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On the Fascination with Vampires
By Stephen Proskauer MD | January 15, 2008
Characters like Dracula and others found in vampire novels are perenially popular. What makes it so thrilling when the heroine surrenders to having her neck bitten and her blood sucked by the seductive creature of the night? Sure, there’s something sexy about the whole exotic scene, but is there something unique that makes vampires so fascinating compared to other predatory ghouls? Consider the possibility that the vampire/victim relationship may be a metaphor for the codependent sexual relationship in which one partner sucks energy from the other and turns the victim into another energy vampire. Like other sadomasochistic relationships, the master is dependent on the slave for nourishment while the slave is dependent on the master to feel valued and needed. The primal need to devour and be devoured goes back to earliest infancy and to the dawn of time. It excites long suppressed fantasies and touches on a universal subtext of intimate relationships. A shadow side of ourselves is aroused by the interaction of the vampire and the victim. We are all energy vampires to some degree, but there are some of us, like sex addicts and child molesters, who feel so depleted that they are enslaved to their energy vampirism, creating new slaves to their craving with each victim they take. The tragic irony is that stealing another’s energy cannot satisfy the craving for a lost sense of wholeness. The vampire’s striving never ends, his thirst is never satisfied. He is compelled to cruise the shadows of the night for fresh victims endlessly.
Topics: Abuse, Energy, Uncategorized |