At GenCon this year, Jared and I looked over the new Vampire from White Wolf. We’d already been talking along the lines of, “What would we do with a vampire game?”
As a matter of coincidence, Matt Snyder is putting together a Halloween issue of Daedalus Magazine. We talked. I started wondering if I had something to contribute…
Oh. Yeah, I do.
Later this year, The Brewery will release a book entitled Man, Fuckin’ Vampires. Part of it will be mine, part of it will be Jared’s, and other parts will involve other people.
This is a sneek peek at my part. You’ll see more of it at Daedalus. You’ll see even more in M, FV.
Enjoy!
Holy Blood
A Game About Vampires
By John Wick
Terrorist Attack Kills 42
By Steven Michaels
A squad of suicide bombers accomplished a coordinated attack on Catholic Churches yesterday morning, killing 42. The organization calling itself “The Gnostic Truth” claimed responsibility. His Holiness was not available for comment.
In what has been the seventh of such attacks this year, terrorists have claimed the lives of as many as three hundred faithful. The attacks came suddenly, at or around 8:15 PM in three cities: New Jerusalem, San Francisco, and Los Angeles. Each attack targeted a cathedral at the time of holy mass.
The leader of the organization, terrorist “Lazarus Jones” released a video to news networks, claiming his organization was responsible for the coordinated attacks. “Peace and negotiations are not options,” the leader said. “Their souls were damned and owned by Satan.”
(from CNN: the Catholic News Network)
Benediction
The Son of Man walked the Earth. God made flesh. And this flesh was given unto us as sacrifice for our sins, that we may know eternal life.
He was betrayed, crucified, and buried. But He gave to us that which He promised: eternal life.
And now, my brothers and sisters, there are those who would take from us what was rightfully given to us. Our Lord’s sacrifice was for the righteous, not the heathens who worship false gods. They hope to destroy us with their graven images and whispered prayers. Their sorcery is mighty, but the Blood of the Lamb is stronger.
It is the Blood that flows through our veins. The Blood that gives us might. We are the Chosen. How can the generation of vipers escape the damnations of Hell? Where fire waits. Where Lucifer the betrayer waits? The Morning Star who tries to blind and burn us?
Those who worship the Morning Star will find their rituals wanting and their prayers empty. The Inquisition will go forth and bring those with false hearts to the fire, and we will send them to their infernal master. And we will pray that their souls find no rest in the bosom of their Bright Lord.
For was it not Jesus who promised us everlasting life?
Amen.
Was it not Jesus who was sacrificed to give us that everlasting life?
Amen.
And was it not Lucifer who tried to tempt our Lord away from his true path?
Amen.
And was it not Jesus who cast the Devil behind him and brought us what He promised?
Thanks be to God.
Let us pray, my brothers and sisters…
– from the sermon of Father Jacob San Gabriel, Santa Monica, California
And he took the cup, and gave thanks, and gave it to them, saying, “Drink ye all of it, for this is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many for the remission of sins.”
– from the Book of Matthew
Propaganda
The Church first rose to prominence after the death of Jesus. The Romans and the Jews murdered Jesus in such a ritualistic manner, you wonder if they knew something the rest of us didn’t.
He gave unto his followers a secret ritual, one that allowed them to live forever, but forbade them certain freedoms. While the followers of Jesus did not understand why they could no longer walk in the sun, a few did know. For they understood a different truth, a deeper truth than the Savior’s followers knew… although Jesus Himself must have known.
The secret history of the world, the one the Bible doesn’t want us to know, is that there are actually two Gods: one invisible, the other, visible. The visible God, the one the Bible calls JHVH, is what our faith calls “the demiurge.” This God, the one who made the world and all things in it. The Demiurge did not create the soul, did not create the mind, did not create the will. The Demiurge created temptation. The Demiurge created sin. Think of the seven deadly sins: lust, anger, greed, sloth, envy… these things are desires for the material world. These are the things that distract us from our true selves: our minds and our spirits.
We must not be tempted by the Church’s promise of eternal life. We must not allow ourselves to be drawn into the Church’s promise of blood and sacrifice. We must destroy those who serve the Master of Flesh.
– Pamphlet confiscated by the Inquisition
“FATHER… this is eternal life, that they may know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom you have sent.” – John, 17, 3
“God our Savior desires all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth.”
– 1 Timothy 2:3-4
Beatitudes
Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth.
Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied.
Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness’ sake, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Blessed are you when men revile you and persecute you and utter all kinds of evil against you falsely on my account.
Rejoice and be glad, for your reward is great in Heaven.
The Son of Man shall send forth his angels, and they shall gather out of his kingdom all things that offend, and them which do iniquity and shall cast them into a furnace of fire: there shall be wailing…
… and gnashing of teeth.
– The Book of Michael
Anonymous Gnostic Screed
Blessed are the poor in spirit. Those who sell their spirit. Who sell it like whores. Spill it on the church floor for the clergy to suck and sup.
Blessed are the meek. For they are the cattle that will hold up the church without question or thought.
Blessed are the persecuted. Only a soul so blinded by their own damned dogma would look at me and consider themselves persecuted.
Blessed are they when men revile you for the creature you’ve become: a blood slave to the Holy Mother Church. You who suck on Christ’s wounds, you who use the image of His death. You who twist His words to mean what you want.
Yes, rejoice and be glad. Your reward is coming.
The Gnostic Truth Revealed
It’s six o’clock on CBN 1 and that means its time for GOD’S OWN TRUTH with John Veritas…
(text taken from transcript)
John Veritas
Gnosticism. What is it? We’ve heard a lot from the media today, but what exactly is it? Well, joining me here today on God’s Own Truth is Reverend Timothy Burke to help us understand exactly what gnosticism is and why they hate the Mother Church.
John Veritas
Reverend, welcome to God’s Own Truth.
Rev. Timothy Blake
God be with you.
John Veritas
And also with you. Gnosticism isn’t a new thing, is it, Reverend?
Rev. Timothy blake
No, it’s not. Gnosticism is a heresy that’s been with us for quite a long time.
John veritas
Can you explain further?
REV. TIMOTHY BLAKE
Certainly. Gnosticism arose a few centuries or so after Christ’s death…
JOHN VERITAS
So, it isn’t as old as the Holy Mother Church?
REV. TIMOTHY BLAKE
Oh, heavens no.
JOHN VERITAS
So, its beliefs are based on writings written long after Jesus’ death.
REV. TIMOTHY BLAKE
Well, the so-called “gnostic gospels” are far from what I’d call reliable sources. They were written by desperate men who want to give Satan new clothes.
JOHN VERITAS
Satan worshipers?
REV. TIMOTHY BLAKE
Indeed.
JOHN VERITAS
Why do they worship Satan?
REV. TIMOTHY BLAKE
They’re deceived. They believe in two Gods —
JOHN VERITAS
(interrupting)
Excuse me… Two Gods?
REV. TIMOTHY BLAKE
Yes. An invisible God and a visible God.
JOHN VERITAS
I see.
REV. TIMOTHY BLAKE
They believe the soul was created by the invisible god — a god who cannot be named — and the world was created by the visible God, the one named in the Bible.
They also believe everything has a soul. Us, animals, trees. Even rocks!
JOHN VERITAS
Amazing! Gnostics really believe rocks have souls?
REV. TIMOTHY BLAKE
Yes, they do. And they believe that the visible God is really Satan.
JOHN VERITAS
(incredulously)
Now wait a minute. You mean to tell me that the Gnostic Movement believes that God Almighty is Satan?
REV. TIMOTHY BLAKE
Yes. They believe it enough to die for it.
JOHN VERITAS
We’ve seen a lot of Gnostic suicide attacks in the past, Reverend. Doesn’t the Bible say suicide is a sin?
REV. TIMOTHY BLAKE
Yes. A mortal sin for which one spends an eternity in Hell.
Rebuttal
(from the private journal of Lazarus Jones)
Watch them.
Watch them pile into their churches.
Watch them slit their wrists.
Watch them drink from the cup.
The blood of Christ.
It’s a lie. All a lie.
Christ didn’t come to give us eternal life. Not like this. Not like this.
They fear the sun. It burns them. The cold reason of the sun. Lucifer’s star. The Light Bringer. He Who Disobeyed.
The Demiurge has its disciples and its tools. And it’s false angels. Gabriel. Rafael. Sammael. The only angels we can trust are those who were punished for trying to fight. Cast out from JHVH’s “paradise,” they fight with us now. Lucifer and his followers, those who disobeyed and were punished.
What kind of God would punish a worshipful follower for questioning His judgment? What kind of God demands obedience? What kind of God demands fear?
They burn at the Lightbringer’s touch because he brings the Truth.
All the world is false. A decaying, decadent place where sin reigns. There are two Gods: one visible, the other invisible. The God who’s name cannot be uttered, he made our souls. He made our minds. He made our spirits. The JHVH made our flesh. Made us weak. Made us weak so his flock could be strong.
They drink from the cup. The priest bleeds and they drink. Blood from He who was murdered and stolen from us. They killed him. Murdered him. Hung him like a dog. It was a ritual murder to steal his soul. And they captured his blood in a cup and they drank from the cup and now they have His Divine Essence. All that made him beautiful and perfect, they stole. and perverted. and corrupted.
And now, it is theirs.
Their Holy Father holds the cup and he drinks from it.
The Cardinals, they drink from him.
The Bishops, they drink from the Cardinals.
The Priests, they drink from the Bishops.
And the flock… they give their blood to the Holy Mother Church.
Their symbol is the cross. Their symbol of power. The symbol of what they stole from us. It blinds us. Burns us. We cannot face the awful truth of what they did – how they tortured, raped, and murdered the one who came to save us from JHVH. I have looked upon their holy symbol and fell to my knees for despair.
Oh Christ! We failed you…
We failed you…