Continuing my current interest in things vampire, here’s an interesting article on the continual reinvention of the vampire in popular culture by Guillermo del Toro and Chuck Hogan, particularly in the face of technological change:

And through awe, we once again regain spiritual humility. The current vampire pandemic serves to remind us that we have no true jurisdiction over our bodies, our climate or our very souls. Monsters will always provide the possibility of mystery in our mundane “reality show” lives, hinting at a larger spiritual world; for if there are demons in our midst, there surely must be angels lurking nearby as well. In the vampire we find Eros and Thanatos fused together in archetypal embrace, spiraling through the ages, undying.

Forever.

See Op-Ed Contributors – Why Vampires Never Die – NYTimes.com.

Hat tip to Mary