Swartz is an Indiana native and Emmy Award-winning television producer/videographer. He is the author of a number of popular books, including The Lost Journals of Nikola Testa, Time Travel: A How-To-Guide, and Admiral Byrd’s Secret Journey Beyond the Poles. As a photojournalist, Tim has traveled extensively and investigated paranormal phenomena and other unusual mysteries from such diverse locations as the Great Pyramid in Egypt to the Great Wall of China. As well, he is the writer and editor of the Internet newsletter Conspiracy Journal, a free, weekly email newsletter considered essential reading by paranormal researchers worldwide. Visit his website at www.conspiracyjournal.com.
Tim R. Swartz
Robin Swope
Pastor Robin Swope is known as the “Paranormal Pastor.” He has been a Christian minister for more than 15 years in both mainline and Evangelical denominations. He has served as a missionary to Burkina Faso in West Africa, and he has ministered to the homeless in New York City’s Hell’s Kitchen. He is the founder and chief officiant of Open Gate Ministerial Services and a member of St. Paul’s United Church of Christ in Erie, Pennsylvania. His blog is at theparanormalpastor.blogspot.com.
Robin Swope
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
In addition to the artists and writers mentioned in the Contributors section, I must give my sincere appreciation to the other dozens of men and women, the experiencers, who suffered attacks from vampiric spirit parasites and who chose to remain anonymous, but who told me their stories. Others, who were willing to present their stories with a first name only or a pseudonym, also receive my hearty thanks for their time and their courage in sharing their accounts with me.
Among the investigators into the strange and unknown who were kind enough to share their accounts and their research with is Angela Thomas, the executive coproducer and co-host of the P.O.R.T.A.L. Paranormal Talk Radio Show. Her website is http://www.oct13baby.com/. Other useful web sites included the Vampire Community Resource Directory (www.veritasvosliberabit.com/resourcelinks.html), and TWILIGHT at www.meetup.com/twilight.
Although they have their own special page of recognition in the Contributors section, I wish to give another robust round of applause to the magnificent artists Ricardo Pustanio, Bill Oliver, and Dan Allen, who made us feel the very breath of vampires upon our necks.
I also found the following books useful in researching the history of vampirism as it evolved from prehistoric times to the modern day.
Constable, T.J. The Cosmic Pulse of Life. London: Merlin Press, 1976.
London, Sondra. True Vampires. Los Angeles: Feral House, 2004.
Maccoby, Hyam. The Sacred Executioner. London: Thames & Hudson, 1982.
Masters, R.E.L. Eros and Evil. New York: The Julian Press, 1962.
Masters, R.E.L., and Eduard Lea. Perverse Crimes in History. New York: The Julian Press, 1963.
Melton, J. Gordon. The Vampire Book. Detroit: Visible Ink Press, 1994.
Noll, Richard. Bizarre Diseases of the Mind. New York: Berkley Books, 1990.
Seligmann, Kurt. The History of Magic. New York: Pantheon Books, 1948.
Trevor-Roper, H.R. The European Witch-Craze. New York: Harper & Row, 1967.
INTRODUCTION
We’ve always known that they really exist, lurking in the shadows, stalking their victims, seeking whom they may devour.
However, they are not the undead, returning from crypt or cemetery plot to steal blood, the vital fluid of existence from the living. Although they may look like us—and when it serves their purpose they may skillfully impersonate us in order to deceive and to prey upon us—they have never been human. Real vampires are parasitic, shape-shifting entities that feed upon the energy, the life force, and the souls of humans.
From whatever dimension of time and space they may have originated, real vampires may be compared to an ancient, insidious virus that first infects, then controls its host body, causing it, in turn, to possess other victims, feeding upon its life essence and its very soul. Some who have sought to appease or to control this parasitic blight from the far reaches of the multidimensional universe have only found themselves being exploited and cruelly inspired to form secret societies, blood cults, and hideous rituals of human sacrifice.
Regardless of the seductive aura of the vampire depicted in contemporary novels, films, and television series, none of these romantic transformations of an ancient menace to humankind portray real vampires. While the vampiric virus may infest handsome men and beautiful women, none of those infected have superhuman powers. Real vampires and those whom they possess are loathsome slashers, rippers, and murderers who do not promise immortality with their sensual “bite,” only a painful death.
Real vampires and their human hosts can walk freely in the light of day. The rays of the rising sun do not send them scurrying back to their coffins. Crucifixes do not cause real vampires to shrink back in fear of the symbol of Christ’s triumph over sin.
Real vampires are the spawn of ancient entities such as Lilith, the seductive fallen angel, or of other paraphysical beings—such as the Jinn, the Cacodaemons, the Raskshasas, and the Nephilim—who have traversed the boundaries of time and space to prey upon humankind.
Real vampires are immortal, and when the spirit parasite that has invaded a human body has tired of that fleshly residence, it dispassionately discards its temporary dwelling and possesses another, abandoning its former host to death and decay, rather than to an existence of attractive eternal youth and everlasting sexual prowess.
Although these entities cannot be killed, they can be driven away from their potential victims. We can resist them. We can become immune to their power. We can fight them and defeat them.
Real Vampires, Night Stalkers and Creatures from the Darkside follows a shadowy path that ventures into the uncertain dimensions of time and space that many choose to call the supernatural. Denizens from this invisible world have intruded into our own domain since prehistory and have used our blood to perpetuate their own existence.
Also, we will delve further into the psychological pattern that may present itself by someone who has become an unwilling host of an uninvited spirit parasite. We shall enumerate many of the character weaknesses that may invite a vampiric entity to possess an individual’s body, mind, and spirit.
While the very essence of the real vampire originates in other dimensions of reality, down through the centuries psychopathic murderers have envisioned themselves as vampires who must feed upon human blood in order to gain power over their fellow humans. And, in one of those
