The Psychic Vampire Codex, by Michelle Belanger Options

I'm currently having a look-see with this book... as kindly demonstrated by another metaphysical board online, there's still a lot of flak against psi-vamps, and with good reason. There are still a lot of vamps who randomly take energy from others without consent, but I just learned by reading the book that there are circles of psi-vamps that pick up stragglers, and try to instill them with ethics about how not to act like tards. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)
But, even after mentioning this, it all gets ignored in favor of frivolous horror stories. 9_9

Well, I'm not here to gripe about message boards... anyway, there's a good deal of ethics in the Codex, but some of what she says seems like bull. But there's a good guide for energy use, and I think she touches on alternate realities. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) But I haven't read that far yet... so who's read it, and what do you think?

There is some disconnect between the occult and vampire communities about what constitutes a psychic vampire. Occultists tend to use the term when referring to anyone who steals psychic energy from another, or who acts as an emotional leech. In this case, yes, one does not need to be born a psychic vampire, as anyone can learn to manipulate and steal energy.

On the other hand, the vampire community defines vampires in general as those which inherent deficiencies in their natural production of psychic energy. The only way for a psychic vampire to maintain their health is through the consumption of psychic energy. The reason why the vampiric community says one can only be born a vampire and not "turned," is because of this natural deficit.

Ultimately, the two communities are using the same term to define two different phenomenon.