About Belfazaar



Greetings Everyone,

My name is Belfazaar Ashantison. I am a primarily sanguinary vampire in the New Orleans area. Having been on the outskirts of the vampiric community since I was 13 years old, helping from the shadows (so to speak), I thought it was finally time to come forward. And at 37 years of age, I have. I have been a member of the Vampire Church for a few years now, and have grown, learned and helped to teach a lot.

I have also founded a Vampiric House, the House of Mystic Echoes, which is primarily concerned with accentuating the magickal side of our beings. Many vampires have taken on alternative and natural belief systems, so we, of the House of Mystic Echoes have sought to build a bridge between the pagan and vampire communities as well as be here to point others to much needed information on REAL vampirism.

Thank you very much

Vitae Dominae

Belfazaar Ashantison



This is one of those questions where there is not really a simple answer. Both magick and vampirism deal with the manipulation of energies, however, there is one fundamental difference. Vampires NEED the energy, magick users FOCUS the energy.

A quick breakdown here...

Vampirism is the drawing in of energies to be used by the vampire to bolster the vampire's own lack of ability to self create key essential energies.

Magick is the drawing in of energies to be used by the 'spell caster' to exact a specific desired result.

The one key difference, as mentioned earlier...

A vampire IS the end of the road for the energies gathered, whereas in magick the spell caster is only a focusing tool of the nergies. This does not mean that the energies are different. Quite frankly speaking, energy is energy. Its the sources that differ. Just as in vampirism, magick's sources for energies are varied from spell to spell.

So, do the lines blur? Most assuredly, but not so much from the actualities of both vampirism and magick, but from the generalities of them both. Myth and misconception, fantasy and illusion have created a full blown 'smoke and mirrors' illusion that vampirism and magick are one and the same. By the very definition of vampirism being a physical condition, we know that this is not true. I have heard vampirism called a 'life path', this is the basic truth. 'Life paths' are not chosen. They are that which directly influence your well-being. Magick is NOT a life path, as it is a chosen path that does not directly influence your well-being. You can choose to drop magick at any given time, but vampirism, though you may choose not to feed, is never so easily dismissed. There will always be that thing at the back of your mind telling you that somehow your life essence has been depleted by your attempting to cut it off.

I hope this helps to explain a few things.

Vitae Dominae,

Belfazaar

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