[PDF] Vampires And Vampirism eBook

Author : Montague Summers
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 386 pages
File Size : 45,82 MB
Release : 2012-05-14
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0486121062

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DIVStudy examines vampire lore in fantastic detail, addressing such issues as how vampires came into existence, vampirish behavior, vampire-like ancient myths, and vampires in modern literature. /div

Author : Katherine Ramsland
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 43,57 MB
Release : 2002-10-01
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9780425186169

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· Are any vampire myths based on fact? · Bloodsucking villain to guilt-ridden loner—what has inspired the redemption of the vampire in fiction and film? · What is Vampire Personality Disorder? What causes a physical addiction to another person’s blood? · Are there any boundaries in the polysexual world of vampires? · How could a vampire hide in today’s world of advanced forensic science? · What is the psychopathology of the vampire? · What happens in the brain of a vampire’s victim? Si...

Author : Joseph Laycock
Publisher : Praeger
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 20,4 MB
Release : 2009-05-14
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN :

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This book explores the modern world of vampirism. Based on interviews, it looks at the many expressions of vampirism, from lifestyle vampires, who adopt the culture and admire the gothic image, to 'real' vampires who believe they are a separate race and need to consume blood and psychic energy in order to survive.

Author : Dudley Wright
Publisher : DigiCat
Page : 111 pages
File Size : 27,89 MB
Release : 2022-07-21
Category : Fiction
ISBN :

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This book is an attempt to collate the myths and stories of vampires across Europe, spanning from Babylonia to Bulgaria. It also tries to examine whether such a creature could exist in real life based on scientific considerations.

Author : Dudley Wright
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 104 pages
File Size : 41,89 MB
Release : 2022-06-07
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 3756214583

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The Greek Church at one time taught that the bodies of persons upon whom the ban of excommunication had been passed did not undergo decomposition after death until such sentence had been revoked by the pronouncement of absolution over the remains, and that, while the bodies remained in this uncorrupted condition, the spirits of the individuals wandered up and down the earth seeking sustenance from the blood of the living. The non-corruption of a body, however, was also held to be one of the proofs of sanctity; but, in this case, the body preserved its natural colour and gave an agreeable odour, whereas the bodies of the excommunicated generally turned black, swelled out like a drum, and emitted an offensive smell. Very frequently, however, when the graves of suspected vampires were opened, the faces were found to be of ruddy complexion and the veins distended with blood, which, when opened with a lancet, yielded a supply of blood as plentiful, fresh, and free as that found in the veins of young and healthy living human beings. For many centuries in the history of Greek Christianity there was scarcely a village that had not its own local vampire stories which were related by the inhabitants and vouched for by them as having either occurred within their own knowledge or been related to them by their parents or relatives as having come within their personal observation or been verified by them.

Author : Michael Romkey
Publisher : Fawcett
Page : 369 pages
File Size : 26,27 MB
Release : 1990-07-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0449146383

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From yesterday to a hundred years ago, he lives in the world and walks among us. He enjoys the finest things in life, including beautfiul women, well-aged wine, and the finest classical composers. He has no guilt—he has no need of it. Neither good, nor bad, neither angel nor devil, he is a man, he is a vampire. And this is his story. . . . “Women are my weakness. Or to be more accurate, I should say they are my greatest weakness, for I have many. Travel. Books. Classical music. Art. Excellent wine. And, formerly, cocaine. I admit these things without a sense of guilt. I am, as my friend from Vienna says, a man with a man’s contradictions. I am neither good nor bad, neither angel nor devil. I am a man. I am a vampire.”—From I, Vampire

Author : Nick Groom
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 325 pages
File Size : 31,72 MB
Release : 2018-10-30
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0300240813

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An authoritative new history of the vampire, two hundred years after it first appeared on the literary scene Published to mark the bicentenary of John Polidori’s publication of The Vampyre, Nick Groom’s detailed new account illuminates the complex history of the iconic creature. The vampire first came to public prominence in the early eighteenth century, when Enlightenment science collided with Eastern European folklore and apparently verified outbreaks of vampirism, capturing the attention of medical researchers, political commentators, social theorists, theologians, and philosophers. Groom accordingly traces the vampire from its role as a monster embodying humankind’s fears, to that of an unlikely hero for the marginalized and excluded in the twenty-first century. Drawing on literary and artistic representations, as well as medical, forensic, empirical, and sociopolitical perspectives, this rich and eerie history presents the vampire as a strikingly complex being that has been used to express the traumas and contradictions of the human condition.

Author : Cecilia Fredriksson
Publisher :
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 27,70 MB
Release : 2018-03-11
Category :
ISBN : 9789177734482

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Vampires in films are often portrayed as night-active creatures, and spend the day in the comfort and safety, resting in their coffins. But how well does this picture match vampirists and how do you know if someone is one? Perhaps there are reasons to suspect if the person in question constantly wears sunglasses, gets easily tanned and looks almost rudely young for their age. There exists a flurry of lists to check off if vampirism is suspected, thus, opinions are split as to what the state means and what criteria to be met.The author will guide you through various definitions of what a real vampire is, and how come they claim to be among us. This book will also bring up different vampiric activities, authentic violent crimes, diseases, research and religious communities - everything you always wanted to know about vampires!This book is not about how the vampire has been portrayed in fiction through history. This is also not a book about the supernatural vampire that has frightened humanity through the ages. The books theme is about alive and breathing humans who have made vampirism a part of their lifestyle. They call themselves real vampires."Fascinating, interesting and well written!" (Jenniesboklista.com, Swedish book blogger and reviewer)Chapter 1: A historical reviewChapter 2: To define the vampiristChapter 3: Clinical vampirismChapter 4: 'Vampire drag' and vampirologyChapter 5: How a vampirist is madeChapter 6: Blood drinking vampiristsChapter 7: Psychic vampiristsChapter 8: Religious vampiristsChapter 9: Vampirists who commit murder

Author : Lawrence Schimel
Publisher : Turner Publishing Company
Page : 279 pages
File Size : 34,50 MB
Release : 1997-09-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1620453215

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Perhaps more than any region, the American South is haunted by the mythology of the vampire, returned from the dead to drain life from the living.