Vampire lifestyle
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The vampire lifestyle, also known as the vampire subculture or vampire community (sometimes spelled "vampyre"), is an alternative lifestyle and subculture inspired by the mythology and popular culture surrounding vampires. Participants often identify with or as vampires, drawing inspiration from various media, including gothic literature, films, and role-playing games. The subculture encompasses a range of practices, from incorporating vampire aesthetics into daily life to engaging in rituals involving blood consumption or energy work.[1][2][3][4][5][6]
The vampire subculture largely stemmed from the goth subculture,[2][3][7] but also incorporates some elements of the sadomasochism subculture.[1] The Internet provides a prevalent forum of communication for the subculture, along with other media such as glossy magazines devoted to the topic.Template:Update inline[8]
Participants within the subculture range from those who dress as vampires but understand themselves to be human, to those who assert a need to consume either blood or 'human energy'.[8][9][10]
Though the vampire subculture has considerable overlap with gothic subculture, the vampire community also has overlap with both therian and otherkin communities, and are considered by some to be a part of both, despite the difference in cultural and historical development.[11][12]
Characteristics of the scene
Vampire lifestylers might dress up in 'vampire' clothing, indulge in habits like sleeping in a coffin, and/or primarily participate in RPGs such as Vampire: The Masquerade."[9]
Types of vampire lifestylers
Vampire lifestylers may self-identify with labels regarding their proclivities and interests. The following is a non-exhaustive list, and are not necessarily mutually exclusive:[2][9]
- "Template:Vanchor", sometimes hematophages, are those that consume blood.[12]
- "Psychic vampires" claim to attain nourishment from the aura or pranic energy of others[8][9] in order to balance a spiritual or psychological energy deficiency, such as a damaged aura or chakra.[1]
- "Blood donors" or "black swans"[13] willingly allow other members of the subculture to drink their blood.[2][14][4][8]
- "Blood fetishists" use blood as a stimulant or sexual fetish, sometimes drinking it during the course of sadomasochistic sex.[9]
- "Role-players" or "lifestylers" acknowledge that they are human beings roleplaying as vampires.[2]
Sociology
Renfield syndrome is a clinical condition marked by a fixation on blood or blood-drinking.
Sex researchers have also documented cases of people with sexual (paraphilic) vampirism and autovampirism.[1][15][16]
References
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- ↑ a b Baldwin, C., & Ripley, L. (2020). Exploring Other-Than-Human Identity: A Narrative Approach to Otherkin, Therianthropes, and Vampires. Qualitative Sociology Review, 16(3), 8–26. https://doi.org/10.18778/1733-8077.16.3.02
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- ↑ McCully, R. S. (1964). Vampirism: Historical perspective and underlying process in relation to a case of auto-vampirism. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 139, 440–451.
- ↑ Prins, H. (1985). Vampirism: A clinical condition. British Journal of Psychiatry, 146, 666–668.
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Further reading
- Belanger, Michelle A. (2004). The Psychic Vampire Codex: A Manual of Magick and Energy Work. Red Wheel/Weiser. Template:ISBN
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- Laycock, Joseph (2009). Vampires Today: The Truth About Modern Vampirism. Praeger. Template:ISBN
- Russo, Arlene (2005). Vampire Nation. John Blake. Template:ISBN
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- Peter Day (Hrsg.): Vampires: myths and metaphors of enduring evil- Editions Rodopi, 2006, Template:ISBN
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