{{Short description|American member of the vampire subculture}} {{Infobox writer <!-- for more information see :Template:Infobox writer/doc --> | pseudonym = Father Sebastiaan van Houten, Father Sebastian Todd, Sabretooth | image = | imagesize = | alt = | caption = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1975|1|23}} | birth_place = San Diego, California | death_date = | death_place = | occupation = Fangsmith, Author, Impresario | nationality = American | ethnicity = | citizenship = USA, French | genre = Esoterica, erotica | subject = Occult, chaos magic, left-hand path, paranormal, spirituality, vampires | notableworks = ''Sanguinomicon'', ''Vampyre Magick'', ''Vampyre Virtues'', ''Vampyre Mysteries'', ''Vampyre Almanac'', ''Strigoi Vii'', ''Mysteries of Paris'' | website = {{URL|http://www.fathersebastiaan.com/}} }}

'''Father Sebastiaan''' is an American fangsmith,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cnbc.com/id/49433271 |title=Hssssss! Where Wall Street vampires get their fangs |publisher=CNBC |access-date=2012-10-16}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/the-real-true-blood-185/ |title=The Real 'True Blood'? |publisher=Vice Magazine |access-date=9 February 2015}}</ref> published author and impresario.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.coasttocoastam.com/guest/sebastiaan-father/56875 |title=Open Lines & Vampyre Subculture |publisher=Coast to Coast AM |access-date=2012-03-31}}</ref> He is a former dental assistant<ref>{{cite web |url=http://mag.newsweek.com/2013/10/25/vampire-teeth-fangs.html |title=Interview with a Vampyre's Dentist |publisher=Newsweek |access-date=2013-10-25}}</ref> working as a "fangsmith," crafting custom made fangs for consumers.<ref name="Bloomberg">{{cite web|title=Fangsmith Fashions Sharp Canines for His Party-Loving Vampires|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-10-29/fangsmith-fashions-sharp-canines-for-world-s-many-party-loving-vampires.html|publisher=Bloomberg|access-date=9 March 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://localeastvillage.com/2010/10/22/first-person-getting-fanged/|title=First Person - Getting Fanged - |author= Alexa Tsoulis-Reay|date=October 22, 2010|work=The Local East Village Blog - NYTimes.com|access-date=15 November 2017}}</ref> He is the founder of the ''Sabretooth Clan'', a fangmaking business, cult, and social network for the vampire subculture, and has worked as an author and co-author of several books on the occult and the vampire subculture.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bettyconfidential.com/ar/ld/a/interview-with-the-vampyre-betty-meets-father-sebastiaan-of-the-sabretooth-clan.html |title=Interview with the Vampire |publisher=Bettyconfidential.com |access-date=2011-10-17 }}</ref>

==Biography==

Van Houten is an impresario club promoter, creating ''The New York Vampire Ball'' in 1996 and ''The Endless Night Festival'' in New Orleans in 1998, one of the "largest vampire gatherings in the world". He is noted with writing the first "Black Veils" based on the code of conduct of a club night he managed entitled "Long Black Veil."<ref>{{cite book|last=Possamai|first=Adam|title=Handbook of Hyper-real Religions|year=2012|publisher=Brill Academic Pub|isbn=9004218815|pages=149, 159|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=B0nWzaw8bVsC&pg=PA149&dq=%22Father+Sebastiaan%22}}</ref>

== Media == Father Sebastiaan is best known for appearances on Travel Channel's ''Ghost Adventures''. He also is a host of the largest Vampire Subculture event the Endless Night Vampire Balls.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://rollingstone.com/culture/culture-pictures/vampires-new-orleans-endless-night-ball-photos-926237/ |title=Inside the Endless Night Vampire Ball |last=Yalkin |first=Devin |date=2020-10-29 |work=Rolling Stone}}</ref>

==Bibliography==

===Books===

* ''The Vampyre Almanac 2000'' (TheSanguinarium.com Press, 2000) * ''Vampyre Sanguinomicon: The Lexicon of the Living Vampire'' (Weiser, 2010)<ref>{{cite web|title=Social Sciences Reviews, October 1, 2010|url=http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/reviewsbook/886659-421/social_sciences_reviews_october_1.html.csp|publisher=Library Journal|accessdate=9 March 2013}}</ref> * ''Vampyre Virtues: The Red Veils'' (TheSanguinarium.com Press, 2011) * ''Vampyre Magick: The Grimoire of the Living Vampire'' (Weiser, 2012) * ''The Vampyre Almanac 2012'' (TheSanguinarium.com Press, 2012) * ''Vampyre Virtues; The Purple Veils'' (TheSanguinarium.com Press 2013) * ''Mysteries of Paris; Darkside of the City of Lights'' (Bast Books 2014) * ''Black Veils; The Vampire Lexicon'' (Bast Books 2018) * ''Black Veils; Master Vampyre Edition'' (Bast Books 2020) * ''Black Veils; Vampyre Tarot'' (Bast Books 2020) * ''In the Words of the Father, Memoirs of the Vampyre Sebastiaan Part 1 the 1990s'' (Bast Books 2021)

===Co-authored books===

* ''The Vampyre Almanac'' (Sanguinarium Press, 2000) with Katherine Ramsland and Michelle Belanger. * ''V: The Book of the Strigoi VII'' (Aangel Publishing, 2003) with Layil Umbralux, Madame X.

==Filmography== * ''The Secret Life of Vampires'' (A&E, 2005)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.vampirerave.com/db/entry.php?id=891 |title=The Secret Life of Vampires (dvd) |publisher=A&E |accessdate=2009-09-05}}</ref> * ''Vampire Secrets'' (History Channel, 2006) * ''Vampyres'' (Avalanche Productions, 2007) documentary based on the book ''Vampyres: When Reality Goes Beyond Fiction'' by Laurent Courau * ''Ghost Adventures'' (Travel Channel, 2017)

==References== {{Reflist|2}}

==Further reading== * Belanger, Michelle A. ''The Psychic Vampire Codex: A Manual of Magick and Energy Work.'' 30 November 2004. Red Wheel/Weiser. {{ISBN|978-1-57863-321-0}}

==External links== * {{Official website|http://www.fathersebastiaan.com/}} * {{IMDb name|2233495}} * [http://www.disinfo.com/2012/03/elements-of-vampyre-magick/ ''Elements Of Vampyre Magick'' article on Disinfo]{{Dead link|date=August 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

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