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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 |
| Sangomancy Author: LadyBlak | Definition: A form of vampyrecrafte, or vampiric magick, which specifically involves the use of blood in the rituals. |
| Sanguinarian Author: LadyBlak | Definition: Someone who has a physical thirst, need, craving for blood (which is non-erotic in nature) in more significant quantity than is generally required or desired by other blood-drinkers. Sanguinarians (a word from the Latin root sanguinarius, meaning bloodthirsty) apparently do not get the benefits from pranic energy, or else they are unable to feed psychically like psi and energy vampires, for whom blood and pranic energy are apparently interchangeable |
| Sanguine Author: LadyBlak | Definition: A Vampire that feeds on blood; a better term for blood drinker. In old tongue Sanguine refers to someone "of the blood". Sanguines have a physical thirst, need, or craving for blood. This need is generally non-erotic in nature and distinguishable by the greater quantity required from the minimal amount consumed by blood fetishist. Many Energy Vampires are able to sustain themselves on pranic energy or chi alone, while Sanguines need to combine this with actual, physical blood seems to be the only real factor, which distinguishes sanguine vampires from pranic vampires, as both experience the throes of hunger. Most serious Sanguines are not public about their practices and only practice such activities within committed monogamous relationships, primarily due to the high risk of infection and contracting blood born diseases. |
| Sanguivore Author: LadyBlak | Definition: A term that I am seeing more frequently, used to define sanguinarians, but which I feel is inaccurate, as sanguinarians do consume more than just blood. I would strongly recommend using the term to refer to those who consume only blood, and nothing else, as their main source of sustenance. I have not encountered any tangible proof that such individuals do exist, and I feel that this is highly unlikely. |
| Seeker Author: LadyBlak | Someone seeking knowledge about vampires. Seekers have a more thoughtful approach to vampirism and are willing to learn all he or she can about the condition before making any assumptions. |
| Setian Author: LadyBlak | A belief within the vampyre community that links vampirism back to the Egyptian God Set. Egyptologists have recently suggested that Set is just a deification of an Egyptian high priest from very early times, and that the rivalry between Set and Osiris represents a rivalry between competing temples. In the Setians\' view, Set was a high priest of a temple who developed a ritual of death and rebirth that allowed the soul to achieve immortality. The Setians believe that the rites described in the Egyptian Book of the Dead are only improperly recollected versions of this ritual. Set chose 72 associates to undergo this ritual with him and to travel eternity as undying spirits, which were eternally renewed. The vampyric condition was a side effect of this ritual. The Setians believe then that vampirism is a spiritual condition, and it represents immortality in as much as the soul is immortal and capable of recollecting itself throughout every rebirth. Setians feed primarily upon life energy and generally abstain from the physical drinking of blood. |
| Sexual Vampyrism Author: LadyBlak | A form of psi-vampirism where feeding is done primarily from sexual energy, or energy generated during sexual activity, with or without the exchange of blood. The feeding can be done intentionally or unconsciously / unintentionally. A common term for female vampires who feed exclusively through sex is Succubus, a word which originally denoted a Medieval demon which was believed to visit the dreams of men and tempt them into sexual misconduct; the male version of the word, although not as widespread, is Incubus. |
| Sigil Author: LadyBlak | The identifying symbol of a house, haven, or individual. The sigil often has ritual or symbolic significance for the members of the household and is like a coat of arms. |
| Sin Nomine Author: LadyBlak | The Sin Nomine is an individual who having once been part of the vampyre community is now stripped of their name and recognition within the scene for severe violation of The Black Veil. See also Excommunicated. *Term is exclusive to the OSV. |
| Sire Author: LadyBlak | A term used for a mentor who has trained a fledgling in the ways of the community. Although this term predates the Vampire: the Masquerade to mean father or progenitor, it was used by them to infer sponsor and mentor, having now become so widespread that it has become integrated into the common parlance of the scene. |
| Slayer Author: LadyBlak | A person or group of people that have the idea that those of vampyric nature are cold hearted abusers or murderers, or are in some way anti-God/Christianity/Religion. They perceive Vampires to be predators that actively seek out to prey on non vampiric people with the selfish intent to harm. Like some misguided groups they truly feel that they are doing ?good works? an honorable task to stop or rid the world of what they perceive as a threat. Their motives may not be completely violent or hate filled, as with other groups they have some idea that what their aim is the correct one, that they are heroes of humanity. Sadly enough, most news reports of these violent actions, reveal them to be aggressive and paranoid believing that they know who is a vampire and judging some innocents and non-vampiric people as such and meting out their own brand of vigilante justice. ** Author-LadyBlak |
| Solitary Author: LadyBlak | A vampire without a household who chooses the path of experience throughout the community instead of within the confines of a group or house setting. See also Ronin |
| Somnusium Author: LadyBlak | Putting the nightside to rest or taking a break from the scene and Sanguinarium. Usually those who go into Somnusium try to suppress their vampyric tendencies in favor of leading a more normal lifestyle. Term Exclusive to House Kheperu |
| Source Author: LadyBlak | Someone from whom a vampire will get blood. Some feel that it is more accurate than donor, as the blood is not always a donation. |
| Sponsor Author: LadyBlak | Someone who takes on the responsibility of helping someone get initiated to a household. Their job is to teach them the ways of that particular group and to make sure they are prepared to be initiated properly. Also an individual that has more experience in the scene or communities and is willing to act as a guide to a new vampyre, or donor. |
| Starseed Vampires Author: LadyBlak | A tradition or movement within the vampyre community, which asserts the extra-terrestrial origins of the vampyre race. According to the Starseeds, three individuals came to our world from elsewhere. These were immensely powerful beings known as the Originals. One of the Originals was male, one was female, and the third was hermaphroditic. It is not clear whether the Originals reproduced sexually or if they turned humans in order to increase the ranks of their race. It would seem from conversations with members of this order that they did both, and it is from unions between these original three as well as subsequent unions between the turned members of humanity, that all vampyres are descended. In the Starseed philosophy, vampirism is a condition of both body and soul, and once one has been turned, they continue a vampyric existence through subsequent incarnations. Often, these incarnations are remembered and the vampyric individual looks upon him or herself as immortal in the sense that he or she is aware of this lifetime as well as being aware of lifetimes lived far into the distant past. Starseed vampyres feed mainly upon life energy, although they incorporate the drinking of a small quantity of blood into their rituals. |
| Strigoi Vii Author: LadyBlak | Is a term which translates from Romanian to refer to living vampiresand refers to the teachings, traditions, and philosophies of the Strigoi Vii teachings as part of their life. *Term is exclusive to the OSV. |
| Succubus Author: LadyBlak | The plural is succubi. A female sexual vampire. See sexual vampirism. Historically, the term was used to describe a reason for the sexual dreams a person sometimes experiences, and were thought to be caused by a demonic spirit which took the form of a female in order to drain a person of his or her energy and lead the defenseless person into sexual sin while they slept. |
| Supplier Author: LadyBlak | Someone from whom a vampire will get blood |
| Swoon/ Rapture Author: LadyBlak | The rush of ecstasy experienced by a donor during the feeding process. Often this rush is of a sexual nature, although it also has strong psychological euphoric effects. The vampyre also experiences a similar psycho-sexual rush. This rush can be experienced in explicitly sexual situations but may sometimes be brought about through casual contact between the vampyre and donor. In other systems this is referred to simply as `the Rush`. *Term exclusive to OSV. |
| Symbiotic Author: LadyBlak | A Symbiotic is a Psi Vampyre which has learned the ability to heal themselves and others using their own energy. They can sense that a person is ill by looking at their aura, if the aura is a different color than usual, the person is ill. |
| Sympathetic vampyrism Author: LadyBlak | A condition which sometimes occurs in individuals who have been fed from too frequently. This most often occurs in the donors or sources of energy vampires but can manifest itself among the sources used by sanguinarians as well. In general, the victim`s resources become so depleted that they have to resort to vampirism themselves in order to replenish them. In addition to a need to feed, the sufferer of sympathetic vampirism may manifest symptoms commonly associated with real vampirism, such as heightened sensitivities and sensitivity to sunlight. Often, this condition causes some real vampires to mistakenly assume that their donors, -- or the donors thinking that they, themselves, -- have somehow been turned or awakened. But the condition is hardly permanent. This condition may last for a few weeks, although sometimes it can be drawn out for months or years. The best course of action is for the vampire or vampires who feed from the person to stop completely. Without the constant depletion of resources, the person`s system should gradually correct itself over time. |
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