Are Vampires Real? Father Damon Urbani on the Esoteric Truth of the Undead, Astral Bodies & the Afterlife (S04E18)

In this chilling and mind-expanding Halloween special of Strange and Mysterious World, Lee Strydom, filmmaker William Collinson and Father Damon Urbani, a liberal Catholic priest and Gnostic scholar, dive deep into one of humanity’s darkest archetypes, the vampire. Where does the myth come from? Could “the undead” be real, astral projections of souls trapped between life and death? And what do these ancient legends reveal about the afterlife, entities, and the true nature of evil? From Nosferatu and blood sacrifice in the Old Testament, to the Gnostic idea of a fallen world ruled by lower entities, this episode journeys into forbidden theology, esoteric Christianity, and the unsettling possibility that our world may not be ruled by the divine, but by something pretending to be. Stay tuned till the end as Father Damon explains the Tibetan Book of the Dead, why cremation is spiritually crucial, and how to protect your soul from lower forces.

Music by Ashes of Truth