Archives for Vampire
Real Vampires
"Real Vampires"-how can this be anything but a contradiction in terms? We all know about vampires. Stock characters of fiction, guaranteed box-office draws, the media vampire has been familiar to…
Psychic Vampirism and Attack
Psychic vampirism, also known as psychic attack, is the draining of a person’s energy and life-force through magical or demonic attack. In magic and sorcery, certain individuals possess the skill…
Dracula: The History of Myth and the Myth of History
In spite of all that we know about Vlad Dracula, he is still somewhat of an enigma. Not only are there still unsolved mysteries about his life and death, but…
Dracula: between myth and reality
It was precisely a century ago that one of the masterpieces of Gothic horror fiction - and of European literature as a whole - was published in Britain: the novel…
Bats, Vampires & Dracula
Ever wonder which came first -- the bat or the vampire? How did bats become so associated with Count Dracula that the poor maligned creatures are forced to lurk in…
Vampire Hunting in Transylvania
Welcome to Transylvania Did you know that? Transylvania is a real place Bram Stoker, author of Dracula, never visited Transylvania Transylvania was not Stoker’s original choice of homeland for his…