Meanings
plural psivamps
- A person who claims to consume the psychic energy of others as part of the vampiroid subculture.
Most psivamps note a different flavor or feel to Otherkin, some even jokingly calling Otherkin 'energetic candy'.
2006, Sebastiaan van Houten, The Vampyre Almanac 2006, page 362 more examples
This particular article, published to my site kheperu.org in 2002, was penned in response to a letter received from a psivamp who had stirred up trouble for himself by outing his nature to his Wiccan High Priestess.
2005, Michelle Belanger, editor, Sacred Hunger, page 46Some psivamps enter into relationships with donors in the same way that sanguinarian vampires do, while others consciously train themselves away from human energy altogether, either for convenience or as a result of personal ethics.
2010, Brad Steiger, Real Vampires, Night Stalkers and Creatures of the Dark Side, page 121
Origin
From psi (“a form of psychic energy”) + vamp (“a vampire”).
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