The First Vampires - How Early Vampirism Impacted Theology, Philosophy & the Occult

What are the origins of the Vampire? Born in Eastern European folklore and transformed by Enlightenment, the Vampire is truly the first modern monster. We all know Dracula but what do the earliest Vampire accounts reveal to us about the origins of this undead, blood-sucking creature? Let's turn back to those accounts and see just how different the first recorded Vampires were from the dapper fanged aristocrats of Stoker and Rice. Though, not only did the Vampire come to haunt the imagination but the Undead also proved a formidable threat to both Enlightenment Philosophy, early Occult Philosophy and Catholic Theology all of which had some say during the "Vampire Craze" of 1720-1750. Check out Filip's video -    • The Creepy History of Vampires   Consider Supporting Esoterica! Patreon -   / esotericachannel   Paypal Donation - https://www.paypal.me/esotericachannel Merch -    / @theesotericachannel   Recommending Readings: Groom - The Vampire: A New History - 978-0300254839 Barber - Vampires, Burial, and Death - 978-0300164817 Sturm & Völker - Von denen Vampiren - 978-3518387818 Calmet - Treatise on the Apparitions of Spirits and on Vampires - 978-1533145680 Vermeir - Vampires as Creatures of the Imagination Rohr - Dissertatio Historico-Philosophica De Masticatione Mortuorum - https://www.google.com/books/edition/... Ranft - Diss. prior hist. crit. de masticatione mortuorum in tumulis https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_W9... Davanzati - Dissertazione sopra i vampiri - https://archive.org/details/dissertaz...