Psychic Vampires and Empaths

[darkmoon]

Okay here's a question.

I have a friend who's a psychic vamp.

And I'm an Empath.

I read an article that empaths are people who's auric shields are thinner/ less "filters" which means that they do not filter out emotional energy given off by other people, which allows them to feel what others are feeling.

Doesn't this mean that a psychic vampire who wants to break through my shield to draw energy from me will find it much easier than most other people?

Also (I'm not sure if this is in the right category) but my friend just recently discovered that he's a vampire, well, I actually told him cos he was leeching off me. But how can I help him develop his vampiric potential so that it can be used positively?

There's often a great surge of energy in my school when many people are upset at a teacher or some form of punishment, and it always drives me crazy. He could perhaps take in some of the excess energy and help me cope a little? Suppressing four hundred people's anger is no mean feat.

So, a little aid? Please?

[bloodsong]

I am an empath myself.  I have never had a vamp succeed at an attack on me.  I don't do any big shieldings everyday, just two simple rituals, the Lesser Banishing Ritual of the Pentagram, and the Star Sapphire, which is the Thelemic version of the Hexagram Ritual.  Google the LBRP and Hexagram Ritual (put quotes around the second second to get the best results) and you should be able to find more information on these rituals than you can comfortably digest in a lifetime.

Bloodsong

[darkmoon]

Thanks bloodsong.

But how can i help him to develop his vampirism? Or must it be done by him himself?

Also he leeched off me subconsciously. It wasn't really strong though. It stopped after I put up a shield.

[bloodsong]

Why develop being a leech?  It just causes dependence, in all of its forms.  This will lead to a mess eventually.  How about just learning how to channel energy from the wellspring?  Basically, my theory goes like this, the basic life-energy that we all get is infinite.  Most of us tap into it instinctively, and this is the balance, some tap in too much, and are flooded with the energies, and certain psychological imbalances (but by no means all) can be explained this way.  On the other hand, there are those who for some reason cannot tap into the source as well.  These are the psychic vampires, and most are subconscious feeders.  They do, mostly, instinctively know that they are dependant on "sub-standard" methods of getting this energy, and are resentful of it.  That is why some subconscious psi-vamps are really nasty people. (Not to draw any conclusions about your friend).  

There is a way to break that cycle.  That is basically through getting in touch with theurgia.  Once one can touch and control the energies needed for true "miracle working" magick (the quote is one of the translations of "theurgia" that I have seen) the channels for getting needed life-energy is open just right, as you have access and control, the balance.  Help your friend get there.

Bloodsong

[darkmoon]

Okay. I'll try to help him tap into the wellspring. Does this mean though that we ourselves can leech off others if we want to?

Do you have any exercises to recommend for a connection to the wellspring?

[bloodsong]

Do a Google search on the Middle Pillar exercise.  This is something that is Qabalistic in nature, but that is the magic I use, so that is what I know.  There is a book that explains the ritual in very minute detail from Israel Regardie, called the Art of True Healing.  You can get it very cheap at Amazon.com, but if you want, I have a .pdf file of it as well, PM me with your email address and I can send it to you.

Bloodsong

[Wronski Feint]

another exercise to tap into universal energy is to tap into the earth's energy, which renews itself natrually.

Go out side(i recomend a comfortable day, so your not too hot or too cold, and pick somwhere quiet)

Sit down and close your eyes

take some deep breaths and relax

after a few minutes of quieting your mind, start to imagine roots comming out of your body(maybe from your central chakra at the base of your spine, i just do it from my body) and going into the ground.

you can imagine these roots going deep as you want(i dont think it matters though)

once you feel your roots are deep enough, start to imagine energy coming from the earth into your roots, and traveling into your body.  

Imagine the energy filling you up.  

Once you are filled up, imagine your roots shrinking and exiting the earth

sit for a minute and reflect, take some more deep breaths

open your eyes, get up and continue about your day.

hope this helps.

[SmileySpirit14]

i found a very effective technique on vamping. connect your third eye with theirs with your astral chord.. it should look like a rope, stretching out of your third eye into theirs, and just pull all their energy out... both of you should feel it.. and when your done, just pull your astral chord back

[Vampire-Serenity]

Also (I'm not sure if this is in the right category) but my friend just recently discovered that he's a vampire, well, I actually told him cos he was leeching off me. But how can I help him develop his vampiric potential so that it can be used positively?

There's often a great surge of energy in my school when many people are upset at a teacher or some form of punishment, and it always drives me crazy. He could perhaps take in some of the excess energy and help me cope a little? Suppressing four hundred people's anger is no mean feat.

So, a little aid? Please?

I suggest reading the psychic vampire codex, and let this potential psy vamp realize who he is and let him gently, but not forcefully, until he has awokened as the one you know he is. i can get the athors name for you as soon as i can, to help you and your friend.

but ask for you being empathetic, or you being ''weaker'' in your aura, this isn't true. you have a stronger aura to pierce into others to feel what they feel. not the other way around. but i could be wrong, so try anything you wish to help you out.

[andonitxo]

I've no clear perception of that thing about psy vamps or how it functions.
I think I've got empathic capabilities due to my total ability to know any guy's emotional state, but I don't know if that's because I'm a watery sign, because I interpret correctly other's faces' signs or because my aura is thinner that normal (I don't agree, anyway).

I'd thank any explanations about this theme.

By the way, when I feel tired energetically, I imagine myself as a giant tree which absorbs heaps of energy from mother earth.