Talk:Psychic vampire/Archive 3

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Some External Links

I noticed that this article contained no external sites operated by those claiming to be vampires, so I added two. Shouldn't they have been there to begin with? Checking out the sites is far easier than tracking down the books that were mentioned. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Asa Hearts (talk • contribs) 03:51, 3 January 2007 (UTC).

Further beliefs

We need to be more specific on beliefs, such as the fact wearing copper bracelets increases one's energy flow.— Preceding unsigned comment added by 130.253.237.200 (talk)

Find a reliable source to back that idea and then cite it when making your addition. NeoFreak 17:45, 26 January 2007 (UTC)

Energy Vampirism in fiction

The following list was recently removed from the article. It is being posted here to preserve the information for anyone intererested in seeing it in the future. (Note: I asked User:NeoFreak, the user who removed the list from the article, if he had a problem with me posting the list here, and he never said no, so I assume it's alright.)141.154.162.91 15:27, 15 February 2007 (UTC)

Energy Vampirism in Fiction

• Colin Wilson's 1976 novel The Space Vampires features a race of aliens who are Energy Vampires. It was made into a movie called Lifeforce in 1985 (directed by Tobe Hooper).
• An episode of Buck Rogers entitled "Space Vampire" features a retelling of the story of Dracula with a creature known as a "vorvon," who consumes the life energy of beings.
• The Atavus are a race of Energy Vampires on the TV series Earth: Final Conflict.
• In the film 4D Man (1959), Dr. Tony Nelson had to take the life force of others to replenish his own after gaining the ability to pass through the fourth dimension.
• In Sleepwalkers, a 1992 American horror film, the protagonists are shape-shifting energy vampires who feed off the lifeforce of virgin women.
• The Wraith on Stargate: Atlantis are also Energy Vampires.
• Bugs in the Ark (2004 film) - computer-generated movie
• The Metroid species in the metroid videogame series, which feed off the energy of living beings
• Selene, one-time member of the Hellfire Club and erstwhile X-Men adversary, is a thousands-year old psychic vampire who periodically feeds on the life force of other living beings in order to maintain her youth.
• The current incarnation of Zarda from the Squadron Supreme is an apparently immortal, long-lived psychic vampire who feeds on the life-forces of other sentient beings in order to reverse the undead appearance of her body and to maintain its current appearance as a beautiful, youthful woman.
• An energy being (later) classified as the Beta XIIA entity from the Star Trek episode entitled "Day of the Dove" fed on the psychic emanations of those who kill and fall in battle; it was even able to resurrect the recently deceased (in order to psychically manipulate them into fighting and dying once more).
• In Palladium Books' Rifts game setting, the massive influx of magical energies has altered a subset of Earth's human beings into a species known as Psi-Stalkers, humanoids who have minimal need for traditional sources of nourishment but who must feed at least weekly on the energies of other psychic and supernatural beings in order to survive. Unlike most psychic vampires portrayed in fiction, however, they have to physically cut their victim to siphon off the energy that they feed on; also unlike most other fictional psychic vampires, their feeding process doesn't necessarily result in the death of the victim. Many other creatures such as demons also feed on the potential psychic energy (called PPE) of living beings. In the Psyscape world book, a mutation of the Psi-Stalker species called Psi-Slayers. They do not require cutting their victims, but rather, can feed upon death like the Psi-Stalker, or by terrifying their victim to truly thinking they will die. A third called the Mind Bleeder feed upon inner strength points, which are used to fuel psychic abilities. They can use them to power their psychic abilities or temporary multiply their reserves of energy. Unlike the Psi-Stalker and Psi-Slayer, they do not need it to survive, and need food normally.
• The disembodied, extradimensional being known as Tak in the Richard Bachman novel titled "The Regulators" is a psychic vampire that must feed on the psychic energies of sentient beings -preferably by directly or indirectly causing their deaths and thereafter absorbing their essences/souls -in order to enable it to perform its reality-warping feats.
• In Eion Colfer's(Author of Artimis Fowl Series) book 'The Supernaturalist' blue supernatural humaniod creatures known as 'parasites' or "UnSpec4" are hunted by a group of vigilates to stop them draining the life force of dying humans.

Any idea why that was taken out in the first place? In the current article, it would appear some of that went right back into the page. I don't know why it was deleted in the first place.

Besides that, couldn't the Dementors within Harry Potter be considered a spin off of the Psychic Vampire? 74.77.124.236 (talk) 21:11, 11 December 2007 (UTC)

New age

I removed the opening phrase, "In New Age terminology..." because it is misleading. I already have a book written by 1925, published in 1928, that describes the energy vampire. Manly P. Hall's The Secret Teachings of All Ages, page CIII: "Realizing that life is maintained by the aid of a mysterious universal life force which is the common property of all creatures, the black magician often becomes an occult vampire, stealing this energy from others." Paracelsus cited non-human entities, Larvae, which draw vital energy from creatures, etc. Lisa the Sociopath 21:37, 29 October 2007 (UTC)

Now if you want to indicate who coined the term, find a citation. User:Bradeos Graphon back on December 23rd 2005 added that opening phrase which I just removed over an hour ago. Lisa the Sociopath 22:23, 29 October 2007 (UTC)

The most common usage

Sadly "energy vampire" is usually used to refer to someone who is depressed. It gives a spiritual sounding excuse to walk away from a friend in need "After his mother died he turned into an energy vampire, I had to leave him for my spiritual well being". Think about it this is the way the term is usually used. The "selfish sunny day" spirituality movement, the sort of "enlightenment" that falls flat on its face the first time it encounters something hard in life. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 207.234.209.50 (talk) 21:46, 10 July 2008 (UTC)

A Rare book

Citation is needed for a book that details a link between empathy and feeding on life force. The Unbeholden (talk) 09:10, 25 November 2008 (UTC)