The Temple of the Vampire Forums Public Forums Urban Myths about the Temple. The most common urban myths about the Temple.

Yes. That is a good summary.

From the common sense, everyday perspective (what we refer to as the Dayside), we view the Vampire as a metaphor for proactively forging a life of increasing personal control over events for personal satisfaction and happiness.

The Dayside is divided into six categories of control: self-control (intrapersonal), social control (interpersonal), survival (of immediate threats to one's life), health (avoiding disease, boosting vitality, and achieving longevity), money (reducing debt, increasing income, achieving financial independence) and physical immortality (based on two compatible scientifically promising approaches).

As a religion we also refer to members of our Temple as Vampires with a capital "V" in the same way that we refer to members of other religions such as Christians, Buddhists, Muslims, etc.

From the paranormal, transcendent perspective (what we refer to as the Nightside) we view the Vampire as precisely descriptive of our practice of taking the excess radiation of Lifeforce from human beings (Vampirism) to empower our efforts to master psi phenomena to include the out of body experience which, in turn, leads to our traditional approach to Nightside immortality.

We also accept as a working hypothesis the supposition that Others have previously achieved these capabilities and that the most ancient religions referred to Them as Gods. We refer to Them as the Undead Gods and dictated information from Them comprise much of what is found in The Vampire Bible.

We do not assume that the Undead Gods are "supernatural" nor are they considered all-knowing and all-powerful as is the usual conception of Gods such as Jehovah, Allah, etc. We assume the Undead Gods to simply be other human beings who have mastered the esoteric Nightside path that They have shared with us in creating this Temple.

At no time do we require anyone to believe any of the Nightside claims of the Temple. At more advanced stages of Temple membership (called Graded membership) the members can willingly choose to assume that certain elements of the Nightside are correct and true as a working hypothesis to determine if doing so is useful in producing desirable results.

All in all, the Temple is not a search for truth but a laboratory for producing personal results in both the Dayside and Nightside, as desired by the member.

Usually these are people we were required to remove because they could not follow simple guidelines that require that members stay free of crime, interact with other members with courtesy, and be truthful to the Temple about their accomplishments for Grade.

Also just because someone anonymously makes claims on the internet does not mean they are not lying to YOU about who they are and what they did or didn't do.

I have no doubt there have probably been some past members who thought that they could simply pay fees, get Grades, and then believe they "tested" the Temple. We cannot prevent people from lying to us or to themselves.

If you want to build a jet airplane you have to follow the instructions. If you don't and the plane doesn't fly, it is not the fault of the instructions that were ignored.

Additionally some of those who make these false accusations against the Temple have busily plagiarized our literature and mimicked our structure, sometimes to the extent of even using the same terms such as "Dayside", "Nightside", and "Twilight".

You need only check the copyright date on such things to see that they are all after 1989, which is the copyright date for almost all of the Temple literature.

Do not be taken in by scam artists who try to suggest that this Temple is a hoax.

We have been proving our reality day by day for more than thirty years.

Do the math, check the dates, and you will not be fooled.

You don't!

You don't have to apply for Grades at all. Graded membership is entirely optional and each level requires that the member testifies to having accomplished the required knowledge and actions for that Grade.

You do not enter Second Circle if you have not testified to having proven that Lifeforce Vampirism is real. You do not enter into the Third Circle if you have not testified to having proven that the Undead Gods are real. You do not enter into Fourth Circle if you have not testified that Magic is real. You do not enter Fifth Circle (Adept) if you have not testified that the Inner Self (the Dragon) is real.

Members enter higher Grades because they want to be able to communicate openly with others whose experiences they now understand to be real. It is the same reason graduate students in physics will prefer to discuss their studies with professors rather than grade school teachers ...or grade school students.

The Temple charges money because no successful organization can offer goods and services without accepting money or assistance from others and survive.

Possibly the only difference is that the Temple is honest and up front about such things, instead of masking such actions as "love offerings" or "tithing" (in which 10% of your income must be regularly given to a church).

Perhaps there are churches somewhere that refuse to accept money or assistance from others and simply give away all of their goods and services to promote their religion.

I have never heard of any however.

If they did, it wouldn't take long for them to fail.

The Temple was created to succeed.

That would depend on what you mean by a "left hand path". Labels like that can be slippery.

Our ethics are clearly explained here:

http://templeofthevampire.com/mission

Additionally since all other paths we are aware of accept death as "good" whereas we do not, then our path may not be best classified as "right" or "left", but simply rational and desirable for those who value their own survival and love life.

No!

There are NO other active legitimate representations of the Temple anywhere else on the internet.

Only on the Temple website and on this message board can you find us.

Anything else you see or read elsewhere is fraud.

The Temple is NOT active on MySpace, Facebook, Twitter, or any other form of social networking.

The Temple is NOT active on any other website or message board or email list.

Furthermore, Temple members do NOT discuss the Temple anywhere else on the internet.

If you see anyone, anywhere else actively pretending to be representing the Temple in any manner you can be confident that someone is trying to fool you.

Here and only here can you be assured of honest answers from the Temple itself.

If any other site or social media does not simply and directly point to the Temple website then they are tricking you.

Beware.