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.
All public domain information on the Order of Maidenfear and its Saturn House Scion collected in one place
Friday, November 11, 2016
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.
The History of Maidenfear
In 2016 we are celebrating the fiftieth anniversary of the Order of Maidenfear, fifty full years of vampire thought and philosophy.
If it seems difficult to be a vampire in this day and age, imagine how things were for our founder, Anne de Molay (1930-2002). Legend has it that she was a descendant of Jacques de Molay, the infamous last Grand Master of the Knights Templar, although she never made such a claim herself. All documentation supports that Anne de Molay was in fact her birth name.
In an era of horror film schlock, Anne investigated the archetype of the vampire and came to the conclusion that vampirism was a very real interaction with life energy that could benefit the practitioner. Having shared her vision, Anne was able to form a group of like minds and established the Order of Maidenfear in 1966.
Why “Maidenfear”? Why use a word with no obvious associations with vampirism to communicate the Order’s existence to the world? Anne wrote, “I came upon this term, and for some reason it struck me deep, it resonated within me. What a perfect concept, the nervous excitement of fear and desire captured in a single word. For me, this word was so replete with energy itself that I could see nothing else but to apply it in my own form of vampirism.”
In 1970, Anne inherited a generous amount of money after the passing of her father. She was about to turn 40, she was a history teacher, she had decided against having a family, and her one absorbing passion was the Order of Maidenfear. Anne invested in the future of her Order by buying a large Victorian house in Philadelphia, the building that became House Maidenfear. Dedicated to Anne’s vision of the vampiric life, vampires from the city and the Eastern seaboard came to live in House Maidenfear.
In council on the Summer Solstice of 1970, the Maidenfear vampires wrote and approved the Maidenfear Entente, a document which would be the constitution of Order operations. Additionally, a special shrine to the universal guiding force, called Raven, opened within the house. For the next twenty years, House Maidenfear and the Order operated in relative obscurity. After all, this was not a philosophy that everyone was ready to hear. Like minds found and joined the order.
Anne de Molay was the first Grand Master and remained in that position until 1987. Between 1988 and 1991, The Creed of the Kindred, The Call of Raven, The Line of Lilith, and The Pandect became important parts of Maidenfear wisdom.
2016 has brought us to something of a renaissance as we launch an online home of the Order to mark our fiftieth anniversary. We may be an older Order, but our philosophy is as relevant as ever.
If it seems difficult to be a vampire in this day and age, imagine how things were for our founder, Anne de Molay (1930-2002). Legend has it that she was a descendant of Jacques de Molay, the infamous last Grand Master of the Knights Templar, although she never made such a claim herself. All documentation supports that Anne de Molay was in fact her birth name.
In an era of horror film schlock, Anne investigated the archetype of the vampire and came to the conclusion that vampirism was a very real interaction with life energy that could benefit the practitioner. Having shared her vision, Anne was able to form a group of like minds and established the Order of Maidenfear in 1966.
Why “Maidenfear”? Why use a word with no obvious associations with vampirism to communicate the Order’s existence to the world? Anne wrote, “I came upon this term, and for some reason it struck me deep, it resonated within me. What a perfect concept, the nervous excitement of fear and desire captured in a single word. For me, this word was so replete with energy itself that I could see nothing else but to apply it in my own form of vampirism.”
In 1970, Anne inherited a generous amount of money after the passing of her father. She was about to turn 40, she was a history teacher, she had decided against having a family, and her one absorbing passion was the Order of Maidenfear. Anne invested in the future of her Order by buying a large Victorian house in Philadelphia, the building that became House Maidenfear. Dedicated to Anne’s vision of the vampiric life, vampires from the city and the Eastern seaboard came to live in House Maidenfear.
In council on the Summer Solstice of 1970, the Maidenfear vampires wrote and approved the Maidenfear Entente, a document which would be the constitution of Order operations. Additionally, a special shrine to the universal guiding force, called Raven, opened within the house. For the next twenty years, House Maidenfear and the Order operated in relative obscurity. After all, this was not a philosophy that everyone was ready to hear. Like minds found and joined the order.
Anne de Molay was the first Grand Master and remained in that position until 1987. Between 1988 and 1991, The Creed of the Kindred, The Call of Raven, The Line of Lilith, and The Pandect became important parts of Maidenfear wisdom.
2016 has brought us to something of a renaissance as we launch an online home of the Order to mark our fiftieth anniversary. We may be an older Order, but our philosophy is as relevant as ever.
What Is Vampirism? Our Take
Let us look at what we mean by “vampire”. We’re not talking about ghouls, revenants, or other creatures from folklore. We’re not talking about immortals walking around preying on the innocent. To us, a vampire is an individual who understands and indulges in energy play and exchange--pranic play.
In this context, we borrowed “pranic” from the Sanskrit prana, which is essentially life energy. Pranic vampires feed on and share this energy. We believe prana is generated by all things. Here are just a few ways to gather prana:
Sanguinarianism – the sharing of blood, the physical life force
Lifeforce – this is what is generated by all living things
Astral – involving the moving of the astral self into the astral plane to absorb prana
Elemental – this is the prana generated by the natural world, such as the spinning of the earth, storms, tides and turn of seasons
Erotic – the prana raised through sexual intercourse and sex play
Thanatropic – even in the transition of death there is energy
Chaotic – the friction of discord creates incredible energy
Psychic – prana raised by thoughts and psychological workings
Electric – it may sound crazy, but our machines raise energy that we too can tap into if we want
No one is going to teach you a rote form of vampirism. You must learn it through your own experiences. But Maidenfear is here to help and support you.
Learn what you can from what is offered here. Choose what does and does not suit you.
You will not be made an immortal.
You will not grow overlarge canine teeth (fangs).
You do not need to sleep in a coffin (unless you want to).
You’re not going to suddenly possess any kind of super powers, unless you count the ability to play with energy which in and of itself might be considered a super power.
You’re not going to be immune from disease, although you may find yourself becoming a stronger person physically as well as mentally.
Walking in the steps of the vampire is not going to give you instant sex appeal or improve your social status. These are things mostly empowered by personality.
You will most likely feel more in control of yourself and your surroundings.
You may experience a dramatic increase in confidence.
You may come to understand how thought becomes deed in very real terms.
As vampires go, we are very much real. Hold this thought fast to your heart, because doubtless you will encounter cynics and scoffers. They don’t matter. You know the truth.
In this context, we borrowed “pranic” from the Sanskrit prana, which is essentially life energy. Pranic vampires feed on and share this energy. We believe prana is generated by all things. Here are just a few ways to gather prana:
Sanguinarianism – the sharing of blood, the physical life force
Lifeforce – this is what is generated by all living things
Astral – involving the moving of the astral self into the astral plane to absorb prana
Elemental – this is the prana generated by the natural world, such as the spinning of the earth, storms, tides and turn of seasons
Erotic – the prana raised through sexual intercourse and sex play
Thanatropic – even in the transition of death there is energy
Chaotic – the friction of discord creates incredible energy
Psychic – prana raised by thoughts and psychological workings
Electric – it may sound crazy, but our machines raise energy that we too can tap into if we want
No one is going to teach you a rote form of vampirism. You must learn it through your own experiences. But Maidenfear is here to help and support you.
Learn what you can from what is offered here. Choose what does and does not suit you.
You will not be made an immortal.
You will not grow overlarge canine teeth (fangs).
You do not need to sleep in a coffin (unless you want to).
You’re not going to suddenly possess any kind of super powers, unless you count the ability to play with energy which in and of itself might be considered a super power.
You’re not going to be immune from disease, although you may find yourself becoming a stronger person physically as well as mentally.
Walking in the steps of the vampire is not going to give you instant sex appeal or improve your social status. These are things mostly empowered by personality.
You will most likely feel more in control of yourself and your surroundings.
You may experience a dramatic increase in confidence.
You may come to understand how thought becomes deed in very real terms.
As vampires go, we are very much real. Hold this thought fast to your heart, because doubtless you will encounter cynics and scoffers. They don’t matter. You know the truth.
Welcome!
Maidenfear…
Perhaps it sounds a bit frightening and yet somehow alluring at the same time. It is an idea that captures–at least in part–the essence of that which is vampire. “Maidenfear” is a literary device meant to convey the nerves of a new virgin bride going to the marriage bed for the first time…or really the giddy anxiety of anybody about to taste love for the first time. This Order was so named after this romantic idea of mixing pleasure with fear of the unknown.
The Order of Maidenfear is a free community for a free breed. We exist to support and promote the vampire community in its entirety–independents, houses, covens, orders, and any other form we may take. Our goal is to exist in friendly cooperation with other vampires and to make enemies of none. As for the vampires that make up our Order, no one has a true allegiance to anyone or anything but themselves. This is the heart of the Order of Maidenfear.
What is a vampire?
There exists an entity of living energy all around us and in the universe. This energy is both alive itself and imbues all things with life of one degree or another. A vampire is an adept at energy play, an adept at tapping into this living energy for self-benefit. For some this is achieved through drinking blood, for others it is a matter of psychic living energy. A vampire knows how to take what energy they want and need and use it for their own purposes.
Over the years the vampires of the Order of Maidenfear have discovered many kinds of vampirism that overlap and compliment each other into a larger vampiric practice. Vampirism is the practice of one, or all of these devices, or of something entirely different, in order to make a circuit between ourselves and the object of energy, be it a donor or the living force of a wind gust.
We of Maidenfear do not claim to have the only true vampire way. In fact we are not a rigid method at all, but rather a sanctuary for all vampiric thought. The secrets you find here will be secrets hidden within yourself. We do not claim exclusivity. Vampires are a free breed, and the Order of Maidenfear supports this independence by offering a gentle shelter for those of a like mind.
Read the text offered here at your leisure. Generation teaches generation the discoveries of generations past. We believe that if you have come here, you have an inner drive and a reason to be here, and who are we to deny you that?
Again, welcome to Maidenfear. May you walk in the balance.
The Order of Maidenfear is a free community for a free breed. We exist to support and promote the vampire community in its entirety–independents, houses, covens, orders, and any other form we may take. Our goal is to exist in friendly cooperation with other vampires and to make enemies of none. As for the vampires that make up our Order, no one has a true allegiance to anyone or anything but themselves. This is the heart of the Order of Maidenfear.
What is a vampire?
There exists an entity of living energy all around us and in the universe. This energy is both alive itself and imbues all things with life of one degree or another. A vampire is an adept at energy play, an adept at tapping into this living energy for self-benefit. For some this is achieved through drinking blood, for others it is a matter of psychic living energy. A vampire knows how to take what energy they want and need and use it for their own purposes.
Over the years the vampires of the Order of Maidenfear have discovered many kinds of vampirism that overlap and compliment each other into a larger vampiric practice. Vampirism is the practice of one, or all of these devices, or of something entirely different, in order to make a circuit between ourselves and the object of energy, be it a donor or the living force of a wind gust.
We of Maidenfear do not claim to have the only true vampire way. In fact we are not a rigid method at all, but rather a sanctuary for all vampiric thought. The secrets you find here will be secrets hidden within yourself. We do not claim exclusivity. Vampires are a free breed, and the Order of Maidenfear supports this independence by offering a gentle shelter for those of a like mind.
Read the text offered here at your leisure. Generation teaches generation the discoveries of generations past. We believe that if you have come here, you have an inner drive and a reason to be here, and who are we to deny you that?
Again, welcome to Maidenfear. May you walk in the balance.
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