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The Amador Vampyre

Published by The Amador Vampyre on the 29th of February 2016

Psychic vampires and rare steaks

I have thoughts about Vampirism, Sanguine and Psychic. I’m not the most well-read, intellectual, well-spoken individual. As a matter of fact, I have mentally thrown up my hands while reading discussions and arguments in the OVC and thought, “….who gives a fuck?”

That is part of my mental context.

My reference points are that I identify as an Energy Feeder, I have yet to try someone else’s blood. My main references in life come out of my time spent in the metaphysical/magickal/energy workers communities. I don’t claim to be an expert on anything–no particular subject. I seem to know some things about some things. The way that I think of it is that I just tend to share my observations and perceptions.

That being said, I have been thinking about Sanguinism, lately. Well, that and contemplating all forms of Vampirism in general. I think it’s interesting how one of the ongoing themes in our OVC is that some of us want to come up with A Theory of Everything, concerning Vampirism. Some camps are so dead set on coming up with one good explanation that summarizes the singular cause of becoming a Vampire….which by extension, would settle once and for all, which form is that of “The Real Vampire”.

I am coming at Psychic Vampirism from the angle of understanding the Universe (including The Manifest World) in terms of energy and metaphysics. My background is mostly in metaphysics and Witchcraft. That is simply my reference point for the Universe, based on what I spent the most time studying. Even if I explain others philosophies and viewpoints TO MYSELF, it does not mean that I do not take others viewpoints at face value—I understand my Atheists’ friends perceptions and have no need to contradict them, argue with them or invalidate their viewpoint, in any way.

I don’t see the need to put all Sanguines, all Psychic Vampires or both under the same formula. It seems that the fact that we are all feeders, with legitimate needs to feed (and consequences when we don’t)….would be enough to unify us. It doesn’t seem strange to me that even all Psy Vamps don’t have the same causal factor. You need to feed on energy? Okay. You have bad results when you don’t? That’s enough for me. Our discussions on causation are interesting….but do we really need to prove that there is a difference (or similarity) between the two main types of Vampires? As an intellectual exercise, it’s fun. But is it as important as other practical things? Like information sharing?

I have been thinking about consuming blood, lately. (That could be Lady Gaga’s fault.) It’s not a hardcore need or desire. I have been considering the possibility. It’s just something I’m tossing around in my head. I remember one mentor telling me her theory that there are no Sanguines or Psychic Vampires….that Real Modern Vampires are feeders and that we tend to identify with our favorite food sources. From that perspective, we can gain nourishment from any sort of resource. I find no problem in that concept applying to SOME of us, even if there are some of us who are Sanguinarian-only or Psy-only. At this point, who can prove that there isn’t a variety of us (a sort of Hybrid) who can flourish on multiple types of feeding….while, there might still be types who can only digest one or the other type of nourishment. Trying to fit us all into one category reminds me of trying to place all human beings under one category of the Kinsey Scale.

As a bad analogy–Bisexuality/Pansexuality might be the largest grouping for sexual behavior, but even then that encompasses all categories 1 through 5….and beyond that, people might argue about how much incidental behavior “counts” as regular behavior. But, there is still the two categories of purely heterosexual and purely homosexual at the far ends of the spectrum. So much variation in behavior and so many possible ways to express it. Trying to explain attraction and how that relates to the individual gender in some way, is still inconclusive. The most honest conclusion that we can fairly come to in this arena is that people simply have attraction to others….we can try to explain it or understand it, but they still have sex, for specific reasons, with specific people, under specific circumstances….even if we can’t intellectually explain why we become attracted to what we do.

Back in the Vampire World–We have blood drinkers, we have energy drinkers….we have vampires that consume one more than the other, some that prefer one more than the other to varying degrees. There might not be a single cause for any, either or both forms of vampirism. Any select group of Vampires could have multiple, different causes for each one being what we are–biological reasons, being Otherkin, different energy structure, Nature made us that way, damaged energy structure….who knows what is the exact cause for each Real Modern Vampire? These are interesting mysteries to ponder and maybe try to unravel for ourselves. But, let us not forget to spend time living as healthy and happy an existence as possible, while we are contemplating our personal mysteries in healthy, well-fed bodies.