Varney the vampire; or, The feast of blood

Varney the vampire; or, The feast of blood. Volume 1

Prest, Thomas Preskett

Varma, Sir Devendra P.

http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/toc/modeng/public/PreVar1.html

Varney the vampire; or, The feast of blood. Volume 2

http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/toc/modeng/public/PreVar2.html

Varney the vampire; or, The feast of blood. Volume 3

http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/toc/modeng/public/PreVar3.html

La Ciudad Vampiro, de Paul Féval. Obra completa.

Féval, Paul (Francia) - La Ciudad Vampiro

La Oscuridad como única compañia.

Cuando nuestros dos espíritus se alzan firmes,

cara a cara,

silenciosos,

plasmando intimidades,

hasta que la extensión de nuestras alas se quiebra,

lacerando cada recodo,

quemando cada curva.

Entonces 

¿qué amargura de la tierra puede opacarnos

sin que en el otro encontremos eterno consuelo?

Piensa que,

escalando alto,

los demás ángeles nos contemplan;

deseando derramar una dorada,

una perfecta melodía

sobre nuestro abismal y querido silencio.

Demoremos nuestros pasos por el mundo, amada mía;

huyendo del humor inestable de la humanidad

que aisla cruelmente a los puros espíritus.

Hagamos juntos un sitio donde permanecer de pie,

donde la felicidad de las horas sea amarnos eternamente,

rodeados por la Oscuridad como única compañía.

Versión adaptada del poema de Elizabeth B.B.

DarK Gallery

Arte Gótico en la arena

ARTWorK: Angel in Stone

Talented Artwork of Painter: Juan Medina

ＳＨＵＴ ＵＰ ＡＮＤ ＥＮＪＯＹ ＴＨＥ ＭＵＳＩＣ！

Nothing else metter  by Metallica

November Rain by Guns N' Roses

Smells Like Teen Spirit by Nirvana

The House Of The Rising Sun by Animals

The sound of silence by Simon & Garfunkel

Stairway to Heaven by Led Zeppelin

Photography: Playing with the moon & Fantasy Gallery

Playing with the moon by Laurent lavedar

Fantasy

Lilly Blanc

Deep space, deep in the forest by CostaDinos

Midnight Dream by Jean-Michel Priaux

Life for the vines

Photography: Beyond reality

Simply beautiful.

Photography: To infinity

By Carl Franz

Great shot!!!!

One of the best shots I've seen since weeks. just perfect composition and postprocessing.

Love the single stream of tail lights, look like they're being pulled into the horizon.

Photography: New space

The photographer by Martin Zalba
The Dark Side of the Force

Dark Shadows by Tim Burton

In the year 1752, Joshua and Naomi Collins, with young son Barnabas, set sail from Liverpool, England to start a new life in America. But even an ocean was not enough to escape the mysterious curse that has plagued their family. Two decades pass and Barnabas (Johnny Depp) has the world at his feet—or at least the town of Collinsport, Maine. The master of Collinwood Manor, Barnabas is rich, powerful and an inveterate playboy...until he makes the grave mistake of breaking the heart of Angelique Bouchard (Eva Green). A witch, in every sense of the word, Angelique dooms him to a fate worse than death: turning him into a vampire, and then burying him alive. Two centuries later, Barnabas is inadvertently freed from his tomb and emerges into the very changed world of 1972. He returns to Collinwood Manor to find that his once-grand estate has fallen into ruin. The dysfunctional remnants of the Collins family have fared little better, each harboring their own dark secrets. Matriarch Elizabeth Collins Stoddard (Michelle Pfeiffer) has called upon live-in psychiatrist, Dr. Julia Hoffman (Helena Bonham Carter), to help with her family troubles. Also residing in the manor is Elizabeth's ne'er-do-well brother, Roger Collins, (Jonny Lee Miller); her rebellious teenage daughter Carolyn Stoddard (Chloe Moretz); and Roger's precocious 10-year-old son, David Collins (Gulliver McGrath). The mystery extends beyond the family, to caretaker Willie Loomis, played by Jackie Earle Haley, and David's new nanny, Victoria Winters, played by Bella Heathcote.

Music for Peace: Phil Thornton & Tibetan Meditation

Pure natural medication music.
Tibetan meditation music it is the basis of Zen,
of Theravadin or Insight meditation,
and of the Tibetan meditation practices involving visualization.

FREE TIBET

Love the deep throat chanting,
crescendoing up and down with flutes in the background.
Awesome!

Chant of Souls

Hynotic music & voice, inspirational. 

Travel deep into the world and ourselves.

Resolution

Lotus Dance

is a MasterPiece

it is directly connected to the other world.

Epic Music.

Enjoy it!

Vibrant rhythms: Tribute to Hossam Ramzy & Phil Thornton

The most beautiful sensual music that exists...

Egypt breathing.. 

is as if time had not elapsed.

A real time capsule.

I've been twice in Egypt.
My mother is a researcher in ancient languages​​, including hieroglyphics.
I inherited my mother's passion for Ancient Egypt, supreme civilization.

This is my little tribute to a fascinating and vibrant rhythms.

Immortal Egypt

At the Gates of the Citadel

Ramzy was born into a wealthy Cairo family. He began playing the darbuka and tabla at an early age. He moved to Saudi Arabia for a time and learned traditional Bedouin music styles. In the 1970s he moved to London and began playing with saxophonist Andy Sheppard. His collaborations with jazz musicians earned him the nickname "The Sultan of Swing". In 1989 he worked with Peter Gabriel on the soundtrack to Martin Scorsese's The Last Temptation of Christ. This brought him to the attention of artists such as Frank Asher and the Gipsy Kings.

In 1994 he returned to his roots and formed a ten piece Egyptian ensemble that performed on the album No Quarter: Jimmy Page and Robert Plant Unledded. Ramzy and his ensemble also gained exposure by touring with Plant and Page throughout 1995 in support of their album. The next year Ramzy released the first of three collaborations with English arranger Phil Thornton, Eternal Egypt. The success of Eternal Egypt's blend of Arabic music prompted the follow up albums Immortal Egypt and Enchanted Egypt. In 1998, he performed with Rachid Taha, Khaled and Faudel at their 1,2,3 Soleils concert and backed Khaled again for the Claude Challe album Flying Carpet.

In 2000, Jay-Z sampled his version of "Khosara" for "Big Pimpin'". After 2000 Ramzy increasingly began to work arranging music for pop stars. In 2005 he arranged some songs for Ricky Martin's album Life and he worked with Shakira on her album She Wolf. He also contributed two songs to the soundtrack for the film Prince of Persia and one to the soundtrack for Conan The Barbarian.

His latest album released on 30 August 2011. Entitled Rock the Tabla, it features Indian composer A.R. Rahman, Omar Faruk Tekbilek, Manu Katché and Billy Cobham.

Hossam Ramzy and Phil Thornton discuss their upcoming new release for 2011, tentatively entitled "Egypt Unveiled". This is to be the fourth instalment in the popular series, picking up where 2005's "Enchanted Egypt" left off.

Praying for rain.

Vampire Mythology: Dark Reflections

Vampire Mythology

Vampire mythology is as old as recorded time, and stems from many cultures, from ancient Greece, to the early Hebrews, to Asia, to the indigenous cultures of the Americas. The most primal elements of Man’s deepest fears and longings… and of life itself are embodied in the vampire.

Blood

Blood, the stuff of life to which even the most primitive of cultures ascribed mystical healing powers which gave rise to millennia of dark, sacrificial rituals and belief in witchcraft which used blood as its source of power. Our fear of the dark and of nightly predators, a fear written into the genes of our remotest pre-human ancestors.

Sex

Sex. Our most primal drive and greatest fear, manifesting in dark visions of demonic temptresses and succubi who lure with irresistible promise, then steal life, health and vigor. Vampires, in whichever of many forms they’ve taken over the ages, have often fed on unborn children. Our fear of failure and our hunger for the dark nightly temptations and deceptive illusions behind which they hide, intertwine in vampire myth.

Death

And, of course, the darkest fear of all: death. Our rational minds acknowledge its inevitability, yet our instinct for survival cannot allow us to accept it. Down through the ages, many cultures have fearfully exhumed the bodies of their dead, cremating or dismembering them in fear of their return. Our nightmares abound with visions of the dead rising from their graves to enviously feed on the blood of the living. Yet, a part of us secretly longs to be turned by such creatures, to cheat death as they have and live forever. A part of us envies the vampire for his immortality, and his dark predatory power.

And yet, a part of the vampire envies us for the brief treasures of life now eternally denied him. He walks the night forever, neither dead nor alive, fearing the light of day and coveting it at the same time. The brief rush of warm human blood through his cold veins allows but a fleeting moment of the glorious power of life now only dimly recalled as the barren centuries slip by. The immortal imprisoned in dark, changeless forever envies the brief and fragile mortal, as the mortal simultaneously envies him. Perhaps the vampire casts no reflection because he is a reflection. Of us. And, we of him. He is the reflection of our fears and dark, secret desires. We are the reflection of the life he craves. His deepest craving is peace. The peace of sweet, liberating death as symbolized in the crucifix, which he simultaneously fears and covets.

Conclusion

Mythology often depicts the dead rising as vampires as punishment for the sins and shortcomings of their lives. The hell we create for ourselves comes back to haunt us for eternity. We long to lay it back in its grave with a stake through its heart to still it forever. But, evil begets evil, and never dies. The dance of lures, lies and destruction between human and vampire defines the human condition of endlessly chasing the unattainable. The eternal chase can be a noble quest for a holy grail, or a dark nightly quest for revenge. Either way, the longing is as irresistible as blood hunger, and as eternal as waking death.

Tom Olbert

Dark Music & Gothic Pictures

Ilustraciones Góticas
Ashram - Il Mostro
Tributo a ilustradoras góticas:
Natalie Shau & Victoria Francés

                                                    Dark and beautiful, sad with a hint of hope.

Forgotten world

Dark Ritual Ambient & Pics: Black Serpent Dance, and Objectivity

Please, NO dogmas to hear this music.

I consider that reason is enough. 

Listen and transcend.

And remember,
nothing is black or white.
It is our thinking that defines our actions, good or bad.

Objectivity.

LISTEN DEEPLY ONTIC

Lapis Niger - Black Serpent Dance

At The Throne Of Melek Taus [2008]

Dark ART

PICS

The study of the Dark Wisdom, Secret Knowledge, Magic... 

which is based off belief and not fact? 

At this point everyone is ignorant...

And....

"Ignorance is bliss" by Thomas Gray

Gothic lyrics

I am the only one

who understands me

in my ebony dreams

why can't I be just like them

...happy

life is gone

beautiful, suffering

my eyes drown, in delusion

my body paled and cold, let the

silence bloom I never will arise

in your arms again

now, with her hand, she closed my eyes

and gave me the last kiss, her tears drip

in my pool of blood

but, I've died with a

smile, cause no one did really search the

tenderness which sleeped in me, no

why could I not feel the love which flows through

all of our souls it was the fear that I never could fall in it

but so I'm gone and no one can bring me back

now shed tears what you on earth never did for me

now, they weep on my grave

weep they all just for me

now, I'm sad about my mistake

why can't I return to earth, why?

there so many who loved me really

oh pain.

Dark & Gothic Cards Gallery: Anne Stokes Gothic Tarot

Anne Stokes Gothic Tarot is a 78-card deck from the same artist as the Necronomicon Tarot. The pictures are filled with a dark fantasy mix of dragons, unicorns, skulls, vampires and bats. The minor arcana cards just show arranged suit elements, rather than illustrated scenes.

The Symbol of Peace the new generations.

Peace to EveryOne

Invisible Children: Who is Joseph Kony?

By now, you've probably seen the Youtube video tagged Kony2012, or at least seen the #StopKony hastags on Twitter and links on Facebook posts.

A non-profit group called Invisible Children created the video about the Ugandan warlord. Overnight, it has turned Joseph Kony into a househould name in the United States, and raised concerns about his actions in Uganda. It has also raised questions about the non-profit group promoting the video. But according to Yahoo.com there is now a backlash to that backlash.

But who exactly is Joseph Kony?

Born in Uganda, Kony is the leader of the Lord's Resistance Army. For years, the rebel group kidnapped children in northern Uganda, using the boys as fighters for his movement and raping the girls.

It's estimated he's abducted 66,000 children and killed tens of thousands; often families of the kidnapped children.

NEWS: Somali Pirates Ready for Renewed Raiding Season

Since he was indicted for war crimes by the International Criminal Court in 2005 on 33 charges including murder, enslavement, rape, pillaging, and forced fighting, he has left Uganda for the bush; his whereabouts are unknown. The LRA now operates in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, South Sudan, and the Central African Republic, and may now number in the hundreds.

"Kony is a monster. He deserves to be prosecuted and hanged," Col. Felix Kulayigye, the spokesman for Uganda's military, told The Associated Press.

After the indictments, Kony came out of hiding, apparently to participate in a peace deal. But he backed out in 2008.

The L.R.A. is an off-shoot of a rebel group led by Alice Lakwena, who said spirits possessed her and led her to war, according to the New York Times. When Kony took over, he said he was the spirits' new channel.

Abductees who have escaped have said that Kony told them his battle instructions came from the Holy Spirit, according to the BBC. He's believed to have at least 60 wives.

The U.S. has worked with Ugandan and central African regional troops to divert the L.R.A. Those efforts probably helped scatter the group across central Africa.

Jolly Okot, the current Uganda country director for Invisible Children, was abducted in 1986 by the group that became the LRA when she was 18, and forced into sex.

The video highlights a former child soldier named Jacob, calling for action against the atrocities.

Photo credit: Getty Images

Analysis by Sheila Eldred

Invisible Children: KONY 2012

KONY 2012 is a film and campaign by Invisible Children that aims to make Joseph Kony famous, not to celebrate him, but to raise support for his arrest and set a precedent for international justice.

HOW TO HELP:

Donate to Invisible Children: https://www.stayclassy.org/checkout/set-donation?eid=14711

Purchase KONY 2012 products: http://invisiblechildrenstore.myshopify.com/

Sign the Pledge: http://www.causes.com/konypledge

DIRECTOR: Jason Russell LEAD EDITOR: Kathryn Lang EDITORS: Kevin Trout, Jay Salbert, Jesse Eslinger LEAD ANIMATOR: Chad Clendinen ANIMATOR: Jesse Eslinger 3-D MODELING: Victor Soto VISUAL EFFECTS: Chris Hop WRITERS: Jason Russell, Jedidiah Jenkins, Kathryn Lang, Danica Russell, Ben Keesey, Azy Groth PRODUCERS: Kimmy Vandivort, Heather Longerbeam, Chad Clendinen, Noelle Jouglet ORIGINAL SCORES: Joel P. West SOUND MIX: Stephen Grubbs, Mark Friedgen, Smart Post Sound COLOR: Damian Pelphrey, Company 3 CINEMATOGRAPHY: Jason Russell, Bobby Bailey, Laren Poole, Gavin Kelly, Chad Clendinen, Kevin Trout, Jay Salbert, Shannon Lynch PRODUCTION ASSISTANT: Jaime Landsverk LEAD DESIGNER: Tyler Fordham DESIGNERS: Chadwick Gantes, Stephen Witmer

MUSIC CREDIT:

"02 Ghosts I"

Performed by Nine Inch Nails

Written by Atticus Ross and Trent Reznor

Produced by Alan Moulder, Atticus Ross, and Trent Reznor

Nine Inch Nails appear courtesy of The Null Corporation

"Punching in a Dream"

Performed by The Naked and Famous

Written by Aaron Short, Alisa Xayalith, and Thom Powers

Produced by Thom Powers

The Naked and Famous appear courtesy of Somewhat Damaged and Universal Republic

"Arrival of the Birds"

Performed by The Cinematic Orchestra

Written by The Cinematic Orchestra

Produced by The Cinematic Orchestra

The Cinematic Orchestra appears courtesy of Disney Records

"Roll Away Your Stone"

Performed by Mumford and Sons

Written by Benjamin Lovett, Edward Dwane, Marcus Mumford, and Winston Marshall

Produced by Markus Dravs

Mumford and Sons appear courtesy of Glassnote Entertainment Group LLC

"On (Instrumental)"

Performed by Bloc Party

Written by Bloc Party

Produced by Jacknife Lee

Bloc Party appears courtesy of Vice Records

"A Dream within a Dream"

Performed by The Glitch Mob

The Glitch Mob appears courtesy of Glass Air

"I Can't Stop"

Performed by Flux Pavilion

Flux Pavilion appears courtesy of Circus Records Limited

Native American Rights Fund: Tribute to Sacred Spirit

Sacred Spirit is a musical project by Claus Zundel, Ralf Hamm and Markus Staab. The music is of electronic, new age, world, ambient, house, jazz and blues genres. Sacred Spirit, with total worldwide album sales estimated to be over 15 million copies. For each Sacred Spirit album sold, a donation is made to the Native American Rights Fund, the non-profit American Indian organization devoting all its time to restoring the legal rights of the native American people.

Ly-O-Lay Ale Yoya

The first album - Chants and Dances of the Native Americans was released in 1994. The album was nominated for best New Age album Grammy award. In keeping with the Native American theme, Zundel adopted the pseudonym 'The Fearsome Brave', and on his many other projects he is simply credited as 'The Brave'. The music conveys the stories, legends and plight of the Native Americans by combining sampled chants of the Navajo, Pueblo and Sioux tribes and Sami people yoik with synthesizer backings, all driven forth by a combination of traditional drumming and electronic dance-beats. The first single released off the album was "Yeha-Noha" (Wishes of happiness and prosperity) which was largely responsible for catapulting Sacred Spirit into the limelight. The single reached #1 position in number of countries, including 6 weeks at #1 in France. In the US, "Yeha Noha" sung by Navajo elder Kee Chee Jake of Chinle, Arizona reached top 20 in Billboard Hot 100. The album is arguably one of the most successful enigmatic projects ever, garnering sales of more than 7 million albums worldwide. It reached top 10 and charted for twenty seven weeks in the UK Albums Chart.

A second album was released by Sacred Spirit, but it was a complete divergence from the original. The focus this time was around the blues singing of America. In keeping with the change of theme, the American release saw the group name also being changed, to Indigo Spirit.

Virgin Records released the third Sacred Spirit album in 2000. The album was nominated for best New Age Grammy award in 2001. This time the project's name was slightly altered to Indians' Sacred Spirit (and in some areas even that was abbreviated to Indians' Spirit), probably to inform listeners that it was different from the second album. The subtitle is More Chants and Dances of the Native Americans. The album continues the mood and production of the first, influential album. However the album is distinctly more instrumental. Although all the tracks do feature chants or speech, each song is composed of many short samples pieced together, unlike the first album which tended to use one extended sample per song.

In 2003 two Sacred Spirit albums were released on Higher Octave music label. The first one - Jazzy Chill Out features the vocal samples by legendary blues masters Lightnin' Hopkins and John Lee Hooker, in addition to tracks spiced with the warm, inviting tones of Anita O'Day and Ella Fitzgerald. The vintage vocal touch adds an extra emotional resonance to the cutting edge texturing of The Brave’s innovative sonics with the jazzy piano melodies and improvisations of Eric Harmsen. Harmsen’s ensemble—including a DJ, rapper, drummer and vocalist—performs regularly at the club Teatro Perera on Ibiza island off the coast of Spain where The Brave makes his home.

On the other 2003 album - Bluesy Chill Out Zundel collaborated with fellow Ibiza resident Dave “BK” Jeffs, a Northern Ireland native and former street musician who plays regularly at a local club named Teatro Perera. Each track was created organically, with Jeffs (who also sings and plays flute and harmonica) composing improvisational slide and steel guitar riffs as a foundation for The Brave to build his trademark synthesis upon.

“I wanted to create a contemporary recording which would draw on classic blues traditions but combine them with the Sacred Spirit tradition of chill out groove and ambience,” said Claus Zundel. His goal was to offer a fresh perspective on the blues, thereby, as he said, “dragging it out of the ghetto” of the past and into the present.

Dawa

When I listen to this music, time seems to stand still... it helps me to live in the present moment. What beautiful people the First Nations people are, true respect for the earth and other life.

Roots

On the road.

People called them 'savages'..., 

and yet... 

they knew about life... 

freedom... 

peace and harmony.

Chronicle

Chronicle Trailer Official 2012

Michael B. Jordan, Alex Russell

Orchestral Epic Rock: Tribute to City of The Fallen

In the beginning, 

God created the heavens and the earth. 

In a majestic display of power and purpose, 

the symphony began. 

We believe the music that surrounds us 

is a window to a much bigger world. 

A world more infinitely beautiful than 

our eyes are capable of seeing. 

We invite you to look through this window with us 

and find your inspiration.

WELCOME TO THE CITY OF THE FALLEN

TRIBUTE

In the Beginning....

A preview demo for City of the Fallen's first CD entitled 'In The Beginning'

Exsilium....

Featuring 13 epic tracks, the album follows "the epic war between the angels in heaven, resulting in Lucifer and his followers' fall to earth".

Revelations....

City Of The Fallen - Volume 3 - Revelations Demo

Crucible...

Pure Epic!

Divine Power...

City of the Fallen ~ Vol. 5 Divine Power DEMO

(New Album - 2011)
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City Of The Fallen is a production music company based in Washington DC. Founded by Ryan Amon in 2009, the company produces music for movie trailers.In early 2012 Ryan released city of the fallens first public album called "Divinus" which was made available via amazon and itunes. In late 2011 after the release of city of the fallens 5th volume "Divine Power" Ryan Amon announced that he would be taking a break from writing and composing music for city of the fallen after focusing on the company for the last 3 years. In early 2012 when a fan asked via city of the fallens facebook page if Ryan would resume writing and composing music in 2012 he replied only saying "We think that sounds like a good idea..."

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Orchestral Epic Rock Trailers Music from companies such as Two Steps From Hell, Immediate Music, audiomachine, X-Ray Dog, Brand X Music, Groove Addicts, Epic Score...

Music For Motion Picture Advertising and Video Game Advertising Trailer Productions - trailers, tv spots, commercials, promos, featurettes, Media Entertainment, News, Previews & tv programs.

Composer - Ryan Amon