Vampire Awakening and Turning: is it Even Possible to be Turned Into a Vampire?
This topic will be the focus of discussion at the next Sanford Vampire Meetup; you can join the discussion on Friday, February 6, 2009 at 7:15 pm at Talkshoe.com.
To figure out whether it’s possible to be “Turned” into a vampire, first we must discuss the possible explanations for vampirism. The website “Drink Deeply and Dream” lists five theories: 1) that vampirism is a genetic trait; 2) that it’s a spiritual matter having to do with the soul; 3) that it’s the result of a parasitic or symbiotic entity inhabiting a human host; 4) that it’s a condition caused by damaged or missing chakras, energy deficiencies, etc.; or 5) that it is the symptom of a virus or other outside pathogen. (Read the post at http://www.drinkdeeplyanddream.com/realvampire/vampire-cause.html for full explanations of each paradigm). I’ll discuss each in turn, and give my theories as to how they may relate to the possibility of Turning someone who is not already a vampire:
Genetic
The Science of Vampires by Katherine Ramsland briefly discusses the possibility that vampirism may be genetic; either there is a recessive gene for vampirism (meaning both parents must carry the gene for it to be inherited in the child), or, alternatively, vampirism is the result of “junk DNA” becoming activated.
The neo-Darwinian evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins goes into detail about what “junk DNA” is