Question 1:
I know what vampirism is, and if your a real Goth and a vampire LOVER than its right in your field. But my question to you guys is do you think "real vampires" exist? I mean you know the Anne Rice type ones, the immortals of all time. I am pretty sure a lot of different types of creature exist, but do u think vampires might be one of them also?
Greetings,
Good question and one that I a sure many have asked. To my experience the “Anne Rice” fictional types of vampires do not exist. What does exist is a thousand years of myth and legend. If you look at the classic vampire myth and slowly peel back each part of it, carefully looking at the time period and context in which it originated, you can see how it grew into the legends we have today. I wrote an article awhile back for VC Magazine that may be of interest to you. “Deconstructing the Vampire Myth” addresses many parts of the vampire legend. http://www.vampire-church.com/zine21/zinearticle4.html As for the immortality part of the myth, many types of immortality or supernatural powers myths grew out of the middle ages. This was the time when the great plagues were sweeping Europe and literacy was at an all time low. Anyone surviving the plague was thought to have made “a deal with the devil” in some fashion. I believe that once you start looking behind the vampire myths not only will you understand them, but you will also find a very interesting darker side of human history.
Regards,
LA Judge
Question 2:
I was curious as to how I might be able to literally use the fonts you have on this site...thank you
Greetings,
I see you have discovered some of the little treats built into the Vampire Church website. Dark fonts, dark music, a personals section, poetry and art galleries and more, help make the Vampire Church website a unique place that is like no other. The founder / webmaster here truly enjoys adding those little pieces of web candy for those that visit the Vampire Church website.
As for those dark fonts – they are .ZIP files. You will need a program such as WinZip or the free JustZipIt to open them. Download the font on to your hard drive and save it. Then open and unzip the file. The unzipped file will be a TrueType font file. Just drag and drop that into the main font file on your computer. And voila you have added a bunch of cool creepy fonts to your computer all for free. Enjoy
Regards,
LA Judge