Neat article, but lacking in a lot of basic research. Article doesn't even mention the *Metzitzah B'Pheh*, or 'Oral suction' after circumcision, which is the most widespread and obvious example of modern Vampirism, particularly because I do think proper Vampirism isn't just about rote hemophagia, but almost always contains an element of sexual sadism as well, with a high level of importance being placed on the innocence of the victim as well. In very modern history, I would also note [this 2018 interview](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PwO3TEj9-5g) between Ellen Degeneres and Sandra Bullock, where they speak of getting facial treatments that are derived from the foreskins of neonatal circumcised South Korean boys, speaking of their rejuvenating properties. In modern history, I would not recommend reading anything by Aleister Crowley, because he wrote shit like this on the sacrifice of young children... NSFL, you have been warned... ["Her breasts itch with lust of Incest. She hath given Her two-year bastard boy to Her lewd lover's whim of sodomy, hath taught him speech and act, things infinitely abhorred, with Her own beastly carcass. She hath tongued Her five-month girl, and asked its father to deflower it [...] Her eyes gleam as Her ears ring with a chime of wedding bells to the thin shrieks of a young child that Her Beast-God-Slave-Mate is torturing for Her pleasure – ay! and his own. He loved it all. He rolled each drop of filth around His tongue.” The Magical Record of The Beast 666 – The Diaries of Aleister Crowley, 1914-1920 (Duckworth) Edited by Kenneth Grant and John Symonds.](#spoiler) Or we can look at the Aztecs, who for many years, were thought to be smeared by the conquistadors, because who could have killed 80,400 people in a four day pyramid consecration? Except [modern archaeology seems to give that number plausibility ](https://www.science.org/content/article/feeding-gods-hundreds-skulls-reveal-massive-scale-human-sacrifice-aztec-capital). The 'Gods' of Old seemed to love blood for the sake of simply having it spilt, consumed by a human, or maybe just for the simple purpose of having another innocent creature suffer as much as possible before it died. I would however, want to remind you of the story of Jesus and the Cleansing of the Temple. Many people, wrongly think of this as an indictment on Jewish Greed, but it was not so innocent as that. They weren't just changing Roman Dinarii into Jewish Shekels. >And when he had made a scourge of small cords, he drove them all out of the temple, and the sheep, and the oxen; and poured out the changers' money, and overthrew the tables; And said unto them that sold doves, Take these things hence; make not my Father's house a house of merchandise. They were changing money over so Jewish pilgrims could sacrifice livestock at Passover. Jewish Pilgrims needed to spill blood to properly worship their 'God'. Passover, a holiday celebrating the murder of their enemies' firstborn, potentially sinless Children. Vampirism isn't just a simple biological synergy where consuming blood makes you more youthful. Vampirism is something the Lower Power has been demanding this entire time.

>Roman spectators rushed into arenas to drink the blood of fallen gladiators, believing it transferred vitality.The scientific community calls this “anecdotal.” Vampires call it “dining out.” I'll call it first: GrubHub soon to partner with blood banks.