Are Vampires real?
I have heard so many stories talking about how they are real and so many talking about how they are not. The story of Count Dracula ( AKA Vlad the Impaler ) seems real to some but fake to others. The real story behind it is that Vlad the Impaler was a prince in Transylvania and that the victims he killed, he drank their blood to become immortal. He proved us wrong , drinking blood wont make you immortal, because he is dead. But what is the real story behind vampires? Where would someone even get the idea to spread rumors about them hundreds of years ago?
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July 14th, 2010 at 6:01 pm
Why will we ALL be dead in 2012?
You DO know that all these silly rumours are all complete tosh don’t you?
http://www.dailycommonsense.com/2012-explained-why-it-shouldnt-be-feared/
As for Vampires..I don’t belive they’re real..despite the stories you hear about and read in the news.
July 14th, 2010 at 6:01 pm
I hope so. I’m Hungarian ;0)
July 14th, 2010 at 6:01 pm
The ideas were spread because people were uninformed and had no scientific basis to prove whether or not these creatures could exist.
The closest we’re ever going to get to vampires are people who believe in paganism or wicca and choose to drink human blood for various reasons…but it’s usually voluntarily provided and tested to make sure it’s clean.
July 14th, 2010 at 6:01 pm
. You know that in 2012 we’ll ALL be dead.
Blood won’t help you get past the "End of Days".
Prepare yourself.
July 14th, 2010 at 6:01 pm
Vlad the Impaler was a real guy
blood thirsty war guy i believe
(i am studying dracula in extention english)
i think people just invented the story and it spread through the world as a cautionary tale
GOSH I HOPE THEY’RE REAL THOUGH! I HAVE WANTED TO BE ONE SINCE I WAS LITTLE!!!
July 14th, 2010 at 6:01 pm
No…why would there be such things? They only exist in Halloween, they are people in costumes, fake teeth and capes….
July 14th, 2010 at 6:01 pm
yes
July 14th, 2010 at 6:01 pm
First of all, the word "vampire" means different things to different people. The earliest vampires people believed in were not the same as the ones portrayed now in popular fiction. The earliest ones were spirits like ghosts, incubi and succubi. (Read Vampires, Their Kith and Kin, by Montague Summers for a good reference on ancient and cross-cultural beliefs about vampires.) Later they were also thought to be evil sorcerers or witches who could project their spirit (what we now call astral projection) to other people to steal their life energy. The term "wampir" was used in Eastern Euprope to describe someone who was sometimes seen as a sorcerer, a werewolf or a vampiric spirit. The dead were also sometimes thought to be vampiric, but usually they appeared as ghosts who stole the life energy of their relatives, rather than actually drinking their blood.
All of these descriptions are more consistant with what is now called a psychic vampire, than with the type of vampire we’re used to seeing in movies and reading about in books. The term "psychic vampire" was probably coined in the 1800’s when the Spiritualist movement was popular. Dion Fortune wtote about psychic vampires in the 1930’s. Modern "new age" practitioners and witches also recognize psychic vampirism as a real phenomena. Asian martial arts and healing practices recognize and work with the same types of energies that psychic vampires claim to feed on.
Bram Stoker published the novel Dracula in 1897. It’s title character was inspired by Eastern European vampire superstitions and by the Wallacian prince Vlad Dracul Tepes. Vlad Tepes was a violent dictator, but he never claimed to be a vampire, nor did the people of Romania claim him as one. In their eyes he was a hero, because he kept out Turkish forces who wanted to invade. (Staking the bodies of enemy soldiers along the road others might advance along can be an effective deterent.)
Nevertheless, Stoker’s vampire creation has become the template most other writers of vampire fiction have used as the basis of their creations. So now most people think Dracula is the classic vampire, and some people think Vlad Tepes really was a vampire.
In the 1980’s and 1990’s a subculture of modern-day self-professed vampires + vampyres began to emerge in Western society. This subculture started within the Goth subculture, and was influenced by modern cultural ideals of the vampire. It was also influenced by the role-playing game "Vampire: the Masquerade". Originally centered in popular Goth nightclubs, the real vampire subculture has now grown beyond it’s roots to enclude people who do not consider themselves to be goths. To some people this identity is purely a social or spiritual one. To others it is a undeniable part of who and what they are, an identification for a spiritual or physical energy imbalance they experience on a regular basis. Some of these people drink small amounts of blood to satisfy their vital energy needs and are called sanguinarians or "sangs". Others feed directly on vital energy (also called prana, chi, qi, psi or by various other names) and are called psychic vampries or "psi-vamps". Some feed both ways and may call themselves sang-psi hybrids.
I’ve personally met many self-profressed vampires and find them to be fascinating and apparently sane. They come from all walks of life, have all different philosophical and religious beliefs, hold regular jobs, have families, have kids, and look and act pretty much like anybody else. When they go to a goth nightclub or official vampire gathering, they’ll usually dress in dark colors, as this is often the expected dress for such occations. But in their regular lives, they look, dress and act like anyone else.
I consider myself to be psi-vampiric, but I’m not a goth or a cultist. I also don’t drink blood. I’m a 43 year old lab technician with a B.S in Microbiology. I have a strong background in Science, but I also believe in magic and metaphyisics. I’ve experienced vampiric "symptoms" and reactions in myself from time to time over most of my life, but only found the real vampire community less than 3 years ago. I’m currently an assistant organizer for a vampire and otherkin meet-up group.
There are many websites and a few published books and documentaries out about real vampires. See my source list below for more information.
- P.
July 14th, 2010 at 6:01 pm
According to legend, Adam had another wife before Eve. Her name was Lilith.
But for some reason, she turned evil and supposedly became the first vampire.
As for Vlad the Impaler, he wasn’t originally from Transylvania. He was Hungarian. It’s been said that he took a bowl of blood from his victims, dipped bread into it, and ate it. It’s also said that Countess Elizabeth Bathory was a part of Stoker’s inspiration, too. She was from Transylvania, and also had issues with blood. She bathed in blood thinking it would keep her young.
July 14th, 2010 at 6:01 pm
Yes there are real vampires. No they are not like the myths. Real vampires are not immortal, can go out in the day and can wear the cross. Vlad the Impaler… well it seems you may be familiar with his whole story. Over the centuries there has been people who are obsessed with blood. For example in Europe there was a female member of nobility who would kill virgins and soak in their blood as she beleived this would keep her looking young. There have been many people over the centuries who would ritually drink the blood of other humans as a way to either purify their soul or to strengthen themselves. Today there are still vampires, people who typically just drink the blood of donors for the purpose of trying to attain some sort of nutritional or spiritual value from it. It may be helpful to watch the documentary about real vampires on the history channel.
July 14th, 2010 at 6:01 pm
they are as REAL as u want them to be
July 14th, 2010 at 6:01 pm
why do these vampire wannabe’s claim those sites as real true documentaion and proof??
Hey come on real vampires feed on my energy and weaken me this is a challange!
As they all feed on there own delusions!Believe in magic too oh wake up you miss guided fool! Proof real proof!
July 19th, 2010 at 2:37 pm
Unless there are actual people who sustain themselves on blood-sucking, then vampires are not real