An excerpt of a recorded conversation between the editor of Nine Neighbours and one of their writers. I decided to release this because it contains an important conversation on a problematic trend and misapprehension.
Author: Beast Xeno
Il Disprezzo Della Bella Morte: #13012025V2XPT
The Practice of Dying
The end. Everything has an end. There is nothing left to do or say. No where to go. The end should have meaning, but does it? Is it just the conclusion of what was preceded by it?
Death is the end of life, defined simply. Does this mean it is a part of life? When all of the boxes are checked off of a list, will we find the checking off of those boxes is a feature of the list? It is not, the list is already completed. Just as making a list is a stage (pre) and finishing a list is also a stage (post). N-Geshtug [1] rightly situates death outside of the system.
We should perceive death as a mere illusion, an insignificant end to our causal journey. The true significance lies in how we seize the opportunities offered by this life. Unbound by the fear of death, we defy it, as we defy our current limitations and the mundane restrictions of society through Architectural Evil [2]. We aspire to transcend these confines and embrace a more profound, numinous existence.
It is the way that we go about checking off the list, which holds the meaning. Not just the deed, but the spirit within it. The pursuit of an Epicurian ethos only strives on a mundane level. The practice of ataraxia is at best a waste of vitality. An abandonment of the sensatory and the natural order.
The Children of Mars can never know tranquility or equanimity, but for breaking moments. It is not the way of Gaia. It is a psuedo-apathy and conjuring of delusional ascetic practice perpetrated by ‘holy’ or ‘learned’ men. Snake oil salesmen peddling more psuedo-apathy, and more wasted vitality.
The Denial of Death
Nythra is coming to all. With it, the completion of all attainable worldly wisdom. Beyond is the liberation of non-knowing, the unawaking of nothingness, and genuine dark apathy. Beyond lies the Great Absence. Horrifyingly foreign, an alien presence to the mortal essence.
Within the Bawrn, there lurks a dark apathy to it. Unlike the cowardly magian and puritan impulse of dwelling in terror. The utility of coping mechanisms at some levels of the psyche can pacify the stark horror, but somewhere deep within there’s a monster awaiting. An inescapable reality that the end is always nigh. Those squanderers of esse are nakedly wretched and undeserving of death.
Death remains indifferent to them. Reaping what is sown without prejudice of ripe or rot. The permeation of the odorous Great Demon is afoul with the wishcaster’s cries. The season is over. The gate forever sealed.
The Japanese have a proverb: “Hana wa sakuragi, hito wa bushi”, it means the best blossom is the cherry blossom, the best man is the warrior. The warrior like the cherry blossom falls in it’s most beautiful moment. Unlike the current Western culture, this encapsulates a right understanding of life and death.
“The moment the individual succeeds in living as a hero, even if it is the final moment of his earthly life, weighs infinitely more on the scale of values than a protracted existence spent consuming monotonously among the trivialities of cities.” Julius Evola – Metaphysics of War
Petals On The Wind : A Fate Worse Than Death
Death is the ultimate freedom. According to Plato death is not the worst that can happen to men. There can be no more suffering and strife at it’s conclusion. Which makes the wishing of death upon your enemy wasted energy. The honour of dying should be reserved for the worthy.
Retribution demands a pot in which to stew. A suffering tenfold, the equal measure. Trading an eye for an eye, leaves one eye for the scoundrelly to take their next aim. Stab out both eyes, the ears, and sever the fingers. Make it so harsh of an example, that none should move against you without the willingness to grant you a beautiful death.
A bountiful offering to the Ukade [3].
Meager men cannot approach the Great Unknowing or comprehend the unraveling of the mortal coil. Such hubris is a life spent in squander and laziness. Impotent and wretchedly useless, never taking stakes beyond the “sure thing”. Paralyzed by the thought of experiencing the full weight of their own insignificance.
Ukade will consume all in a vortex of self-made designs. The true practice of dying, therefore, lies not in passive acceptance but in active engagement. It is about living with such intensity, such purpose, that death itself becomes an anticlimax. It is about leaving a mark on the world, a legacy that will outlast one’s own mortal coil. It is about defying the limitations of existence, pushing the boundaries of human potential, and ultimately, transcending the very concept of death itself.
This is not about achieving some ethereal state of nirvana or seeking oblivion. It is about embracing the chaos, the uncertainty, the very essence of existence itself. It is about living with a fierce, uncompromising spirit, a spirit that acknowledges the inevitability of death but refuses to be defined by it. The end may be inevitable, but the journey towards it can be extraordinary. It is in this journey, in the relentless pursuit of excellence, in the constant striving for something greater than oneself, that true meaning resides.
Footnotes:
[1] N-Geshtug – an in-born trait (in some) that allows the correct perceiving of the acausal and the physis of beings. Also said to attract acausal beings.
[2] Architectural Evil – the planning and plotting of Grand Deceits, delicious insidious deceptions played out over days, months, years, lifetimes or Aeons. (qv. Sahrut part II)
[3] Ukade – The “Anti-god” of the khult, considered the precipice of acausal consciousness and the evolutionary goal of the Khultist. Depicted as a large man-eating centipede that disguises itself as the rings of Saturn until revealed.
3 POEMS BY T.C. DOWNEY
Guest Article: Excerpts from The Holy Shadow of Death by Fenrir
“Nothing will make sense to your American ears, and you will doubt everything that we say and do. But in the end, you will understand.”
– Character Alejandro, Film Sicario
“Death is the only wise advisor that we have. Whenever you feel, as you always do, that everything is going wrong and you’re about to be annihilated, turn to your death and ask if that is so. Your death will tell you that you’re wrong; that nothing really matters outside its touch. Your death will tell you, ‘I haven’t touched you yet.”
– Carlos Castaneda, Journey to Ixtlan
It is necessary for the aspiring practitioner of the craft, as well as for those walking the path of a soldier in the mundane sphere of this life, to actively invoke and experience their own intimate confrontation and embracing of death.The Shadow of Death is a powerful teacher and emissary of personal destiny, which, once integrated or assimilated into the awareness and process of the rising sorcerer, will facilitate dramatic change both in one’s spirituality and one’s life path as a whole. Death itself has been revered and honored within the form of various deific masks by cultural demographics across the planet, as it is an intimate aspect of life and both perfectly personal and transcendently impersonal. Death represents change, forward movement, confrontation of the unknown, and the discovery of deeper self beyond the visible forms and outward symbols by which the ego may identify. The mysteries of death are profound and constituted of incredible depth, and the initiations, empowerments, and hidden knowledge of the Shadow of Death are among the sorcerer’s or soldier’s most formidable catalysts and empowering (or incapacitating for the profane which approach these mysteries uninvited) experiences and gnosis.
The Shadow of Death is a powerful teacher and emissary of personal destiny, which, once integrated or assimilated into the awareness and process of the rising sorcerer, will facilitate dramatic change both in one’s spirituality and one’s life path as a whole. Death itself has been revered and honored within the form of various deific masks by cultural demographics across the planet, as it is an intimate aspect of life and both perfectly personal and transcendently impersonal. Death represents change, forward movement, confrontation of the unknown, and the discovery of deeper self beyond the visible forms and outward symbols by which the ego may identify. The mysteries of death are profound and constituted of incredible depth, and the initiations, empowerments, and hidden knowledge of the Shadow of Death are among the sorcerer’s or soldier’s most formidable catalysts and empowering (or incapacitating for the profane which approach these mysteries uninvited) experiences and gnosis.
Within various cultures the archetypal personification of death has assumed many different masks, each specific and keyed to the racial and cultural demographics which project them from the depths of their own unique and specific collective consciousness and collective psychological dynamics.
Every practitioner of the craft must come to face the inexorable confrontation and embracing of death within the context of their own cultural and physiological disposition; that is, the atavistic archetypal manifestation of death within the stream of divinity keyed to one’s own bloodline and ancestral heritage. I have met devout Muslims who were startled when they encountered death within the mask of the God Anubis because of their ancestral heritage tracing back to Egypt. Others I have known encountered death within the mask of the Norse Goddess Hel of the spiritual traditions of their predecessors long forgotten. And one of my own spiritual mentors who was raised Catholic in Canada experienced the figure and current of death within the mask of Baron Samdi, the ruler of the dead and keeper of the doorway between the worlds of life and death in the mysteries of Haitian Vodou, as she was born in Haiti and descended of an unbroken Haitian bloodline. So even if the practitioner pursues a foreign culture’s spiritual current, they will ultimately encounter their own specific ancestral/hereditary deific mask of death – and it is this mask specifically which one is called to walk with. Why the profane feel the need to seek out someone else’s spiritual heritage and deities is anyone’s guess, but regardless the act of trying to be something which one simply is not will never be a means to power and higher illumination, or yield any fruit of gnosis or spiritual ascent, and as a well known Master once stated, “You will know them by their fruits.” Every self- declared and wanna- be Santa Muerte devotee I have ever met who had no ancestral license in this path have always maintained their so- called “altars” for naught. As I was being led deeper into the sorcery of lucid dreaming and achieving feats which defied everything which I had been conditioned to believe about the nature of reality and performing Chris Angel- type feats in the concrete, they were still lighting candles before a lifeless statue and had nothing to show for their lives. No physical fitness, no financial affluence, and certainly not the slightest capacity to perform any actual sorcery of the type I was doing. But one cannot enlighten the profane, and so I continued to walk the path I was called to whilst they played doll house with their empty statues.
During the course of my spiritual journey I came to encounter and integrate death and it’s power in the form of Santa Muerte, a traditional folk saint from my heritage in Mexico. I was exposed to the mysteries of Santa Muerte early in my life, literally decades before profane outsiders of our culture began claiming to venerate her in western society. While I could pen an entire volume concerning the mysteries of Santa Muerte alone, because of the abstract and asymmetrical trajectory of my life path I was also introduced to the Shadow of Death within the masculine personification of South America. As I was training in the Brazilian cult of Quimbanda I inevitably encountered the spirit Exu Morte, who was also venerated in Argentina as Señor La Muerte. The mysteries of Santa Muerte of Mexico are vastly different from the cult of Señor La Muerte in South America, however both are profoundly deep, demanding, and transforming streams of divinity, each with their own unique dynamics and mysteries which emanate from the dark yet beautiful essence of death- the great liberator.
Due to the romanticization of “Narco Culture” by Hollywood and social media in recent times, charlatans and profane outsiders of every shape and color have arisen claiming false association or practice of the veneration of Santa Muerte. Caucasian and African American demographics which do not speak a word of Spanish, much less access the cartel- controlled conflict zones wherein the cult of Santa Muerte centers, declare themselves “devotees” and “children” of the Holy Mother – to the blatant insult and disrespect of the actual practitioners. Santa Muerte is not a textbook grimoire spirit which anyone can simply adopt into their catalogue of personal deities or call upon. She is a powerful and ancient Goddess, and her mysteries are closed to all but those select few which she herself calls to her current of power. One does not choose to walk with Santa Muerte, but rather it is her interest in you which ultimately decides whether or not one may receive the hidden knowledge and the divine empowerments of the sovereign and holy shadow of Death.
A Vital Revision of Remote Viewing – John Davis
The following is a revised template for Remote Viewing. The previous templates created by the Stanford Research Institute are inadequate due to a lack of measurement, and therefore accounting, for emotional responses during a Remote Viewing session. This is important because the intensity of the physical responses produced by a viewer are just as important to the accuracy of the information being recorded as the images themselves. For example: a strong emotional response by a viewer could indicate that there is a pre-cognitive bias contributing to the analytic overlay (AOL), thereby reducing the accuracy of the data and its validity. On the other hand, a strong emotional response could indicate that the viewer has synced with an unidentified source that is streaming the data directly into the viewer’s brain.
The Druwyd’s Odyssey: An Alchemical Journey of 9 Worlds Outlined



The Preface
The following outline is provided as a barebones framework for understanding Druwydry. It takes the form of a Great Oak, and as such is seeded in the fertile soil of the Prima Materia. In keeping true to the nature of the Great Oaks, it will continue to grow with each cycle. As the seasons change, thus the character of the Great Oak will reflect the season. Sometimes barren, other times bearing fruit. The occasional new growth should be anticipated.
The Grand Tapestry of Existence
Eternity (Æthyr): The primordial source and the undifferentiated Absolute (Great Void).
Great Cosmos: Encompasses all the worlds within the Emanation.
The Druwyd: An individual seeking self-knowledge and integration, navigating the vastness of the Great Cosmos and yearning for the unity of Eternity.
The Forge: Represents the various challenges and experiences encountered on the path of transformation. These challenges correspond to different worlds within the Emanation:
- WORLD 1 (The 9 Dimensional Existence): The first level of differentiation from Eternity.
- WORLD 3 (The 8 Dimensional Existence): All dimensions within the Great Cosmos (All that is beyond the Great Canopy.
- WORLD 6 (The Great Understory): The Macrocosm or “Milky Way”, our starry galaxy.
- WORLD 12 (The Solar System): The Seeds of the Tree of Wyrd.
- WORLD 24 (Earth): The Natural Worldly Order.
- WORLD 48 (Man): The human experience.
- WORLD 96 (The Root): The Microcosm, The internal world of Luna and the Dark Pool.
The Prima Materia (First Matter)
WORLD 48: Represents the starting point, the untransformed human condition. It embodies the three core forces:
Insidious (Mercury): The mercurial principle.
Heretical (Sulphur): The divine spark within.
Terrestrial (Salt): The grounding force.
The Druwydry (The Great Work):
The stages of the Druwydry remain the same, representing the Druwyd’s inner journey. However, the Druwyd strives for a state of being that resonates with the interconnectedness of the Cosmos, the divine spark within, and the ultimate unity.
The Druwyd’s Dwelling Places:
- WORLD 48 (Man): The Druwyd grapples with emotions, social interactions, and their shadow aspects.
- WORLD 96 (Microcosm): The Druwyd explores the fundamental building blocks of existence and the Bio-survival Circuit.
The Cosmic Landscape
- WORLD 6 (The Great Understory): Governed by the Laws of the Solar System and Great Cosmos. The Druwyd encounters the Cosmic Element (represented by Venus) and the influence of Xeno (Life in the Galaxy). The vastness ignites a sense of wonder and confronts the Druwyd with the Six Forces governing the Macrocosm. They might embody the Necromancer (Undertaking), undertaking the great work of transformation within the galactic arena.
- WORLD 12 (The Solar System): Governed by the Laws of Earth and Macrocosm. The Druwyd encounters the Air Element and the influence of Sol (Life in the Solar System). This world represents the Celestial Existence, aligning with the Symbolic Circuit (The Rational Mind). The Druwyd might explore the Lux (Eagle), Dance Oracle, Antares (Orange-Gold), representing a deeper level of transformation within this world. These are the Seeds of Wyrd.
The Earthly Realm
WORLD 24 (Earth): Governed by the Laws of Man and the Solar System. The Druwyd encounters the Water Element and the influence of Eden (Life on Earth). This world represents Organic Life, with the Twenty-Four Forces shaping existence. The Druwyd might embody the Anarchist (Mayhem), highlighting the potential for destructive impulses. The Elixir of Ecological Balance helps navigate these challenges.
The Human Experience
WORLD 48 (Man): Governed by the Laws of Microcosm and Earth. The Druwyd encounters the Fire Element and the influence of Adam (One Base, Three Values + 1). This world represents the human experience, a 4-dimensional reality. It aligns with the Emotional-Territorial Circuit (Freud’s Ego), the foundation of emotions, social interactions, and self-preservation. The Assassin (Havok) archetype embodies a distorted expression of this circuit. The Elixir of Emotional Harmony helps cultivate a balanced expression.
The Microcosmic Roots
WORLD 96 (The Roots): Governed by the Laws of Man. It is here that we can have the most (influence) effect. The Druwyd encounters the Earth Element and the influence of Polar + 1 (Cause, Action, Effect). This world represents the fundamental building blocks of existence, a 3-dimensional reality. It aligns with the Bio-survival Circuit. Represented by Luna and the Dark Pool from which the roots drink.
The Orientation of the Map
There are two paths to achieving what has been deemed the “philosopher’s stone”, what are they? Where does this Odyssey lead? What can we learn from Arcturus?
The Rounwytha In Context – Reposted

°°° ° °°° We republish here an item, first published in 2012, with the self-explanatory title The Rounwytha Way In History and Modern Context. The Rounwytha In Context °°° ° °°°
The Rounwytha In Context
E264B: Guest Article – John Davis
The term ‘extraterrestrial’ has been used to refer most frequently to the potential existence of a species that is not carbon-based, not subject to the laws of causal time and space, and often beyond our accustomed perception. Unfortunately, such a term has become suppositionally equated with the fantastical notion of the ‘Little Green Man’, owed to the regurgitation of stereotypes perpetuated by the media-industrial-complex.
In recent years a change in the framework of extraterrestrial dialectics has seen governments and their agencies approve the change from Unidentified Flying Objects (UFO) to Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP), even committing departments and teams to investigate such things (NASA, 2022). Yet, what does this tell us?
Some Questions For DWM 2024

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Some Questions For DWM 2024
Recently I got to ask David Myatt some questions. Here are the results of that.
Enjoy,
T.C. Downey
Rouns of Draiocht – Announcement
It is with great pleasure that, I am announcing a new phase in Druwydry, gifted to our Tradition from a long-surviving, aural magick tradition which is still being practised by a few extended pagan families within certain rural locals of the British Isles, areas where the original inhabitants —now termed Celts but originally termed Britons by the Romans — were forced into hiding or exile during the Roman invasion of Britain circa 43 AD.
We now give you a black book comprised of old ways and nouveau practices. Not constructed from the late 20th century “re-constructionist witchcraft and druidry”, but instead a genuine pagan grimoire.
You can get a sneak peak of it here (Download), but the full copy can only be found in the physical book. Which you can purchase from the link below.