Talk:Psychic vampire

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replies: text: * You are right, it needs a separate fair-use rationale for the Energy Vampires article. I don't know how to do this, create a separate fair-use rationale on this image for this article. If anyone knows how to do this, please do so. GustavusPrimus (talk) 19:48, 2 January 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Image copyright problem with File:AsetianBible.jpg

message: The in popular fiction section may have too many trivial references.  While they are examples of the energy vampire concept, they should be considered notable in some way.  The best way to do so would be to reference third party discussion of these appearances.--SiIIyLiIIyPiIIy (talk) 07:35, 21 May 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  In popular fiction 

message: I am pretty sure that all of these have been identified as NOT meeting our WP:RS guidelines and I am very disappointed that they have somehow weaseled their way back into an article. -- The Red Pen of Doom 02:10, 5 September 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Determine quality and use as reliable sources 

message: *Fortune, Dion: Psychic Self-Defense. Weiser Books Publishing, 2001. 
*Harbour, Dorothy: Energy Vampires: A Practical Guide for Psychic Self-protection. Destiny Books, 2002. 
*Hort, Barbara E.: Unholy Hungers: Encountering the Psychic Vampire in Ourselves & Others. Shambhala, 1996. 
*Konstantinos: Vampires: The Occult Truth. Llewellyn Publications, 1996. 
*LaVey, Anton Szandor: The Satanic Bible (Avon, 1969, )
*Slate, Joe H.: Psychic Vampires: Protection from Energy Predators & Parasites. Llewellyn Worldwide Ltd., 2002. 
They seem, to me, to meet the guidelines for sources on fringe theories.--UltraMagnus (talk) 06:48, 5 September 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Do any meet our reliable source guidelines??? 

message: This was discussed in the recent AFD and is easily confirmed as the more widspread term by counting up the sources that actually use the term Psychic rather than Energy. I suggest the move goes ahead unless someone raises a strong objection.—Ash (talk) 16:50, 17 September 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Apparently, another article on this topic previously existed at Psychic vampire, see this edit where it was redirected without fanfare to Vampire lifestyle.  I decided to take it upon myself to restore the old Psychic vampire article and to merge the content from Energy vampire to that location.  Whatever404 (talk) 17:30, 17 September 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merge Energy vampire → Psychic vampire ? 

message: This whole article, as it stands of as of right now, is very biased, as the article is not neutral.  It appears to describe psychic vampires as negative individuals, who are nothing but vile, evil people!  Please change the article to reflect on the views of people who feel that their condition empowers them, rather than crippling them.  Also, the overtone of this article implies that psychic vampirism is just a "claim", while most psychic vampires truly believe in their condition.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.115.85.22 (talk) 04:02, 28 August 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Very Biased and One-Sided 

message: I never took Lavey to be claiming that psychic vampires are anything other than negative people that live to make others miserable-- people that should be avoided basically.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.181.251.75 (talk) 10:10, 6 December 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  This article seems to have a very different interpretation 

message: It seems to me that Energy Vampires had an important role in comics, given they could get past the Comic Code ban on vampires. Karl Lykos or Sauron for example, from Marvel, while primarily used to get around being a were-wolf (being a were-pteradon) is also an energy vampire. He wouldn't have been allowed to drink blood.--71.232.241.114 (talk) 21:12, 5 August 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: Since the comic code was only in one country, it only really constrained a small minority of comics; admittedly our current content covers those ones disproportionately. bobrayner (talk) 22:40, 5 August 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Use of Psychic/Energy Vampires in Comics 

message: The section describing the term "emotional vampire" began "Bernstein uses the phrase "emotional vampire" for people..." without a Wiki link (he has none) to clarify who Bernstein is, or why we should care. The cite notes at the end refer you to a page on the author (now identified)'s own site, and two others referencing his book - along with the work of one other, Judith Orloff whose authority should probably speak for itself.
I didn't get this straight away as I was busy looking around for the Bernstein in question and found Eric Berne, born Eric Bernstein, who created Transactional Analysis and spoke of psychic vampires in his 1964 bestseller Games People Play, none of which is mentioned in this article at all.
Needless to say clearing all this up has left me very drained and frustrated, and led me to suspect someone has been manipulating the readers emotionally for their own personal gain. Anyway, first-time caller, hope it helps.
Brokenscience (talk) 07:12, 17 September 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Description of "Emotional Vampire" and ambiguity