• Vampires Are Real and So Can You

  • Dec 12 2024
  • Length: 1 hr and 4 mins
  • Podcast

Vampires Are Real and So Can You

  • Summary

  • Vampires suck. And thank goodness they do.

    Complicated creatures full of flaws: no mirrors means bad hair days. Fangs make dentist visits tough. And they can’t eat stake.

    But today's vampires have plenty to love: immortality, shape shifting, badassery and power. More often than not, they’re totally sexy.

    Think snake-necklaced Salma Hayek. Long-locked, pastel-suited Gary Oldman. Kate Beckinsale cling-wrapped for your pleather.

    But talk about a glow-up! Before Bram Stoker’s Dracula, stories and folktales showed vampires as stinking, filthy, peasants (no class judgment here – vampires just had these qualities). They came from the smallest villages, in the most rural communities.

    How, in 500 years, did vampires transition from The Stinking Vampyr of Pentsch, to sparkle-chested Edward “I only eat woodland creatures” Cullen?

    Well, immortality leaves plenty of time for a glow up.

    Today: The real history of vampires. Or, the history of Real Vampires.

    Let’s Get Shocked.

    RESOURCES

    • Vampires in the Sefer Hasidim: https://www.torahmusings.com/2011/10/vampires-and-witches-in-sefer-hasidim/
    • Estries in the Sefer Hasidim: https://templeofmiriam.com/blog/sefer-hasidim-alukah-and-estries?srsltid=AfmBOoqUuIm990DKfyPMeleYKIhD-zsrkB_FX9akdWHyZlxnx5L6eq2A

    Johannes Cuntius

    • https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/sk53s8NGr6znMccN8xpSNM/nine-fangtastic-facts-about-european-vampire-literature
    • https://occult-world.com/cuntius-johannes-pentsch-vampire/

    JIANGSHI (Chinese Hopping Vampire) CLIPS

    Encounters of the Spooky Kind: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iTD9cVr2naM

    Mr. Vampire II: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xt8nC4rRc0U

    Mr. Vampire IV: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ASFhUsFOio

    Henry More: An Antidote Against Atheism

    • https://archive.org/details/antidoteagainsta00more/mode/2up
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