First let me begin by saying that I am glad to see that this child board has continued on in my recent absence. Further crystallization and focus of this section is one of my first goals in my return.
We have discussed Vampyres, their characteristics and even delved into archetypes and thoughtforms. Likewise, we have seen the role of Vampyres within both the Church of Satan and the Temple of Set.
One main question I have seen and to a degree have addressed although not in detail is, "How does one become a Vampyre?"
One part of this answer can be found in one word of the question: become. It should be easy based on that one word to see how closely Vampyrism relates to Xeper.
It is true one does become a Vampyre.
So how does this happen?
A simple, although snarky answer would be: practice.
We can find excellent examples of the Ancient Ones. Any deity of all of the religions are Vampyric in nature. They all feed off of human beings and have done so for centuries. Human beings have fed them by way of belief, prayer, offering, and raising energy.
Even those who superstitiously assume that they are safe from this by attempting to do these things from a "safe space" of atheism, still offer up energy even if they are only doing this for cathartic purposes.
Consider it.
These types will use
energy to set up the chamber, the dress up, and read various incantations, invocations, music, chant's etc. Further, unless it is done only for the purposes of a spook show, they are offering up emotions. In the event that they are doing it to be spooky only, not only are they offering up their own energy but they are also offering up the energy of the audience they wish to shock (the high school kid who wears an upside down cross with other Hot Topic garb with no real intent other than being shocking) and to gain attention for themselves....without the consent of the said audience!
This is why it is crucial to understand exactly what you are working with when using various symbols, paradigms etc. Guns do not shoot themselves it takes someone pulling the trigger to make it shoot. The same holds true with the practitioners of paradigms and symbolism that has been used for centuries. Like a gun, they have been used because they work. If you symbolically pull the trigger they will shoot. If you have no real aim, they will still shoot but you may be surprised when they hit an unintended target.
My point here is that using your energy with intent or not, with belief or not, is irrelevant. You are still using your energy for something. It is feeding whatever you are attracting by whatever symbolism, paradigms that you use.
That is one way the Ancient Ones are fed.
For those who offer up energy with the exact intentions in mind and know exactly what they are doing and Who they are calling upon do so with a full heart and thus are usually quite pleased with the results of their workings.
From a Satanic or Setian perspective we take on the role as our own God form. This is also what differentiates us from the human being who slavishly sits in a church, a mosque, or some other place of worship. We are not worshiping these deities. Nor is our goal to lose ourSelves to Them. Rather our goal is to become as They are. In this sense we come to Them in search of a friend, a mentor, and even in some cases role models. We learn from their very rich histories. Then we (hopefully) apply Their teachings.
It is useless to assume a Godhead status and then deny that at every corner you turn (to yourself).
The truth is that by assuming the Godhead status you are saying that you are one (if not several) steps above the rest of humanity. Why not behave that way?
The "negative" viewpoint that is ascribed to the Vampyre is largely one of human judgement alone: "It isn't nice to (take, leech off of, or manipulate etc) people."
Yet, some of these same human's will speak of these judgments in between bites of a dead animal that they nourish themselves with while offering that dead animal nothing in return.
The point here is hardly one of vegetarianism rather it is that most human beings are every bit as predatory yet will think of ways to try to deny that fact.
But in assuming a Godhead status we also should be beyond the judgement calls and guilt that human's are so easily enslaved by.
From The Ruby Tablet of Set:
The vampyre however nourishes its lifesource on its own terms. It is self-motivated, and takes what it needs from where it pleases,and is beholden to none. Self does not feed the Gods as a Setian.
Human beings abound with energy.
Large groups such as sporting events or concerts have hundreds of thousands of human beings offering up energy and therefor make easy feeding grounds. So to do hospital ER's where human emotion is high. In settings such as these the energy is being offered up by the human being freely so much so that they won't even notice your taking of it.
Being honest with yourself does not require you to announce yourself by saying, "Hello, I am a Vampyre and I am here to take lifeforce from you."
Find any God who has ever done that?
But like any other God, we also should feel no guilt over manipulating a human being by way of Lesser Black Magic, Enchantment, or Charm, to get support, sex, money, you name it.
This also does not mean that we are abusive to human beings as they are our food source.
Instead we offer them the ability of feeling good about themselves in their offerings to us so that they will continue to offer up willingly (just as they do in Church's, Mosques, or other houses of worship).
It is the continued practice of Vampyric behavior that will assist one with becoming a Vampyre if that is your desire. These are a few examples. The world, the Ancient Ones, history, mythology, all abound with many many other examples. To partake or not is your choice entirely.
Rather than digress with arguments over "I agree" or "I disagree", it is a simple enough choice to make. If Vampyres are not your thing or some of these topics make you feel uncomfortable, perhaps becoming a Vampyre isn't for you. That is absolutely fine. What makes no sense is
feeding something that you disagree with by splitting hairs over things.
For those that do find themselves within the Vampyre paradigm, perhaps this forum can continue on in the tradition of the OV. We could do postings on effective ways to communicate, to enchant, to charm, to manipulate human beings and ways in which we can further commune with the Vampyre archetype and our adaption of it within our own workings.
Xeper and Remanifest
Hail Satan!
