The facts are stranger than anything you may have read, heard, or imagined before now! Vampires. They really exist, and this book rips away the myth to expose their habits and lifestyles. "Vampires: the Occult Truth" divulges actual first-person encounters with vampires of all types - the ancient undead of folklore, contemporary mortal blood drinkers, and the most dangerous creatures of all: psychic vampires, who intentionally drain the life force from their victims.
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As you can tell from the five-star-ranking I gave to this book, I think it's really a remarkably good book. Divided into four parts (Immortal blood-drinkers, mortal blood-drinkers, unconscious psychic vampires and conscious psychic vampires), it shows a rationality and believability you wouldn't normally expect from a "vampire book". However a *little* esoteric and/or occult knowledge is helpful understanding especially the part about defense against attacks from psychic vampires, i. e. you shouldn't be utterly allergic to the concept of aurae, astral travel and such. Therefore, this book is perfect for occultists, people interested in esoterics and goths of the a-little-more-serious kind - of these, everyone should have it! - , though simply "somewhat weird" to the rest. By the way, the style of writing is quite understandable to people not speaking english as a native tongue, too.
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As a guide to the vampire legend in folklore, and the history of some real-life "vampires" then I recommend this as a good starting-point. I found it very readable, and it was refreshing that he didn't seem remotely impressed by people who try to claim to be immortal blood-drinkers, which meant that the book wasn't clogged up with fantasists trying desperately to impress us that they're "different" somehow. The people who do claim to be mortal blood-drinkers are handled with sensitivity and restraint, and their case-histories make for fascinating reading.
The author cuts through all the tosh that has grown up around the vampire legend in recent decades, thanks to Hollywood, Anne Rice etc, and makes it clear that the original vampires of ancient folklore were not suave aristocrats in capes, but grotesque graveyard ghouls. He highlights how there are vampire legends in ancient folklore from all over the world, and describes some of the more famous historical "vampires", such as Vlad the Impaler and Elizabeth Bathory. Unfortunately he doesn't go into much detailed analysis of these people, but there are other books on the market for readers who want to go into that further (I can recommend any of Colin Wilson's true crime books). I will take exception to him including Haigh, the British acid-bath murderer of the 1940s, in amongst the historical vampires. It is largely accepted that Haigh only bragged about drinking his victims' blood to try and escape the hangman on an insanity plea. (It didn't work).
The book is rounded off with a section on psychic vampires, people who, either deliberately or unintentionally, drain other people's emotional energy. This is a fascinating area, as I think most of us have come across people like that at some time or another. The author though tries to tie it in with the common phenomenon of sleep paralysis, and the night hag visitations, and I didn't find this terribly convincing. Nevertheless, this book is highly recommended for anyone interested in the vampire legend.
16 of 19 people found the following review helpful
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I came across konstantinos by simply searching for vampires on amazon..I didnt know whether to get this book, but i thought "what the hell"...i reckomend this book to anyone interested in psi vampires, or just vampire folklore/myth in general..BUT..this book does cover the "history" that you present vampire fans will already know about,,eg, Bathory, Vlad the impaler...but dont let this put new vampire fans off of this book..konstantinos is a fabulous writer, and explains everything PERFECTLY......
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AWESOME!
I am, let's say a "fan" of vampires. I've read my fair amounts of vampire fiction and am still infatuated with them. Read more
Published on 9 Nov 2009 by Jennifer May
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Tries to be authoritative, but is weak
"Vampires - The Occult Truth" tries to be more than it is. The book assumes a folkloristic approach, an empirical approach, and an occult theoric approach to vampires - and in my... Read more
Published on 31 May 2009 by Louise Amkaer
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Perfect for helping protect yourself from psychic vampires.
A friend of mine kept having psychic vampire attacks very frequently. So I bought this book in order to learn more about these vampires, and how to protect myself and my friend... Read more
Published on 13 Feb 2008 by A. Townsend
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For the occult truth
This book will not impress fantasists that believe in the old un-dead vampire of folklore, or people who like to imagine the romantic idea of the blood drinking seducer. Read more
Published on 6 Mar 2006
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Non believers, steer clear!
When i started reading this book, it was purely to find out more about the subject. I had no beliefs for or against, and hoped to gain more of an insight into Vampires. Read more
Published on 3 Jun 2005 by VaderAG
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Vague attempt at fact
As an interested, yet skeptical, party, i was interested to read other peoples reviews, so i was a little surprised when i settled down, book in hand, to find a series of vague,... Read more
Published on 18 Jun 2002
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WOW
Absolutely amazing!I couldn't put this book down,all that you thought you knew about vampires is blown away. Read more
Published on 30 Dec 2001 by Jennifer stead
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Stimulating and True
One of the best Vampire books out there by far. I found this book to clear up all that Hollywood has disgraced and mutated. Read more
Published on 23 Jun 1999
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Vampire fact or fiction, with proof going in any direction
Within this book, a detailed history of vampirism explains folklore and the belief in such people of the 20th century. Read more
Published on 28 Jun 1998
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Really mind opening, great for separating fact from fiction!
This book really gave a good insight on the different types of vampirism.Also included was actual references to vampire deities not made up fictional characters. Read more
Published on 24 May 1998
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