I used to loathe the vampiric current. I saw it as parasitic by nature. After dealing with practitioners who used those tactics aggressively, I decided to study it instead of just reacting to it. I learned and I grew because of it. Lilith is a very effective teacher of this current.
I think there is value in understanding how a current moves: what it looks for, how it feeds, how it defends, and how to stop it when it is aimed at you. I find it fascinating, all the tactics, skills you develop, etc. Psychic warfare used to be terrifying to me personally. I decided to walk into that cavern and learn.
For me, the ethical line is consent and cause. I don't feed on people without cause. If someone comes at me deliberately, I consider their projection fair material to neutralize, transmute, or turn back into fuel for my own use.
I can understand why emotional spikes would be attractive: fear, lust, rage, ego, obsession, people throw energy everywhere. But βavailableβ does not automatically mean βmineβ even when juicy. That is where my line is.
So my morality is simple enough: I leave people alone unless they choose to make contact hostile. After that, I act accordingly.