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Vampirism is one of, if not the most popular and enduring horror trope in history, it will never be over.
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Vampirism is the belief in the existence of vampires and/or the actions or practices of a vampire.
VAMPIRE NEWS FOR OCTOBER 4 | Open Society Book Club Discussions and Reviews 2009
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My version of Vampirism is that it is a Demonic virus that communicates upon transmission a small piece of the same demon into each Vampire.
Superhero Nation: how to write superhero novels and comic books » Thablue’s Review Forum 2009
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Vampirism is the belief in the existence of vampires and/or the actions or practices of a vampire.
VAMPIRE NEWS FOR OCTOBER 4 | Open Society Book Club Discussions and Reviews 2009
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Take The Coven Organization, whose FAQ includes a definition of vampirism (“Vampirism is best described as as a lack of energy or an energy deficiencies”), explains that not all vampires are blood-drinkers (“the major types are: sanguinarian [blood drinking], psi [psychic] vampires, elementals, and hybrids [those who consider themselves to be more than one type]” and explains that “Hollywood has distorted the popular perception of the vampire into something not like us at all.”
Witches and vampires and ghosts, oh, my! ewillett 2007
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Psychological studies over a long period of time have shown that the idea of Vampirism, comes from people who in some cases are sectioned under the mental health act, looking pale and weak and completely drained of energy.
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[420] In a most valuable article on "Vampirism" in the "Zeitschrift für deutsche Mythologie und Sittenkunde," Bd.iv. 1859, pp. 259-82.
Russian Fairy Tales A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore William Ralston Shedden Ralston 1858
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From Raelynn Coombs at the Examiner: Vampirism-what is it really?
VAMPIRE NEWS FOR OCTOBER 4 | Open Society Book Club Discussions and Reviews 2009
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From Raelynn Coombs at the Examiner: Vampirism-what is it really?
VAMPIRE NEWS FOR OCTOBER 4 | Open Society Book Club Discussions and Reviews 2009
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The Vampirism, Energy-work and Otherkin Society (VEOS) is a loosely-organized San Francisco based group.
Boing Boing 2009
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