Don Webb - Energy Magick of the Vampyre: Secret Techniques for Personal Power and Manifestation

To Lilith Aquino, who invited me into the Order of the Vampyre and Gifted the world with

ENERGY MAGICK
OF THE
VAMPYRE

Energy Magick of the Vampyre is both a personal book about the dark mysteries as well as an excellent instructive description of the eroto-mysticism of Vampyric magic. It goes beyond what youve read before and puts Vampyric magic in its proper context. The book is written by one of the most experienced teachers of the Left-Hand Path and is a book that raises the pulse and brings to life what is hidden in the shadows.

THOMAS KARLSSON, PH.D.,AUTHOR OF NIGHTSIDE OF THE RUNES

Energy Magick of the Vampyre is an entertaining introduction to the most fascinating and compelling aspects of antinomianism: the achievement of immortality. Complete with a side trip into the minds of Anton LaVey, Michael Aquino, William Burroughs, and others, this book details the most important influences and methods of the modern Left-Hand Path of Western magic and what they can do for you. It is as if the techniques of occultism, mass manipulation, and self-help were thrown together into a strangely appealing stew for those wishing to create their own egregore.

MARK STAVISH, AUTHOR OF EGREGORES

Don Webbs latest work, Energy Magick of the Vampyre, expresses the masterful understanding that energy and Vampyrism are directly connected. The methodology of Vampyre magic within this book is centered in the practical, focused on consistent application and practice in the real world. I suggest this book to the beginner and adept alike as it balances the perspectives of the mindscape of a Vampyre in daily life. This is a must-have!

MICHAEL W. FORD, AUTHOR OFSEKHEM APEP: TYPHONIAN VAMPYRE MAGICK

Theres a reason why Don Webb is one of my favorite contemporary occult authors: everything he writes is enlightening in one way or another. A born storyteller if Ive ever met one, he takes us on a barnstorming journey across the world of magic both archetypal and modern, pursuing the path of the Vampyre without all the biting and the garlic. An inventive, highly instructive, entertaining, and easy-to-follow manual of the Left-Hand Path for the 21st century like no other.

FRATER UD, COAUTHOR OFLIVING MAGIC

Energy Magick of the Vampyre is all about that energyand obtaining, keeping, and using it for ones own best purposes. If the word vampyre frightens you then this book is probably not for youunless it scares you, you know, in a good way. AhaI just conjured up some energy there, now didnt I? Webbs guide is an encyclopedic how-to that blasts most other occult tomes out of the water. What this book can do for you is multifarious. It can help you define what a Vampyre is, in case you know a few; it can help you see where this form of magick can be possible and beneficial in your life; and it can begin your journey on a path. It is not the end-all, be-all of attaining the rank of energy Vampyre, but it is, I believe, ones best starting place. Read the book.

RT. REV. DENISE DUMARS, M.A., HEIROPHANT OF THE LYCEUM OF AUSET HAUHET

Warnings to the Reader

This is a book for adult humans in good physical and mental health. If you are not grounded in mind and body, you should not tamper with the Vampyric Current.

This book is not about blood fetishismblood magic is NOT part of Vampirism.

This book does not condone any illegal activities.

None of the operations described in this book are enhanced or amplified in any way by using drugs or herbs, legal or illegal.

This book does not confer upon you the powers and experiences that come through the mentorship and fellowship in the Order of the Vampyre.

PROLEGOMENON

MY ENCOUNTER WITH THE ORDER OF THE VAMPYRE

Growing up in the sixties, I encountered the vampire archetype in the form of Barnabas Collins in the series Dark Shadows. Villain turned hero, stylish dresser, overpowering with women, possessed of ritual skill, he captured my imagination. My early magical experiments were based on the scriptsand put aside long before high school. In my abortive first attempt at college I discovered the wonderworld of drugs and the novels of Carlos Castaneda. This led to failing out of school and returning in shame to my little hometown.

Losing my source of drugs, I worked at re-creating the energy effect I had seen (or convinced myself I had seen). I also tried to figure out what my life would be without college; I had considered myself better than my friends who simply joined the work force. I had access to beautiful wild spaces, including Palo Duro Canyon. I had a great public library, and I had no social life. I developed my own neo-shamanic practices. I reached a point where I had gone as far as I could by myself. The groups/practitioners I discovered around me were druggies, sexual predators, or schizophrenics. Maybe I was one of these as well.

I decided to give magic one last try. I went to a stead of power and I addressed it. If I were to learn magic, send me a teacher. It was a hot day and out of nowhere a cooling breeze came up, and I hiked home. Nothing else happened for three months, and then a change in lifes circumstances required me to move to Austin, Texas. By then, I had given up magical practice in any form. I was trying to make it as a freelance writer.

When I arrived in Austin, I decided to sublimate my magical interests into role-playing games. I joined a group. In 1988, I watched a Geraldo Rivera special on Satanism in America. At the time, I was engaged in a research project on the Salem witch trials, and as I watched the special, I noted how all the forms of mass hysteria of the 1690s were alive and well. An odd-looking man, Michael Aquino of the Temple of Set, mocked the proceedings, and Geraldo cut to commercial.

The next night at my role-playing game, I mentioned how much I would like to send Mr. Aquino fan mail. One of my fellow gamers asked me to drive her home after the game. When I did so, she said, Do you really want to send Dr. Aquino a fan letter? Im seeing him next week. I noticed the title Dr. and I thought, Oh, great, a selftitled occultist. But I also thought (as I drove up to the nice two-story home), She doesnt look like an occultistmeaning she isnt wearing crappy jewelry and living in a crappy apartment. I wrote my letter, and also verified that Aquino had a real Ph.D.

I joined the Temple of Set in 1989. It had six degrees: Setian, Adept, Priest/Priestess, Magister/Magistra, Magus/Maga, and Ipsissimus/Ipsissima. In the second degree you could join an order; this was compared to an area of study at a university. During the first degree one learned the basics of Setian philosophy and demonstrated competence in magic. Setians meet once a year at the International Conclave.

My first encounter with Vampyric magic was within my local group, the Bull of Ombos Pylon. The sentinel was a member of the Order of the Vampyre. She taught us how to exchange energy. She initiated us with a nip on the neck, not drawing blood; Ive never seen blood in any form in thirty-one years of Setian ritual. It is symbolic. Then, by use of the Gaze, she took and returned energy to us.

My next encounter was in a long phone call with a Setian that lived in Ohio. He had been a member longer than me, and he was going to explain it all to me. If you were smart and straight you joined the Order of the Trapezoid. If you were a male homosexual you joined... , and so on. Finally If you were really good looking but not necessarily smart you joined the OV. I bought into this hook, line, and sinker.