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Coming Among Us
We’re a free society for a free breed.
That being the case, the idea of formal membership into the Order of Maidenfear seems a little silly. You’re affiliated with Maidenfear by your own choice and your own acceptance. You don’t need to belong to an order, a house, a coven, or any kind of group to be a true vampire, and we recognize that. If you’d still like a kind of freelance participation, the Order of Maidenfear welcomes you.
Nice, but what do we have to offer folks who would prefer a more formal induction into the Order? We understand that people may value this kind of membership, and so we would like to extend the possibility to those of you who may be seeking a tighter kind of belonging. Hey, it’s all right. We all need different things.
Maidenfear membership is open to the vampire community online, vampires who like our ideas and philosophy and need to participate from a distance. Please note that online membership is in no way inferior to other Maidenfear positions.
But why join the Order of Maidenfear?
1) In joining us, you remain an individual. You are one vampire whole unto yourself who is part of a group without the group dictating your identity.
2) You can participate in some of the most progressive research projects in the vampire community.
3) You can create and propose your own theories and philosophies of vampirism which will become part of a greater body of vampire wisdom.
4) You will never need to worry whether you have done something wrong, as accidents are expected and any path explored is a contribution to wisdom.
5) No one will exalt themselves above you, nor will you ever need to feel inferior.
6) You will never be asked to do anything with which you feel uncomfortable.
7) YOU WILL RETAIN ALL OF THE INDEPENDENCE OF AN INDIVIDUAL WHILE ENJOYING THE BENEFITS OF BELONGING TO A GROUP OF LIKE MINDS.
Of course, you can have all this as an independent as well. Maidenfear offers a collective of like minds with a direction and a purpose. Ultimately, what we’re saying is that whether you formally join or occasionally contribute, we respect you as a vampire and value your participation.
That being the case, the idea of formal membership into the Order of Maidenfear seems a little silly. You’re affiliated with Maidenfear by your own choice and your own acceptance. You don’t need to belong to an order, a house, a coven, or any kind of group to be a true vampire, and we recognize that. If you’d still like a kind of freelance participation, the Order of Maidenfear welcomes you.
Nice, but what do we have to offer folks who would prefer a more formal induction into the Order? We understand that people may value this kind of membership, and so we would like to extend the possibility to those of you who may be seeking a tighter kind of belonging. Hey, it’s all right. We all need different things.
Maidenfear membership is open to the vampire community online, vampires who like our ideas and philosophy and need to participate from a distance. Please note that online membership is in no way inferior to other Maidenfear positions.
But why join the Order of Maidenfear?
1) In joining us, you remain an individual. You are one vampire whole unto yourself who is part of a group without the group dictating your identity.
2) You can participate in some of the most progressive research projects in the vampire community.
3) You can create and propose your own theories and philosophies of vampirism which will become part of a greater body of vampire wisdom.
4) You will never need to worry whether you have done something wrong, as accidents are expected and any path explored is a contribution to wisdom.
5) No one will exalt themselves above you, nor will you ever need to feel inferior.
6) You will never be asked to do anything with which you feel uncomfortable.
7) YOU WILL RETAIN ALL OF THE INDEPENDENCE OF AN INDIVIDUAL WHILE ENJOYING THE BENEFITS OF BELONGING TO A GROUP OF LIKE MINDS.
Of course, you can have all this as an independent as well. Maidenfear offers a collective of like minds with a direction and a purpose. Ultimately, what we’re saying is that whether you formally join or occasionally contribute, we respect you as a vampire and value your participation.
The Creed of Our Kindred
I am vampire.
I kneel before no other creature. I am an intelligent animal who has retained my animal intelligence.
This flesh of mine is a gift in which I revel passion and ecstasy, but my lot in the convoluted universal matrix is to exist as a creature of energy. I thrive on the energy of the cosmos around me. That energy exists in many forms. It exists in lifeblood, in psychic forces, in the angry hurling of lightning bolts from cloud to cloud.
This diversity manifests on the earth in the many different and legitimate breeds of vampire which share the world with mortal humans. Knowing my lineage, I seek to mate my personal energy with that of magic and nature as a vital part of my existence. Pounding surf, rustling crisp leaves, magical ritual-all of these empower me, and I take what is offered or what I have made for myself.
As a vampire, I am a natural being part of the natural universe. I am not confined to this plane or this dimension. I am a cosmic being of fluctuating energy. The matter that makes my flesh and flows through my body drifted down from the stars over millennia. My sight and my vision are necessarily wider and broader. Life, death, what are these to me? They dance as close as hungry lovers. This is no two-sided mortal coin but one great continuum.
The impetus of eternity, then, is the power of the vampire. It is my power, and I claim that power for myself.
I kneel before no other creature. I am an intelligent animal who has retained my animal intelligence.
This flesh of mine is a gift in which I revel passion and ecstasy, but my lot in the convoluted universal matrix is to exist as a creature of energy. I thrive on the energy of the cosmos around me. That energy exists in many forms. It exists in lifeblood, in psychic forces, in the angry hurling of lightning bolts from cloud to cloud.
This diversity manifests on the earth in the many different and legitimate breeds of vampire which share the world with mortal humans. Knowing my lineage, I seek to mate my personal energy with that of magic and nature as a vital part of my existence. Pounding surf, rustling crisp leaves, magical ritual-all of these empower me, and I take what is offered or what I have made for myself.
As a vampire, I am a natural being part of the natural universe. I am not confined to this plane or this dimension. I am a cosmic being of fluctuating energy. The matter that makes my flesh and flows through my body drifted down from the stars over millennia. My sight and my vision are necessarily wider and broader. Life, death, what are these to me? They dance as close as hungry lovers. This is no two-sided mortal coin but one great continuum.
The impetus of eternity, then, is the power of the vampire. It is my power, and I claim that power for myself.
Lore
The Line of Lilith
Maidenfear isn’t about forcing myth upon anyone, but we do have our various legends that have been passed from generation to generation. The Line of Lilith is such a legend.
Many vampires look back to Lilith as the Great Mother. Depending on what perspective was behind what you read, Lilith’s role and nature changes. Essentially she is considered to have been the first woman, the woman who taught Adam the ropes (and the chains and the whips too). Unfortunately, Lilith was a little too headstrong and way too independent to please Adam. At this point Lilith is demonized and the goddess she may once have been recedes into the background.
Well, we like Lilith, and the vampires of Maidenfear have always honored her through the Line of Lilith, which connects our contemporary Raven with other goddesses back through time and cultures to Lilith.
LILITH was the primordial vampire goddess.
Through Her came the goddess
TIAMAT, and through her came the goddess
KALI, and through her came the goddess
HECATE, and through her came the goddess
HELA, and through her came the goddess
MACHA, and it was through her that the goddess of this age
RAVEN came to us.
The Line of Pazuzu
The Order of Maidenfear isn’t about forcing myth upon anyone, but we do have our various legends that have been passed from generation to generation. The Line of Pazuzu is such a legend.
Many Maidenfear vampires look back to Lilith as the Great Mother and Pazuzu as the Great Father. Depending on what perspective is behind what you read, Pazuzu’s role and nature changes. Essentially he is considered to be something more than a demon. After Adam realizes that Lilith is too much for him and casts her aside, she becomes the consort of Pazuzu.
Well, we like Pazuzu, and the Maidenfear vampires have always honored him through the Line of Pazuzu, which connects our contemporary Raven with other goddesses and gods back through time and cultures to Lilith and Pazuzu.
PAZUZU was the primordial vampire god.
Through him came the god
SET, and through him came the god
SIVA, and through him came the god
TYPHON, and through him came the god
LOKI, and through him came the god
TARANIS, and it was through him that the goddess/god of this age
RAVEN came to us.
The Call of Raven
Raven is what we call the deity head. She represents the total power of the universe and is the modern daughter of the Line of Lilith. Her children are the vampires. As Maidenfear is not in the business of dictating dogma and doctrine, you are free to make as much or as little of Raven as suits you. Raven is a goddess not so much as a feminist statement as She fills the role of Mother. Additionally, women, as the carriers of life, are well acquainted with both blood and lifeforce. In short, no slight to men is intended.
Sons and Daughters of our Great Creatrix, hearken to Me.
I am a creature of the night, an angel of the shadows. Perhaps like you, I have taken my sip of the Graal of Eternity from Her appointed chalice. How I came to be here I do not know, but I know I was guided here to find My kin and kindred among you.
You need have no fear of the outside from Me, yet you know so well as I that the outside slams on the door, caves in the walls upon us. In this, by numbers we will find strength. Reach out to Me, and I shall take your hands. Look to the West and raise your sword, be it of thought or metal. Call Me away from my abode upon Saturn or from within the Womb of Time.
Children, you are no less than I, nor than She. You are vampire, you are the energy of the universe alive upon the earth. Death, Fate, and Chaos shall favor you always in My name. By Raven, the vampire has naught to fear.
The Pandect
The Pandect is basically the set of rules for the Order of Maidenfear. In reality, these are just suggestions and guidelines for living. No one is held fast to these rules, although behavior within a certain ethical paradigm is encouraged. These may not be hard and fast rules, but they are wise rules.
1)Do nothing unto another without explicit consent.
2)Respect and be respected.
3)Embrace the Creed of the Kindred and the Call of Raven.
4)Acknowledge the Line of Lilith and the Line of Pazuzu.
5)Disavow the vampire of myth, folklore, fiction, and media. These representations are not who we are.
6)Accept that vampirism is both a power and a responsibility.
7)Understand the critical importance of the mental and spiritual energy play, and strive to enhance your skills in this area.
8)Do not participate in any acts that could be considered illegal or criminal. Maidenfear will not protect those who break secular law.
9)Hold to these simple rules, but never force your conscience upon another.
1)Do nothing unto another without explicit consent.
2)Respect and be respected.
3)Embrace the Creed of the Kindred and the Call of Raven.
4)Acknowledge the Line of Lilith and the Line of Pazuzu.
5)Disavow the vampire of myth, folklore, fiction, and media. These representations are not who we are.
6)Accept that vampirism is both a power and a responsibility.
7)Understand the critical importance of the mental and spiritual energy play, and strive to enhance your skills in this area.
8)Do not participate in any acts that could be considered illegal or criminal. Maidenfear will not protect those who break secular law.
9)Hold to these simple rules, but never force your conscience upon another.
The Maidenfear Entente 2016
I. Here on this day of the Summer Solstice 1970 CE do we declare our union as the Order of Maidenfear and establish the existence of House Maidenfear. This is the coming to fruition of an idea that has been growing and expanding for these past four years.
II. It shall be noted that we have come together as vampires and have adopted the term “vampire” for our use. In our practice, a vampire is someone that seeks to tap into the living energy found in all things and throughout the universe. In common belief, vampires get this energy in blood. While we do recognize this method, we prefer to feed by means of the mind. (2016 revision--all feeding methods are embraced)
III. The Order of Maidenfear will espouse and teach a kind of vampirism that transcends planes and dimensions. The major purpose of being a vampire is heightened awareness and attunement with all things. People who come to Maidenfear with an interest in our ways will most likely have already experienced an intensity of sensation strong enough to make them understand that they are not quite part of the status quo.
IV. Maidenfear vampires should be people of integrity and tolerance. They should take joy in learning and try to learn new things as often as possible. They must be able to view the term “vampire” as a term in transition, as something that may be bogged down in legend yet still free for new applications. We are not an Order to involve ourselves with gossip or verbal venom. We choose to exist as part of the vampires of the world. We choose alliances, not arguments. We choose concord, not discord. It is in this way that we keep the living energy strong and accessible.
V. The Order of Maidenfear is founded in the memory of Jacques de Molay, who was the last Grand Master of the Knights Templar. We believe that early in his life he taught the precepts of Maidenfear vampirism to students he called his corbeaux, or ravens. Eventually when de Molay was sentenced to die at the stake in 1314, he put a curse on the powerful men who had put him there. It was said that ravens flew out from the fire. This is why we also call ourselves Ravenkin. (2016 revision--the term "Ravenkin" is no longer used)
VI. The Order of Maidenfear is a community of the spirit, but not a kind of religion. Our objective as vampires is to attain Pranic Crystallization, or that point of intersection between the individual and the living energy of prana. This is done through methods that involve transcending the physical body and the alteration of consciousness. To this degree, Maidenfear is a shamanic order comprised of vampires at all levels of achievement. We acknowledge Raven as the spiritual archetype of our Order as well as the cultural lineages of Lilith and Pazuzu.
VII. We are a free community for a free breed. Even as we are an Order, we affirm that the locus of power is the individual. The only true allegiance a vampire of our Order has is to her/himself.
VIII. Embrace the Pandect as a guide for interaction both within the Order and in the outside world. Its purpose is to make relations simpler and civilized, as opposed to telling you or anyone else how to conduct yourself with a formal and rigid intention.
IX. Our arms are open to you, whether you are of vampire kind, a friend of the community, or simply curious about this strange idea of true and real vampirism. Understanding is achieved through education and the sharing of information. Secrets may keep us strong, but secrets can also weaken us. In the Order of Maidenfear, we walk forward as vampires secure in the knowledge we have discovered. As the moment of vampiric epiphany is something that occurs differently for each of us, the knowledge we can share divulges nothing. Instead, it may bring the vampire within to the surface.
This is the Maidenfear Entente.
II. It shall be noted that we have come together as vampires and have adopted the term “vampire” for our use. In our practice, a vampire is someone that seeks to tap into the living energy found in all things and throughout the universe. In common belief, vampires get this energy in blood. While we do recognize this method, we prefer to feed by means of the mind. (2016 revision--all feeding methods are embraced)
III. The Order of Maidenfear will espouse and teach a kind of vampirism that transcends planes and dimensions. The major purpose of being a vampire is heightened awareness and attunement with all things. People who come to Maidenfear with an interest in our ways will most likely have already experienced an intensity of sensation strong enough to make them understand that they are not quite part of the status quo.
IV. Maidenfear vampires should be people of integrity and tolerance. They should take joy in learning and try to learn new things as often as possible. They must be able to view the term “vampire” as a term in transition, as something that may be bogged down in legend yet still free for new applications. We are not an Order to involve ourselves with gossip or verbal venom. We choose to exist as part of the vampires of the world. We choose alliances, not arguments. We choose concord, not discord. It is in this way that we keep the living energy strong and accessible.
V. The Order of Maidenfear is founded in the memory of Jacques de Molay, who was the last Grand Master of the Knights Templar. We believe that early in his life he taught the precepts of Maidenfear vampirism to students he called his corbeaux, or ravens. Eventually when de Molay was sentenced to die at the stake in 1314, he put a curse on the powerful men who had put him there. It was said that ravens flew out from the fire. This is why we also call ourselves Ravenkin. (2016 revision--the term "Ravenkin" is no longer used)
VI. The Order of Maidenfear is a community of the spirit, but not a kind of religion. Our objective as vampires is to attain Pranic Crystallization, or that point of intersection between the individual and the living energy of prana. This is done through methods that involve transcending the physical body and the alteration of consciousness. To this degree, Maidenfear is a shamanic order comprised of vampires at all levels of achievement. We acknowledge Raven as the spiritual archetype of our Order as well as the cultural lineages of Lilith and Pazuzu.
VII. We are a free community for a free breed. Even as we are an Order, we affirm that the locus of power is the individual. The only true allegiance a vampire of our Order has is to her/himself.
VIII. Embrace the Pandect as a guide for interaction both within the Order and in the outside world. Its purpose is to make relations simpler and civilized, as opposed to telling you or anyone else how to conduct yourself with a formal and rigid intention.
IX. Our arms are open to you, whether you are of vampire kind, a friend of the community, or simply curious about this strange idea of true and real vampirism. Understanding is achieved through education and the sharing of information. Secrets may keep us strong, but secrets can also weaken us. In the Order of Maidenfear, we walk forward as vampires secure in the knowledge we have discovered. As the moment of vampiric epiphany is something that occurs differently for each of us, the knowledge we can share divulges nothing. Instead, it may bring the vampire within to the surface.
This is the Maidenfear Entente.
Curse 1314
And so it was that after agonizing months of torture at the hands of the Robber King and after watching one Brother after another be led to the flames, Jacques de Molay came to understand that he could do nothing less than recant his own confession that sent him to prison for the rest of his earthly life. Jacques de Molay rose up and proclaimed the innocence of the Templars. At this, the Robber King abandoned his mercy and ordered that Jacques de Molay be burned alive before all who would witness the spectacle.
Yet no flame could be hot enough to silence Jacques de Molay, and he proclaimed the innocence of his Order and himself. From the pyre he shook his fist and then, in a loud voice, spoke his last words, a curse. “I summon Philip, called King of France, and the weak Pope Clementus to appear with me before God in final judgment. Within one year, we shall all three be departed this world.”
His head fell forward and his body slumped, and Jacques de Molay surrendered himself unto his God.
In that same year of 1314, the King of France and Clementus, the fifth of that name, fell in the sweep of Death’s blade. The curse Jacques de Molay had proclaimed came to pass.
Yet no flame could be hot enough to silence Jacques de Molay, and he proclaimed the innocence of his Order and himself. From the pyre he shook his fist and then, in a loud voice, spoke his last words, a curse. “I summon Philip, called King of France, and the weak Pope Clementus to appear with me before God in final judgment. Within one year, we shall all three be departed this world.”
His head fell forward and his body slumped, and Jacques de Molay surrendered himself unto his God.
In that same year of 1314, the King of France and Clementus, the fifth of that name, fell in the sweep of Death’s blade. The curse Jacques de Molay had proclaimed came to pass.
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