The Temple of the Vampire is a modern new religious movement founded in the late 1980s by George C. Smith, a member of the Church of Satan, that integrates Western esoteric traditions with the metaphor of vampirism and its subculture as a path immortality.Melton, J. G. (2009). Encyclopedia of American religions (8th ed.). Gale Cengage Learning. The Temple’s central text, The Vampire Bible, articulates a belief system known as the "religion of Vampirism," wherein members—self-identified as Vampires—pursue mastery of magical and worldly disciplines to attain wealth, health, influence, and ultimately physical immortality.Laycock, J. (2009). Vampires today: The truth about modern vampirism. Praeger.
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External links Temple of the Vampire website The Vampire Bible Old version of the website