’s profile. “What
changed?”
“I will tell you some other time,” Wynter said. He
looked at Aine. “Now, I have something to ask of
you.”
“More questions?” Aine flashed Wynter a saucy
smile. “Should I be flippant or concerned?”
“Well, neither really.” Wynter brushed Aine’s drying
hair over her bare shoulder and adjusted the huge
bath sheet around her. “I need you to go to China
soon. Do you think you will be able to do that?
With me?”
“I’m not sure. Am I ready to travel, as—“ Aine
gestured to herself.
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“She is very capable. I would not bring her

“There are some precautions you will need to take,
but things have actually become easier for vampires
to travel. The more restrictions the airlines set
down, has made it clear what needs to be done and
what will draw attention to one of our kind while
traveling. Unfortunately, one of the ways we used
to travel has become hampered. Before September
eleventh, a vampire could wear a burka to travel.
Now, you would have difficulties with this. You look
too obviously American for security to believe you
could be Muslim. I am not saying there are no
caucasian Muslims, just that many people believe
the stereotype that Muslims are dark haired and
dark skinned. That could cause problems and
delays. I have a doctor who will write
documentation for us to travel, covered, as if we
were going to China for medical treatment for a rare
skin condition. I will contact him as a part of
preparation for the trip we need you to make. I
could charter a private plane for that, but for this, I
think it would be best if you fly more traditionally.”
Wynter plucked a curl from Aine shoulder and
brushed it against her cheek. “We are being
watched and I do not want to draw any more
attention than necessary to you, this trip, and the
beings you will be meeting with in China.”
otherwise. She speaks fluent Chinese,” Wynter said
looking in confirmation at Aine.
Aine nodded.
“Excellent,” Wynter said again. “Yes, as soon as I
can make the arrangements, I will let you know.
Thank you for being so prompt and discreet with
this delicate matter,” Wynter said before ending the
conversation.
He slipped the phone back into his pocket as he
said, “Things are proceeding much more quickly
than I had planned or expected. This will work in
our favor, I think.”
“How so? The element of surprise?” Aine asked.
“Exactly,” Wynter said with a note of satisfaction
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Copyright 2007
By Angela Pearson & William Blumberg

“I think I can understand that,” Aine broke her gaze
away from the dancing orange flames to look at
Wynter. “What do I need to know?”
Wynter opened his mouth to speak when the phone
in his shirt pocket began to ring. It was a tone Aine
had only heard once or twice in the time she had
been working for Wynter.
Stay tuned for the next installment of:
Red Letters of Love
See what awaits Wynter and Aine in China when
Angela and William bring you the next installment of
Wynter and Aine's story.

“I need to take this,” he said, pulling the phone out.

Aine studied Wynter’s profile, half listening to his

conversation. The change in his voice ended her
daydream of returning to the bedroom.

“Really? Are you certain?” Wynter paused.

“No, I am not doubting you. It has just been so

long. There have been so many false leads that
ended badly.” Wynter’s voice trailed off and Aine
could hear a male voice coming from the phone, but
not understand the words.

“Excellent. I will be bringing my assistant as soon

as I can make arrangements. No, I want her to be
apart of this.” Wynter said. “I trust her explicitly
and I know she will be discreet as your people will
be.”

Aine cocked her head and wondered what Wynter

had not told her.

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Awakening – What’s wrong
with me?
By. Lady CG
The conversation went something like this...
Newbie: "What’s wrong with me?"
Lady CG: "Have you been to see a doctor?"
Newbie: "Ya...I checked out fine. Blood work
was fine. I still feel like crap"
Lady CG: You tried the vitamin
supplements?
Newbie: "Ya, but only the B vitamins and
the Calcium seemed to help much. I'm
sleeping better now"
Lady CG: "Did the bloody steak help at all?"
Newbie: "For a while. But I haven't had one
for three weeks now."
Lady CG: "Then I know what’s wrong with
you."
Lady CG: "But we talked about this before."
Newbie: "I'm sure I'm awakening"
Lady CG: "Then, as I said before, there is
NOTHING wrong with you. everything you
have described is perfectly normal. For a
Sanguine vampyre"
Newbie: "Is that why I feel so crumbie?"
Lady CG: "No. You feel crumbie because you
haven't fed. A normal person wouldn't
starve themselves. You have to learn not to
starve yourself too. Being a vampyre
doesn't' hurt. Being a Hungry vampyre
does."
I have conversations similar to this every month or
so. Some person will write to me or meet me on IM
wanting to know if they are a vampyre. I have the
same response every time. I can't and won't even
try to tell someone whether they are or are not an
awakening vampyre. Only YOU know the answer to
that. There are however things you can do to help
yourself decide.
Most people don't notice the physical symptoms
first. They call it "awakening' because the very first
sign is an awareness of things and currents around
you, that normal people don't seem to notice. You
feel different, out of place. You feel like you know
things you shouldn't' know and somewhere just on
the edge of your consciousness is an awareness of
greater things you feel you can almost touch.
You start to take an interest in occult. You're
attracted to darker subjects and you start to notice
an affinity with the night. You’re more comfortable.
Moonlight doesn't' hurt your eyes.... and you realize
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you see better in the dark than lots of people.
About this time you realize you are having problems
with depression, and apathy. Its hard to get out of
bed in the mornings. You want to sleep too much.
You start to become angry and irritable on a regular
basis. People call you high strung, hyperactive, your
attention span can suck. Sometimes you get angry
and unstable. Your weight becomes a concern.
You're always hungry, and your metabolism sucks.
Or you go exactly the opposite direction and
nothing appeals to you, even though you're
starving.
Eventually you're driven to look for answers. You
NEED to find whatever it is you're craving. You need
to find whatever it is you know is out there. You
want to know what the hell is wrong with YOU.
The first step is to see a doctor. Its smart to rule
out any physical illnesses or diseases.
Try a multi vitamin. IF you happen to be a vampyre,
calcium and B vitamins will help stabilize your
emotions a bit, and settle your stomach.
If you aren't, a One a Day isn't' going to do you any
harm.
If you can rule out anything physically, medically
tangible, but you are STILL craving, TRY a rare
steak. Millions of people eat their steak with blood
running out of it. It wont' hurt you. IF you really are
a vampyre it will give you what you need to feed
on. Try a steak a week for a month. Do you feel
better? What changes do you feel? Have the
cravings gone away?
The need to feed is one of the single most basic
facts of being a Sanguine Vampyre. Sangs NEED
blood. Without it we are sick, emotionally unstable,
apathetic, hungry, disagreeable creatures. With it
we are stronger, quick to mend, smart, fast and we
have the ability to nurture other very cool skills,
with our affinity with energy.
Once you KNOW you are a vampyre, you should
definitely study Safe bloodletting, get a blood test
and if you a re over the age of 18, start on the
endless search for a lifetime worth of donors, or a
great sympathetic butcher in your neighborhood.
The next step is to learn to survive and thrive as a
developing Sang. But THAT is for another article.
______________________
© 2004 Lady CG
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Issues with Awakening Today lifestyle, especially one with as much detail as
vampirism) to actually do a bit of soul searching.
By: Vampire kitten
Personally I don't feel like lying to myself my entire
life is a good way to live. So please if you are one of
I've noticed a lot lately when cruising the many
these people…. Stop for a second and think about it,
vampirism and occult related boards out there on
do a bit of research and try not to lie to yourself. If
the Internet that one of the big issues today with
you really think you're a vampire, then look into it,
vampirism is not the fact that people are role
don't just say that you are without knowing
playing or making a mockery of the term “Vampire”,
anything about it at all. Trust me, it will help you in
but the increasingly large number of people
the long run knowing who You really are.
claiming to be vampires (mostly of the psychic
sorts). The idea struck me that many of the people ©2005 Vampire kitten
claiming what they are might not be true. It seems
as though vampirism is the end all of their search if
they see themselves having troubles with bright
lights or feelings of depression. This does not make
one a vampire, nor does it rule out the possibility of
being one. Yet, the large number of teens between
the ages of 13 to 19 could be believing in something
that may not be true in there case. When people e-
mail me for help with there awakening or vampirism
they all say the same thing, for example:

“I am a teen in search of who I am, I am allergic to

sunlight as the bright lights bother me. I am
depressed and feel all alone in the world with no
one to turn to. I also crave blood and feel as if my
body craves and longs for it. I am a psychic vampire
and I awakened 2 months ago, please help me”

If they don't admit to when they awakened within

the initial e-mail, I usually take it upon myself to
ask when they did. The answer usually is
contradicting to that of the question or they
awakened a week or month before.

I don't believe that lack of information or lack of

soul searching is all of the problem, but the fact
that awakened is such a nonchalant term nowadays.
By this I mean people are taking the word
completely out of context with the meaning An
awakening is the realization that one is of the
vampiric sorts. Being awakened means that one has
found themselves and have come to terms with
their vampirism knowing: How to feed, Feel energy,
and the like. Guessing and Knowing are completely
different and guessing doesn't mean you are a
vampire, just that if you aren't you could be lying to
yourself and living with that lie. Some even want so
much to believe that they are of the vampiric sorts
that it causes them to live with the fact that they
“just might be”.

Yet, if these people are “awakened” and still in need

of help and trying hard to find who they are then
they are either in desperate need of attention, lack
the knowledge of what true vampirism is and
means, are following vampirism as a fad, or not yet
awakened, but awakening.

I think these people need to take it upon

themselves (if they are going to follow a certain

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News, Events, & Announcements

The Vampire Ritual Book
Seasonal Rituals (rites for holidays like Samhain
Projected release: Fall 2008
or the Winter Solstice; or rites for the seasonal
Publisher: Llewellyn Worldwide
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Michelle Belanger is currently seeking submissions
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paragraphs that introduce the concept of the ritual,
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photographs of actual altars and/or ritual space.
description of your house, group, or tradition (also
up to 500 words). Rituals can be RHP, LHP, and can
Photo Guidelines: Submit photos in .jpg format.
take whatever form you please. The only hard
They should be at least 4x6 inches, saved at 300
guideline is that the ritual must be relevant to the
dpi. Photos can be color or black and white. Photos
vampire community.
can only be used in the final collection if the
photographer submits a release form *and* if any
Rights & Payment: If your ritual is selected for
living person who appears in the photos also
inclusion in the collection, you will have to sign and
submits a release form for the book. Photos of
submit a release form granting Vampire Voices the
actual vampire rituals will also be considered for
rights to reproduce the ritual in the anthology. They
publication, providing they meet the same criteria.
are not buying exclusive rights to these rituals, just
the right to reproduce them in the anthology.
Deadline: June 28th, 2007.
Payment reflects this. Everyone whose work is
accepted will receive as payment one contributor's
Please note that if you are submitting more than
copy of the final ritual book.
one ritual, you only need to submit one bio and one
write-up about your tradition.
How to Submit: Michelle prefers to receive
submissions as .doc or .rtf files, directed to
glenarvon -@- gmail.com with "Ritual Book" in the
subject heading.

Formatting: So the book has standard formatting

throughout, she asks that you follow these
formatting guidelines:
When someone (such as the High Priest) is speaking
in the ritual, please put the title of the speaker
(High Priest) in bold followed by a colon before the
words to be spoken. When giving stage directions
(such as "High Priest lifts the chalice before the
bride and groom") please italicize these stage
directions and put between parentheses in a
paragraph of their own.

The book will be divided up into several categories.

You can submit rituals for more than one category.
Categories are as follows:

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Sanguinarius Book Project ** Personal information you submit via the

Copyright Release Form will remain confidential
Working title: and will be used only for copyright records and
How to Act Stupid Around a Vampire contacting you in relation to the publication.**

Do you have a tale to tell? To find out more information and to obtain the
Did your brother do something really DUMB when Copyright Release Form please visit:
he found out you were a vampire? Did your boss
set a trap to try and "out you"? Are rumors going http://www.sanguinarius.org/project.shtml
around, but nobody can prove anything, but they
treat you funny, anyway?

Sanguinarius is collecting stories and anecdotes

about stupid things that real vampires' bosses,
coworkers, friends, family or anyone else they
know, have said or done because they suspected
or found out the person was a real vampire. If
you would like to contribute your story for
consideration to be included in a future
publication, please submit it along with the
completed and signed Copyright Release Form.
Read below for the requirements.

Submissions should be in .txt, .doc, or .rtf

format. The text needs to be black on a
white background, and an easily readable
Orange County Vampire Meet up
font, such as Arial, Times, Verdana,
Georgia, etc.; nothing fancy or decorative. http://vampires.meetup.com/3
The text size should be in a normal sized
range (i.e., no really, really tiny or large
font sizes!), preferably size 10 or 12. This is a group for vampires,
donors, and all those interested in
Proofread! Please check your submission
vampires and the vampire culture.
for spelling, capitalization, punctuation
This is a place for you to seek help
and grammatical errors before you submit
it; submissions may be edited for these and guidance, support, and to just
errors, clarity and brevity. have a place were you can meet
with other people like yourself and
Do not submit in ALL CAPS. who have like interests.

Completely fill out, sign, and include the

Copyright Release Form along with your
submission. (Tip: You can print out a
copy, fill it out and sign it, and then scan
that as a graphic to attach with your
submission.)

If sending by postal mail, your submission

(and Copyright Release Form) must be
included on a floppy disk, or typed or
printed out on plain white paper.

If sending by email, submissions and

Copyright Release Form should be sent as
email attachments.

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If you would like to view the preliminary raw data

samples please visit the web addresses provided
below:

VEWRS Preliminary Sample Charts:

http://www.vampiresurvey.com/statistics.html
Questions: 001, 004, 006, 008, 030, 037, 137, 155,
172, 236, 246, 262, 285

AVEWRS Preliminary Sample Charts: To be released

on/about March 31, 2007:
Questions: 392, 398, 413, 479, 549, 557, 573, 669,
794, 827, 831, 871

Vampirism & Energy Work

Research Study
The Vampirism & Energy Work Research Study is
officially a year old and the formal process of
accepting surveys will come to an end in a few days
on March 31, 2007 + a one month grace period
through April. While we code both the VEWRS &
AVEWRS into the SPSS data analysis program and
review all qualitative (written) answers we will
accept surveys at the same
response@vampiresurvey.com e-mail through the
month of April but will no longer be openly
encouraging participation or sending any reminders
past the official deadline of March 31, 2007. Over
370 self-identifying vampires and/or energy
workers have participated in this study that began
on March 22, 2006; a response far in excess of
what we had ever expected to receive. We've
collected volumes of information that we hope will
directly aid the better understanding of our
Community, abilities, and state of being or
condition. At present we have over 232,000
individual data points and hundreds of pages of
written information representative of virtually every
path, belief, age group, geographic region, and level
of experience within the Community. In order for
detailed anthropological, medical, psychological, or
phenomenological research to be properly
conducted on a community a foundation must first
be established and this is one of the primary
purposes of this research study. To be able to firmly
grasp and understand the elements of this
Community, there needs to be an exploration into
the shared commonalities, differences, and
developing trends in a concise and centralized
format. It's our sincere hope that everyone has
benefited from participating in the VEWRS &
AVEWRS and that our final analysis will be useful to
our Community.

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Kindred Tribune Volume-2
Issue-3
Release Date:
July 1, 2007
Topic:
I am
For this issue we will be looking for all
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share about themselves and what type
of kin they are.
This is an educational issue…
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~Fiction~
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words may be split and published in consecutive issues. Larger
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~Poetry~
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