Vampires_Reach_Out.pdf

Senatorius Sacerdos

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Vampires Reach Out

Traditional Background

It is generally held that vampires belong to Eastern

European folklore. Modern vampirism made ifs appearance

with the Slavic and Baltic states of Eastern Europe.

Where traditionally vampires were distastefully ghoul like,

they were now generally clothed in human form, and sexually attractive.

The scholar John Heinrick Zopti wrote the following about vampires in

1733 “ Vampires issue forth from their graves in the night and attack

people sleeping quietly in their beds, Sink out their blood from their

bodies and destroy them ”.

We find within Egyptian magic the principle that the Kit is to reanimate a

dead body. Similarly the principle of vampirism is for the corpse to

remain Undead.

One likely ancestor of the modern vampire, are the ancient female

demons of the Greeks called Lamiae - the Greek word from vampire is

Vrykolakas.

A story told by the Greek Philostratus concerning the magician Apollonius

of Tyana relates how his student Menippus Lycius was about to marry a

beautiful Phoenician vampire. Apollonius seeing his student's folly said “...

I say, she is one of the Vampires, that is to say one of those beings whom

thu many refer to as Lamias” To cut a story short, the vampire admitted

that her habit was to feast upon young and beautiful bodies because their

blood was so pure and strong. Apollonius then banished her to the

Neverworld.

The origins of the word vampire are somewhat lost. Most scholars today

accept that vampire originates from the word vampyr within the Magyar

language of Hungary. There are oilier vampire variants found throughout

old Europe: The Serbian Vapir; the Russian Upir and the Polish Upier.

There is also a link in the Slavonic language, with the word Uber which is

Turkish for witch.

The first vampire: Ekinima of Assyria

The oldest information we have of vampire like creatures probably conies

from ancient Assyria. The Assyrian vampire, known as the Ekiminu was a

type of dead person who often attacked and killed its victims.

The ancient Babylonians had the demon Lilitu which fits the modern

definition of a blood drinking vampire. According to the myths, Lilitu

would suck the blood out of her victims, which were mainly children.

Later the Hebrews and Christian mythologies ‘borrowed’ the legend,

added sexual connotations to her demonic impulses - and thus was born

Litith. The demon Lititu is somewhat similar to the modern idea of

vampires who when hunting their victims incorporate sex into their love

feast.

Another tale recorded by Phlegon of Tralles. The account concerns a girl

whose corpse comes back to life, desiring to be reunited with her lover.

Somehow the appearance of her corpse results in the death of the lover.

While not strictly a vampire in the modern sense, the story does contain

the idea of the living dead.

Wiccan folklore

Blood drinking vampires are also found within Wiccan folklore. The

‘Bhaobhan Sidhe’ are the Celtic human size vampires of Scotland. These

beautiful girl Vampires lure unsuspecting males to their death. Being

overtaken by trance the Bhaobhan Sidhe vampires would completely drain

their victims blood.

The Lord of Vampires

In 1847 the book Feast of Blood was written concerning the character

Sir Francis Varney. Shortly after, another book Cannilla was written 1870

concerning the life of a young lesbian vampire. Frequently we find that

female vampirism incorporates the principle of homosexuality. The

success of these two publications prompted author of Count Dracula,

Brain Stoker to do some research into vampires. He has this to say about

vampires. “The cheeks were fuller and the white skin seemed ruby red

underneath; (lie mouth was redder than ever, for on his lips were gouts of

blood”.

Stoke’s book Dracula is not a simple work of fiction, but rather the result

of folklore, history and fiction mixed together. Dracula is based on the

life of a Wallnchian prince, Viad Basarab. VIad was born in the town of

Schassburg, Transylvania around the year of 1430 A.D. ‘Vlad’s father due

to his cruelness was known as Prince Dracul of Wallachia. Dracul means a

devil. Hence Drakculaea, is son of Drakul, means ‘Son of a Devil'. Dracula

is English for Drakulaea. Dracula is Satan's spawn. Wallachia is now part

of Southern Rumania and Dracula’s castle lays hidden in the Carpathian

mountains.

Like his father Vlad was an extremely rage and sadistic warrior within

Wallachian history. During the 1450's to 1460’s Prince Vlad w fighting

against die Turks. It was the Turks who named Prince Vlad (Dracula) as

Vlad Tepes, which in English means Vlad the Impaler.

The Rumanian tradition states that ‘Vlad died at the hands of his own

melt being mistaken for a Turkish officer. Others say that a group of his

personal enemies confronted and killed hint Accounts seem to suggest

that ‘Vlad died around the age of 45, and that his head was cut off and

lent to the Sultan of Constantinople where it was openly displayed on a

stake. The rest of his body was said to be gathered tip by the monks

from Snagov monastery, which is on an island on a lake near Bucharest.

However interestingly enough, when the tomb was opened in 1931 only ox

bones were found!

Occult Vampire lore

In Stoker's account, the death of Dracula is extremely suspect. It is

likely that Dracula had in fact escaped death. The death of Dracula is

recorded as such: ”and almost in the drawing of a breath, the whole body

crumbled into dust mid passed from our sight.”

It is well known among occultists, that vampires have the ability to

transform themselves into bats. A less well known fact is that the more

powerful of the species also have the ability to transform themselves into

mist - I.e Energy Beings.

Given the fact that the sun was beginning to set, there was darkness

enough to empower the Count . Thus, Dracula transformed himself into

mist saving himself and escaping his believed death. In fact many of Lord

Dracula’s priestesses would confess today that he still liveth through

personal visions and communication with them. The book ‘The Dracula

Tapes' by Fred Saberbagen also claims that Dracula escaped death.

The Vampire Queen

There is evidence to suggest that the later Hungarian Vampire Queen,

Countess Ersze Bathory, was related to Lord Dracula. Ersze (Elizabeth)

was born in 1560 and had for her Uncle Prince Steven of Transylvania.

Dracula’s second wife was the sister of King Mathias of Hungary. From

this marriage Dracula bad one son, Milhail or Mihnea the Bad.

Mihnea was bent 1472/73 and it was through this marriage that Dracula

is related to Erie Bathory. During her reign Ersze Bathory feasted upon

the blood of some 650 young girls. Not only did she drink their blood but

she would also, often bathed in the drained blood of her victims. It is

interesting to note that Elizabeth was initiated in the dark arts of black

magick before becoming a vampire. Being initiated by the warlock Thorko

and the witch Ilona Joo. The two introduced her into blood rites ‘and

other sorceries. It was her cousin the Count Gyorgy Thurzo who

eventually wrested the Countess. The Countless Ersze being of royal line

was not killed but rather placed under house arrest in the dungeons of

Bitese for the rest of her life. It is rumoured that Ersze continued her

supernatural studies and life as the vampire queen, beginning another

generation of vampires throughout Europe.

Modern Vampires

Less than 200 years later in 1732, we later find record of an epidemic of

vampirism sweeping throughout Serbia. It is recorded that Government

troops were ordered to open graves in the area of Meduegya. The

soldiers found much to their horror at least ten rosy cheeked, fresh

blooded corpses, who were undoubtedly vampires. The soldiers destroyed

these vampires by burning the bodies. It is possible that these vampires

were also the descendants of the Countess Ersze; upon considering the

closeness of the two countries and her increasingly supernatural ability.

In Paris 1849 police discovered graves in the Pere Lachaise Cemetary

opened and sexually violated. Police stationed on guard saw a dark figure

at the scene. Following a trail of blood the police discovered the vampire

Victor Bertrand (Le Vampyr). Bertrand was captured by police, and

admitted to vampiric practices mid an addiction to necrophilia. This

vampire after all was French.

As vampires have continued to this very day, one wonders just how many

vampires the Serbian soldiers missed. Vampires have made a re-

appearance in the 20th century. In 1924 the Hanover Vampire Fritz

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