1998 Itvw True Vampire Raphael Osiris aka Ralph Spindell04TRANSCRIPTRAPHAEL:People in America today. And there have also been a lot of reports in various cultures of receiving nighttime attacks or daytime attacks, and these are from psychic vampires. SONDRA:These would be succubi or incubi?RAPHAEL:It's a similar myth, very similar, it depends on the culture of the phenomenon, and how it gets interpreted by the person who is receiving the attack. And you may have them reporting they have been visited by succubi or incubi during the night. What is very common is something known as a "hag attack." It may start with a very heavy pressure on the chest, maybe sometimes seeing visuals associated with it, either an energy light, or something taking the form of a person, which may be coming back, and it may be perceived as someone you know, or even someone else knows, as someone who has recently passed away, or another spirit you are receiving. But it's actually your mind interpreting what is going on in a psychic vampire attack. SONDRA:There is a term, "psychopompic state," somewhere between asleep and awake. The sensation is unique. It sounds like what you're talking about. RAPHAEL:Where almost anything could happen and you perceive another reality, different in some ways. Usually what the person senses is their inability to move. They have a sense of paralysis in the psychopompic state, and they cannot get up from that. Usually when the attack dissipates, they feel very drained and they just fall asleep. SONDRA:So those are psychic vampires. Now back to what I'm calling modern vampires, like yourself. Are you what you would call a vampire activist?RAPHAEL:What I do is pretty much vampire activism. I'm trying to promote within our community an outreach to people who consider themselves vampires and are seeking their own truths and the truths among others, to this phenomenon in our present day culture, and ways they can develop themselves. I'm seeking for them to be able to do this with only a positive outcome as the intention. And that others in our society begin to perceive this also in a positive light, and to bring any kind of pro-vampiric elements to our culture.SONDRA:What about the pathological aspects of the people within the vampire community? What is your program going to do for them? Try to help them or turn them around? Do you intend to change them in any way?RAPHAEL:Not so much to change them. The biggest help for most people is just to know there are other people out there like them, that they can start communicating with. What I do with my organization, is to lay lines of communication where other people can start contacting each other, and start talking about their differences and their likes.