THE SUBCONSCIOUS ASSASSIN
A hooded figure holds a glowing blue crystal on the Pyramid of the Sun beneath a galaxy sky, with fire on either side.

A dark hero for the inner world

THE SUBCONSCIOUS ASSASSIN

He doesn't kill people. He kills who they think they are.

Read the originWhich Mimic is yours?

A hooded being walks between realms, hunting the one enemy nobody else can see: the false self. The fear you inherited. The job title you mistook for your soul. The voice in your head that sounds like you, and isn't.

He is dark to look at and kind in purpose. He saves people from themselves.

"Sometimes part of us has to die for a new part of us to live."

Adrian Taffinder, creator
A hooded figure stands in a wide fighting stance in a red canyon, with blades of light extending from both hands.

CONTRACT 00 · THE DESERT

The first ego he killed was his own

Seven days before the Burn in the Nevada desert, a man with no ticket, no camp and no ride asked his body one question. It said go.

A ticket appeared. The cloak arrived the day before his flight. A friend's RV had one seat left.

In a city of dust where billionaires and drifters dress the same, the cloak opened every door, and he liked being seen. Then the great effigy burned, and in the flames he saw the last thing standing between him and his life. Himself.

At dawn, a hooded figure walked out of the dust.

A double exposure shows the hooded figure walking against the red rock landscape of Sedona.

The Kill

Every contract ends the same way. Seven beats. One choice that is always yours.

A hooded figure dissolves into fragments on ancient marble ruins at sunset, between burning braziers.

  1. The Still

    Time slows. Dust hangs in the air. A waterfall stops mid-fall.

  2. The Arrival

    He is already there, as if he always was.

  3. The Naming

    One sentence, felt not heard, that names what has been running your life.

  4. The Mirror

    You see it wearing your face. You see the cord in your own chest.

  5. The Choice

    Do you want to keep feeding it?

  6. The Cut

    An eight-pointed star in the air. A blade of blue light.

  7. The Breath

    The first full breath in years. The weight lifts.

That was never you.

The Mimics

Feed a false belief long enough and it becomes a Mimic: a parasite that wears your face and speaks in your voice. It sounds like you. It isn't.

The Somebody

"I need to be special. I need to be sure."

The desert

The Résumé

"I am what I do."

Sedona

The Mask

"Don't let them see."

Bangkok

The Guard

"Everything is a threat."

Komodo

The Judge

"I'd rather be right than loved."

Bosnia

The Runner

"If I keep moving, it can't catch me."

Pai

The Martyr

"Everyone comes before me."

Hong Kong

The Ancestor

"I owe them my whole life."

Beijing

The Grudge

"They don't deserve my peace."

Casablanca

The Mourner

"If I let go of the pain, I lose them."

Teotihuacan

The Monument

"If I'm forgotten, I never mattered."

Delos

The Hungry Ghost

"It's never enough."

Java

The Saviour

"Without them, who am I?"

Bali

Which Mimic is yours?

Seven questions. Answer with your gut, not your head.

At 3 a.m., the thought that keeps you awake is...

SEASON ONE

The Pilgrimage

Thirteen contracts. Eleven sacred sites. One blue crystal that charges at every one. Now in development.

00

The Burn

The Nevada desert

Seven days out, no ticket, no camp, no ride. The body said go.

A double exposure of the hooded figure walking across Sedona's red rock landscape.
01

The Replaced

Sedona

She trained the machine that replaced her.

02

The Plaster

Bangkok

Two million people love her face. None of them have seen it.

The hooded figure holds both arms wide at the Komodo National Park gate, between dragon statues and flames.
03

The Dragon

Komodo

The oldest predator on Earth is in his head.

04

The Judge

Bosnia

He's been right about everything. It has cost him everyone.

A hooded figure stands respectfully at the foot of a giant white Buddha in Pai, with crystal light at the heart.
05

The Runner

Pai

He thinks he's free. He's running.

A hooded figure meditates on a carpet with a galaxy visible inside the cloak, braziers nearby and a statue behind.
06

The Martyr

Hong Kong

She saves everyone. No one asks who saves her.

The hooded figure holds violet energy orbs in a misty autumn forest.
07

The Ancestor

Beijing

His father has been dead for two years. He's still obeying him.

A hooded figure sits before a Moroccan zellige fountain holding a blue orb, with flames alongside.
08

The Grudge

Casablanca

For twelve years he has carried a stone he was meant to throw.

A hooded figure raises a glowing blue crystal on the Pyramid of the Sun beneath a galaxy sky and flanking fires.
09

The Mourner

Teotihuacan

Letting go of the pain feels like losing him again.

Seen from below, the hooded figure stands on ancient stones with a cosmic orb shield and fire in both palms.
10

The Monument

Delos

On the island where no one may die, a dying man tries to become immortal.

The hooded figure stands in a misty jungle gorge, holding fire in both hands.
11

The Hungry Ghost

Java

More than he could spend in ten lifetimes. Never once safe.

12

The Last Ego

Bali

He has killed a thousand egos. The last one is wearing his cloak.

The blue master crystal rests beside a gold box.

The blue crystal

He carries a Siberian Blue crystal: discovered in Siberia, grown in a secret Soviet laboratory outside Moscow. It travelled with him to every site on the map, charged in ceremony at each one. In the story, it glows when a false self is near.

The crystal's real story
A close view of the hooded figure looking up at a white jade statue.

The man under the hood

The Assassin is the myth. The man behind it is Adrian Taffinder, Soul Purposepreneur and creator of Subconscious Surgery. For three decades he has worked on the beliefs, identities and emotional patterns people mistake for themselves.

The Surgeon works in daylight. The Assassin is the same work, told as legend.

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