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Unholy Hungers: Encountering the Psychic Vampire in Ourselves and Others |
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Saturday, 06 October 2007 |
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This is a fascinating exploration of manifestations of the vampire archetype in human psychology from a Jungian point of view. The author is hard on vampires (evil things which must be destroyed), but she is referring to particular forms of psychological manipulation that we all, at one time or another, have been victim of and even perpetrated ourselves. She is not referring to symbiotic psychic vampire relationships, nor blood drinkers, but rather to a much more common and insidious form of predator who counts on our humanity, sympathy, craving for love and the instincts to be polite and protect the weak to prey upon our energy and drain us of our vital spark and creativity. |
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