In its timeless capacity to embody the human condition, the vampire is a poignant metaphor describing the psychosocial experience of the pariah – the outsider. The vampire is the Other that used to be human. The diseased, the mentally challenged, the homeless and hungry, ……are all vampires in a way; the other who used to be human, the invisible who casts no reflection among us.

In its timeless capacity to embody the human condition, the vampire is a poignant metaphor describing the psychosocial experience of the pariah – the outsider. The vampire is the Other that used to be human. The diseased, the mentally challenged, the homeless and hungry, ……are all vampires in a way; the other who used to be human, the invisible who casts no reflection among us.

– Katherine Ramsland –

The Science of Vampires

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