Raphael Osiris Talks to Sondra London 01

Interview with a True Vampire: It was a dark and stormy night in the spring of 1998, when this interview was videotaped in Florida during a tornado watch, with the torrents of rain pounding outside the open door, gusts of wind making the candle flames tremble and even blowing the backdrop down. With thunder occasionally drowning out the voices of the New York vampires, Right Reverend Raphael Osiris, also known as Ralph Spindell, and his consort, Dominique Lazarus, also known as Debbie Bloom, talk to Sondra London.

TRANSCRIPT

SONDRA:
What is a vampire?

RAPHAEL:
That's a very interesting question. A lot of it is what you perceive to be a vampire. There's many ways to interpret the word. What I'm mostly a proponent of, is it's personal interpretation first and foremost. Because the traditional vampire, folkloric corpse, is a corpse come back from the undead, and whether or not that exists right now, or is the most important definition of the word to modern-day society, is irrelevant. It's what it is that we all perceive it to be currently.

SONDRA:
So, traditionally, this is a mythical figure that's come down throughout the years, and we've always known about the mythical vampire. Now we have quite a few urban vampires, or modern vampires. Please tell me what it means to you to be a vampire.

RAPHAEL:
For me personally it is mostly to do with social, communal representation and a taking in of the myth or what may be perceived as the fact of the vampire, and incorporating it into your lifestyle. It touches on the family, it touches on society, the culture, your likes and dislikes, some of your religious or occultist beliefs.

SONDRA:
So what is essential about being a vampire? What is the one thing all vampires have in common?

RAPHAEL:
The only thing they all have in common is they refer to themselves as vampires. Other than that, there seems to be far too much discrepancy between various groups, or connotations of how each group seems to use the word.

SONDRA:
What is the connection between vampirism and ritual occultism?


RAPHAEL:
Some vampires who perceive themselves as being vampire-occultists, they perceive vampirism as a religion, and have the most in common with occultists. They may follow varying paths, than the path these people are seeking, through using vampirism as metaphor for their occultist practices, and beliefs in ancient vampire gods or deities, or blood deities or entities.

SONDRA:
Is this self-styled or reinvented from ancient patterns? Is it actually an tradition that has come down all the way? Or is it kind of neo?

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nani desuka?

[LesbianVampireLover]

Perfect role! I knew that you would make a great horror hostess!

[2blahornot2blah]

lol they switch sides in the middle of the video.

good info with the real facts!

thanx for uploading this!