BLACK ROSE SOCIETY

BLACK ROSE SOCIETY
IS A PROUD PROTECTORATE OF
HOUSE SAUROMATOS

ABOUT

Welcome to the official website of BLACK ROSE SOCIETY.

BLACK ROSE SOCITEY is an exclusive private membership organisation dedicated to the exploration of dark alternative subcultures, lifestyles, and aesthetics, notably the Gothic and Vampyre subcultures, or the aesthetics of Dark Academia and Dark Romanticism.

We are proud to provide a safe haven for like-minded people to connect, learn and collaborate in a familial atmosphere.

We welcome all who are genuinely interested in Dark Alternative subcultures, lifestyles and aesthetics regardless of their level of familiarity with our chosen topics, which include:

Gothic, Vampyre and Dark Alternative subcultures
Alternative fashion and style
Philosophy, religion and spirituality
Underground music scenes
Art and literature, classic as well as avant-garde
Cyberpunk and other futurist movements
Recovery and mental health awareness
Alternative sexuality, BDSM, Leather, fetish and kink

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HISTORY

BLACK ROSE SOCIETY was founded on the initiative of House Sauromatos in November 2017. Independent of its patron in House Sauromatos, BLACK ROSE SOCIETY took on many of the functions marking a traditional Outer Court to a Vampyric Household: Providing a safe haven to gather, to mingle, to exchange news and information, to enjoy hospitality, to befriend, to learn on a basis of personal knowing. In this, BLACK ROSE SOCIETY was set up to be explicitly open to all interested parties who might be sympathetic to the Vampyre subculture, regardless of their individual level of experience.

Since 2019, BLACK ROSE SOCIETY has grown to become an international Community Organisation hosting regular moderated discussions in two languages and as well as regional meetings. BLACK ROSE SOCIETY offers an uncomplicated and well-maintained network to exchange ideas with other members from Europe and abroad using the third-party platform Discord.

From 2025 onwards, BLACK ROSE SOCIETY is expanding to explore a more diverse range of topics, shifting from a community primarily focused on the Vampyre subculture to become a Gothic, Vampyre and Dark Alternative Community Organisation. With its strong foundations and roots in the Vampyre subculture, BLACK ROSE SOCIETY bridges various countercultural movements and alternative subcultures, seeking to connect like-minded people across different communities and backgrounds. Now more than ever, BLACK ROSE SOCIETY is an open invitation to all who revel in being different, and a call of action to defy the mundane and embrace the eccentric and the extraordinary.

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BLACK ROSE SOCIETY
EVENTS

BLACK ROSE SOCIETY is also hosting or otherwise supports different kinds of local events throughout Europe, currently concentrating on Germany and the Benelux regions. We encourage and support our members in their projects to build up and strengthen their regional Gothic, Vampyre and Dark Alternative subcultures.

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BLACK ROSE SOCIETY
DISCORD

BLACK ROSE SOCIETY is organized via the third-party platform Discord. BLACK ROSE SOCIETY is hosting regular moderated discussions, held in both English and German, alternating weekly.

BLACK ROSE SOCIETY is internationally-minded and our dedicated Discord server reflects this fact. Except where otherwise stated English is the preferred language used on our Discord server. Our bilingual community provides dedicated German language areas for our membership based in German-speaking European countries.

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STEP BY STEP

BLACK ROSE SOCIETY’s overseeing board, referred to as the Directorate, and their Moderators reserve the right to use their own discretion in maintaining a respectful atmosphere on our server and specifically making sure our server adheres to Discord’s guidelines. Moderator actions will not be discussed or explained.

By using BLACK ROSE SOCIETY you agree to our rules, guidelines and policies.

I.
Take Your Time

II.
Introduce Yourselves

III.
Get Active

IV.
Connect And Network

Step 1
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Take your time!

Before you do anything else, read the #welcome -section and this guide, and carefully review our #rules and #guidelines.
It’s a good idea to take a look at the many channels you already have access to.
In #what-we-are-about, you will find an introductory overview of the central topics and avenues of exploration BLACK ROSE SOCIETY focuses on, namely Vampyre Identity and Vampyre Culture, as well as more general information on what we are about and whether our community is a good fit for you.
More information is available via our website.
Our #links -section features some excellent external resources on Vampyre Identity and Vampyre Culture. Use them for your own benefit.
If you have any questions do not hesitate to refer to the #support -channel.
Before you are accepted as a full member you already have access to our #lobby where you can have an initial friendly chat with the membership of BLACK ROSE SOCIETY.
Our #navigation might prove to be helpful to find your way around our server.

Step 2
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Introduce yourselves!

Introduce yourselves! If you like what BLACK ROSE SOCIETY might offer you, and think about frequenting our Community Server on a regular basis, you start by introducing yourselves to our members.
An introduction is required to make yourselves eligible for member-status which comes with additional access and privileges, and will grant you access to our Community Server proper.
We highly value your detailed introductions. However, we don’t ask you to disclose information you are not comfortable sharing.

Some relevant points we are interested in:

What name do you go by?
Where are you from?
How did you find us?
Do you identify as Vampyric? For how long?
Are you or have you been part of any community or member of a House/Clan/Coven/Family/equivalent group?
What are you looking for in a community like ours?
Have you been here before?
Do you have questions?

Optional: Outline your personal journey as a Vampyre or person interested in Vampyre Culture and Vampyre Identity.
What is your personal point of connection to Vampyre Culture?
How do you personally perceive your Vampyre Identity and/or what is your perspective on Vampyre Identity in general?

Please write your introduction in our #introduction -section in the form of a continuous text using complete sentences.

Status in BLACK ROSE SOCIETY is based on trust. To be given full member-status is a gesture of trust from the Directorate towards a member. It means we trust you to be who you say you are and we trust you to bear no ill intent towards BLACK ROSE SOCIETY and its members.

Step 3
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Get active!

We highly value active membership.
One of the best ways to get started is to participate in our weekly moderated discussions in English or German, held on Sundays starting at 7pm UTC/GMT.
Check #discussions for the topics scheduled for coming weeks. Should any personal questions or problems concerning any of our topics come up, please refer to the #support -section.
Our many experienced members will surely help you out or point you in the right direction.

Step 4
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Connect and Network!

Get to know other vampire-identified people from around the world, and possibly from your region.
A considerable part of BLACK ROSE SOCIETY’s focus is on our Events and facilitating the connection between our members based on personal knowing.
Depending on membership activity in a given region, we offer to list postings of our members seeking to organize private meetups in their regions.
You may contact members on the Directorate to add your own posting to the current list, for example, to support you with finding donors/bloodgivers (or vampyres/bloodtakers respectively) or just to find other friendly people near you.
When you are ready to organize private meetups in your region using our network, please let us know.
You can contact the Directorate directly on discord or via email: blackrosesociety@pm.me

Be advised that due to the current global health crisis all BLACK ROSE SOCIETY Events and private meetups are on hold for the foreseeable future.

Step 5
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Join Your Peers!

In BLACK ROSE SOCIEY, advancement beyond Membership level begins with becoming a Trusted Member.
Trusted Members are members who have been nominated by their peers and confirmed by the Directorate after a specific interview process. The status as Trusted Member of BLACK ROSE SOCIETY means your peers trust you as a fellow member of Vampyre Society, where trust in each other must be held above all. It does not come with additional privileges beyond access to a restricted membership area where community matters are discussed and nominations of new Trusted Members take place. There are no additional duties associated with Trusted Member-status.

WHAT BLACK ROSE SOCIETY IS ABOUT

You may have found us and equally found yourself at a loss to understand what exactly Black Rose Society is, what we are about, and where you might stand within all this.
The purpose of the following texts is to give you a brief introductory overview of the central topics and avenues of exploration Black Rose Society focuses on.
This way, we aim to provide you with a good idea of what you can expect to find in our community.

BLACK ROSE SOCIETY ON VAMPYRE IDENTITY

In Black Rose Society we prefer to regard the phenomenon of modern ‘Real Living Vampires’, or Vampyrism, to be primarily a matter of identity – personal, social and cultural.
Approaching Vampyrism this way – as a social phenomenon and culture – allows us to appreciate a wider range of complexity and diversity of perspectives found within the different strata and subsects of Vampyric communities without confining us to a too narrow definition of the nature of Vampyrism, or – more precisely – of Vampyre Identity.

BLACK ROSE SOCIETY ON VAMPYRE CULTURE

Vampyre Culture, also called the Vampyre Lifestyle or the Vampyre Subculture, is an alternative subculture, meaning it exists as an alternative to – and apart from, yet within – larger society.
Vampyre Culture in its current modern form originated with and is influenced by other alternative subcultures, alternative lifestyles or alternative spiritualities, and is often more closely associated with the Gothic Subculture, as well as with elements of BDSM, Paganism or Satanism respectively.