This will be our first release of physical product.
As such, we will be using a trusted printer who does high quality work on good garments.
This means we will be doing a very limited run first in order to get a feel for reach and demand.
If you want to weigh in to help us ascertain quantities, do so in the temporarily enabled comments by simply commenting what size and which design:
Crowned Crusader Tee
Many Enemies Tee
Brutal Chivalry Hoodie
ex.:
M Crusader, L Brutal Chiv
etc.
As such, we will be using a trusted printer who does high quality work on good garments.
This means we will be doing a very limited run first in order to get a feel for reach and demand.
If you want to weigh in to help us ascertain quantities, do so in the temporarily enabled comments by simply commenting what size and which design:
Crowned Crusader Tee
Many Enemies Tee
Brutal Chivalry Hoodie
ex.:
M Crusader, L Brutal Chiv
etc.
Using the above comments thread as a guideline, I’ll be ordering the first batch of these today.
Due to the nature of my current lifestyle, as well as censorship/deplatforming limitations and so on, this has become a very “analog” endeavor.
I also have no internet out in the woods, so I’ll be handling all these drops in batches like this, packing orders by hand, and shipping them all manually rather than using apps etc.
Once I have these in hand, the actual purchase will go through Gumroad - a post will be made here on this channel and via the email list.
Although I am appreciative of those who commented, at that time, it will be on a first come/first served basis, so keep an eye out here - I’ll give a day and time before the release.
As always, I am appreciative of your support.
RTACTN is currently a multiple individual project, so your contributions will go to paying them, increasing the quality and frequency of our content, and driving forward the Grand Campaign.
Thank you.
Due to the nature of my current lifestyle, as well as censorship/deplatforming limitations and so on, this has become a very “analog” endeavor.
I also have no internet out in the woods, so I’ll be handling all these drops in batches like this, packing orders by hand, and shipping them all manually rather than using apps etc.
Once I have these in hand, the actual purchase will go through Gumroad - a post will be made here on this channel and via the email list.
Although I am appreciative of those who commented, at that time, it will be on a first come/first served basis, so keep an eye out here - I’ll give a day and time before the release.
As always, I am appreciative of your support.
RTACTN is currently a multiple individual project, so your contributions will go to paying them, increasing the quality and frequency of our content, and driving forward the Grand Campaign.
Thank you.
Chat has been deactivated for now, thank you.
Orders are in, will let you all know when the drop is going to go live when these are in my hands.
Orders are in, will let you all know when the drop is going to go live when these are in my hands.
FULL PLATE DISPATCH #8 “SPURS”
In the New Dark Ages, even the concept of knighthood has been degraded to a noscript given to actors, professional game players, court jesters and musicians.
Like all things in this era of downgoing, something that was once noble is now only a commodity, an empty honorific that lacks the very thing that the word is based upon.
Honorific. “To confer or convey honor.”
We know that honor is only gained through acts of loyalty to the ideal, not through being a fashion model, or a race car driver.
The origins of European knighthood go back to the 9th century, when the feared cavalryman was a necessary protection to a village or city, but they had their roots in the Greek hoplite and the Roman eques.
The most popularized institutions were those holy orders established in the Middle Ages, when members of an order were sworn to specific rules, regulations and obligations depending on their particular brotherhood.
To become a knight in the medieval era meant a rigorous and sometimes brutal, multi-stage process, beginning usually in childhood, as a page.
The page would serve in the household of wherever he was assigned to go, and lived essentially like a peasant or servant, regardless of his family’s station. This meant working on the most menial seeming of tasks - in the kitchen, running errands and messages, cleaning the estate and so on.
It taught the important lesson of a life of service that the future knight would never leave behind.
In his early teens, the page would be promoted to the position of squire, from the French word “ecuyer” or “shield-bearer.”
Here his education on knighthood would truly begin as he apprenticed under a proper knight, often with several others of his station.
He would learn to hunt, be schooled in reading and writing, and of course, fighting.
The squire would serve the knight in actual battle, as well, although he was not yet considered “fight ready,” and would see first-hand the lifestyle he was aspiring to.
An individual could remain a squire for a long time, only attaining knighthood when he was considered to have “earned his spurs,” often by a specific act of bravery or value - in some cases men remained squires for long after they became fighting men themselves.
In these New Dark Ages, a man of worth should always be looking to win his spurs - to engage in acts of valor, bravery, courage, and value to his order, family, brotherhood, friends.
Our war is not always literal, and nor was it for those men we look to for our own guidance.
It is often a war against apathy and the malaise of the times in which we find ourselves.
A war against meaninglessness and the false gods of these days - the idols set up to rank materialism, greed, pleasure for its own sake as the highest attainment.
It is a war against ourselves, the eternal crusade, the Grand Campaign…the war against our own weaknesses, our own failings and shortcomings.
We win our spurs through a constant and unrelenting battle waged against what we know to be heartless and false, and through a dedication to the quest for the Holy Grail.
That quest is the one for a righteous life, and a righteous death, the days between which are filled with noble action, and the embodiment of our higher calling.
Fix your eyes on this task, and wake with prayer that on this day, you will be given a new chance to win your spurs.
Brothers, we will win this war.
In the New Dark Ages, even the concept of knighthood has been degraded to a noscript given to actors, professional game players, court jesters and musicians.
Like all things in this era of downgoing, something that was once noble is now only a commodity, an empty honorific that lacks the very thing that the word is based upon.
Honorific. “To confer or convey honor.”
We know that honor is only gained through acts of loyalty to the ideal, not through being a fashion model, or a race car driver.
The origins of European knighthood go back to the 9th century, when the feared cavalryman was a necessary protection to a village or city, but they had their roots in the Greek hoplite and the Roman eques.
The most popularized institutions were those holy orders established in the Middle Ages, when members of an order were sworn to specific rules, regulations and obligations depending on their particular brotherhood.
To become a knight in the medieval era meant a rigorous and sometimes brutal, multi-stage process, beginning usually in childhood, as a page.
The page would serve in the household of wherever he was assigned to go, and lived essentially like a peasant or servant, regardless of his family’s station. This meant working on the most menial seeming of tasks - in the kitchen, running errands and messages, cleaning the estate and so on.
It taught the important lesson of a life of service that the future knight would never leave behind.
In his early teens, the page would be promoted to the position of squire, from the French word “ecuyer” or “shield-bearer.”
Here his education on knighthood would truly begin as he apprenticed under a proper knight, often with several others of his station.
He would learn to hunt, be schooled in reading and writing, and of course, fighting.
The squire would serve the knight in actual battle, as well, although he was not yet considered “fight ready,” and would see first-hand the lifestyle he was aspiring to.
An individual could remain a squire for a long time, only attaining knighthood when he was considered to have “earned his spurs,” often by a specific act of bravery or value - in some cases men remained squires for long after they became fighting men themselves.
In these New Dark Ages, a man of worth should always be looking to win his spurs - to engage in acts of valor, bravery, courage, and value to his order, family, brotherhood, friends.
Our war is not always literal, and nor was it for those men we look to for our own guidance.
It is often a war against apathy and the malaise of the times in which we find ourselves.
A war against meaninglessness and the false gods of these days - the idols set up to rank materialism, greed, pleasure for its own sake as the highest attainment.
It is a war against ourselves, the eternal crusade, the Grand Campaign…the war against our own weaknesses, our own failings and shortcomings.
We win our spurs through a constant and unrelenting battle waged against what we know to be heartless and false, and through a dedication to the quest for the Holy Grail.
That quest is the one for a righteous life, and a righteous death, the days between which are filled with noble action, and the embodiment of our higher calling.
Fix your eyes on this task, and wake with prayer that on this day, you will be given a new chance to win your spurs.
Brothers, we will win this war.
A few images of our Spring Equinox preparations with more to come, and a full piece in the next zine.
We spent our time at a hidden place on running water, enjoying conversation, singing, stories and the company of our men and women.
A feast was held with fish caught from nature’s bounty, greens foraged, and bread made from the last beer brewing’s ground grains.
Wine was mixed with a tonic of sassafras and herbs.
Equinox rites were performed by the crowned king and queen of spring, the sword from the water shone in the firelight, and the blood of heroes was drunk from the Grail.
Oaths kept, and the Grand Campaign continued.
Hail the Light!
We spent our time at a hidden place on running water, enjoying conversation, singing, stories and the company of our men and women.
A feast was held with fish caught from nature’s bounty, greens foraged, and bread made from the last beer brewing’s ground grains.
Wine was mixed with a tonic of sassafras and herbs.
Equinox rites were performed by the crowned king and queen of spring, the sword from the water shone in the firelight, and the blood of heroes was drunk from the Grail.
Oaths kept, and the Grand Campaign continued.
Hail the Light!
“We live in the New Dark Ages.
But the Dawn is coming.
And Avalon is a state of mind…”
https://rtactn.com/posts/full-plate-9-avalon-is-rising
But the Dawn is coming.
And Avalon is a state of mind…”
https://rtactn.com/posts/full-plate-9-avalon-is-rising
Why this project exists is probably best summed up in the words of Evola:
“The possibilities still available in the last times concern only a minority and may be distinguished as follows.
Besides the great "currents" of the world there are still individuals who are rooted in terra firma.
Generally speaking, they are unknown people who shun the spotlight of modern popularity and culture.
They live on spiritual heights; they do not belong to this world...by virtue of these people, Tradition is present despite all; the flame burns invisibly and something still connects the world to the superworld...
There are an increasing number of individuals who experience a confused yet real need for liberation, though they do not know in the name of what.
To orient these people...to lead them to see the truth and sharpen their will to join the ranks of the first type of people is what can still be done...this is the only justification for tangible action that can be carried out by men of Tradition living in the modern world, in a milieu with which they have no connection.
In order for the abovementioned guiding action to be successful it is necessary to have "watchers" at hand who will bear witness to the values of Tradition in ever more uncompromising and firm ways, as the antitraditional forces grow in strength.”
“The possibilities still available in the last times concern only a minority and may be distinguished as follows.
Besides the great "currents" of the world there are still individuals who are rooted in terra firma.
Generally speaking, they are unknown people who shun the spotlight of modern popularity and culture.
They live on spiritual heights; they do not belong to this world...by virtue of these people, Tradition is present despite all; the flame burns invisibly and something still connects the world to the superworld...
There are an increasing number of individuals who experience a confused yet real need for liberation, though they do not know in the name of what.
To orient these people...to lead them to see the truth and sharpen their will to join the ranks of the first type of people is what can still be done...this is the only justification for tangible action that can be carried out by men of Tradition living in the modern world, in a milieu with which they have no connection.
In order for the abovementioned guiding action to be successful it is necessary to have "watchers" at hand who will bear witness to the values of Tradition in ever more uncompromising and firm ways, as the antitraditional forces grow in strength.”
“The Gauntlet: A Concise Guide to a Life of Brutal Chivalry” is now available here in updated and expanded format, and includes a suggested reading list.
It is assembled for you handsomely in the form of a print-ready PDF.
Download with a donation of as little as $1, and support RTACTN!
GET IT NOW
It is assembled for you handsomely in the form of a print-ready PDF.
Download with a donation of as little as $1, and support RTACTN!
GET IT NOW
A look at the first wearable offering from RTACTN.
Very high print quality by good people.
These and the hoodie will go on sale next week.
Very high print quality by good people.
These and the hoodie will go on sale next week.
FULL PLATE DISPATCH 11
In the New Dark Ages, everything seems to be ironic and metaphorical.
Everything is a cynical joke, a defense mechanism against sincerity, a statement of no statement.
Holding a position, any position is seen as a faux pas, and it is infinitely more acceptable amongst the bourgeois and the socialite to be amorphous, rootless, fluid in every way…
In this fashion, change is the fashion.
We cannot allow ourselves to fall to this spirit of the age.
There is an old adage that, like many old adages, remains true, and becomes more so each day.
"If you don’t stand for something, you’ll fall for anything."
Why is it that the masses are so easily manipulated, lied to, shifted, moved from one field to the other like cattle being grazed?
Why is it that each new trend, each new outrage, each new cause is leapt upon with a frenzied excitement, a furious urge to be "first" to tout whatever is NEW, whatever is "of the day?"
It is precisely because they believe in nothing that they so loudly claim belief in everything.
Desperate to find meaning, but unwilling to be outcast by looking into the forbidden topics of blood, culture, or spirituality outside of some kind of vague, cafeteria-style New Age vapidity that almost always doubles only as a cheap party trick or conversation starter, a loosely-held trinket with no weight or value.
This mindset is encouraged, fostered, fertilized, and enforced by the principalities and powers of this world for one reason alone:
Belief makes men dangerous.
It creates something worth living for, and something worth dying for.
Belief is the most treacherous thing there is for those in positions of control over this world, and it is the reason it is so mocked, so shunned.
And it is for this reason we must deeply explore and examine ourselves, our blood, our roots, and our culture.
We must immerse ourselves in things of worth and value in order to find where our belief lies, and from thence, to give our lives over to that belief, that zeal, that fire.
To believe in something is to have a God- what we believe in, what we mold our lives around, and give worth to, literally "worship" with our actions - this is our GOD.
And to have a god is to be forever on the Crusade…the Grand Campaign from whence we attain our own honor and value.
"Rejecting modernity" is more than a slogan to sound interesting.
It is a rejection of all the trappings of that modern world that are damaging, deracinating, and disintegrating to who we are as human beings, who we are as people.
It is choosing belief over what is fashionable.
It is choosing hard truths over beautiful lies.
It is choosing blood over gold.
In the New Dark Ages, everything seems to be ironic and metaphorical.
Everything is a cynical joke, a defense mechanism against sincerity, a statement of no statement.
Holding a position, any position is seen as a faux pas, and it is infinitely more acceptable amongst the bourgeois and the socialite to be amorphous, rootless, fluid in every way…
In this fashion, change is the fashion.
We cannot allow ourselves to fall to this spirit of the age.
There is an old adage that, like many old adages, remains true, and becomes more so each day.
"If you don’t stand for something, you’ll fall for anything."
Why is it that the masses are so easily manipulated, lied to, shifted, moved from one field to the other like cattle being grazed?
Why is it that each new trend, each new outrage, each new cause is leapt upon with a frenzied excitement, a furious urge to be "first" to tout whatever is NEW, whatever is "of the day?"
It is precisely because they believe in nothing that they so loudly claim belief in everything.
Desperate to find meaning, but unwilling to be outcast by looking into the forbidden topics of blood, culture, or spirituality outside of some kind of vague, cafeteria-style New Age vapidity that almost always doubles only as a cheap party trick or conversation starter, a loosely-held trinket with no weight or value.
This mindset is encouraged, fostered, fertilized, and enforced by the principalities and powers of this world for one reason alone:
Belief makes men dangerous.
It creates something worth living for, and something worth dying for.
Belief is the most treacherous thing there is for those in positions of control over this world, and it is the reason it is so mocked, so shunned.
And it is for this reason we must deeply explore and examine ourselves, our blood, our roots, and our culture.
We must immerse ourselves in things of worth and value in order to find where our belief lies, and from thence, to give our lives over to that belief, that zeal, that fire.
To believe in something is to have a God- what we believe in, what we mold our lives around, and give worth to, literally "worship" with our actions - this is our GOD.
And to have a god is to be forever on the Crusade…the Grand Campaign from whence we attain our own honor and value.
"Rejecting modernity" is more than a slogan to sound interesting.
It is a rejection of all the trappings of that modern world that are damaging, deracinating, and disintegrating to who we are as human beings, who we are as people.
It is choosing belief over what is fashionable.
It is choosing hard truths over beautiful lies.
It is choosing blood over gold.
“Wood birds sing songs that ring
over the mountain and river and vale
Wandering breeze stirs the trees
whispering refrains of the ancient tales
The Green Man awakens from winter’s long sleep
and plants in each heart with his verdant reach
New lust for creation for conquest and glory
Brothers, the campaign commences
Knights of old, heroes bold
Rode long ago over newly green ground
In their stead, forge ahead
Secrets long lost by our will shall be found
Fair spring shows her beauty
With blossom and bough
The life fountain thaws, flows swift and free now
With blood of the womb and the war and the oath
Our Holy Grail, ever enduring
As nature anoints the land with her rain
O, drink from her chalice, be born again!
Arise noble brothers, and lift up your swords
You ride once again with your king
You ride for the Dread-Wolf, your king!”
SPRING ISSUE OF RTACTN COMING SOON
WWW.RTACTN.COM
over the mountain and river and vale
Wandering breeze stirs the trees
whispering refrains of the ancient tales
The Green Man awakens from winter’s long sleep
and plants in each heart with his verdant reach
New lust for creation for conquest and glory
Brothers, the campaign commences
Knights of old, heroes bold
Rode long ago over newly green ground
In their stead, forge ahead
Secrets long lost by our will shall be found
Fair spring shows her beauty
With blossom and bough
The life fountain thaws, flows swift and free now
With blood of the womb and the war and the oath
Our Holy Grail, ever enduring
As nature anoints the land with her rain
O, drink from her chalice, be born again!
Arise noble brothers, and lift up your swords
You ride once again with your king
You ride for the Dread-Wolf, your king!”
SPRING ISSUE OF RTACTN COMING SOON
WWW.RTACTN.COM