V Special Edition [Hardcover]

Father Sebastian (Author), Michelle Belanger (Author), Layil Umbralux (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 23, 2003

"V" is a new tomb about the dark path, philosophies teachings and traditions of Strigoi Vii (living vampyrism). It contains a collection of articles, essays and explinations of our dreams and expressions of modern vampyrism. The best writters and creative minds within the vampyre subculture including Michelle Belanger of House Kheper, Father Sebastian of Sabretooth, Layil Umbralux of House Sahjaza and Madame X of the Dreaming give inspiration to challenge and enhance your views.

This 320 page, hardcover limited edition double volume tome will come with V Book I° - Strigoi Vii & V Book II° - The Strigoi Vii Codex. The first two books of the "Vampyre Grimoire" series of occult texts.

The "V" Special Edition will include a nickel silver Sanguinarium 2nd generation ankh pendant.

The next book in the series V III° - Sangonomicon is schedule to be released in 2004.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 320 pages
• Publisher: VampyreAlmaac.com (September 23, 2003)
• ISBN-10: 9090172149
• ISBN-13: 978-9090172149
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,909,693 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Michelle Belanger is an occult author, energy worker, and self-identified psychic vampire. A magna cum laude graduate of Cleveland's John Carroll University, she is best known as the author of The Psychic Vampire Codex (Weiser 2004). She is also a regular guest on A&E's hit series, "Paranormal State." An expert on the modern vampire subculture, Michelle writes on a wide variety of topics, including energy work, shamanism, and hauntings. In recent years, she has branched out into fiction. Her first novel, "This Heart of Flame" debuts from Stonegarden Press November 2009, and her short stories can be found in anthologies like "The Sweetest Kiss" (Cleis Press, 2009). Belanger's other books include Sacred Hunger (Dark Moon 2005), Psychic Dreamwalking (Weiser, 2006) The Psychic Energy Codex (Weiser 2007), Vampires in Their Own Words (Llewellyn, 2007), Walking the Twilight Path (Llewellyn 2008), Haunting Experiences (Llewellyn 2009) and The Ghost Hunter's Survival Guide (Llewellyn 2009). Michelle resides in NE Ohio and continues to do work in both print and television. She is also a talented musician, and her vocals can be heard on albums like Nox Arcana's "Blood of Angels" and URN's "Dancing with the Demigods."

Customer Reviews

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Refinement of an established *really* alternative lifestyle, January 13, 2004

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"www-dagon-nl" (Netherlands) - See all my reviews

This review is from: V Special Edition (Hardcover)

Vampires excist, at the very least as an oddball lifestyle - if not a group of people who take their disattachment fom everyday life very seriously.

Reading this book I was left befuddled, especially the first section, which I found a repetition of what I read maybe several dozen times in different books or websites. However the authors of the book are blessed with a sense of vision that leads further than that; in the second half of tne book the writers revitalize a vampyre lifestyle (IRL romantic-metaphysical vampyre as opposed to a cinematic vampire). Michelle is obviously the most inspired of the bunch, if I have identified her submissions to this book best. They are all pretty sincere about it, no doubt.

I think the future does remain interesting and promising for these vampyres after reading this book. Everybody in the scene had expected the lifestyle to be on the return, curving back into insignificance or campyness, but the message this book proclaims loudly is that the 90s are *not* over, that this pseudo-gothic romance-of-the-night lifestyle is still alive, that it isn't just hogwash of dressing up and going out and playing messing other people's minds and feelings, thank you, but all about self-growth, independence and predatorial pride in an ever-more draconic word.

From that perspective the book would be a starting point, and little else. It promises more to come and I sure hope they can deliver.

Downside of the book is that it does remain somewhat coloured by the legacy of vampyric movements we might have seen in the 90s. They don't bring anything new in their pseudo-lutheran declaration of freshness and renewal.

The upside is that the people behind the book actually seem to know whaty they are talking about, instead of just parrotting blood-fiend party line and oneliners. They sure have to surmount a barricade of allready established cliche's, prejudice and camp but if they deliver, as said, in sequals to this fairly well-concocted book, they might well be on the road to becoming Kult, Underground and Trendsetting.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars 1st Book of its Kind, November 2, 2003

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AlexanderMithu (Trenton, New Jersey United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: V Special Edition (Hardcover)

This book is a 1st of its kind. Sure, there have been a few attempts by different people throughout the years, but this is the first full tomb I have ever read on the subject of spiritual vampyrism, or Strigoi Vii as it is known here. I would highly recomend this book to anyone even remotely interested in the vampire/vampyre/subculture, even for RPG fans to distinguish fact from fiction.

5.0 out of 5 stars Self discovery, January 13, 2004

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Christos - See all my reviews

This review is from: V Special Edition (Hardcover)

Being one of the people this book was discussing, I found it to be an incredibly useful tool for further developing my understanding of myself and my fellow travellers on our respective paths.