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Father Sebastiaan is considered by many to be the founding father and one of the foremost experts on the modern vampire culture, or "VC," as it's known. Having entered the subculture in 1992, Father Sebastiaan is the impresario of the Endless Night Vampire Ball, author of several books including BLACK VEILS and Master Fangsmith of the Sabretooth Clan. He is a true entrepreneur, a practitioner of chaos magick, a lover of roleplaying games, BDSM educator, paranormal investigator, fascinated by ancient cultures and devoted to exploring art, music, tradition and history. But most of all, he loves sharing his first passion: the Vampire Mythos in all its forms around the world. Over his nearly three decades in the VC, Father Sebastiaan has appeared on a multitude of television programs and networks including A&E, CNN, Discovery Channel, History Channel, National Geographic, Travel Channel's Ghost Adventures, USA's Up All Night, and MTV's Oddville. He was also featured as a central character in the French documentary "Vampyres" by Laurent Courau and assisted in research for Anne Rice biographer Katherine Ramsland's book "Piercing the Darkness; Undercover with Vampires in America Today". In print media, he and his projects have had feature articles in Bloomberg News, Newsweek, Cosmopolitan, The New York Times, The Financial Times, InStyle Magazine, Glamour, Skin Two, and New York Time Out. Father Sebastiaan was born in southern California and spent his formative years in the New York metropolitan area, traveling and residing in Amsterdam, Philadelphia, Dubai, Paris and Berlin. He is now pursuing his writing career, producing Endless Night events and making fangs from his new home underneath the Hollywood sign. For more information on Father and his projects please visit Web: www.fathersebastiaan.com

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Since the dawn of civilization the vampire has danced through the dreams and nightmares of every culture, expressed in folklore, literature, and art. Today, this fascination resonates in pop culture, through hit television shows and movies, and bestselling books. But what does it mean to be a vampire, a living and modern vampire? What many do not realize is that the Living Vampire is on a serious, lifelong spiritual path. Best known as Strigoi Vii, the Living Vampyre is one who has embarked on a serious and lifelong spiritual path. Not just "kids in capes," the members of this magickal path seek to live in glamour and ritual every day. With a Preface by Meijin and featuring J.M. Dixon, the Strigoi Vii Codex provides a profound perspective on the Vampyre culture, traditions, movement and philosophies, which are intended to challenge and inspire your views. Father Sebastiaan has been at the center of the Vampire / Vampyre Culture since he got his first pair of fangs in 1993. Since then has become Impresario of the Endless Night Vampire Ball, traveled the world as a Master Fangsmith, became the world's leading authority on Vampyre Culture and founded the largest Vampyre family: Sabretooth Clan.