What Is Vampgeist?

Vampgeist is where fact meets fascination and the real vampire is reimagined.

Vampgeist is the brainchild of individuals who are active leaders in the real vampire community. Vampgeist itself exists to serve the community, to serve those outside the community, and to serve people's endless curiosity about vampires. Vampgeist is its own community, an independent entity that welcomes everyone.

There is no one truth that explains away the personal philosophies of everyone who calls themselves vampire, but Vampgeist aims to explore and share a few truths. Vampgeist is not about cosmetic fangs or aesthetic sensationalism, but rather about thought, deed, and experience.

You do not need to count yourself as a real vampire to interact with Vampgeist--in fact, one of Vampgeist's main purposes is to be accessible to the general public as well as the media.

The website and online interface is new, but Vampgeist as an entity has existed for several years. Our interest in all things media has brought us online where we believe we will be able to supply information and assistance to a wide range of individuals. The driving factor for this endeavor is the concept of the vampire as being an archetype in the collective subconcious human mind--that is, where people are, there too will be vampires.
Vampgeist supports the activities of the "RVC", the real vampire community, and everyone it touches. You do not need to accept the possiblity of real vampires to reap benefits from this site, but we do hope that you will enter with an open mind. Vampgeist also supports the "FVC" or the Free Vampire Community.

Paradoxically, this would be anyone identifying with the vampire but prefering to be solitary. But in truth, Vampgeist is a site for everyone, a place of all things vampire, where the curious and the involved can come for more information and assistance.

We are media professionals aiming to monitor any and all mention of anything vampire as well as to provide other media outlets (researchers, producers, journalists) with accurate and quality information about the real vampire community and about what the real vampire community is not.

What is the operating idea? What is it we plan to offer those who come a seeking?

We are seeking to better understand ourselves through the vampire archetype. This archetype has been found in virtually every human culture around the world.

Vampgeist aims to describe a system of vampiric practice that can be understood by society in general.

While the origins of Vampgeist and its creators lie with the vampire Order of Maidenfear, Vampgeist operates independently of Maidenfear or any other vampire group.

Vampgeist operates independently of the real vampire community and of society at large. In this way, we serve both through information and education.

Vampgeist will assert that our paradigm is but one of many in the vampire community.

Vampgeist seeks to represent the real vampire community with respect and dignity.

Vampgeist is here to provide information to people outside of the community about the phenomenon of real vampirism. If you think people aren't perennially interested in vampires, ask someone.
Vampgeist hopes to provide timely and relevant warnings and cautions against media traps.
Vampgeist will mediate access to the real vampire community for those seeking to learn or satisfy their curiosity.
Vampgeist can provide provisionary legal advice to individuals who feel that their essential rights are being threatened.
Vampgeist exists to protect individuals from media predators and exploitation.
Vampgeist will produce quality non-fiction articles and press releases independently and at the request of Client-Members.
Vampgeist is a SERVICE, not an Order or a Court.
How can we do this? We are media professionals, with experience in print and broadcast journalism. Our basic tenet is that being a vampire is fascinating enough without needing to dress the part or throw in some stereotypical imagery