The occultist Dion Fortune made some
interesting statements about energy vampires that are worth discussing. I can’t remember which of her books they came
from; I have paraphrased her words from memory and some scribbled notes.
She likened an energy vampire and victim to a
bullfrog and sucked-out orange.
This is a very memorable image. I think it
must apply mainly to powerful, driven and glamorous energy vampires, those who
need and obtain excessive amounts of extra energy. Many energy vampires are
being vampirised themselves - possibly by other people, possibly by some
internal parasitic obsession or idea - so they appear shrivelled, diminished
and sucked out too.
I am reminded of Petra Kelly, one of the
founders of the German Green Party, who is reported to have got through
seventeen secretaries in eight years:
“I loved her dearly,” said Heinz Suhr, a
Green Party spokesman, “but some hated her. They called her a vampire, sucking
the energy out of those around her. She was too big a star.”
Dion Fortune mentioned a ‘swift downward
swoop’ made by an energy vampire, which resulted in a loss of vitality in the
victim.
This reminds me of an incident that happened
before I had even heard of the expression ‘energy vampire’. I was walking in a
busy street, and someone altered her course so it converged on mine. I felt a strange
sensation: ‘swift downward swoop’ describes it very well.
I was immediately reminded of this incident
when I first read Dion Fortune’s words. It was as if someone had put something
over me, then pulled it downwards and away. I felt as though I had been
trawled. There was something else: I also felt as though someone had scraped
downwards on my heart, my central core, with a sharp finger nail.
I think it is more common for the victims of
energy vampires to feel pulled at and drained. I have often felt this way, but
have only once experienced the downward swoop.
Dion Fortune said that you can’t break the
vampire-victim link and cure the victim simply by cutting them off from
someone: break the circuit and you destroy the victim. She thought that it was
necessary to substitute a decent person for the energy vampire, and to replace
the unhealthy magnetism with wholesome energy.
Perhaps she was referring to a special type
of energy vampirism, one involving ritual and magical binding. I have found
that breaking contact has very positive effects on the victim. Perhaps there
are dependent victims and those who are independent, given a chance.
