Ordo Strigoi Vii is an international intiatory fraternal esoteric order which is a part of The Sanguinarium

The Sanguinarium

The Sanguinarium is a movement and subset of the real life vampire subculture which is an international network of businesses, orders and individuals who adhere to a specific set of traditions, philosophies and outlooks related to the vampire mythos and was founded in the mid 1990s by the Fangsmith...

 movement and the vampire lifestyle

Vampire lifestyle

The vampire lifestyle or vampire subculture is an alternative lifestyle, based on the modern perception of vampires in popular fiction. The vampire subculture has stemmed largely from the goth subculture, but also incorporates some elements of the sadomasochism subculture...

. The order uses the older "vampyre" spelling to distinguish between what they believe are real vampires, and those from fiction and legend.

Path of Strigoi Vii

Strigoi Vii is a spiritual and philosophical path which mixes the practice of vampirism, chaos magic

Chaos magic

Chaos magic is a school of the modern magical tradition which emphasizes the pragmatic use of belief systems and the creation of new and unorthodox methods.-General principles:...

, hermeticism

Hermeticism

Hermeticism or the Western Hermetic Tradition is a set of philosophical and religious beliefs based primarily upon the pseudepigraphical writings attributed to Hermes Trismegistus...

, neo-paganism and social Darwinism

Social Darwinism

Social Darwinism is a term commonly used for theories of society that emerged in England and the United States in the 1870s, seeking to apply the principles of Darwinian evolution to sociology and politics...

. The Strigoi Vii adhere to the "Black Veil", which comprises five tenets which include:

1. Remain within the law
2. Secrets
3. The Quest
4. Do not involve minors
5. Do not drink blood.

Unlike psychic vampirism and blood drinkers, Strigoi Vii see the art of vampyrism as a spiritual and esoteric path tapping subtle vital energies such as prana

Prana

Prana is the Sanskrit word for "vital life" .It is one of the five organs of vitality or sensation, viz. prana "breath", vac "speech", chakshus "sight", shrotra "hearing", and manas "thought" Prana is the Sanskrit word for "vital life" (from the root "to fill", cognate to Latin plenus...

, ki

KI

Ki or KI may refer to:* .ki, the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code top level domain for Kiribati*Ki., an abbreviation for the Book of Kings in Judaeo-Christian religious texts* Ki * Ki , a Japanese syllabic character...

 and chi

Chi

Chi may refer to:Chinese chi is an energy or form of life*Chi , a traditional Chinese unit of length , approximately 1/3 of a meter*Chi , a dragon in Chinese mythology...

 for spiritual evolution and as a path to immortality

Immortality

Immortality is the ability to live forever. It is unknown whether human physical immortality is an achievable condition. Biological forms have inherent limitations which may or may not be able to be overcome through medical interventions or engineering...

. Like those who do not practice vampyrism as a spiritual path within the sanguinarium the Strigoi Vii relate to the vampyre virtues or "Red Veils" which are the positive aspects of the vampire archetype which include but are not limited to decadence

Decadence

Decadence can refer to a personal trait, or to the state of a society . Used to describe a person's lifestyle. Concise Oxford Dictionary: "a luxurious self-indulgence"...

, mystery

Mystery

Mystery, mysteries, or mysterious may refer to:-Religion:* Sacred mysteries, supernatural phenomena associated with a divinity or religious ideology* Mystery play, a form of medieval European dramatic theatre dealing with religious themes...

, romance

Romance

Romance or romantic may refer to:* Romance languages, a family of languages originating in south-western Europe.* Romance , a genre of medieval and renaissance narrative fiction* Romance , a type of ballad or lyrical song...

, primal nature, elegance

Elegance

Elegance is a synonym for beauty that has come to acquire the additional connotations of unusual effectiveness and simplicity. It is frequently used as a standard of tastefulness particularly in the areas of visual design, decoration, the sciences, and the esthetics of mathematics...

, transhumanism

Transhumanism

Transhumanism, often abbreviated as H+ or h+, is an international intellectual and cultural movement that affirms the possibility and desirability of fundamentally transforming the human condition by developing and making widely available technologies to eliminate aging and to greatly enhance human...

 and immortality

Immortality

Immortality is the ability to live forever. It is unknown whether human physical immortality is an achievable condition. Biological forms have inherent limitations which may or may not be able to be overcome through medical interventions or engineering...

. The core philosophies, teachings and traditions of the Ordo Strigoi Vii can be found in the books Sanguinomicon (Weiser 2010) and Vampyre Magick (Weiser 2012) written by one of the founding members Father Sebastiaan

Father Sebastiaan

Father Sebastiaan is an American, event coordinator, host of the Endless Night Vampire Ball events, co-founder of the Ordo Strigoi Vii, founder of The Sanguinarium social network and a personality in the vampire subculture....

 and published by Weiser Books.

Origins

Founded in the late 1990s under the name "Sanguinarium Movement", it became the outer movement or the Ordo Strigoi Vii. The group promotes a specific spirituality, philosophies, traditions, lifestyle, with their own customs, etiquette and tenets. Internationally they private meetings known as "quorums". The symbols of the vampyre as defined by the OSV include sigillum include the Vampyre Legacy Ouroborous and for the inner order the Vampyre Legacy Ankh for the outer membership of the The Sanguinarium

The Sanguinarium

The Sanguinarium is a movement and subset of the real life vampire subculture which is an international network of businesses, orders and individuals who adhere to a specific set of traditions, philosophies and outlooks related to the vampire mythos and was founded in the mid 1990s by the Fangsmith...

which is based on a bladed ankh.