BROKEN NEWS!!!
House Maidenfear, the central house of the Order of Maidenfear, and House Frailtear, an Order house also located in Philadelphia, have united to form the new Saturn House. A new website is under construction. This new site will feature the Vampire Education and Information League (VEIL). The objectives of VEIL include helping individuals identify their vampire natures, providing information about real vampires, encouraging communication, conducting research, and developing new ideas and theories of real vampirism. Sappho Wolf, head of the Order, has recently become a moderator for the <"http://groups.yahoo.com/group/real-vampires">Real Vampires Community Alliance. Additionally, we are asking visitors to take a look at the Vampire and Energy Work Research Project. Please check in with us for updates!

Maidenfear...perhaps it sounds a bit frightening and yet somehow alluring at the same time. It is an idea that captures--at least in part--the essence of that which is vampire. "Maidenfear" is a literary device meant to convey the nerves of a new virgin bride going to the marriage bed for the first time...or really the giddy anxiety of anybody about to taste love for the first time. This sanctuary was so named in 1970 after this romantic idea of mixing pleasure with fear of the unknown.

More and more people are coming to identify with the vampire, creature of myth and lore, and vampirism as a lifestyle. In fact, this identification is so strong that many people think of themselves as vampires. Thanks to enlightened writers like Bram Stoker and Anne Rice, the vampire is no longer the blood-sucking monster of the living dead. Vampires think and feel much like normal human beings.

But vampires are not normal human beings, and they.re not immortal ghouls. This is an attempt to explain how vampires can be real and what it is about them that makes them vampires.

Real vampires share one thing in common.loss. At some point in the life of a real vampire, something, someone, or some aspect of life was suddenly taken away, leaving a gaping void in the vampire.s being. This traumatic experience could really be anything. That it was great enough to leave essentially a great emptiness can only be determined and judged by the individual vampire. After all, who else has felt it and experienced it first hand?

Once the loss has happened, what was lost is gradually replaced by a fierce longing. The vampire may not even be consciously aware of this longing. It.s the greater self seeking healing and repair. Longing is not a cure but an impetus. Tendrils of longing slowly stretch out into the mind, eventually breaking through to alert thoughts.

By no means does every person who has suffered a loss embrace vampirism. However, stripped of the gaudy baubles of folklore, the vampire is a kindred spirit. The vampire is compelled by longing, by hunger, and assuages them through .feeding.. From a psychological point of view, the vampire hungers for prana, or life energy, through either sanguinarian or psychic means. Therefore, the real vampire seeks to soothe longing through the attainment of extra and excess prana from other beings and from the encompassing universe.

---"The Real Vampire - A Theory"

And so this is where we have arrived, those of us of the Order of Maidenfear and our quest to make an approachable online presence for all vampire types. As we say, we are a free community for a free breed, and we will maintain that freedom. So come here and celebrate. Visit our offerings and decide for yourself what interests you and where you desire to contribute. The Subject Is Vampires will always be changing, always be expanding. Come with us on a journey without end!

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Journal of Vampires in Truth
The above site hosted by Live Journal is the Order of Maidenfear Handbook. Here you will find the essential writings of the Order which explain and describe what it is to be a Maidenfear vampire. We have compiled these writings into one document for your reading ease.

The above is your portal to participating in the Order of Maidenfear Online. New members will receive a big introductory packet of essential writings and information about the Order. We have chosen Yahoo for this purpose as we have had wonderful experiences with them. Click above and explore for yourself.

The Order has also clawed out an online niche at MySpace. Maybe this seems odd, but we've found MySpace to be very vampire-friendly--in fact, House Maidenfear made first contact with several new members through this service. Well, it's here if you'd like to avail yourself of it. This is also a good place to assemble your online vampire self.

Well, true, the Yahoo group is a message forum, but Raven Vampire Circus is fun for vamps of all ages. Come here to talk vampires with as much irreverence as suits you.

Sign up to receive the sporadic newsletter direct from House Maidenfear in Philadelphia. Sappho's Vampire Diary will be full of news from the mother house and from all over the Order as well as unique takes on the vampire community and the challenges ahead.

We're currently using the Skazzle network to get the Vampire 400 up and working. Vampires, vampyres, and Black Swans are all welcome to sample the dark life. If this is you, why haven't you joined already? Whether you're on your first bite or you've been dead so long it's getting lively, come join us. All types and flavors are welcome. The Vamp 400 is very straightforward. Based on the idea of strength in numbers, the Vamp 400 seeks to attain 400 real vampire members. Each member will fill out a membership form and then receive their own number (obviously 1 to 400). The Vamp 400 apes the 400 of high society in New York City around the turn of the 19th to 20th century.

These are our offerings for the moment. New features will come online as we get to them.

To contact us, you may write to vampires@stonebench.com. Becoming a member of our online newtwork and writing your thoughts there is an even better solution, so by all means make the most of it.

Check back often for new developments, and be your full vampire self in our offerings. Welcome, and may you walk in the balance!