A. Osborne Eaves: Modern Vampirism

 "There is no such thing as unconsciousness — except to one set of vibrations. Trance, somnambulism, catalepsy, even death, are but the changing of the consciousness, and it is with some of these other states of consciousness that we are concerned with the subject of Vampirism."

"In folk-lore, fairy-tale and religion there has been sound reason in virtue being triumphant over evil, because goodness is an actual shield, shedding an influence around it, which the malign forces cannot approach, still less penetrate. A good conscience is an invincible coat of armour, and it can be created atom by atom, by right thought and right living."

"If man could but realise that he alone is the creator of so-called evil; that the earth’s moral atmosphere formed by him in his ignorance permeates nearly all of us, whether we will or not, until we are soaked in pessimism; that obeying a general law like forces attract like forces; that, again in obedience to law, repeated additions of unkind, uncharitable, fierce, bitter and evil thoughts keep the strata of misery, greed and crime ever active — if man realised this surely he would begin to build better. Until he does, however, he will continue to suffer, and contribute to the world’s stock of woe. "

-- A. Osborne Eaves

Contents

Preface
Preliminary Considerations
Man’s Vehicles
Other Planes
The Inhabitants
Non-human Entities
The Vampire’s Fate
Sir Conan Doyle
Some Modern Cases
A Modern Demoniac
Demon Lovers
Three Stories
Hypnotism and Its Dangers
Elementals
The Vampires of Health
The Aura
The Remedy