The Truth About Real Vampires
by Drake Valintine
What do you think of when someone says the word vampire? What if someone says the word, psychic vampire? Most of us tend to think of movies we love and are fascinated by. Yet, what if they told you there are real vampires in the world but have very little to do with the movies after all, for most, if not all legends, have some bit of fact in them.
I know when I first heard this some fifteen years ago I thought the person telling me was crazy. Lucky for me I live with a scientific mind because over time I have seen the proof of what a real vampire is.
In this article, I am going to be focusing on what are known as Psychic Vampires. So just what is a psychic vampire? Well for starters, they are not immortal undead beings. What they are, however, are humans who, for whatever reason, do not produce all the normal energy that other humans do. As a result of this, they have to get energy from an outside source. A Source that most will say has to be human in order for their bodies to be able to use it.
So what happens if they do not get this energy? Well, many things can happen, the first is normally they feel very drained and tired regardless of how much sleep they have had. Soon after they will find themselves thirsty all the time and then their health starts to fail. They become sick very easily and wounds will take forever to heal no matter how minor it is. If left too long, depression can set in and in some cases that depression can lead to far worse things. They will also feel extreme psychical pain all over with no way to relieve it. Imagine a 24 hour 7 days a week leg cramp all over your body.
You may be wondering, now how is it they get the energy they need to prevent these symptoms. They do this by, what in the vampire community is known as, feeding. However, unlike the movies and most books would have us believe, they do not do so in a way that is harmful or unethical. The community takes this kind of thing very seriously and has come up with a set of rules known as the Black Veil (written by Michelle Belanger and Father Sebastiaan) to address these issues.
To feed, most psychic vampires feed on what is known as ambient energy. This is energy that detaches itself from a person and their aura and floats free from a person in the environment. Although this energy is from a human source, it is no longer attached to any one person. This not only allows the vampire to feed but helps keep the energy in the area clean since they are removing all the human emotional energy in the process. This is a big help in public places since I am sure we have all felt the effects of emotional energy in public places or at work.
Now there are people, who may be a good friend or lover, who will allow a vampire to feed directly from them. In the community, these people are often known as donors or in some cases swans. Each vampire and the donor have a very close relationship and safety is always the first concern. Great care is taken to make sure they never take too much energy or harm anyone in any way. In fact, vampires can be great healers since they can remove bad or negative energy from someone, process it and feed on it, which heals the person and also helps the vampire. Due to this need for energy, vampires are naturally fantastic energy workers.
Now the Black Veil what is it? It is a list of seven common-sense rules the community uses to stay safe and ethical these rules are as follows:
The Black Veil (currently in use)
DISCRETION
Respect yourself and present yourself so that others also respect you. Take care in revealing your nature. Explain what you are, not to shock, but to teach and to inform. Do not flaunt what you are, and know that whether you want them to or not, your actions will reflect upon the rest of the community.
Share your nature only with those with the wisdom to understand and accept it, and learn to recognize these people.
DIVERSITY
Among us, there are many different practices and many points of view. No single one of us has all the answers to who and what we are. Respect each person’s individual choices and beliefs. Learn about them and share what you know. Our diversity is our strength, and we should not allow misunderstanding to weaken our community.
Find the path that is right for you and uphold this freedom for others.
CONTROL
Do not allow your darkness to consume you. You are more than just your hunger, and you can exercise conscious control. Do not be reckless. Always act with a mind toward safety. Never feed because you think this makes you powerful; feed because this is what you must do.
Be true to your nature, but never use it as an excuse to endanger those around you.
ELDERS
Give respect to those who have earned it. Anyone can claim a title, but a true leader will prove him or herself through dedication, hard work, and great deeds. Even so, leaders should be guides and not dictators. Look to them as examples, but always decide for yourself what you must do.
Respect the person, not the position, and understand that your choices are always your own.
BEHAVIOR
Know that there are repercussions to every action and that you alone are responsible for your decisions. Educate yourself about risky behaviors, then always act with wisdom and common sense. Do not allow others to abuse you, but also, do not selfishly abuse.
Respect the rights of others and treat them as you would be treated.
DONORS
Feeding should occur between consenting adults. Allow donors to make an informed decision before they give of themselves to you. Do not take rapaciously from others, but seek to have an exchange that is pleasant and beneficial for all.
Respect the life that you feed upon and do not abuse those who provide for you.
COMMUNITY
Reach out to others in your community. Exchange ideas, information, and support. Be hospitable to others, and appreciate hospitality when it is extended to you. Do not engage in illegal activity, for this can endanger us all.
Seek to nurture our community and support all those who do the same.
written by Father Todd circa 1998 and revised by Michelle Belanger in 2000 & 2002a copy of the most current Black Veil (BV v 2.0) appears in the back of The Psychic Vampire Codex: A Manual of Magick and Energy Work by Michelle Belanger as well as in the 2007 release, “Vampires: In Thier Own Words.”
So why do I bother telling you all this? Well, it is simple. There are a lot of people out there who think that psychic vampires are just unethical parasites. This is not true, I now have many friends in the vampire community and have seen the effects of not feeding. It is a hard life and not one they choose for themselves. So my hopes are to help people to understand that vampires are just like the rest of us. I for one have epilepsy and no one thinks ill of me for it. so why should we think ill of them just because they have a condition they could not choose to avoid.
That being said, humans will be humans, not all vampires or those who claim to be vampires truly have this need, some just think it is cool. Sadly, some of these people give a bad name to the community. If you hear words like Sire or Childer walk away this person is a joke at best. Those who truly know what a vampire is tend to not use such words since a vampire is born that way not created. In fact, consider these red flags in the community “for, well, predators”. There may be exceptions to this, but very few, if any, in my 15 years studying the community.
I also want to clear up the fact that a psychic vampire is not an energy vampire. A psychic vampire has a true need for this energy. Whereas an energy vampire/energy taker is someone who acquires a high from taking it. We have all met someone like this, they tend to always stir up drama somehow and be at the center of it. If you are ever worried about someone like this or even the very rare unethical psychic vampire, a basic energy shielding technique will be enough to keep you safe. I have covered Basic shielding in a video and will link to it below.
I want to again say I am not writing this to put anyone down or make excuses for anyone. I am only hoping that by writing this we can perhaps see another side of the story and have a little more tolerance. I have seen so many come to this topic from a place of fear and hate. This breaks my heart no one should fear or hate good people for what they are.
I also want to make sure everyone has the knowledge to protect themselves form Energy takers just seeking a high or trying to boost there magick through stealing energy. I do also recognize that in this day and age there are indeed some very non-ethical groups on the rise. Let us just remember this is all walks of life, not just the vampire community. So let’s arm ourselves with knowledge so we can be protected and need not fear them.
So we can also make friends and allies of those wonderfully good people who I truly believe outnumber that bad. Let us not allow our views or differences fo practice or tradition divide us.