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Merticus is conducting an exhaustive study of the real vamp and energy worker communities. They NEED more non-vamp energy-worker responses to make the energy-worker stats count! If you haven't done these surveys yet, this is your last chance to help with this important study.

The following is forwarded:

If you have already completed BOTH the VEWRS & AVEWRS surveys you can disregard this message or pass on to others who have yet to do so as time is literally almost up for submissions.

Please return as many VEWRS (Part 1) & AVEWRS (Part 2) surveys within the next week as possible. The data acquisition portion of this study is finally winding down as we celebrate the one year anniversary and we need all outstanding surveys finished and returned ASAP!

http://www.vampiresurvey.com

Consider this message "Last Call" as we do not intend to send out future reminders.

The Vampirism & Energy Work Research Study is officially a year old and the formal process of accepting surveys will come to an end in about one week on March 31, 2007. While we code both the VEWRS & AVEWRS into the SPSS data analysis program and review all qualitative (written) answers we will accept surveys at the same response@vampiresurvey.com e-mail through the month of April but will no longer be openly encouraging participation or sending any reminders past the official deadline this month. Over 370 self-identifying vampires and/or energy workers have participated in this study that began on March 22, 2006; a response far in excess of what we had ever expected to receive. We've collected volumes of information that we hope will directly aid the better understanding of our Community, abilities, and state of being or condition. At present we have over 232,000 individual data points and hundreds of pages of written information representative of virtually every path, belief, age group, geographic region, and level of experience within the Community. In order for detailed anthropological, medical, psychological, or phenomenological research to be properly conducted on a community a foundation must first be established and this is one of the primary purposes of this research study. To be able to firmly grasp and understand the elements of this Community, there needs to be an exploration into the shared commonalities, differences, and developing trends in a concise and centralized format. It's our sincere hope that everyone has benefited from participating in the VEWRS & AVEWRS and that our final analysis will be useful to our Community.

VEWRS Preliminary Sample Charts: http://www.vampiresurvey.com/statistics.html
Questions: 001, 004, 006, 008, 030, 037, 137, 155, 172, 236, 246, 262, 285

AVEWRS Preliminary Sample Charts: Will be released on/about March 31, 2007
Questions: 392, 398, 413, 479, 549, 557, 573, 669, 794, 827, 831, 871

To Those Who Haven't Taken The Surveys:

If you identify as a real sanguine, psi, living, or modern vampire and/or energy worker/psion, PLEASE take the time to complete BOTH of these important surveys and help increase the quality and size of the sample. We know these surveys seem long at first glance but when you sit down and actually begin, the questions most often go by quicker than expected. We sincerely appreciate every moment you spend taking these surveys, value each word written, and every question or conceptual critique and clarification you provide. If there are questions on the surveys that do not provide adequate choices and/or that you disagree with, then utilize the "Other", free response, or even the margins to indicate such. We welcome you to write any and all information you would like to see covered in this study as well as open to any constructive criticism leveled on the part of those who have chosen to participate. If you feel the need to provide clarification to your answers let us assure you everything that is written does not go unnoticed and will be taken into account in the analysis. Instead of criticizing aspects of the surveys that you disagree with, take the power into your own hands to explain to us why in your responses. Those thought provoking arguments will be printed as a matter of record alongside the conclusions and interpretations - this study is a living and dynamic document for the entire Community and this is why it is so important to draw from diverse viewpoints.

Questions: research@vampiresurvey.com

We are available 24/7 to answer any questions, concerns, or technical issues you may be experiencing.

To Those In Positions Of Leadership, Elders, Or Otherwise Known & Respected:

There are a limited number of days remaining that we will be accepting returns for this study and your responses are very important as they potentially lend a unique and tenured insight in the VC and EC. We encourage those in positions of leadership or respect who operate forums, sites, groups, Houses, et. al., etc. to notify their members of this study by all appropriate means and work directly with us to ensure the largest possible response for this Community study. Just because information is posted on a forum or on a web site doesn't mean everyone who's a member pays attention or comes across the post. Many rely on the opinions and approval of others before choosing to participate, therefore, we appreciate any assistance you are willing to lend in this, the final days.

Web Site & Download: http://www.vampiresurvey.com

Completed Responses: response@vampiresurvey.com

Submission Deadline: March 31, 2007 + 1 Month Grace Period

FAIR WARNING: Once The Response E-Mail & Survey Files Are Removed From vampiresurvey.com; The Study Is OVER – There Will Be NO Extension Past This Point. Do NOT Procrastinate & Miss Being A Part Of This Important Study

All submissions will generate an auto-response verifying that we have successfully received your survey(s).

Troubleshooting:

If for any reason you can't view either the VEWRS or AVEWRS in MSWord please copy/paste the HTML - Text Only Versions into a word processing program of your choice and complete. See HTML - Text Only Version links below:

http://www.vampiresurvey.com/VEWRS.htm
http://www.vampiresurvey.com/AVEWRS.htm

Please understand that BOTH surveys (VEWRS & AVEWRS) need to be completed and returned. The AVEWRS is the concurrent second survey that covers the technical aspects of vampirism, energy work, spirituality, detailed experience, feeding, awakening, coping, identity, etc. background that is NOT covered in the VEWRS. For this reason it is VERY IMPORTANT that those who complete the VEWRS also complete the AVEWRS.

http://www.vampiresurvey.com

I consider this post as spam. If it's too much work don't do it. The post does not need to be cut into several posts just so you can read it. Just like you do not need to and should not post just to say crap like that. If I see this again I'm warning you

http://www.suscitatio.com/ This is the updated link for all of the above research. They moved, apparently.
Also, I don't like the assumption that energy workers must be vampiric in some way. Not at all.

In several of the questions in the survey, it does.
Edit: The intro in the first survey also makes no distinction between a psi vampire and simply an energy worker. This sets the groundwork for the assumption, which later becomes more plausible around the 100-question mark, if I remember right.

I've taken both surveys. In just about every question there's a "Not Applicable" choice and in more complex questions there's space to type in your own answers.

And psi vampires are energy workers, but not necessarily the other way around. If you don't like the way it's set up then just don't complete it.

I wasn't really trying to be hostile, just so you know.

And it all could have probably been set up a little better, but it's the first thing of its kind and I think it deserves respect that they've even put this together, not that you aren't giving such respect.

So hard to convey tone over the Internet. xd