| The most common form of "psychic vampirism", however, did not involve an astral body."Magnetic vampirism" was the sapping of life force by one person from another. The idea of "magnetic vampirism" was based on the commonly reported experience of a loss of vitality caused simply by being in the presence of certain people.Frantz Hartman, in"Vampires",referred to "psychic sponges"-people who "unconsciously vampirized" evey sensitive person they ccome into contact with.He believed such a person was possessed by a "vampire entity" who continually drained both the energy of its possessed host and all of his or her acquaintances. Scott Rogo, author of "In-depth Analysis of the Vampire Legend", cited the case of clairvoyant Mollie Fletcher who, because of some unrelated condition, was kept under close observation for many years. It was noted that any animals that she attempted to keep as pets soon died, and those close to her speculated that she had snapped them of their "psychic energy".The Vampire Book-An Encyclopedia of the Undead.,p.491. |
