Are You in Love With a Vampire?: Healing the Relationship Drain Game [Paperback]

Helaine Z. Harris (Author)

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The idea that some people "suck us [emotionally] dry" is not particularly surprising. However, "psychoshamanist" Harris takes this somewhat pedestrian analogy even further, differentiating various levels of vampires who feed on other people's energy: Level One ("Devouring Mother"), Level Two ("Incestuous Father"), and Level Three, or full-out psychic-attack level. Harris details her own life and dealings with "vampires" of the three types. She talks a lot about energy flow between people?defining vampires as net energy takers?and the need for us to connect with the "Universal Energy Flow." She also includes some case studies of her clients that are oddly out of context. Because of its unorthodox ideology, this book is not recommended for a basic self-help section but for libraries with a strong patron interest in New Age materials; this may be just what the psychoshamanist ordered.?Pamela A. Matthews, Univ. of Maryland Lib., Baltimore
Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Product Details

• Paperback: 244 pages
• Publisher: Awakening Pubns; 1st edition (October 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0965234347
• ISBN-13: 978-0965234344
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.5 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,712,066 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars On the order of "LIFESAVING", June 24, 1999

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This review is from: Are You in Love With a Vampire?: Healing the Relationship Drain Game (Paperback)

This rather chilling title gives a pretty good clue to what you're in for. Harris takes readers on a journey of exploration into one of the most frightening aspects of the unconscious dynamics of close relationships-the potential for draining another's life energy. It's uncanny how close to literal truth the fantastic vampire stories we like to "entertain" ourselves with may be. The author's couragous accounts of some of her own experiences suggest that she really know whereof she speaks. The book not only helps to identify the vampiring phenomenon in relationships-and to distinguish it from codependency-but is a virtual workbook of practical techniques and exercises to deal with the probelm. The book makes a valuable contribution-perhaps on the order of "lifesaving" as was the case with Robin Norwood's Women Who Love Too Much-to the literature of empowerment and personal healing.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A book of wisdom, June 24, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Are You in Love With a Vampire?: Healing the Relationship Drain Game (Paperback)

"This is a book of wisdom about matters that speak directly to our Souls! A 'must read' for this crucial time of rapid transformation"

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A remarkable journey of discovery and healing, June 24, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Are You in Love With a Vampire?: Healing the Relationship Drain Game (Paperback)

"Helaine's courageous and insightful perspective sheds light on this 'shadow' part of us, her compassion and understanding help heal it. I encourage everyone who has experienced pain in relationship to read this book."