Sources and Methods of Feeding: by Narradas

There are many ways we can feed, each with their own rewards and dangers. For now I will include my experiences and attempt to explain how I feed in each one. There are also various methods of feeding for each type.

Generally, feeding is a combination of instinct, conscious will and visualization. As you get more experienced you will find you can feed from larger distances, various methods and much more easily.

Feeding

Sex

Methods: Ambient; Eye Contact; Lancet; Line of Sight; Links; Needle; Touch

Sources

Sources mean literally our food source. It is common to have a prefered 'taste' which is often the type of vampire we will call ourselves in public. It is important to remember it is taste only, and not an actual separate type of vampire.

Blood

This is the source sang vampires use for feeding. It's fairly self explanatory. One needs to be careful of both diseases and legal constraints when feeding this way. Some vampires are under the impression that eating a rare steak is feeding. This is not the case. We feed on life not death. On a psychosomatical level eating a rare steak may satisfy your bloodlust temporarily, however, it is not giving you the nourishment you need.

Emotions

For myself, emotions are the bread and butter of what we can feed from. Intense and easily obtained, they are a relatively safe form of feeding. We can feed off of any emotion, however the two more common ones are listed below.

Fear

Fear is an incredibly intense and addictive emotion to feed from. Obviously there are moral issues regarding feeding this way, and it's not one I suggest you commonly use.

Love

Love, no less intense than fear, has a softer feel to it. I tend to feel love in my chest area chakra (Ka), whereas for fear I feel it in my throat (Khu).

Life/Prana/Psi

This is the main source for Pranic or Psi Vampires. In reality, sex and emotions are more of a sub-category of pranic feeding. This is also the more common type of feeding used when deepfeeding from someone. It involves taking directly from the person's subtle body, often at a deep level as opposed to their excess energy or surface energy.

Nature

Some vampires call themselves Elemental vampires. These are the rare few who are able to take energy from a variety of natural sources, such as lightning, wind, storms or other weather effects. Some are even able to take directly from plants or even earth energy, most often from ley lines or nexus points. Don't be disheartened if you are not able to do this. We are more removed from nature than your average pagan, and it is more difficult (but not impossible) for us to manipulate energy from these sources. Feeding from weather is generally safe, however feeding from ley lines and nexus points does have some danger. Subtle reality beings frequent these areas, as do various types of Guardians, either of which may not take kindly to you grabbing a quick snack.

Sex

Sex can be one of the more enjoyable ways to feed ;).

Methods

There are many ways we can feed. Some are specific to the type of energy you are attempting to take, while others can be used under almost any circumstance. Many of us have a single prefered way, however with practice we can use any method listed below.

Ambient

Ambient feeding involves the taking in of excess energy from everything around you. Common ways are feeding from people roaming malls, concerts, dancing at clubs, or even ambient natural energy. Line of Sight method details how to do this a little more.

Eye Contact

I like to use this method when feeding from emotions, especially love. The effect is quite intense and it's one of the easiest ways to feed. I look the person in the eye, and draw them towards me, taking in the energy from their eyes to mine.

Lancet

Lancets are used for sang feeding. Incisions should be small, and never close together. Never use the same lancet on multiple people, and always clean them properly. Generally, scalpels are used for incisions, whereas an actual lancet is used for a small puncture. You will find in the community the term lancet being used to describe either or. For more information see Mark's writings.

Line of Sight

This is a common technique I use in a bar, and many others use in the malls or other locations with a large number of people. You simply focus on the person/people and visualise a line of energy flowing from them to you. In some cases, the excess energy in the area can be scooped up rather than directly draining anyone. Sometimes it's necessary to visualise the tendril of energy going first from yourself to the person, attaching onto them and then reversing the flow.

Links

Everytime we feed we create a link to that person. A link is a tendril of energy connecting one subtle body to another. It is possible to use a link to feed from someone.

Needle

Needles are used for sang feeding, and only should be used with extreme care.

Touch

Touching someone is one of the easiest ways for us to feed. This can be something as casual as a hug or holding hands, to something more intense such as kissing or even sex.