Interview with a Real Vampire (Father JP Vanir's recent Interview with JannyCZ)

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Interview with a Real Vampire
by JannyCZ in People, December 7, 2009
In depth look on the Real Vampire community and subculture.

*DISCLAIMER* This might be a series as I walk into the vast world of the Real Vampire community, and subculture. I take an nontraditional approach and ask questions that most may not ask, and I am open and eager to learn. I do not shun or judge and respect and hope to shed light and an understand on the dark.



With the Vampire craze thanks to The Twilight books by Stephanie
Meyers and T.V. shows like True Blood and Vampire Diaries also base on
books everyone is jumping on the Vampire coattails, but have you read
the articles? Watched the news programs? Read the books? About those
that identify as REAL Vampires? This is a true community and sub
culture and more and more information on them is becoming mainstream
and coming out of the coffin so to speak. There have been global
studies done by Vampirism & Energy Work Research Study Suscitatio
Enterprises, LLC. Also Scholars whom studies this sub cultured
community got deep inside, and composed the book: Vampires Today: Truth
About Modern Vampirism By Joseph Laycock.
http://www.amazon.com/Vampires-Today-Truth-Modern-Vampirism/dp/0313...


So I went too searching too. To ask the tough questions and to listen
let them the speak. It’s open and raw. Not just snippets that portray
things in a pretty paper bow. I want to open up and shed some more
light on this Community, and the diversity, condition you might even say of the
Real Vampire. In posting out a call in some online Vampire community sites I got contacted by one Father JP Vanir of the: Temple United Vampyrian Unitarian Pagan.

Jannyc: Thank you for joining me.

Father JP Vanir: You are most welcome and I want to stress that not
every single thing I say is not that of the entire Vampyre Community but
some is my own personal opinions.

Jannyc: Ok gotta ask the question for all the Twilight fans out there
you guys don’t sparkle do you?

Father JP Vanir: Absolutely not; we may be different but we are not that strange.

Jannyc: Good we got that out of the way down to business. From my
research before hand there are a lot of vampire types can you
enlighten us on this?

Father JP Vanir: Technically there are basically Psychic and Sanguine
Vampyres BUT there are eve more types of Psychic Vampyres. Most are
either Pranic (Energy or direct life force drinkers), Tantric (Sexual
or Sensual feeders), Elemental (Nature feeders – I guess this is your
real Vegetarian
Vampyres LOL), Ambient (which feeds on crowds of
people), and Emotional Vampyres which most give us a bad name feeding
on the Emotions of people often stirring up negative Emotions in
people to feed on. EMO Vampyres are often looked down on in the Real
Vampyre Community. I however believe you do not necessarily have to
pick and choose one type of feeding method and I practice just about
every type of feeding there is to keep from starvation. Most have
there favorite methods of feeding, choose not to feed certain ways, do
not know how, or cannot feed certain ways for one reason or another.
Of course there may be even ways to feed I don’t even know about.

Jannyc: What are your views on the word vampire? Do you think it fits
properly within the community? It all boils down to the basic need for
energy so would not Energy drinkers be more correct a term? What is
Vampirism?

Father JP Vanir: My old friend used the word Pranavore or energy
drinker but I am not about to let Hollywood and the media take the
word from me. Vampires do feed on the living even in the mythology so
it fits just fine. That is what we do. However we do not kill
our food sources unlike Humans and other animals. We can only take a
little at a time.

Jannyc: Back what I mentioned in the previous question I want to go
into that more. Is Vampirism a condition? Can it be a condition of the
body and soul? Is it a choice or a need, requirement ect…?

Father JP Vanir: Yes; that is correct. I believe it is a condition of
our Soul and our Souls are Vampyres in each incarnation.

Jannyc: Most would say you all are crazy an there really is no need to
drink blood or take energy. What do you say to this? Do you really
feel physically feel the pain, lethargy when you go long time without
feeding?



Father JP Vanir: I feed naturally and do not have to think about
feeding. However if I am not around people for a very long time I
will become extremely fatigue and depressed; there are many others who
I have gone to the hospital because of not feeding and put on the heart
transplant list. When I was in high school I had a mysterious virus
the doctors could not explain that caused my pancreas to stop working
and I now have diabetes because of it. They could not explain what
happened but I have a feeling it was my inability to keep my body
energized and healthy at that time. Again I can not force anyone to
believe what they won’t let themselves believe so I just say do the
research for yourself and believe what you will.

Jannyc: Could it not just be a placebo effect of mind over matter
thing? I think there for I am? But then you never think oh I need
blood or energy when you first come into the realization of what you
are correct?

Father JP Vanir: Well too many of those in the community have almost
died from not feeding (Micheal Belanger for one) and everyone is free
to disbelieve of believe what they will. I could actually care less as
you cannot fully change the mind of most people and it is there right
to believe whatever they want. It harms me none and doesn’t harm them
so feel free to believe what you can and I have no intentions on
changing the worlds view. I just ask that you do your research and not
blindly disbelieve anything. I evolved so far and gained so much in my
Theological studies and path.

Jannyc: To the ones that drink blood you don’t drain a whole entire
body of blood like we see in the movies. It’s just a little you
require and you take strict precautions correct? Tell me more about
that process.

Father JP Vanir: I rarely drink blood myself but I do have a Vampyr –
Life Force Giver Contract our TempleUVUP Vampyrian Bible. Most
Vampyres do not take too much and only feed every couple weeks or
months. Most psychically feed as well whether they realize it or not
to fill in the need they don’t get from constantly feeding on Blood.

Jannyc: Now when you hear the word vampire you think Gothic, corsets,
long dark hair and coffins, fangs with black fingernails the whole
shebang. In truth Real vampires are not like that though some can be
all into Gothic, emo, pagan lifestyle thing correct? Your doctor, mail
man could be a vampire right?

Father JP Vanir: Correct

Jannyc: Sun sensitivity is a concern with most Real vampires too
right? But once again unlike Hollywood you don’t burn ash or sparkle.
Also there is the medical Prohyria which is often caused the vampire
disease. Where does that all fit in.

Father JP Vanir: There are some in the Vampyre community who actually
believe they can feed on the sunlight. My own personal opinion is that
the sun is an energy source for plants and animals as well as the
Human animal; Vampyres in my opinion however are not completely Human
but have a Vampyr soul (energy source) which is on a much higher but
different energy pattern which cannot feed on the suns light as it is
a much different energy source which we cannot handle as well but no
it will not harm our human bodies.

Jannyc: With the hype of the Twilight books and movies and TV shows
it seems the topic Real vampires are getting out there more and more.
I recently saw the television news show 20/20 have a piece about Real
vampires. What are your thoughts on that? Think the community is being
shown correctly? Think the condition of vampirism being shown
correctly?

Father JP Vanir: I think we are being ridiculed mostly but I don’t
think it is right for us to shun the media and act all secretive as we
are NOT a dangerous cult.

Jannyc: Thank you very much for taking your time with me. Its been a pleasure.

Father JP Vanir: You are most welcome and I hope it shed some light on
all who read this.