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The Temple claims that if you follow the instructions in The Vampire Bible you can
discover if you are, indeed, a Vampire.
The wonderful thing about the Temple is that you do not have to believe any of our
Nightside claims.
However if you are willing to put our claims to the test you will discover they are true.
That is why we openly publish The Vampire Bible and offer its initial instructions.
When someone is serious enough to purchase this basic book and mature enough to
follow
the instructions then we know they will obtain results.
We have many, many members who have applied this simple guideline to discover
that what the
Other religions commonly require that you "just believe" their claims.
All of Christianity requires that you just have faith and believe. So too does Judaism
and Islam.
Even the Buddhists expect you to believe that the Buddha had it right when he stated
that "life
is suffering".
The Temple does not require that you believe any of our claims.
When you, yourself, test and verify the Temple's claims then you will have proof - not
just hope.
We are confident that if you set aside your fears and disbelief just long enough to
actually follow
the instructions in The Vampire Bible, then you will discover what so many others
have learned.
It works.
It is true.
THE POWER OF
KNOWLEDGE
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The Temple's motto reveals how everything in this religion is based on personal
validation of
experience and is not faith-based.
Faith-based religions are the common norm. In faith-based religions you are given
specific beliefs you
are expected to accept as true ...without evidence or personal experience.
So to follow this version of this faith-based religion you need to believe all of these
things (and
more) because you are told to. Not because you have any evidence these things are
correct. Not
because it feels good to believe these things. No, you are expected to just believe
they are true
because that is what a faith-based religion requires.
We don't do that.
To the contrary, the Vampire religion asks you to look at the Nightside ideas that we
suggest are true the existence of Lifeforce, the reality of the out of body experience (The OBE), the
reality of
advanced practitioners of the OBE (the Undead Gods), the reality of magic, the reality
of your
Innermost Self (the Dragon) - and then acquire personal experiences to verify that
these things
are correct.
We don't argue with people about why they should accept these ideas as real. We do
offer evidence
to help those interested in testing these ideas with us to be more inclined to follow
through and do so.
For example, we commonly point out that the experience of Lifeforce and the taking
of
Lifeforce (Vampirism) is found under many names and throughout history. We note
how the OBE is also
a common experience mentioned over and over in the medically-documented reports
of near
death experiences (the NDE), deathbed visions of the dead, and so forth.
However these numerous examples offering evidence are not intended to convince
anyone to
"just believe" in these things. Instead, we ask all followers of the Nightside of this
religion to prove it
to themselves.
And when you do so, you go beyond mere "faith" or "hope" and attain something far
more
important - KNOWLEDGE.
For example, the first time you stand fully conscious outside of your physical body
the impact this has
on your view of what is real can, by itself, be a life-changing experience. When you
also obtain
objective evidence that the OBE actually happened (by acquiring evidence you can
check) then you
are operating from validated knowledge.
There are many such tests to be performed to validate the Nightside claims of the
Temple but the
critical issue is this: we are not operating from faith, but from validated experience.
To flip this over for perspective, consider the viewpoint of the person who thinks that
all such things
are "bunk". What is the point in arguing with such a closed mind? If you have verified
these things
for yourself and validated their objectivity it really does not matter what the cynic
thinks, does it?
Do you realize that the cynic who claims to "know" that the OBE is "bunk" is doing so
based on
FAITH! When you have proven to yourself that the OBE is real, and he is busy
proclaiming that it
"can't" be real, the cynic is having to ultimately base his disbelief on faith in his
REASONING. You
are basing your knowledge on personally validated EXPERIENCE.
So those who follow faith-based religions include those who claim to be "certain" that
things you
have PROVEN to yourself to be real, are not real.
In other words, when you encounter anyone who denies as real what you have
already proven to be
real, you are dealing with someone who is a member of a faith-based perspective.
We base all that we do here in our Nightside on the rock-solid base of personally
validated experience.
There is no need to try to argue with the true believer or the true disbeliever.
Happy holidays!
CATS
AND
RABBITS
The recent popularization and rewriting of the Hollywood vampire has had a
humorous effect. Once
again we see sheep in wolves clothing prancing about and offering high
entertainment for us to enjoy.
It is equally amusing to see the human pretenders in the last stages of the current
fad who will attempt
to dress and use makeup in a bizarre imitation of the Hollywood films which are,
themselves,
bizarre imitations of what popular fantasy writers created over the last century.
In a word, no.
The ethics of so-called modern vampire fiction remain firmly embedded within the
deathist morality of
the Judeo-Christian culture. Vampires are cursed with eternal life and are sad and
pathetic
creatures who are driven by urges beyond their control to kill and kill again.
Anne Rice renewed this angst view of the immortal vampire in her novels and
produced a series
of neurotic sighing and sad immortals such as her Louis, or somewhat mindless and
compulsive hedonists such as her Lestat. Then the self-perpetuating copy machine of
Hollywood screenwriters continued the themes with everything from more films to
made-for-television vampire soap operas. The height of this elevated cultural fare is
found with
such immortal works such as Buffy the Vampire Killer and the never-ending
television weekly programs.
Yet what drives this entire industry is the actuality of the sheer nobility of the true
predator to which
these weak forms of fiction must turn before they then eviscerate the power and
majesty through
apology. It is because predators are admirable for their many qualities that this
peculiar fad of the
weak vampire has come about.
Cats and rabbits share many qualities. Both have beautiful coats of fur. Both can
move with great
speed. Both have keen senses of smell and hearing. Both are approximately the
same size.
Cats, like all mammal and bird predators have forward vision. They can see with
depth perception
to better identify the distance to leap on prey.
Rabbits, like all mammal and bird prey, have eyes to the side where they can watch
in all directions for
the sudden movement of a predator.
Cats, like their vision, are focused and intelligent. They must be able to act with
precision and this
requires grace for the highest efficiency of motion.
Rabbits, like their vision, are unfocused and rather stupid. They need only graze for
their food and be
able to make rapid efforts of escape such that grace is unimportant.
Thus while the outer appearance of cats and rabbits are similar, the critical issues
regarding
their behavior, perception and intelligence are distinctly different.
In the same way the human beings who now dress and behave like the current weak
Hollywood
vampire mimic the surface appearance of what they believe the real item to be but
only reveal the
depths of their prey consciousness.
ARE YOU
WHINING OR
WINNING?
By Nemo
From time to time I hear about members who feel frustrated in their attempts to
apply the
Temple Teachings, Dayside or Nightside.
I seldom if ever hear from these members directly. I have been told this is because
they are afraid
of some kind of retribution or chastisement from me.
Reality will always kick your bottom harder than I ever possibly could.
Reality will always thrust its face up against yours and shout, "Guess what! I am in
charge here!"
So here is my message to all those here who are not taking actions on their own
behalf and are
grousing about how the Temple is not meeting their expectations:
If you are not happy with your current job, what have you done today to look into the
Dayside
Money Secrets to find a better career?
If you are not happy with your current state of health then what have you done today
to improve it?
If you are not happy with your current relationships with others whether social or
romantic then what
have you done today to apply the Interpersonal Secrets with those already around
you?
If you are not happy with how your life seems to be limited and frustrating then what
have you done
today to secure physical immortality for yourself so that your life become unlimited?
If you are not happy with your current Nightside experiences with Lifeforce, lucid
dreaming, the
OBE, Communion, or Magic then what have you done today to attain these
masteries?
If your body is complaining that is often a warning that you are nearing injury and
need to back off.
If your body is whining that is usually best dealt with by renewed effort.
For example, if your mind is complaining with acute fears then it is wise to deal with
the possible cause
of those fears.
However if your mind is just whining it is wiser to take charge and do it anyway.
In this Temple we have proven methods to revolutionize your life and enable you to
operate as a God.
These are all tools that can and will work ...if you apply them.
All around us are approximately seven billion whiners. They complain about
everything that is wrong
and seldom if ever do anything about it.
They complain about their health ...instead of eating and exercising better.
They complain about life itself being unfair ...instead of securing physical immortality.
They complain about other people ...instead of taking action themselves in the areas
of life over
No, folks, I am not the person to worry about when it comes to such things.
You are.
So try this.
For the next week every time you are about to complain about something ask
yourself, "Is there anything I can do about it?"
Just stop.
Watch how much the power of your own Lifeforce increases directly in your own
experience when you follow this simple plan.
Are you whining or winning?
I urge you to start winning.
REPROGRAM
YOUR EMOTIONS
Emotions are not givens. They do not just happen to us and then we have to treat
them as Gods
rather than just what they are - signals that indicate the summaries of our former
thinking.
If you were brought up in ancient Sparta you might view the actions of forcing a child
to run to
exhaustion as part of what is required to "toughen" him for survival in combat.
We may disagree with such a view but there have existed entire cultures with what
you and I
would consider anti-human ethics. We were brought up in a culture that considers
such actions to
be criminal and/or abusive. Because of that we tend to have emotional reactions to
such things as
disgust.
However, and this is a critically important and useful idea to test out and use, events
that are
highly frustrating also require demanding that such things do not happen and then
globally generalizing
a value to the perpetrators such that we "hate" them and damn them.
Anger and hate do not just happen automatically. We learn to hate. We learn what we
will feel
anger toward.
The physiology of anger can be seen in newborns. An infant can exhibit all of the
same reactions
we associate with rage: tensing of the body, narrowing of the eyes, screaming, wild
movements,
etc. These reactions seem to serve the purpose of blindly fighting for our lives when
we cannot run
away or hide (the overall fight-or-flight response).
However, as has been documented through careful military research, rage decreases
the likelihood
of your survival in most cases because it reduces your ability to think, produces
tunnel vision and
reduced hearing, as well as cuts you off from fine motor coordination needed to do
such things as
push buttons, turn keys, etc.).
And in most of our living in a civilized world rage only causes us more problems.
Domestic
violence comes from rage and you only need ask law enforcement officers about
what calls they
dread the most to learn that "domestics" lead the list. Rage makes us do stupid
things that in
our day-to-day world can cost us jobs, create needless arguments, and essentially do
precisely
the opposite of what Dale Carnegie suggests for success in life.
In other words we can learn better ways to react to things in our lives.
I am not suggesting that anyone can deprogram all anger or rage in favor of only
frustration. We have
all had a lifetime exposure of learning how we are "supposed" to react to things. From
our parents,
our teachers, our friends, films, television, novels, we have had decades of
programming to tell us
that mindless rage is "right" when someone does X. We are programmed to feel
anger, or despair,
or depression, or jealousy, or hatred when X happens.
And if our previous thinking leads to emotions that do not serve us then we can
choose to think
differently and, in time, sometimes very swiftly, our emotions will change in response
to the same kinds
of circumstances.
This all boils down to a reminder that you are not your emotions.
That fact allows you to choose whether to do what the emotion demands or what YOU
prefer to
do instead.
That also allows you to then decide if that kind of emotional reaction is really helping
you or only
making your life miserable.
For example, there are children starving to death somewhere in the world right now.
If your
emotional reaction to this makes you miserable rather than just sad or frustrated
then the misery
is something you can reprogram.
You perhaps can't remove all starvation of children in the world but you can change
your
emotional reactions to that fact.
The truth is that with the right tools you do have other choices.
So it is not "wrong" to give in to hatred or rage or jealousy. But usually it is not very
useful and can
We offer that here as just one part of the Vampire path to mastery.
And if we define "human" as one who believes he is a slave to his emotions then we
are striving here
to rise above that to attain personal mastery - the transhuman condition.
I hope this offers some help on this difficult and alien to the herd kind of perspective.
It is the highest application of Willpower that I am aware of to make just these kinds
of changes.
We seek mastery.
A zero sum game is a game in which the winnings are fixed and limited, such as a
poker game in
which the money the players bring to the table is all that can be lost or won. So in a
zero sum game
there is no growth, no production of additional rewards. If someone gets something
then someone
else has to lose it.
The belief in the world as a zero sum game is the primary faith of the herd of
mankind. Six
examples drawn from the Six Dayside Secrets can demonstrate this.
IMMORTALITY
The religious beliefs of the herd always assume that if someone wants to stay alive
forever that this
will only come at the expense of others as well as one's own happiness.
If you live long enough they believe that the amount of happiness you could
experience will be used up
so that you will inevitably face a life filled with boredom and despair.
Of course my usual reply to that nonsense is to ask someone when their next sexual
orgasm will be "boring"!
Only God or Allah or Big Juju is allowed to be immortal and not suffer for it. If you
want to live forever
that is obviously against what God intended. After all, if God wanted you to fly he
would have given
you wings. (Just ignore all those aircraft flying all over the world at this moment).
And, of course, this zero sum game with regard to immortality is reflected in all of the
popular
vampire fiction we see today. The only way you can live forever is by killing other
people, they say.
And they say it over and over again. What nonsense!
SURVIVAL
If you want to protect yourself and those you love from disasters or muggings or
starvation then the
herd will condemn this as well.
After all, if you store food and water to survive an emergency then that is "hoarding".
The food and
water you stored over time was obviously stolen from other people. You bastard!
If you are attacked by some low life dirtbag and you kill him with a handgun there are
many,
many people quick to condemn you as having planned a premeditated murder. After
all guns (and
knives, and any other item that can be used as a weapon) kill people. If you had not
bought a gun
then that poor underprivileged moron who attacked you would have lived on to
perhaps find a
cure for cancer.
Sure.
After all there is only so much life to go around and if you killed someone to save
your own life that
is murder (and if they do it to you then that is God's will or fate).
MONEY
The herd is 100% into Robin Hood as a hero and people who build businesses as evil
thieves who want
to twirl their mustaches while laughing at widows and orphans dying homeless in the
winter snow.
When it comes to private property (which is what wealth is all about) the herd thinks
that what you
own should be redistributed equally to all.
They have no conception of how productivity increases wealth. The business owners
they hate
and believe are stealing from them are the same people that create jobs so that they
can have a salary at all!
The masses believe that capitalism is a zero sum game and that anyone who is rich
took it from the poor.
Of course the opposite is true. If someone invents a better tool such as the
smartphone then the
wealth of the entire world increases exponentially. Things that people could not do
suddenly they
can do, such as people at jobs in Nigeria who used to have to take two days off each
week to carry
their paycheck home every month but now can simply use internet banking. (See the
book
"Abundance" for numerous such examples).
HEALTH
The herd assumes that if you can afford the best health care then you are depriving
others of that option.
This reflects the zero sum game view as applied to money but the fact remains that if
you have
enough money you can still buy better health care than if you are poor.
However it certainly does not deprive anyone else from doing the same thing.
Doctors have to eat
too and if they were forced to offer their services without pay there would swiftly be
very few doctors
left anywhere.
But the masses have this fantasy that there is a zero sum game with regard to health
care. After all
there are only so many hospitals, doctors, and other medical personnel in the world.
Of course, this assumes that nothing can every get better than it is. Lab-On-A-Chip
can
perform thousands of lab tests in minutes ...without requiring more than one person
to do it.
This technology already exists and is only one of many, many examples.
The fact is that the health care "pie" is growing faster than the eaters. But the
whining herd does not
want to admit that!
SOCIAL CONTROL
This is where the herd psychosis of the zero sum game goes off the charts.
The herd believes that if you have a close relationship that you can only maintain
that relationship
by demanding unswerving loyalty no matter how both of you may change over time.
In most parts of the world adultery is punishable by death, and I do not just mean
legally, but in
active practice. The man who kills his girlfriend or wife as well as her lover (or
suspected lover) is not
an unusual crime and you need merely look at the newspaper where you live for daily
examples.
Jealousy stems from a zero sum game view of life. After all, that is why an affair is
called "cheating".
For the herd a committed relationship is not one which comes from appreciation for
the values of the
partner and they are always ready to assume that they will be "cheated on" since
after all there are
only a limited number of people in the world they could love.
Of course, for those rare few who learn how to build a relationship based on mutual
respect, this issue
of a zero sum game in relationships seems silly at best.
SELF CONTROL
Willpower, self-determination, free will. The herd assumes that you only have so
much of that to use.
If you want to quit smoking and can't do it the herd will tell you it is because you
don't have
"enough willpower". Why, if those damned cigarette companies didn't create those
addictive things
then you would not be tempted beyond what you can resist.
After all, you can only have so much strength to resist such things and if someone
tricks you with
clever advertising they are really stealing your limited supply of willpower, right?
Sure.
Realizing that you can build in an unlimited fashion all the self-mastery you wish
rather than
assuming you only have some much to use up opens the door to an unlimited game
called
"How To Master Your Life".
And while the herd finds ways to blame others for individual failures of will, which
plays into the zero
sum game once again, the fact of the matter is that you can always learn and
improve given enough time.
If you assume you have a limited life span then the ideas about a life being a zero
sum game seem true.
If you assume that because you are, you always shall be, then the infinite riches of
the universe open to you.
WHAT DO
VAMPIRES
REALLY
DO?
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We have many treasures in this Temple to reward the mind, body, and emotions.
We do not passively just "kill time" waiting for something that may or may not
happen.
We do not wait for permission to enjoy life, to live life, to feel fully and completely
alive.
We actively and consciously take in life - all of its diverse and healthy pleasures which is also what
the romance of the Vampire is all about.
I still find it amusing that Hollywood keeps missing this fundamental theme. They
continue to portray
the Vampire as a pathetic, doomed murderer and yet none of that is really why the
Vampire has
such popular appeal.
The attraction of the Vampire is "never having to say die" while continuing to say
"Yes!" to life.
And this Temple simply recognizes that if an individual chooses to Vampirize life by
working to
gain control and eventual mastery of six critical issues in life (self-control, socialcontrol, survival,
health, wealth, and defeating death) then there is SO MUCH MORE that opens for the
enjoyment of life.
Most people are defeated by life. You see them all around us. They are miserable in
their
complaints. They suffer from their fears of loss. They commonly seek to blame
others, whether that's
the government, their parents, their children, the other drivers on the road, whatever.
But if you awoke one morning to discover that your life was exactly the most perfect
way it could be, if
you had a miracle happen and you could live without nagging fears, grinding anger,
or
depressive pessimism, what would that feel like?
And how would you behave differently on such a morning? How would you hold
yourself? What
would you do? How would your relationships be different?
This Temple is devoted to enabling every member to wake up on that morning and
experience that kind of life.
We are Vampires.
CONTEXT
IS EVERYTHING!
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The really important questions in life are not always so easy or simple.
In fact, the truly fundamental questions about reality itself still stump the best
physicists in the world.
Three hundred years ago, most scientists assumed that the current scientific view of
the world,
Newtonian classical physics, was virtually complete and only a few small mysteries
remained to
be solved.
Whereas the Newtonian view was that you could measure an objective reality and
predict absolutely what will happen with enough information, quantum mechanics
demonstrated that you cannot separate the act of observation (measurement) from
the universe at all. Perfect objectivity is not possible. When you observe something
(measure it) you have caused it to "be" a certain way.
Additionally, Newton's view of the universe completely rejected the "spooky" idea of
things
being influenced without touching. (When asked about gravity, Newton refused to
even comment!).
Yet, Bell's Theorem has been proven to be correct and this means that there does
exist instant
influences on things that can occur with no contact at all.
(For a truly excellent overview of this see Nick Herbert's popular book Quantum
Reality).
So some questions that common sense would suggest answers to are simply wrong.
1. It is a particle.
2. It is a wave.
3. It is both.
"Does the universe consist of matter and energy separated by space or is the
universe a single thing with no separation at all?"
The Temple has taken the fact that there are some questions that require multiple
answers,
some seemingly contradictory in nature, very seriously.
Metaphysics is that branch of philosophy that deals with questions about the nature
of reality.
The Dayside perspective deals with a more common sense, everyday view of reality
that Isaac
Newton would have felt fairly comfortable with.
The Dayside assumes that space and time exist, and that cause and effect can be
potentially measured. This is the usual view of reality of the average person.
The Twilight perspective assumes that time and space may be illusions, much as time
and space in
a dream at night are illusions, and that awareness of the fact can alter events as well
as change
one's self-perception (the Dragon).
However, what is "true" from one perspective is not always "true" from another
perspective.
And the amazing discoveries in physics over the last century have demonstrated that
observation (perspective) can evidently alter the nature of what you experience as
reality.
It is important to understand this to grasp why the Temple looks at reality in three
different ways.
Any one perspective will not allow you to usefully deal with all of reality. Just one
viewpoint is inadequate.
On the extreme flipside, mystics who would assume a Twilight perspective alone,
such as found in
East Indian Vedanta which denies that there is anything other than "oneness" making
up
everything, commonly find that dealing with the ordinary world does not work well at
all.
The Temple suggests that the only reasonable answer is to apply the perspective that
is appropriate
to the context.
If you are dealing with the ordinary, day to day world of cars, people, money,
government, etc. then
the Dayside perspective is almost always the most effective perspective to take.
If you are striving to deal with "paranormal" issues such as ESP, the OBE, etc. then
the
Nightside perspective is most usually the most effective perspective to take.
If you are wanting to penetrate to the core of who you really are and gaining a sense
of secure mastery over your experiences then the Twilight perspective is usually the
best choice.
However - AND THIS IS CRITICAL TO UNDERSTAND - you need to keep each in context
to get the correct results in each category!
So the pursuit of the OBE allows for the idea that other people could be effectively
using the OBE.
Hence the Temple suggest the value of attempting to "Commune" with these
"Undead". That is
a Nightside perspective.
But if you are asked in a Dayside context, "Are the Undead real" and you reply from a
Nightside perspective "Yes", then your answer is incorrect from the Dayside
perspective even if it
is correct from the Nightside.
Or if you are asked in a Dayside context, "Do you believe in ghosts, UFOs, alien
civilizations, ESP,
etc.?" and you reply "Yes" to any of those from a Nightside perspective then your
context is wrong
and therefore so is your answer.
One of the main reasons we stratified this message board with the Dayside open to
all, and the
Nightside and Twilight restricted to the five Graded forum categories was in
recognition of this fact.
This is also a major reason why members of our religion are required to not discuss
the Temple in
public or with those who are not active members.
The "public" expects that there is only one "true" answer to any question.
It requires quite a bit of intelligent effort, testing, and experience before someone can
begin to
understand what we are talking about here without trying to jam it into a single
viewpoint, usually
a Dayside viewpoint.
The subject of this article is covered in far greater depth in Revelations but I just
wanted to add one
more very important point.
We do not have to know which theoretical perspective in physics will turn out to be
the "correct" one.
If you are speaking to a non-member and are asked a question, remember that
context is everything.
And if you, yourself, are asking yourself a question, the same thing applies.
Context is everything!
GLORY
IN
WHO
YOU
ARE!
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In a world of mediocrity, in a world filled with sad, frightened, bored people who
trudge through life
with little hope for anything but the relief they expect from death, you are different!
By asserting yourself in membership in this Temple you have rejected a lesser life
and asserted
yourself as your own God on Earth.
You have chosen life over death, joy over sorrow, strength over weakness, wisdom
over stupidity.
You have thrown in your lot with those who say to the emotionally impoverished
slaves of the world,
"I am Vampire! Bow down before me!"
So for those of you who proudly wear our Symbol, glory in who you are.
For those who keep their affiliation secret, glory in who you are.
For those who reveal themselves to the world, glory in who you are.
Test Everything.
Believe Nothing.
Live in the knowledge that you are at the cutting edge of the human species,
transitioning to the
next stage in evolution by the force of your own Will.
Stay strong.
THE VALUE
OF THE
VAMPIRE
No matter what criteria you choose to make such an evaluation, it is all a matter of
time.
Love. When you have an unending life how many times and how much love will you
experience?
Take just one simple example. At a funeral for an obstetrician who died at age 92 I
heard how he
brought children into the world and saved the lives of both mothers and babies for
over sixty years.
So the societal value of that doctor was far greater than a doctor who delivered
babies for only one
year and was hit by a car.
Right?
So what would the value be of a doctor who did not age but lived on for centuries
compared to
Create one and you create potentially infinite wealth for the universe.
In fact just one of us is worth more than the entire other seven billion mortals who
are currently alive
on this planet.
If the current 7 billion lived 100 years but YOU lived 700,000,000,001 years you
would have had
more time than all of them put together to do things of value to yourself and others.
And you wouldn't have to spend two years learning to walk and talk, and ten years
learning the rules
of society, and ten more years to learn the REAL rules of society (if you were lucky)
over and over
again.
You would retain your maturity and growing wisdom the longer you lived.
You would be worth far more than all of them put together.
This does not justify any mistreatment of these poor demented souls any more than
we can
justify mistreating animals just because they don't live as long as we might.
However it is a sobering thought to realize that your real value as an individual may
very well be
priceless, infinite.
Like a God.
LIVE
WITHOUT FEAR
Everything we do in this religion is to face a possible fear and remove it from our
lives.
Create a bug-out bag for evacuation from your home just once and it is done.
At most you only need to then replace batteries, etc. over time.
Same with money. Determine how much you need to achieve financial freedom,
break
down that goal into believable steps, and launch your project. You only need to do it
one time.
Same with health. Same with social control secrets. Same with self control secrets.
Same
with immortality. Same with everything Dayside.
Have just one objectively verified out of body experience and you will never again
have the same
fear of death or loss.
Demonstrate to yourself just once that the Temple's mental technology called
"magic" really works
and you will never again feel the fear of lacking control over your life and
experiences.
ABOUT THE
UNDEAD GODS
The Temple commonly attracts new members who are atheists and agnostics.
Sometimes they
read about the Undead Gods and assume that to be a member of the Temple requires
that you believe
in God or Gods.
Our Dayside view of reality is the common sense, ordinary view of reality that does
not bother
with anything paranormal or superstitious.
And we have members who never leave the Dayside perspective at all!
Our Nightside which involves the paranormal and the Undead Gods is not a part of
our Dayside.
Remember that the Temple, like modern quantum physics, states that you cannot
account for the
whole of reality with only one perspective. Light is both a particle and a wave even
though that
is "impossible".
So to be an agnostic or atheist is just fine until Second Circle. The Nightside goal of
the Temple is
to become an Undead God yourself. If you don't bother with the Nightside then this
goal is irrelevant
to you, real or not.
Only those members who apply for Second Circle are required to drop their disbelief
in the Undead.
We require this because the goal of Second Circle is to prove Their reality which
cannot be done if
you already strongly disbelieve in Their possibility.
This is because of the psychology of perception. What you look for is quite literally
what you can see:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJG698U2Mvo
So if someone has a strong disbelief in the Undead then that disbelief will actually
block the ability
to perceive Them. To perceive something new to your experience like that is an act of
learning.
You learned to see, hear, and feel things. People born blind whose sight is suddenly
restored still
cannot yet see objects. They have to learn to do so.
We mean it.
THE HEART OF
THE TEACHINGS
In these seven simple words the first sutra in the Shurpu Kishpu contains the core of
the
The human herd views the universe as separate and objective. The human
perspective is to believe
that the world is real and his own mind and fantasies and thoughts and wishes and
hopes are
somehow not real.
What follows is, as always, not something for you to believe or understand but to
experience and validate.
This First Grand Division of Self and Other creates the illusion that the world is
objective and out there
whereas the personality is actually formed and nurtured within the Dream humans
call reality.
When a new member comes to the Temple they bring with them all the cultural
beliefs of the human
world. They are saturated with the assumptions which everybody knows is true.
What is truly amusing is how few of these assumptions are correct to any extent at all
and, further,
how these very same assumptions inhibit and enslave the human being.
The mystics of the world who embrace this fundamental that All is a Dream will
then denigrate
the Dream and delude themselves into seeking the real world somewhere outside
the Dream.
There is no outside.
For example, the Dream is called maya in the Hindu view. Maya is held by them to
be an illusion and
all the experiences of life love, joy, relationships, art, sensual experiences are
viewed as a trick
to entrap the personality essence in an never ending cycle of reincarnated birth, life
and death. They
view the Dream as a trap and not as what It is experience. They assign to the Gods
the powers of
control over Maya while reserving for themselves only the desire to quite literally
end it all.
You are born into the Dream as an element of the Dream. Your potentials and genetic
predispositions
are all Dream elements. Your experiences in life, subjective and objective, are all
Dream
experiences. The whole of your personality, your memories, habit patterns,
preferences, attitudes,
beliefs, etc., are all Dream elements of a Dream universe. If you die, your death is a
Dream death and
the elements which made you up as a separate entity remain no more and no less
real than any
other elements in the Dream.
After death if you have experiences these are still Dream experiences. Any postdeath environments
are Dream environments and are not more or less real than these pre-death
experiences.
Not a Dream element but the Source of all Dream elements, the Dragon is the
innermost Self,
the Consciousness which looks out from behind your eyes, my eyes and all eyes.
When your mind is aligned to act as a proper vehicle for the recognition of what this
means in terms
of experience, then the Dragon Awakes in the Dream through your mind and body.
Thus the Dayside, which are the comfortable beliefs and expectations of the mind,
are assaulted by
the Nightside, the exceptions to those beliefs and expectations, in an effort to
awaken the mind to
the Awareness of the Dragon and thus to Awaken the Dragon.
In normal dreams during normal sleep, the personality treats the dream universe as
objective and
real. This results from the anomalies which appear being ignored by the dreaming
mind. In this Dream
the human personality tends to also treat the Dream Universe as objective and real.
This, too,
results from the mind choosing to ignore and explain away the anomalies called the
paranormal.
In dreams during normal sleep if the mind begins to notice the anomalies and begins
to question
the objectivity of the dream, the mind can awaken within the dream, which is then
called a lucid
dream. There is an entire spectrum of such awakening or lucidity and its duration
also can vary
in intensity and duration.
In this Dream the mind can also choose to notice the anomalies, the paranormal,
and begin to
question the objectivity of this Dream. The mind can thus awaken within this Dream.
In other words it
is possible to become lucid right now. At this instant. As you read these words.
And, again, there is an entire spectrum of such lucidity which can change in intensity
and duration.
In lucid dreams during normal sleeping you tend to gain increased control over the
elements of
your dream. You can induce as well as notice the anomalies of the dream universe.
The same is true
of this Dream. As you Awaken in this Dream you tend to gain more direct Control over
the elements
of this Dream Universe.
This is called magic. Humans may call it miracles or the paranormal, but most
commonly they try
to ignore it and continue sleeping in this Dream.
The purpose of the Temple is to cause the member to Awaken in the Dream
To be Awake is everything.
This Temple was founded for the express purpose of finding those with the potential
for
taking the next step in human evolution.
While there are many dramatic improvements in store for physical existence such as
reversal
of aging, smart immune systems, enhanced sensory capabilities, superhuman
strength and
speed, electrical nervous systems, etc., these still pale in comparison to the
improvements in
our states of consciousness.
Most people on this small planet still continue to live lives "of quiet desperation".
Most
people on Earth assume that they must struggle to merely survive but remain, at
best, doomed to
age and die. Most people alive continue to live in emotional straight-jackets of
anxiety,
depression, anger, rage, jealousy, and fear.
"Enlightenment" is a word that has been hijacked by mystics who advocate death
and the
destruction of the individual self as virtues. What the Temple Teachings point to in
contrast
are a series of increasingly practical and purposeful stages of true enlightenment.
We begin with the fundamental fact that there is no "humanity". There are no
"groups". There is
no "society".
The individual is more important than any group and this is true because there are no
groups.
There are only individuals.
"God" for the Temple is not a supernatural entity with a white beard sitting on a
throne in the
clouds. "God" is recognized as ultimately nothing more and nothing less than the
most important
person in your life. The Temple states that that person is YOU.
This does not deny that there are others so important to you that you would be
willing to die to
protect them. But this is a simple recognition that you remain the most important
person in the
universe because you are at its center and if you did not exist then you would not
care for
others since you would not be there to do so.
The universe exists to serve you. You are the center of it all. Without you there is
nothing.
Realizing the truth of these words is another level of Temple enlightenment.
At each stage of our continuing enlightenment we become more aware of what is the
nature of
reality and we leverage these facts instead of fighting against them.
The river of life can take you to where you truly wish to be going and at the same
time it is
equally true that life is the journey and not the future destination.
Yet we do not merely "go with the flow" of this river of life. We steer our passage and
look
ahead to where we are going. We set goals and determine how to achieve them. Yet
we do not live
only for these destinations as we enjoy the journey that we are on toward those
goals.
In this moment, this very second, you have all that you need to enjoy what is in your
experience.
If this moment has pain, you have tools to reduce and remove that pain. If this
moment has
pleasure, you have tools to allow you to truly enjoy that pleasure.
Everything we find in this Temple allows us to see through the lies, delusions, and
selfdeceptions that improperly guide the rest of the world.
With each new stage of enlightenment we then have the opportunity to act on it to
own it as our
own.
To remain awake one must act upon what one has achieved.
The stages of enlightenment from the Dayside all the way through the Nightside and
into the
Twilight are like the dreams we remember upon awakening. If we do not act upon
them such as by
writing them down then we fall asleep again and forget what we learned.
Life is a process. You must continue to breathe, to eat, to sleep, and to awaken. It is
never a
finalized accomplishment.
Life is wonderful!
So to all true followers of this Temple I wish you well as another year passes into
eternity.
Stay Strong!
WE ARE ELISTIST
FOR GOOD
REASON . . .
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"Elite (occasionally spelled lite) is taken originally from the Latin, eligere, "to elect".
In sociology as
in general usage, the elite is a relatively small dominant group within a large society,
which enjoys
a privileged status envied by individuals of lower social status.
The position of an elite at the top of the social strata almost invariably puts it in a
position of
leadership and often subjects the holders of elite status to pressure to maintain their
position as part
of the elite. However, in spite of the pressures, the existence of the elite social
stratum is
usually unchanged."
Several things all of which you had to pass through to be reading these words.
First, you cannot be elite if your thinking is completely concerned with "fitting in" with
the viewpoints of
the majority.
Most people are terrified to not be accepted by their peers in the common culture.
They do not want to
be identified as "odd" or a "misfit".
When you ask people "If you could physically live forever in a young and healthy
body, would you
want to?" you will learn that the vast, vast majority will tell you "NO!"
However the reasons they will give simply do not make sense. And the reason they
do not make sense
is because the real reason, the reason they might not even consciously recognize as
the real reason
is ALWAYS the same.
That reason is that if they chose to live forever in a youthful body then this would not
be acceptable to
the majority of other people!
To be blunt, whether he realizes it or not, the average person will choose death
before choosing
possible peer rejection every time.
Today another 147,000 deaths will prove once again that what I have just written is
absolutely correct.
Today, as yesterday, another 147,000 human beings will die and be buried or
cremated rather than take
a chance of being restored to life in the future BECAUSE "what would other people
think if I did?"
So simply having purchased The Vampire Bible which speaks directly of our
traditional (Nightside)
means to defeat death, simply reading what is written on the public Temple website
and ending up
being able to read these words places you in an elite of a few thousand who are
willing to say to
death "NO!"
The humans who continue to embrace mortality as good betray their secret (and
often to their
minds somewhat sinful) desire to be physically immortal.
They betray it most obviously today in their love of the Hollywood vampire image.
The full Nightside (esoteric) history of the Vampire can be pieced together from a
careful examination
of the oldest religious records from Sumer and Egypt, when Gods ruled men openly,
and those who
died would Rise again to take Lifeforce from the living priesthood and the masses
who sacrificed in
the Temples.
However, after the physical withdrawal from the eyes of men, the image of the
vampire became one of
the tottering corpse that would drink physical blood. A very disgusting image that
horrified and
degraded the image.
Since at least the early 1900s, the popular image of the vampire has been evolving
from the Dark
Ages' walking corpse into a romantic figure who possesses once again many god-like
qualities such
as strength, speed, invulnerability, youthful appearance, but, most of all, immortality.
It is this fundamental trait that trumps all others in the return of the defining of the
Vampire back
toward the nature of the original Gods.
Thus the mortal human being continues to be drawn to the seduction of the Vampire,
because what
he secretly wishes for is to defeat death, to live on and on, mastering life and
enjoying the pleasures
of life.
However, the deathist religions of the world today condemn this wish. Only "God" can
choose who
will live or die. Only God can decide who is worthy of any joys in life.
And so the human crawls on his knees before the God Who would deny him survival
or pleasure,
and hopes (though it is sinful to do so) that he will be spared.
The literalist versions of Christianity that won out over the gnostic and Hermetic
versions did so
because they offered eternal life on the cheap. Let Jesus take the fall for your
unworthiness
by acknowledging his human sacrifice and then you will live forever ...in heaven.
The problem remained that while this beat dying and going to Hell for eternity, it
really does not satisfy
the deeper desire to live forever HERE AND NOW in THIS world.
I think it was Woody Allen who, when asked if he didn't want to live on after death,
said he would prefer
to live on in his apartment!
And this is the hidden, deeper sin that infects the average person.
Deep down inside they do want to skip dying. They DO want to live forever, healthy
and happy
right here, thank you.
However, to fail to conform to the agreed-upon general morality of their peers is too
frightening for them
to be able to actually think about.
You might notice how each one of the Six Earthly Secrets define you as elite for
studying and
then applying them.
You are willing to consider how to ethically manipulate people to get what you want.
You are willing to learn how to manipulate yourself to enable you to enjoy life more
and break free
of senseless constraints on that enjoyment.
You are willing to study proven simple methods to protect yourself from dying in
dangerous situations.
You are willing to challenge the accepted beliefs about health and strive to apply
cutting edge research
to protecting it.
You are open to learning how to control money and make it work for you instead of
you just working
and slaving away for it.
You acknowledge that your desires are good and that you see nothing wrong in
seeking to attain them.
You are even willing to push aside the taboos that would attempt to prevent you from
exploring
and proving to yourself that you can possess god-like powers yourself.
You are willing to consider that there may be a true Ruling Elite working from "behind
the scenes" of
this human drama and dare to aspire to become One of Them.
Why?
Glory in this!
The average human embraces the idea that death is "natural", "inevitable", and even
"good".
They substitute authentic efforts to seek immortality and usually subscribe to the
idea that
seeking personal immortality for one's self is "evil".
Yet the truly defining characteristic of the Vampire, both Dayside and Nightside, is
that the
Vampire consciously and intentionally seeks physical immortality. We do so both
through Dayside
efforts to achieve this by means of science as well as our traditional Nightside
approach that relies
upon taking Lifeforce.
We are surrounded by this deathist culture and recognize that if we do not actively
continue to define
how we are different from them on this critical issue of personal immortality then we
will fall "prey"
to deathism even as they already have!
In a very real sense the average human being is a "victim" of deathism, the belief
that death is "good"
and immortality is "bad".
If for no other reason, we therefore choose to refer to them as "victims" and "prey" as
an active
and conscious reminder of this vital difference between what we seek and what they
seek.
Again, these word descriptions do not carry any condemnation of the value of any
individual,
victim or Vampire.
They are carefully chosen to describe the situation as it is and to remind each of us of
how our
religion and philosophy is so very different from theirs.
To maintain this perspective while surrounded by billions who take the opposite,
suicidal view of
life requires on going effort.
"I am a Vampire.
Bow down before me."
They are "victims" of their acceptance of death and are the "prey" of their own
inadequate attempts to deny that death has each of them firmly in its jaws.
Stay strong.
Are you
conscious now?
DISCRIMINATE
WITH CARE
The last words of the final Teaching of the Temple in The Vampire Adept Bible read,
Without lies fact
and fancy, truth and metaphor. Discriminate with care.
These words were not idly chosen to bracket the formal published Teachings of the
worlds only
authentic Vampire Religion, HEKAL TIAMAT. They were chosen to emphasize a number
of
critical principles that the Vampire needs to inculcate into the deepest recesses of his
character.
At the first level, these words act as a legal and public disclaimer. It is warning the
reader to not
just believe everything as written. It is clearly stating that not all they will read is true
and factual.
At least some of what is written is fanciful and metaphorical.
In other words, metaphor is instructive but not literally true. Metaphor is intended to
convey a
meaning but is not the meaning itself.
However, the key point is that fancy, like metaphor, is not grounded in ordinary fact
but operates on
a different level.
In other words, to discriminate with care means that the reader is expected to make
judgments
based on discovering differences between what is written and what is true.
The reader is both warned and expected to test the Teachings he reads and then
discover what is
fact and what is fancy.
The reader is told he must actively seek to discover for himself by personal effort
what is truth and
what is metaphor.
And the final words of The Vampire Adept Bible warn us that life itself is an
intelligence test.
I Am a Vampire
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I AM A VAMPIRE
The Vampire Creed makes clear the basic beliefs of our religion. "I am a Vampire" is
stated twice, once at the very beginning and again just prior to the last line, to
emphasize the importance of this statement of identity. You need to understand that
you are a Vampire with a capital "V".
Vampirism is a religion (as well as a Nightside metaphysical discipline and a practical
philosophy). Just as the members of any religion are designated so by the convention
of capitalizing their name, as in Buddhist, Moslem, Christian, Jew, etc., the Vampire is
a member of the Vampire religion.
This is also why we are members of the Temple of the Vampire. The Vampire
designates a class of members of a religion. It would be just as appropriate for us to
refer to our religion as the Vampire Temple in this same sense.
You state "I am a Vampire" as a choice, as an act of will. The balance of the Vampire
Creed defines and elaborates upon the meaning of that statement; but above all,
being a Vampire is a choice. First you choose to be what you feel you already are.
You are a Vampire, a member of the Vampire religion.
And what is it that our religion holds to be true about being a Vampire? We hold that
the Vampire worships his ego and his life as the only true God. We hold that the
Vampire trusts reason above belief, distinguishes between truth and fantasy,
respects survival as the highest of laws, identifies magic as applied natural law,
rejects death as a virtue and is dedicated to the enjoyment of life in the present.
The Vampire holds these views, as expressed in this creed as the foundation of the
Vampire religion. And notice what is absent from the Vampire Creed. There is no
statement regarding anything outside what the Vampire values and rejects regarding
life as it is lived. The Vampire Creed does not include anything supernatural
whatsoever. The Vampire Creed defines the limits of the Vampire belief system.
I Honor My
Animal Instincts
The perfect guide to moral conduct for the Vampire comes directly from the physical
body. What feels good is good. What feels bad is bad.
Yet if this perfect guidance is only blindly obeyed instead of honored, then the lusts of
the body can cause ruin to your life, restrict your ability to feel pleasure by finding
yourself imprisoned or even end your earthly pleasures by being killed.
The Vampire Creed advises us to honor our animal instincts. This means to be aware
of what the body says to us about our physical likes and dislikes, as well as the
myriad emotional responses that we can feel moment to moment, day to day and
year after year.
You cannot honor what you ignore or reject. To honor your animal instincts you must
first be aware of them! You must open your awareness to the present moment, that
door to immortal eternity that the "lower" animals enjoy in a state of perfect
enlightenment.
Look at the common house cat. Unless in severe pain, the cat will always enjoy this
eternal moment, proud of its existence. Never questioning its needs, desires, likes or
dislikes, a cat will never consider evaluating itself. The cat glories in its existence and
lives with supreme self esteem.
It so values itself that it will never assign a value to itself. The cat has risen entirely
above the need for self esteem through perfect self acceptance beyond the need for
self esteem.
The Vampire is advised to recover the purity of this animal instinct beyond the need
for self appraisal, beyond all concepts of good and evil, those twin lies borne of a split
view of a single perfect universe.
Honor your animal instincts. In doing so you reveal your perfection as above all
others.
You take the place of command and authority that is yours as Vampire, Master of the
Earth.
Within the White Rite there are two components: the Rite of the Mirror and
the Oracle.
The Inspiration
Soon after the first Endless Night Vampire Ball in New Orleans in 1998, when I
arrived back in NYC, Tony Timpone (then editor of Fangoria Magazine) invite me
and my staff of theSabretooth Emporium to go to the Warner Brothers
screening room to watch an early cut of the film the Matrix. This was five months
before its theatrical release.
When I saw the Matrix, the film was not yet fully complete. Many of the special
effects unfinished, and a different eerie soundtrack. As we watched the film that
night, I saw the faces of my staff shift from skepticism to excitement and wonder.
Their Vampyre Eyes began to open wider.
him the bright lights of the lobby. Standing there as moved by what we had just
seen.
In the months leading up to the release of The Matrix in March of 1999, the
promotional advertising campaign for the movie asked, What is the Matrix?
Only a few who were fans of the Cyberpunk genre understood what a Matrix
was, but even they were not prepared for the full impact of the feature film. No
one could understand what the Matrix was until they actually saw the movie, and
asking the question was truly a great way to make people think about it and
question what it could mean.
Those who read into the film deeply ended up ponder some of our basic
perceptions concerning the nature of reality. I believe this to be a major subtle
shift in the history of human collective consciousness. In my opinion for the vast
majority of humanity, nothing would ever be the same. And it was no exception
for me as well. For months after the film was released many felt they got to see
reality from a different perspective and experience a shift in awareness.
How does this relate to the experience getting your first pair of fangs? Really
simply put it is another subtle personal shift of consciousness. What happened to
the five of us over the next few months, leading up to the public release of the
film, was truly a shift of consciousness, not unlike what Louis de Pointe du Lac
(Interview with the Vampire) experienced during his first night as a vampire.
Most significantly the wonders the Matrix presented reminded of when each of
us, of the experience of getting our first set of fangs, and how changed and alive
wed felt the first few weeks afterwards. While it seemed the rest of the world
was still experiencing things in a traditional way, the rite of transformation we
had undergone as Vampyres had caused us to see and feel things differently. We
felt a sense of awakening stirring in our spirits.
When the movie opened, and Matrix Mania descended upon the masses, the
question What is the Matrix? was finally answered. It was on the lips of
moviegoers everywhere, and we felt as though the process of getting fanged
could finally be appreciated. One more step towards the Singularity had come to
pass.
This is why the first element of the White Rite is the Rite of the Mirror. You can
see this very personal, and often life-changing ceremony done a hundred times
on my YouTube Channel. Everyone has a different reaction. Some cry, some
laugh, some stare in silence for what seems like hours. It is a moment as
profound and memorable as getting your first tattoo, but still very different.
The Rite was also borne out of practicality. As a professional, I had to keep people
and their curiosity from inspecting their fangs and critiquing them before they
were finished, as seeing them before the end ruined the mystery and slowed
down my fangmaking process. With the Rite of the Mirror I can stop my clients
from looking at their fangs until Im satisfied that theyre ready to be seen.
The Oracle
During the Rite of the Mirror, I found myself observing, asking questions, and
compiling a collection of clients ideas, desires, interests, responses and
perspectives into a journal; the same journal where Sanguinomicon and all my
other books come from. A few years ago, I took one hundred words from vampire
mythology and cut them down into one-page descriptions, based on these
testimonials, and my book the Red Veils was born. Combined with notes from
Sanguinomicon (a manifesto of sorts), I was describing a philosophy which I call
Vampyrism, in a new way. Spelling it with a y instead of an i, to differentiate
between the mythological vampire and the philosophy.
much more suitable experience for my fang clients, used to introduce them to
the experience of wearing fangs.
Vampyres?
And Vampyres are not easily defined. On the contrary, I enjoy a diverse client
base of individualists from around the world. They have taught me that Vampyres
are like cats: you cant herd them or group them; they are uniquely one tribe,
each individual dancing to the beat of his own drum, then forming a collective
chorus when they come into agreement.
The Awakening?
Often I hear the phrase, Getting fangs does not make you a Vampyre, and this
is true. However, the ceremony of the White Rite, and its components, often
trigger a fuller awakening that leads to embracing the Vampyre Philosophy, and
through it, a fuller, more enjoyable lifestyle. I have witnessed this many times
with my clients, and many of them will testify that the White Rite has changed
their lives, their self perception, and has led them to look at the world in a whole
new way.
you need to go through the White Rite to get an invitation. Otherwise your
experience there will remain lost as you will not connect with others through Our
Current (our vibe and traditions).
We are exclusive but inclusive, everyone is welcome as long as they come with
the same spirit and have the same basic experience of the White Rite and are not
intimately affiliated with any other Vampyre / vampire organization. We are
neutral and independent, with a dedicated Inner Circle
and international membership in North America, Australia, Brazil and Europe.
Once you go through the White Rite you must respond to the email invitation
provided within 72 hours. If you dont receive it and have gone through the White
Rite please email the administrators at TheSanguinarium@gmail.com.
inward
When they are ready, guide them to stare deeply into the mirror,
looking behind their own eyes.
Remind them to clear their mind. Find the silence between the thought
and let the darkness of that space fill your mind and being. Reach out
into the mirror with your essence and connect.
When they have felt a connection with the current, have them nod and
ask them to take The Red Pill or The Blue Pill... and if they accept
the Red Pill they shall recite the Strigoi Vii Vampyre Charge.
I AM VAMPYRE.
I am the Ruler of My Dream and seek never to die.
When in My Dayside, I am rational and materialistic.
Yet, by My own Will, I can enter the world mystic
And move to My Nightside, beyond the Veil.
I realize all things are possible and by My Will I prevail. Within
the equilibrium I find My Twilight.
I move closer to Zhep'r with every Flight.
I understand the difference between knowledge and belief.
Death is My only true enemy it shall never conquer Me.
I am Immortal, and Life I embrace.
I lead, explore, and feed to My taste.
I create, I love, and I celebrate,
For I know Life's pleasures all surely await!
I shall always uphold The Black Veil, My Covenant,
The basis of Our Mysteries and beginning of My imprint.
Though I sit atop the food chain I respect all other living
things, For they have their place due to the Energy they bring.
Thus I honor those who give Me their most precious gift.
Strigoi Vii is My spiritual Family, My sacred Heritage.
None shall keep Me from Zhep'r, for I am My own God! I rejoice
in My nature, Myself I applaud!
I AM VAMPYRE of the Sanguinarium...
In Love & Loyalty.
HAIL ELORATH!
Commitment:
Explain that the next steps in their growth involve study furthering
their Dayside and pursuing a deeper connection to the Current through
understanding Life-Force and communion.
The aspirant must commit to completion of reading The
Sanguinomicon and Red Veils. As officiant, make yourself available to
the discussion of reading materials. This provides motivation for their
success in completion of the study, and furthers your own
understanding and Zhepr.
Fill a horn with wine, mead, bloodbath, etc. Consecrate it as best you
know how and offer it to the aspirant:
Take this horn, and in your own words, declare the studies and
practices you are about to undertake and complete within one years
time. Remember, this is a sacred oath that you make to yourself and to
all those of the Current. Do not speak lightly.
Inclusion:
When they have had their drink of the horn, drink yourself and pour
any remainder into a bowl before the mirror. This will be the closest we
get to communion in this rite.
Inclusion to family comes from the officiate formally declaring person is
of the Current along with their Sobriquet.
You are now to be known as Soror / Frater and recognized a member
of the Sanguinarium Red Circle, a Calmae of the Family. You are now
formally accepted into our sacred Family, to further the timeless and
eternal quest of Zhepr.
At this point, some object may be presented to aspirant as
confirmation of the completion of this Rite and a member of Red Circle.
Now they have all the duties and privilages of Red Circle including
pursuing the Purple Rite, wearing a Red Stone in their Ankh and
entering Red Courts.
Hubbard devised the "Tone Scale" in 1951 as a tool for auditors in Scientology.
Scientologists believe it intends to classify people in a range or scale according to how
spiritually alive and how dead a person is, both personally and in their relationships to others.
It prescribes auditing procedures to use with a person depending where they are on the
scale.
Hubbard expanded on the idea and created 80 increments which he numbered from -40
(total failure) to +40 (serenity of beingness). Hubbard's full scale appears above. According
to Scientologists a person chronically focused on death and destruction is at the low end of
the tone scale, while a person focused on creativity is at the high end of the scale.
A noteworthy mechanism of the scale involves a person as they approach and react to pain.
As a person approaches pain, they allegedly become more antagonistic and less cheerful. It
is purported that after receiving pain, they will be angry about it, and then, if the pain
persists, can become more overwhelmed by it, progressing down through fear, grief, apathy,
into failure, etc. Auditing allegedly reverses this path. Scientologists aim to be at the higher
levels of the tone scale and believe that Scientology auditing will move them to a higher
average level of the tone scale.
While a person can rationally be any place on the tone scale due to circumstances,
Scientologists argue that one should not, under normal circumstances, be stuck any
particular place on the scale. Also, in Scientology one can be at various places on the tone
scale in different areas of life, such as being chronically 'high on' oneself and chronically
'down on' people or one's partner. Such discrepancy is allegedly an indication of a problem.
The ultimate goal of Scientology is claimed to be "a free being". By Scientology's definition, a
free being can be and does not have to be any place on the scale. A free being does not
have to avoid certain areas of the scale, although one could as a matter of choice or taste.
Allegedly, the lower a person is on the scale, the more complex and solid their problems are
and the more effort it takes to make even a little positive and real long-term gain for that
person. Thus, spotting a person as low on the scale allows one to make a decision regarding
how careful or involved one should become in dealing with that person.
ARC
Lifehasthreecomponentparts:affinity,realityandcommunication.These
formatriangleARC.Theyareinterdependenttosuchadegreethatifyou
interruptanyoneofthem,youwillinterrupttheflowoftheothertwo.
Letusexaminethecomponentpartsofthistriangle.
Thefirstcornerisaffinity.Onecouldcallit,sloppily,love,butthatishardly
descriptiveenough.Affinityisthesympatheticcoexistenceoftwothingsor
twopartsofthesameenergy.
Whenwetakeatuningforkinthephysicaluniverseandstrikeitanditstarts
vibratingatitsparticularfrequency,anothertuningforkwiththesame
frequencywillbegintovibratetoo,thoughithasnotbeentouched.Ifyoudamp
thefirstoneout,youfindtheothertuningforkisringing.Theyareinthesame
level,sothereforeyoucouldsaytheyhaveasympatheticvibration.
Twomentalkingwitheachothereitherareinaffinitywitheachotherorthey
arent.Iftheyarenot,theywillargue.Iftheyareinaffinitywitheachother,
twootherthingshavetobethere:Theyhavetohaveagreeduponarealityand
theyhavetobeabletocommunicatethatrealitytoeachother.
Thisbringsustothenextcorner:reality.Whenyouspeakofreality,physical
universereality,itisaveryinterestingthing.Thereisreallynosuchthingas
thephysicaluniverse;thereisamotion.Butwesensesomething;wesee
somethingwithoureyes,wehearsomethingwithourears,wesmellsomething
withournose,wetouchsomethingwithourhands,andwedecide,then,that
thereissomething.Buttheonlywayweknowitisthroughoursensesand
thosesensesareartificialchannels.Wearenotindirectcontactwiththe
physicaluniverse.Weareincontactthroughoursensechannelswithit.
Thosesensechannelscanbeblunted.Forinstance,amanloseshiseyesight,
andasfarasheisconcernedthereisnolightorshapeorcolorordepth
perceptiontothephysicaluniverse.Itstillhasarealitytohim,butitisnotthe
samerealityasanotherpersons.Inotherwords,heisunabletoconceivea
physicaluniversecompletelywithoutsight.Onecantconceivethesethings
withoutsenses.Sothephysicaluniverseisseenthroughthesesenses.
YouandIcantakealookatatableandagreeitisatable.Itismadeoutof
wood,itisbrown.Weagreetothat.Ofcourse,youunderstandthatwhenIsay
brownandyouhearbrown,brownactuallytoyoumaybepurplebutyou
haveagreedthatitisbrownbecauseallyourlifepeoplehavebeenpointingto
thiscolorvibrationandsayingbrown.Itmightreallyberedtome,butI
recognizeitasbrown.Soweareinagreementalthoughwemightbeseeing
somethingdifferent.Butweagreethisisbrown,thisiswood,thisisatable.
Nowafellowwalksinthedoor,comesupandtakesalookatthisthingand
says,Huh!Anelephant!
Yousay,Itsatable,see?Elephantsare...
No,itsanelephant.
Sowesayheiscrazy.Hedoesntagreewithus.Doweattemptfurtherto
communicatewithhim?No.Hedoesntagreewithus.Hehasnotagreedupon
thisreality.Areweinaffinitywithhim?No.Wesay,Thisguyiscrazy.We
dontlikehim.Wedontwanttobearoundhim.
NowletssayyouandIarearguing,andyousay,Thattableismadeoutof
wood,andIsay,No,itisnot.Itsmadeoutofmetalwhichispaintedtolook
likewood.Westartarguingaboutthis;wearetryingtoreachapointof
agreementandwecantreachthispointofagreement.Anotherfellowcomes
upandtakesalookatthetableandsays,Asamatteroffact,thelegsare
paintedtolooklikewood,butthetopiswoodanditisbrownanditisatable.
YouandIthenreachanagreement.Wefeelanaffinity.Allofasuddenwefeel
friendlyandwefeelfriendlytowardhim.Hesolvedtheproblem.Wehave
reachedanagreementandwegointocommunication.
ThemostimportantcorneroftheARCtriangleiscommunication.Howdo
peoplegointocommunicationwitheachother?
Inorderfortheretobecommunication,theremustbeagreementandaffinity.
Inorderfortheretobeaffinity,theremustbeagreementonrealityand
communication.Inorderfortheretoberealityandagreement,theremustbe
affinityandcommunicationone,two,three.Ifyouknockaffinityout,
communicationandrealitygo.Ifyouknockrealityout,communicationand
affinitywillgo.Ifyouknockcommunicationout,theywillallgo.
Thereareseveralwaystoblockacommunicationline.Oneistocutit,another
oneistomakeitsopainfulthatthepersonreceivingitwillcutit,andanother
oneistoputsomuchonitthatitjams.Thosearethreeveryimportantthingsto
knowaboutacommunicationline.Also,thatcommunicationmust
begoodcommunication:thenecessarydatasentinthenecessarydirectionand
received.
Allthatcommunicationwillbeabout,bytheway,isrealityandaffinity
concerningthephysicaluniverse.Discussionswillbewhetherthereisorisnot
affinity,orwhetherthereisorisnotagreementandwheretheagreementis
particularlydisagreedwithonthephysicaluniverse.
Affinitycanbebuiltupinanumberofways.Youcantalktopeopleandbuild
upanaffinitywiththem.Butrememberthisiscommunication,notjusttalk.
Therearemany,manywaystocommunicate.Twopeoplecansitandlookat
eachotherandbeincommunication.Oneofthewaystogointo
communicationisbytactile.Youcanpetacat,andthecatallofasuddenstarts
topurr;youareincommunicationwiththecat.Youcanreachoutandshakea
personshandandyouareincommunicationwithhimbecausetactilehastaken
place.Theoldschoolboyswiththetoothandclawideathateverybodyhates
everybodyreally,andeverybodyisonthedefensiveandthatiswhywehaveto
forceeverybodyintobeingsocialanimalssaidthatthereasonmenshake
handsistoshowthereisnoweaponinthehand.No,itisacommunication.In
France,Italy,Spainandsoforththeythrowtheirarmsaroundeachother;there
islotsofcontactandthatcontactiscommunication.
Ifapersonisbadlyoutofcommunicationandyoureachoutandpathimonthe
shoulderandhedodgesslightly(heconsidersallthingspainful)eventhoughhe
doesntgoon,youwillfindheisalsooutofcommunicationvocally.Youtryto
saysomethingtohim.Youknow,Ithinkthatsaprettygoodproject,Project
342A,andIthinkweoughttogoalongwithit.Hewillsitthereandlookat
youandnod,andthenhewillgodownandcompleteProject36.
Yousay,Project36hasjustbeenthrownout.Wewerentgoingtogothrough
withthatatall,buthehardlyknowsyouaretalkingtohim.Hedodges
everythingyousay.Orhemaytalktoyousohardandsolongyoudontgeta
chancetotellhimyouwanttodoProject342A.Thatisdodgingyou,too.In
otherwords,heisoutofcommunicationwithyou.Thereforehisaffinityislow
andhewontagreewithyoueither.Butifyoucangethimintoagreement,
communicationwillpickupandaffinitywillpickup.
Thisisaboutthemostimportantdataeverrunacrossinthefieldof
interpersonalrelations.
Youcantakeanygroupofmenworkingonaprojectandtakeonelookatthe
foremanandthemenandtellwhetherornotthesepeopleareincommunication
withoneanother.Iftheyarent,theyarenotworkingasacoordinatedteam.
Theyarenotincommunication,perhaps,becausetheyarenotagreedonwhat
theyaredoing.
Allyouhavetodoistakethegroup,putthemtogetherandsay,Whatareyou
guysdoing?Youdontasktheforeman,youaskthewholegroupandthe
foreman,Whatareyouguysdoing?
Onefellowsays,Imearningfortydollarsaweek.ThatswhatImdoing.
Anotheronesays,Well,Imgladtogetoutofthehouseeveryday.Theold
womansprettypestiferous.Anotheronesays,Asamatteroffact,I
occasionallygettodrivethetruckoverthereandIliketodrivethetruck,and
Illputupwiththerestofthisstuff.Idrivethetruck,andIvegottowork
anyhow.Anothermanmightsay,ifhewerebeinghonest,Imstayingonthis
jobbecauseIhatethisdogthatyouvegothereasaforeman.IfIcandevote
mylifetomakinghimmiserable,boy,thatmakesmehappy.Ireallyleadhima
dogslife,too.
Allthetimeyouthoughtthatthosementhoughttheyweregradingaroad.Not
oneofthemthoughttheyweregradingaroad.Youthoughttheywerebuilding
aroad.Notoneofthemwasbuildingaroad;notoneofthemwasevengrading.
Thiscrewmaybeunhappyandinefficient,butyougetthemtogetherandyou
say,Well,youknow,somedayalotofcarswillgooverthisroad.Maybe
theyllwreckthemselvesoccasionallyandsoforth,butalotofcarswillgo
overthisroad.Youboysarebuildingaroad.Itsaprettyhardjob,but
somebodysgottodoit.Alotofpeoplewillthankyouboysforhavingbuilt
thisroad.Iknowyoudontcareanythingaboutthat,butthatsreallywhatwe
aredoingaroundhere.Now,Idlikeafewsuggestionsfromyoupeopleabout
howwecouldbuildthisroadalittlebitbetter.Allofasuddenthewholecrew
isbuildingaroad.Affinity,realityandcommunicationgorightup.
ThereasonthisworksisthateverypointontheARCtriangleisdependenton
theothertwo,andeverytwoaredependentonone.Onecantcutdownone
withoutcuttingdowntheothertwo,andonecantrehabilitateonewithout
rehabilitatingtheothertwo.Onthepositiveside,onecanrehabilitateanypoint
onthetrianglebyrehabilitatinganyotherpointonit.
To get more data about the ARC triangle, read the booklet, The
Components of Understanding or the
comprehensive Scientology Handbook, based on the works
of L. Ron Hubbard. In these, you will also find simple exercises
which will help you increase your ability to apply the triangle in
life. You can use them to improve all aspects of your life.
Goddesses by Categories
Compiled by A. C. Smythe
Animals/Hunting
Marriage/Love
Aphrodite (Greek)
Frigga (Norse/Germanic)
Hathor (Egypt)
Hera (Greek)
Ishara (Mesopotamian)
Juno (Roman)
Parvati (Hindu)
Venus (Roman)
Mermaids/Underwater
Atargatis (Assyrian/Semitic)
Aycayia (Caribbean)
Derketo (Greek)
Liban (Celtic)
Lorelei (Germanic)
Mami Wata (African)
Melusine (French)
Nereids (Greek)
Ningyo (Japanese)
Nix (Germanic)
Oceanids (Greek)
Ondine/Undine (French)
Sirens (Greek)
Moon
Art/Inspiration/Dancin
g/Music/Poetry
Ame-No-Uzume (dancing;
Shinto-Japanese)
Athena (inspiration; Greek)
Brigid (poetry; Celtic)
Ceridwen (inspiration;
Celtic)
Harmonia (music; GrecoRoman)
Hi'aika (dancing; Hawaiian)
Iambe (poetry; Greek)
Laka (dancing; Polynesian)
Minerva (arts and crafts;
Roman)
Mnemosyne (mother of
Muses; Greek)
Muraja (music; Buddhist)
Muses (inspiration; Greek)
Rhiannon (inspiration;
Celtic)
Sarasvati (the arts; Hindu)
Childbirth/Midwifery
Anukis (Egyptian)
Artemis (Greek)
Aveta (Romano-Celtic)
Belet-Ili (Mesopotamian)
Brigid (Celtic)
Decima (Roman)
Diana (Roman)
Eileithyia (Greek)
Heket (Egyptian)
Hera (Greek)
Hesat (Egyptian)
Isara (Mesopotamian)
Hera (Greek)
Inanna (Sumerian)
Isis (Egyptian)
Juno (Roman)
Ostara (Anglo-Saxon)
Persephone (Greek)
Prosperina (Roman)
Nammu (Mesopotamian)
Renenutet (Egyptian)
Sasuratum (Western
Semitic)
Taweret (Egyptian)
Teteoinnan-Toci (Aztec)
Thalna (Etruscan)
Xochiquetzal (Aztec)
Zarpanitum
(Mesopotamian)
Creatrix
Antu (Mesopotamian)
Birrahgnooloo (Australian
Aboriginal)
Cihuacoatl-Quilaztli (Aztec)
Danu (Celtic)
E Alom (Mayan)
Gunabibi (Australian
Aboriginal)
Ishtar (Egyptian)
Iusaas (Egyptian)
Izanami-No-Kami (ShintoJapanese)
Mawu (West African)
Nammu (Mesopotamian)
Neith (Egyptian)
Nu Kua (Chinese)
Nut (Egyptian)
White Buffalo Calf Woman
(Native American)
Yhi (Australian)
Crones/Wise Women
Baba Yaga (Slavic)
Black Annis (Celtic)
Cailleach (Celtic)
Greine (Celtic)
Hecate (Greek)
Hel (Norse/Germanic)
Oya (Nigerian)
Pax (Roman)
Sedna (Inuit)
Sexual Love/Beauty
Alpanu (Etruscan)
Anat (Canaanite)
Aphrodite (Greek)
Astarte (Canaanite)
Freya (Norse/Germanic)
Hathor (Egyptian)
Huitaca (Columbian)
Inanna (Sumerian)
Ishtar (Mesopotamian)
Lillith (Hebrew)
Oshun (Nigerian)
Radha (Hindu)
Rati (Hindu)
Turan (Etruscan)
Venus (Roman)
Xochiquetzal (Aztec)
Sky/Stars/Heaven
Arundhati (Hindu)
Astlik (Armenian)
Coyolxauhqui (Aztec)
Eos (Indo-European)
Hathor (Egyptian)
Hera (Greek)
Inanna (Sumerian)
Inmar (Finno-Ugric)
Ishtar (Mesopotamian)
Juno (Roman)
Lilith (Sumerian)
Marici (Buddhist)
Mater Matuta (Italic)
Mawu (West African)
Naksatras (Hindu)
Nut (Egyptian)
Oya (Nigerian)
Sophia (Gnostic)
Sothis (Egyptian)
Tara (Hindu)
Subconscious/Dreams
Astarte (Canannite)
Inanna (Sumerian)
Maat (Egyptian)
Nanshe (Mesopotamian)
Nephthys (Egyptian)
Persephone (Greek)
Skuld (Norse/Germanic)
Takotsi (Mesoamerican)
Toci (Aztec)
Psyche (Greek)
Sun/Light
Destruction/Vengeance/
Wrath
Badb (Celtic)
Bast (Egyptian)
Belili (Mesopotamian)
Durga (Hindu)
Erinys (Greek)
Hina (Polynesian)
Indrani (Hindu)
Itzpapalotl (Mesoamerican)
Kali Ma (Hindu)
Morrigan (Celtic)
Nemesis (Greco-Roman)
Nephthys (Egyptian)
Nirrti (Hindu)
Pele (Hawaiian)
Sekhmet (Egyptian)
Aine (Celtic)
Amaterasu (Shinto-Japanese)
Athena (Greek)
Bast (Egyptian)
Dipa (Buddhist)
Hathor (Egyptian)
Hine-Ata-Uira (Polynesian)
Kaumudi (Hindu)
Narisah (Manichaean)
Ningal (Mesopotamian)
Ostara (Anglo-Saxon)
Saule (Latvian)
Sophia (Gnostic)
Sul (Celtic)
Surya (Hindu)
Taditkara (Buddhist)
Tate Velika Vimali (Mesoamerican)
Tefnut (Egyptian)
Thesan (Etruscan)
Waka-Hiru-Me (Shinto-Japanese)
Wuriupranili (Australian Aboriginal)
Triple Goddesses
Brigid (Celtic)
Carmentes (Roman)
Changing Woman (Native American)
Diana Triformis (Celtic)
FortunaeConcordia/Salus/Pax (Roman)
Hecate (Greek)
Helice (Greek)
Inanna/Ereshkigal (Sumerian)
Kali (Hindu)
Moirai (Greek)
Morrigan (Celtic)
NornsUrdu/Verdandi/Skuld (Norse)
Persephone/Demeter/Hecate (Greek)
The Three Zoryas (Russian)
Underworld/Death
Earth Mothers
Aeracura (Celtic)
Arianrhod (Celtic)
Bhumidevi (Hindu)
Changing Woman (Native
American)
Chibirias (Mayan)
Cybele (Anatolian)
Danu (Celtic)
Demeter (Greek)
Devi (Hindu)
Gaia (Greek)
Green Tara (Hindu)
Hu-Tu (Chinese)
Inanna (Sumerian)
Iord (Nordic)
Kali (Hindu)
Mari (Basque)
Mokos (Slavic)
Ninhursag (Mesopotamian)
Paca-Mama (Inca)
Parvati (Hindu)
Rhea (Cretan/Greek)
Sita (Hindu)
Tellus (Roman)
Terra Mater (Roman)
Tlazolteotl (Mesoamerican)
Touia Fatuna (Polynesian)
Fate/Destiny
Ananke (Greek)
Atropos (Greek)
Freya (Norse)
Laima (Latvian)
Manawat (Western Semitic)
Nortia (Etruscan)
Fertility
Abundantia (Roman)
Ahurani (Persian)
Ama-Arhus
(Mesopotamian)
Amaunet (Egyptian)
Anaitis (Persian)
Anat (Canaanite)
Andarta (Celtic)
Asase Yaa (West African)
Ashtoreth (Philistine)
Astarte (Western Semitic)
Athirat (Western Semitic)
Baba (Mesopotamian)
Bast (Egyptian)
Brigid (Celtic)
Demeter (Greek)
Diana (Roman)
Disani (Afghan-Hindukush)
Estsanatlehi (Navajo)
Frigga (Norse/Germanic)
Inanna (Sumerian)
Ishtar (Mesopotamian)
Morrigan (Celtic)
Ostara (Anglo-Saxon)
Quades (Western Semitic)
War
Anat (Canaanite)
Andrasta (Romano-Celtic)
Astarte (Western Semitic)
Athena (Greek)
Badb (Celtic)
Bellona (Roman)
Boadicea (British)
Durga (Hindu)
Freya (Norse/Germanic)
Inanna (Sumerian)
Ishtar (Mesopotamian)
Korravai (Dravidian)
Minerva (Roman)
Morrigan (Celtic)
Nike (Greek)
Oya (Nigerian)
Sekhmet (Egyptian)
Water/Rivers/Sea
Abnoba (rivers; Romano-Celtic)
Ame-No-Mi-Kumari-No-Kami (heavenly water
divider; Shinto-Japanese)
Amphitrite (sea; Greek)
Anaulikutsai'x (rivers; Native American)
Arnemetia (water; Romano-Celtic)
Boann (rivers; Celtic)
Buk (rivers; Sudanese)
Chalchiuhtlicue (water; Aztec)
Coventina (water; Roman)
Djila'qons (sea; Native American)
Doris (sea; Greek)
Eurynome (sea; Greek)
Ganga (rivers; Hindu)
Harpina (rivers; Greek)
Immap Ukua (sea; Inuit)
Leukothea (sea; Greco-Roman)
Mama Qoca (sea; Inca)
Manannan (sea; Celtic)
Mazu (sea; Taoist)
Mizu-Ha-No-Me (Shinto-Japanese)
Sedna (deep sea; Inuit)
Thetis (rivers, sea; Greek)
Tin Hau (water; Taoist)
Yemaya (sea; Nigerian)
Wealth/Fortune/Luck
Good/Nurturing
Mothers
Aditi (Hindu)
Ammavaru (Hindu)
Anu (Celtic)
Artemis (Greek)
Asherah (Canaanite)
Atargatis (Assyrian/Semitic)
Aya (Mesopotamian)
Bhrkuti-Tara (Buddhist)
Brahmani (Hindu)
Ceres (Roman)
Coatlicue (Aztec)
Cybele (Anatolian)
Demeter (Greek)
Devaki (Hindu)
Danu (Celtic)
Frigga (Norse/Germanic)
Gaia (Greek)
Hathor (Egyptian)
Ishtar (Mesopotamian)
Isis (Egyptian)
Kundalini (Aztec)
Kybele (Phrygian)
Magna Mater (Roman)
Mata (Hindu)
Meter (Greek)
Mut (Egyptian)
Ninhursaga
(Mesopotamian)
Nut (Egyptian)
Parvati (Hindu)
White Buffalo Calf Woman
(Native American)
Abundantia (Roman)
Aje (West African)
Anuradha (Hindu)
Ashiakle (West African)
Benten-San (Shinto-Japanese)
Ekajata (Buddhist)
Fortuna (Roman)
Laksmi (Hindu)
Rhiannon (Celtic)
Tyche (Greco-Roman)
Woman Who Fell to Earth (Native American)
Wisdom
Asherah (Canaanite)
Athena (Greek)
Cailleach (Celtic)
Ceridwen (Celtic)
Hecate (Greek)
Ishtar (Mesopotamian)
Isis (Egyptian)
Kuan Yin (Taoist)
Lilith (Sumerian)
Metis (Greek)
Minerva (Roman)
Nissaba (Mesopotamian)
Sarasvati (Hindu)
Shekinah (Hebrew)
Sophia (Gnostic)
Tara (Hindu)
Vajrayogini (Buddhist)
Guardians/Protectors
Ankalamman (against
demons; Hindu)
Anna Perenna (against
famine; Roman)
Artemis (the vulnerable;
Greek)
Bast (household; Egyptian)
Bes (women in labor;
Egyptian)
Brigid (protects all who call;
Celtic)
Diana (animals, virginity;
Roman)
Green Tara (against physical
and spiritual danger;
Hindu)
Hecate (household,
travelers, newborns; Greek)
Kuan Yin (against danger;
Taoist)
Maharaksa (group of five
guardian goddesses;
Buddhist)
Mazu/Ma Tsu (seafaring;
Chinese)
Securita (stability of empire;
Roman)
Sekhmet (against disease;
Egyptian)
Volumna (infants; Roman)
White Tara (life, peace;
Hindu)
Wosret (protected Horus;
Egyptian)
Healing/Health
Athena (Greek)
Bast (Egyptian)
Brigid (Celtic)
Gula (Mesopotamian)
Hygieia (Greek)
Ishtar (Mesopotamian)
Isis (Egyptian)
Ixchel (Mayan)
Kamrusepa (Hittite)
Kuan Yin (Taoist)
Meditrina (Roman)
Psyche (Greek)
Salus (Roman)
Sequana (Romano-Celtic)
Sirona (Romano-Celtic)
Sulis (Romano-Celtic)
Thatmanitu (Western
Semitic)
Tozi (Aztec)
Zapotlantenan (Aztec)
Humor/Fun/Pleasure
Bast (Egyptian)
Baubo (Greek)
Iambe (Greek)
Uzume (Shinto-Japanese)
Justice
Athena (Greek)
Chang Yong (Chinese)
Dharma (Hindu)
Dike (Greek)
Hathor (Egyptian)
Maat (Egyptian)
Minerva (Roman)
Nanse (Mesopotamian)
Nemesis (Greco-Roman)
Nzambi (African)
Themis (Greco-Roman)
Magic
Ceridwen (Celtic)
Frigga (Norse/Germanic)
Hecate (Greek)
Isis (Egyptian)
Maidens
Anath (Canaanite)
Blodeuwedd (Celtic)
Brigid (Celtic)
Caer (Celtic)
Concordia (Roman)
Gerd (Nordic)
Kore (Greek)
Persephone (Greek)
Urdu (Nordic)
Sources
Dictionary of Gods and
Goddesses
By Michael Jordan
Checkmark Books, 2004
The Complete Idiot's Guide
to Paganism
By Carl McColman
Alpha (Penguin Group),
2002
Goddess Gift: Meet the
Goddesses Here
http://www.goddessgift.co
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New Book of Goddesses and
Heroines
By Pat Monaghan
Llewellyn Publications, 2002
Goddess Guidance Oracle Cards &
Guidebook
By Doreen Virtue
Hay House Inc., 2004
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goal. A trained Vampyre can remain a simple specter, which is a traditional ghost.
They would be only partially aware and have only instinctual feeding, trapped. True
Immortality requires much more. One must learn to develop the Self to such a point
of willpower, skills in energy work and developed Zhepr the identity of the Vampyre
continues. Otherwise the Vampyre will face the Second Death and oblivion of the
Self. Human funeral rites are designed to release the spirit and send hurtling towards
the Second Death, ours is the polar opposite.
Thus through the Rising Rite, we Vampyres support our recently departed Sorors
and Fraters through projecting energy through communion directly to the rising
Vampyre whilst they are in between the First and Second Death. This initiation rite
aids the disembodied Vampyre by reminding them of who they are. The Norse would
tell stories of the departed while passing a horn of mead. This was called the Arvel.
The accumulated energy boosted the sound made as the dead crossed the Gjalarbru
(resounding bridge); the greater the sound, the more profound a persons life. So,
they drank deep and cheered loudly in honor of their fallen kin.
The Timing of a Rising Rite is essential. It should be done by as many members of
the Family as possible, preferably in group communion, as soon after the Vampyres
first death to offset the Second Death. Often the First Death is a challenging
experience for a newly Rising Vampyre since they are, for the first time, without a
strong corporeal body to return too and supply them with basic levels of life-force. If
they were prepared, this ritual will aid them in their Rising and should be done
within the first few days after the first death to set them on their way.
The Rising Rite should also be accompanied or followed by a Revelry celebration
in the Vampyre's honor as one would celebrate the life of the departed akin to an
Irish funeral and the Norse Arvel. Food and drink should be prepared and telling of
stories and celebration of the individuals life should be performed; fulfilling good
and charged vibe as any other event in Sanguinarium tradition. Mortals are welcome
to join in the celebration if they are open minded or Black Swans to release as much
energy as possible. The Rising Rite and Revelry should be held separately from any
mundane funeral ceremonies as to allow the mortal family their own freedoms and
traditions.
Additional purposes of the Rising Rite include the ability to remind those living
Vampyres of their mortality and the purpose of Zhepr.
The Prelude should include Articles of Remembering: as much information
about the individual as possible is gathered, including details of their life, interests,
special dates, pictures, personal artifacts, favorite foods and drinks, and anything
familiar to the Rising Vampyre.
The Ritual should take place flowing the Prelude, this is when the actual Rising
Rite should be performed, preferably by a member of the Priesthood, Magister or an
Adept. However it can be performed by any initiates of the Current or as a solitary if
one is not able to attend a Quorum. Therefor individuals and groups from around the
world can join in on the ritual if coordinated properly. A standard ceremonial
communion is the best template and instead of focusing the offered energy towards
the Current it should be sent towards the individual who has passed.
The Invokation should state the Purpose of the Rite and call forth both the
Sobriquet and birth name of the passed and they are called through the Current.
During the Offering, in addition to offered life-force, all articles of Rising should be
presented to help the deceased. The Current should be invoked and charged as they
will come through this and it will often appear after the Invokation as wind or
through other signs. Speak to the Rising Vampyre as if they are present in the room
to create a sense of normality, this will aid them in their Rising and feel less distant.
The Closing should be done in standard tradition of a Ceremonial Communion and
their name should be spoken Nine Times to represent the different Paths through the
Labyrinth of Kaladra (a Black Court secret). Followed by a closing statement by a
presiding member or the Priesthood Hail (insert sobriquet of the Rising Vampyre),
this Ritual is to aid you in your journey frater / soror and to know you are and
always will be Family of the Sanguinarium. Hail Elorath! Clap hands three times
or ring the bell, then say So it is done.
Afterwards, it is off to to a place of celebration such as their home, a favorite bar or
place familiar to them, invite them to join and continue with a Revelry celebration of
the persons mortal life and their Rising.
Sealing Energy
Sealing Energy
Sealing
Sealing is a technique used to stop absorbed life-force from leaking out of the
Vampyres subtle body. Many Vampyres know how to absorb energy but do not really
know how to digest and store it properly. Vampyres may lose or leak absorbed lifeforce for many reasons, such as stress, anger, or ill-health.
Meditation, grounding, and centering are powerful tools to reduce energy leakage. A
calm and centered mind does not waste energy on destructive thought patterns.
When the mind is functioning in a healthy and productive manner, the subtle body
follows suit. Since the physical body is connected to the subtle body, maintaining the
health of the physical body will help ensure the health of the subtle body. Energy
practices such as chakra work or Reiki may also help maintain the health of the
subtle body.
Sealing is important for the digestion of energies. The Vampyres subtle body needs
to process the absorbed life-force, just as their Corporeal body needs to process
physical food. For example, on Thanksgiving many residents of the United States eat
large meals and become sleepy because of the energy needed to digest all that food.
After eating, one must digest, and after feeding, the Vampyre must seal. Sealing
slows energy leakage and creates a contained energy pool. After a Vampyre has
sealed absorbed energy, they can more efficiently focus that energy. Meditating
quietly after feeding is a simple way to seal energy. When the physical body is calm
and centered, the subtle body can more efficiently process the absorbed life-force.
The Azra
The Azra are three positions on the Synod who are the representatives and directors
of each of the three Major Currents of Kitra, Mradu and Ramkht. Appointed by the
High Priest/ess of the Sanguinarium.
Each Azra chooses a Second, who is their assistant and heir apparent to aid them in
directing each Current.
Victor Magnus is obviously the Mradu Azra. I am the Ramkht Azra and the position
of Kitra Azra is now vacant with the Rising of Maelle.
This October during the Grande Quorum in New Orleans, and with the blessing and
agreement of the Synod I will be taking over as a TEMPORARY position as the Kitra
Azra until a Magister is initiated into this position. I have selected Priestess Rosiland
as my Second.
Magister Ur who will ascend to the position of Ramkht Azra.
I hope all Red, Purple and Black Circle members are there to join in supporting these
Ascensions.
Eternally,
Father
Types of Vampires
Types of Vampires
Throughout the last decade the focus of media on the vampire community has come down to two
types in the real vampire community or RVC which are sanguinarian (blood drinkers) and psychic
vampires (psivamps) and those in between known by the term hybrids.
Then there is another type often very discrete called living vampires who consider Vampyrism a
philosophy and spiritual / esoteric path.
Presented here are just a very broad definition of the types of vampires, there are many more
beyond this perspective, so keep an open mind to new possibilities and variations on these
concepts..
From an old school perspective real vampires generally spell vampire with an i and Living
Vampires have traditionally distinguished themselves with spelling vampyre with a y. Psychics and
Sangs base their concept of vampirism solely on need of energy (blood, emotion or life-force) and
not usually as a philosophy, culture or spirituality.
Here is a short rundown from the perspective of the Sanguinarium and Sabretooth Clan
- Sanguinarian vampires are individuals who believe they have need to consume human blood to
maintain their mental, physical and spiritual health.
Traditional psychic vampires who are are described as energy parasites in traditional occult lore.
These are encountered in everyday life and generally not apart of the RVC, many not identifying with
the vampire or realizing what they are.
Ethical psychic vampires who believe they have an energy deficiency such as a damaged chakra
system or their bodies are not able to generate life-force and must feed off energy to maintain their
mental, spiritual and physical health.
- Living Vampires (Vampyres) are individuals who consider Vampyrism a philosophy (Dayside)
and for some a spiritual / esoteric path (Nightside) which defined by the empowering virtues of the
vampire mythos. Living Vampires do not need to drink blood and do not have an energy deficiency,
yet have a defined culture, philosophy and set of traditions. Their need for life-force is a complex
nightside secret and is done ethically. Example virtues of Vampyrism include Immortality, Mystery,
The Dragon, Primal Nature, Transhumanism, Romance, Life, Love & Loyalty, Apotheosis and Family.
The Sanguinarium holds several major public international gatherings known annually which are
known as the Endless Night Vampire Ball which take place in New Orleans ever Halloween weekend,
in Paris, France in April and also on New York City. Endless Nights is a mix of burlesque performance,
a masquerade ball and rock concert to celebrate the various Vampyre Virtues as practiced by
members of the Sanguinarium.
Do Vampyres cast a reflection?
Yes. Vampyres are physically human beings and cast a reflection like everyone else.
Do Vampyres sparkle?
No. Vampyres do not sparkle, unless you pour glitter on them.
Are Vampyres in league with the devil and worship Satan?
Not at all. Vampyres practice many religions and spiritual traditions and are very much involved and
active within diverse religious institutions around the world. Vampyres can be very devout
Christians, Jews, Muslims, Buddhists, while many others are often pagans, agnostic, atheist or just
simply spiritual.
Are Vampyres are no longer human, they are undead animated corpses?
No. Vampyres live within a human body, breath air, must eat food, and can die and age like any
normal person from any disease, affliction or accident.
Are vampires are allergic to garlic?
No. Many Vampyres love garlic.
Isnt it true that Vampyres do not eat or drink human foods and beverages?
No. Vampyres often have a very refined tastes in food, There are many excellent professional and
amateur chefs that are members of the Vampyre community.
Is Vampyrism is a condition, curse or disease?
No. Vampyres freely chose to follow the path of the Vampyre, which many consider a philosophy
and for others it is a form of spirituality. Vampyre philosophy is usually about enjoying life to the
fullest, transhumanism, self-empowerment, personal growth, longevity, a healthy self-image,
entrepreneurship, personal elegance, happiness and success.
Is it true that Vampyres do not age and are immortal?
No. Vampyres do though try to remain healthy and strive to increase their longevity through exercise
and reducing health risks by eating well and enjoying active sports such as running, self-defense,
skiing, equestrian, baseball, basketball, yoga, etc.
Are Vampyres repulsed by religious symbols?
No. Vampyres as previously mentioned hail from many religions and spiritual paths. The ouroborous
and the ankh are extremely popular as symbols of spiritual immortality for many Vampyres, however
some wear crosses and other religious symbols of their faiths routinely and proudly.
Are Vampyres are harmed by silver?
No. Vampyres overwhelmingly love silver as both a color and the metal. Most Vampyres prefer the
symbolism of silver as being related to the moon and night as opposed to gold that usually related
to the sun.
Are Vampyres fearful of or harmed by sunlight?
Yes and no. Vampyres often avoid strong sunlight because it ages the skin quickly and may cause
cancer, but some do enjoy getting their suntans during the summer. Many Vampyres prefer the
evening though as a time of quiet, mystery and gazing at the stars and the moon. Most Vampyres
though hold normal day jobs and do make a daily commute in sunlight everyday.
Do Vampyres form covens or clans?
Sometimes. This was mostly practiced in the days before the emergence of the modern
Sanguinarium, but it is less common now. Vampyres for the most part are naturally very solitary and
independent in their everyday lives, but highly social when they interact with other Vampyres at
parties and events . In the old days, covens known as houses were popular due to geographic
constraints. However, with the advent of the internet these groups have become obsolete as online
social networking virtually eradicate the limits of geography when to trying to find others of a like
mind.
Are Vampyres vulnerable to bullets and weapons?
Yes. Vampyres are normal human beings. they can die and be harmed by weapons just like everyone
else.
Do Vampyres need to drink blood to survive?
No. Vampyres do NOT need to drink blood to survive. The very few that do anything related to blood
consider it merely a fetish and only do it within monogamous relationships and never speak about it
publicly as such actions are taboo and often illegal.
Must Vampyres sleep in coffins during the day?
No. Many Vampyres though think of this clich as quite humorous and some do it for fun or as a joke.
Some might use it as a technique of sensory deprivation for meditation. Many vampire fans have
heard of the term Coming out of the Coffin from the television show True Blood. This term came
directly from Sanguinarium traditions and culture. The writers at True Blood did their research on
many different mythologies. The term was coined in 1997 at Long Black Veil Vampyre Club in NYC,
when an individual who got custom made fangs wondered how to tell his parents he was practicing
Vampyre philosophy. A friend said to him just wait until the right time to come out of the coffin.
Can Vampyres enter upon holy ground?
Yes. Vampyres often have a fascination religious symbolism, history, theology and architecture. You
will often see Vampyres in the courtyard in the Paris Mosque or exploring Cathedrals such as Saint
Patricks Cathedral in New York City.
Are Vampyres all are rich, corporate executives, wealthy bachelors or aristocrats?
No. Vampyres may come from all walks of life and economic means. Some Vampyres are often very
enterprising and industrious, and see materialism as a part of creating a comfortable living. Others
work at jobs and live a conservative fiscal life focusing on establishing a sense of security financially
for themselves. Many Vampyres love business and success thus becoming entrepreneurs as a way to
live in an individualistic, self reliant and independent manner. many live a conservative fiscal life
focusing on establishing a sense of security financially for themselves.. Many Vampyres are
attracted to entertainment professions where they can have an audience such as being musicians,
artists, writers, dancers, tour guides, public speakers, etc. However, many are lawyers, doctors,
electricians, college professors, mechanics, professionals, computer programmers, school teachers,
nurses, business owners and so on.