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	An '''energy vampire''' or '''psychic vampire''' is a being said to have the ability to feed off the "]" (often also called ], ], energy or vitality) of other living creatures. Alternative terms for these persons are '''pranic vampire''', '''empathic vampire''', '''energy predator (see below)''', '''psy/psi-vamp''', '''energy parasite''', or '''psionic vampire'''.
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	==Legends==
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	The ] and spiritual teachings of some ]s refer to people, often given priestly attributes, who manipulate or remove (feed from) the energy of others. The tiger-women spoken of across ]{{Fact\|date=April 2008}} (as well as the ] of ]{{Fact\|date=April 2008}}) and the ] of ] may be noted, as can the ] and ] of ] mythology. This concept is purported to be represented in the ]s of a number of cultures, just as ] are.
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	In the oral tradition of the ], a ''powaqa'' is a sorcerer who comes to a victim pretending to help and then feeds off the victim's life force (see '']'').

	=='Modern' interpretations==
	] wrote of psychic parasitism in relation to vampirism as early as ] (considering it a combination of psychic and psychological pathology) in "Psychic Self-Defense".<ref>Charles and Collins, Carr; The Story of Dion Fortune, Thoth Books, 1998, ISBN 1-870450-33-7, p150,</ref><ref>Fortune, Dion; Psychic Self-Defense, Weiser Books, 1930, ISBN 1-57863-151-3,</ref> The term "psychic vampire" first gained attention in the 1960s with the publication of ] '']''. LaVey, who claimed to have coined the term,<ref>{{cite journal\|
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	used it to mean a ]ually or ]ally weak person who drains vital energy from other people. Adam Parfrey likewise attributed the term to LaVey in an introduction to '']''.<br>
	The term is also used by Luis Marques in his work on vampirism and spirituality, entitled the ''Asetian Bible'', where the definition of a psychic vampire goes beyond his ability to drain energy, but is portrayed as a definitive condition of the individual's soul and a secret mark of a connection to a shared past.<ref>Marques, Luis. ''Asetian Bible''. Aset Ka, 2007 ISBN 978-9899569409</ref> This polemic view of the energy predator is based on an esoteric tradition known as ''Asetianism'', which relies on predatory spirituality and the extensive use of Ancient Egyptian symbolism, who's teachings are strictly and thoroughly maintained by the occultist Order of ].{{fact}}

	The theme of the psychic vampire has been a focus within ]. The way that the subculture has manipulated the image of the psychic vampire has been investigated by researchers such as Mark Benecke<ref>Mark Benecke and Aleksandra Blak, 'Vampire Youth Subculture in New York City', presented as a conference paper at the Second World Dracula Congress (Poiana Brasov, Romania: 24-28 May, 2000).</ref> and A. Asbjorn Jon.<ref>A. Asbjorn Jon, 'The Psychic Vampire and Vampyre Subculture', in Australian Folklore, 12 (2002), pp,143-148 (p.145). http://www.une.edu.au/folklorejournal/ ISBN 1-86389-831-X</ref> Jon has noted that, like the traditional psychic vampires, those of Vampyre subculture 'prey upon life-force or 'pranic' energy'.<ref>A. Asbjorn Jon, 'The Psychic Vampire and Vampyre Subculture', in Australian Folklore, 12 (2002), pp,143-148 (p.145). http://www.une.edu.au/folklorejournal/ ISBN 1-86389-831-X</ref> Jon also noted that the group has been loosely linked to the Goth subculture. Unfortunately, psychic vampires are forced to feel the emotions of those who they steal energy from, sometimes without consciously doing it. This condition is also called ].{{fact}}

	==In popular fiction==
	Energy vampires are not as common in literature, comics and movies compared to the more traditional vampires, but the concept nonetheless makes an appearance in a number of popular works. The ] ] episode ] featured an alien life force that intended to live off the psychic energy of anger by imprisoning ] and ] combatants forever in violent circumstances. In ], a movie from 1985, most of London's population are turned into zombies after their lifeforce has been drained from them by three psychic vampires. The ] of the ] and the ] from ] feed on the "lifeforce" of humans. For an example in video games, see the Metroids from the video game ].

	In the anime and manga series '']'', the ]/Negaverse collects the life energy of humans in order to make ] (]) grow stronger.

	The White Court Vampires in ]'s ] are another example.

	In '']'', the Nathrezim (Dreadlords) are vampyric in nature, draining Life Energy from their victims and devouring their souls .

	In the ZBS serialized audio drama "The Fourth Tower of Inverness" the Madonna Vampira is an energy vampire.

	Energy vampires can also be referred to in modern pop-culture as "soul eaters," and can refer to people who are very quiet and/or shy, often exhibiting a personality that others find disturbing. Those who especially exhibit these characteristics can be referred to as the "leaders" of the soul-eater culture in a given area. These leaders are most often identified simply by the placement of a title of nobility as a prefix to their name. For example: "Queen Jessica and King Max were both trying to steal my soul earlier today."{{Fact\|date=April 2008}}

	Several of ]'s villains are energy or empathetic vampires: ] from ], ] from ], ] from ] and ], and Ardelia Lortz from the short story 'The Library Policeman' from ]. The concept also appears in '']'', a 1992 film based on an unpublished novel by King.

	] has a ] trilogy called ] which deals with energy vampires (called psychic vampires in the work). In this story, special crystals can store psychic energy. Contact with an impure one will increase psychic powers but will have the side effect of increasing one's life energy metabolism, causing the person to become an energy vampire. In the story, the energy vampires may acquire their needed energy from either a person, or one of the special crystals.

	==See also==
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	== Sources ==
	*Belanger, Michelle: ''The Psychic Vampire Codex: A Manual of Magick and Energy Work''. Weiser Books, 2004. ISBN 1-57863-321-4
	*Bernstein, Albert J.: ''Emotional Vampires: Dealing With People Who Drain You Dry''. McGraw-Hill, 2002. ISBN 0-07-138167-8
	*Fortune, Dion: ''Psychic Self-Defense''. Weiser Books Publishing, 2001. ISBN 1-57863-151-3
	*Harbour, Dorothy: ''Energy Vampires: A Practical Guide for Psychic Self-protection''. Destiny Books, 2002. ISBN 0-89281-910-3
	*Hort, Barbara E.: ''Unholy Hungers: Encountering the Psychic Vampire in Ourselves & Others''. Shambhala, 1996. ISBN 1-57062-181-0
	*Kaldera, Raven: ''The Ethical Psychic Vampire''. Xlibris Corporation, 2005. ISBN 1-4134-6198-0
	*Konstantinos: ''Vampires: The Occult Truth''. Llewellyn Publications, 1996. ISBN 1-56718-380-8
	*{{note\|LaVey}}LaVey, Anton Szandor: ''The Satanic Bible'' (Avon, 1969, ISBN 0-380-01539-0)
	* Nyarlathotep, Frater & Jesse Lindsay: ''Ardeth - The Made Vampire''. Lulu Press, 2006. ISBN 978-1-84728-516-4
	*Slate, Joe H.: ''Psychic Vampires: Protection from Energy Predators & Parasites''. Llewellyn Worldwide Ltd., 2002. ISBN 0-7387-0191-2
	*Marques, Luis: ''Asetian Bible''. Aset Ka, 2007. ISBN 978-9899569409

	==References==
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