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The mythos of the vampire, his magickal qualities, allure, and predatory archetype express a strong symbolism that can be used in ritual, energy work, and magick, and can even be. Laycocks study is one of these analyses that demonstrate and reveal a different side of the vampire subculture, one that is more diverse, less sensational or romanticised and definitely not monolithic. It was released direct to video on october 19, 1999. Today we know these entities predominantly as vampires, but in ancient times, the. Real vampires vampyres vampirism vampire community.
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