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In the vampire community, there are many terms that have developed or merged from familiar occultic terminology. Some of the terms presented here on Aquilus are specific to a particular order, while others are in general usage throughout the vampire community. Please acknowledge that these terms, although presented here, do not necessarily reflect those opinions/beliefs of Aquilus Dot Net or it's members. It is made available for informational purposes and should be viewed only as such. This is by no means a definitive Lexicon of vampire speech, it is only one perspective and relates to the individuals who have contributed the terms. | |
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| Term | Definition |
| Real Vampire/Vampyre Author: LadyBlak | An individual that truly feeds upon blood or prana. A real vampire has a particular condition, which includes but is not limited to the following characteristics: a real need for blood or life energy, heightened sensitivities, light sensitivity and who are nocturnal. The need for blood or life energy is not expressed as strictly erotic urge and often is sated outside of sexual situations. The heightened sensitivities are believed by many to include a number of psychic abilities such as empathy, astral projection, clairvoyance, and subtle energy abilities. Although they are not in danger of bursting into flames at the touch of sunlight, many report that they burn very easily and tend to suffer sunstroke and heat stroke. Longevity has not been incontrovertibly proven, although many vampires maintain a youthful twenty-something-look well into their thirties. Note! Real vampires do not shape shift into bats or other small furry animals. They cannot fly or rise from the dead (without perhaps the help of a defibrillator!), they do not possess phenomenally super-human strength or speed, and they are in no way physically undead or immortal. |
| Reiki Author: Larae | A Japanese practice, imported to the United States by way of Hawaii, that harnesses Universal Light Energy (ki) for the healing of the self and others. In Reiki, someone who is attuned to this beneficial frequency of energy becomes a channel and conducts this energy into others to effect healing. |
| Reincarnation Author: Larae | A belief, predicted on the immortality of the soul, that individual spirits incarnate over a succession of lifetimes. Reincarnation generally implies the evolution of the soul, so that each lifetime becomes a learning experience geared toward enlightenment. In some systems, it is believed that the spirit chooses the circumstances of its birth in order to achieve certain life lessons, thus directing its own course over many lives. In other systems, it is believed that the circumstances of birth are dictated by universal principles such as karma and dharma, or determined by tutelary spirits and/or deities |
| Renegade Author: LadyBlak | 1.) A vampire/blood-drinker`s former source who parts company on hostile terms and causes trouble; 2.) A vampire who can not handle things and becomes violent and/or irresponsible, posing a threat to both him/herself and others |
| Renfields Syndrome Author: LadyBlak | Some attention has been given to a condition named Renfields Syndrome in psychological literature, based on the fly-eating character Renfield in Bram Stokers Dracula. Renfields Syndrome is described as having four stages: a trauma or critical incident in childhood in which the patient discovers that the taste and sight of blood is exciting or attractive; autovampirism, the drinking of ones own blood (autohemophagia); zoophagia, or the consumption of blood from animals; and finally true vampirism, in which the patient must have human blood, and may resort to stealing blood from medical facilities, or serial murder. -- Vyrdolak. (Apologies to Vyrdolak, whose site is the only site I could find with any information regarding this.) So far as I know, this is not an officially recognized mental disorder. |
| Rite Author: LadyBlak | A ceremony performed to recognize a persons advancement within the vampyre community. Rites recognize the crossing of a threshold from one state or level of understanding to the next. For example, a rite often accompanies the advancement of one who is on a lower tier to the position of an Elder. The form and nature of the rite varies from tradition to tradition, and can be a public and highly ritualized event or a private and very personal transformation. |
| Ritual Author: Larae | A set of actions, often repetitive or formulaic, performed by an individual or a group with the intention of achieving a higher spiritual state and focusing the Will toward some predetermined goal. |
| Road Author: LadyBlak | Definition: A term for the different paths of Kitra, Ramkht and Mradu. *This term is exclusive to the OSV and House Khepru |
| Rogue Author: LadyBlak | 1.) A vampire or blood-drinker`s former donor or source who parts company on hostile terms and causes trouble; 2.) A vampire who can not handle things and becomes violent and/or irresponsible, posing a danger and threat to both him or herself and others. |
| Role Player Author: LadyBlak | 1.) Someone who engages in role playing games (RPGs). 2.) This is often used as a derogatory term for those who play Vampire: The Masquerade or similar vampire RPGs and/or who pretend to be a vampire in their free time when they are not. RPGers are also associated with posers and other fakes who dress the part and pretend to be something they are not. |
| Ronin Author: LadyBlak | A vampire who is not a member of a coven or household. In the Japanese feudal system, ronin were Samurai who lacked allegiance to a particular house, but who were nonetheless honorable and skilled as samurai. |
| Rosette Author: LadyBlak | Definition: Mark left behind when a vampyre feeds. Rosettes are often small and round in shape and range from red to purplish in color. They look somewhat like hickies, but are usually lighter in color and more consistent in shape. The rosettes left by blood vampyres will typically have the small cut made in the donor\'s skin located somewhere in their center. Energy and Psi-Vamps sometimes leave these marks behind as well, although there is no obvious cut located within the mark. |
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