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[Adonis]

I've noticed a small trend amongst descendant Native Americans in today's society to also associate themselves with Vampirism. Perhaps it's the stigma of being 'different' that draws these people into a darker category of "vampire" or perhaps there is a real phenomena in the blood that makes these people more energetically aware.

I have a friend, for anonymity's sake I will call him Paul ; Paul is an Apache (nearly full blooded), he is hardly associated with the traditions of his ancestry - however - he has an ability to manipulate and understand energy around him. I've felt him do it - he's literally moved my sacral energy. (We laughed - this was an intentional act on his part and we've been friends ever since) Anyway, he's either shamanic or capable of strong medicine or 'vampire'.

When I first came to these forums it had been only a couple years since I'd been deeply involved with Native American Spirituality. I remember awakening to aura's in the sweat lodge & feeling the 'connectedness' of everything. It was powerful!

Anyway, I've noticed this small trend and I figured I would post something totally opinionated & not based on any particular facts other than my own observations. I'm open to anything you guys have to offer on the subject... Enjoy!

Edited by Adonis, 27 November 2011 - 01:32 AM.

[KellyScarletRakoczy]

I know of several who are both Native American and vampyric. Maybe I can get some feedback or get them to post.

I "think" I have some Native American. I'm not sure. The trend amongst my folks was to hide any ethnicity that wasn't Celt. :/ including French.

[WladimirA]

Personally I don't think just having a talent for manipulating another's internal energy automatically makes one "vampyric", nor does being any degree of native american make give one this talent versus someone that is not of this particular heritage. I have native american ancestry (that has been traced back to the Blackfoot Blood Tribe and yet any aspect of energy work I learned from asian aspects and martial arts, and my native american heritage had nothing to do with any proficiency I gained over the years (that I am aware of).

Such is an interesting question, but a bit flawed in logic because if one were to go with the post's line of thinking, then only those with native american heritage would be among those in the "vampire community"; and if your were to do a survey of sorts, I think you would find that those in the "VC" would be from a multitude of different ethinic backgrounds and not just native american.

[Adonis]

KellyScarletRakoczy, on 27 November 2011 - 03:01 AM, said:

I know of several who are both Native American and vampyric. Maybe I can get some feedback or get them to post.

I "think" I have some Native American. I'm not sure. The trend amongst my folks was to hide any ethnicity that wasn't Celt. :/ including French.

Hm, perhaps then it can be attributed to the tribal ancestry of anyone in-tune with this extrasensory ability and can expand beyond Native Americans to Celts, Druids, Suras, etc.
It just seems to be a very primitive, beyond words, way of understanding each other - and I've noticed quite a bit of Native Americans also embracing "Vampirism" to some extent to define themselves.

WladimirA, on 27 November 2011 - 08:57 AM, said:

Personally I don't think just having a talent for manipulating another's internal energy automatically makes one "vampyric", nor does being any degree of native american make give one this talent versus someone that is not of this particular heritage. I have native american ancestry (that has been traced back to the Blackfoot Blood Tribe and yet any aspect of energy work I learned from asian aspects and martial arts, and my native american heritage had nothing to do with any proficiency I gained over the years (that I am aware of).

Such is an interesting question, but a bit flawed in logic because if one were to go with the post's line of thinking, then only those with native american heritage would be among those in the "vampire community"; and if your were to do a survey of sorts, I think you would find that those in the "VC" would be from a multitude of different ethinic backgrounds and not just native american.

I agree with you - this post was not intended to be all-encompassing for the vampiric community at all. I also have practiced Eastern Medicine such as Reiki, Meditation, etc. so I can see how you would say that Native American heritage is not the single contributing factor to any said awareness. I agree also that energy manipulation (of sorts) is not, by definition, vampiric. However it seems to be the mainstream nuance for those who associate themselves with the subculture of Vampirism.
Thank you for sharing your thoughts It certainly gives me a lot to ponder when trying to form an opinion on this subject!

[Syngenisis]

I think u figured it out. It's primordeal energy that these people are able to tap into and work with. I think that it is just stronger in those with aboriginal and earth based histories...celt, native, tibetan, ect.

There is the sang and energy vamp aspects that overlap imo with these cultures. Many old cultures consumed blood and even experimented with cannibalism. These same cultures often had deep spiritual connections and training. It's easy to see how they would overlap or even be catagorized with vamps of any kind.

Southwestern US tribes have very strong beliefs concerning the dead and souls, esp human ones. Moreso than most other US tribes. They also had a much more intense belief system concerning negative energy spirits and their purpose in this realm. It is a small step to parallel with vampirism.