Clavicular, Clavicula. A Dive Into "Looksmaxxing," Transhumanism, and Occult Ritual
Rising out of the fog of internet obscurity, “Clavicular,” real name Braden Peters, has built up an almost inescapable online presence in the span of a few short months. As someone who was not even remotely interested in the “looksmaxxing” community, my social media feeds were inundated with clips from his livestreams where he discussed topics including extreme body “enhancements”, “mogging”, and other related subjects. At first, I paid it no mind. Just another young internet troll, I thought, gaining popularity for sensational and extreme/deranged content. But the more I learned about this 20-year-old character from New Jersey with a murky past, the more I found myself stuck with unanswered questions. As I was pondering and studying this subject with a sort of morbid fascination, something stuck out to me which gave me pause and led me down a deeper investigative dive on who, and what, “Clavicular” really is.
Oddly enough, the thing which stuck out to me the most as I was looking into this, which vexed me to no end, was the name “Clavicular” itself. His official explanation for the origins of the name is a quick sidenote published in an article by the Atlantic, stating that the moniker “’Clavicular’...refer[s] to the unusual importance that looksmaxxers place on the width of their clavicles.” How strange, because through all the videos I’ve seen of him circulating online, never once was the significance of the “clavicle bone” revealed in its relation to “looksmaxxing”. The same man who encourages his audience to take methamphetamines for weight loss, smash their jaw bones with a hammer, and perform DIY surgical procedures and injections has never once brought up how to enhance the one thing he named his whole account after. Taken at face value, it seems like he doesn’t actually care about the “clavicle bone” at all. So... what’s going on? Does this seemingly random name even mean anything?
Well, it turns out that there might be a much deeper symbolic meaning behind this name, one that could help us understand his carefully engineered rise to fame, and give us clues towards the messaging that he is being used to promote.
I have uncovered the existence of a text, obscured by the passage of time, which appeared to promote the very same messages that “Clavicular” stands for today.
This text exists in the form of a dark occultist book, which details, among other things, rituals to “summon and constrain” demons in order to “gain favour and love.” It is known as the Clavicula Salomonis, or the Greater Key of Solomon in English, and is a book that is part of the larger lexicon of black magic texts studied in secrecy to this day. The text has roots dating back to the 14th or 15th century Italian Renaissance era and is supposedly based on the Testament of Solomon, an important monarch in the Hebrew Bible whose ring contained a seal which is widely believed by occultists to have imbued into him dark magic powers which allowed him to “command supernatural beings” and summon demonic entities to enact his will.
(By the way, if you haven’t done so already, please look up the Seal of Solomon on Wikipedia and note the symbol presented. Doesn’t it look familiar? Now see if you can find that same symbol in this illustration taken from the Clavicula of a magical circle used in a demon-summoning ritual.)
Clavicula, Clavicular. It’s all very interesting. But what could “Clavicular” the streamer possibly have to do with dark occult societies who practice demon worship and spirit summoning rituals? Surely this has to be some sort of coincidence.
I would now like to bring your attention to the subject of Peter Thiel, the billionaire founder of Palantir who enjoyed a close friendship with Jeffrey Epstein as revealed recently through the emails shared between the two , and who has famously fantasized on multiple occasions about the coming of an AI antichrist. Something which is less discussed, though, is Thiel’s reported fascination with age-reversal and engineering the “perfect” human body. In a 2016 Vanity Fair article, Thiel talks at length about the subject, saying;
“I’m looking into parabiosis stuff, which I think is really interesting. This is where they did the young blood into older mice and they found that had a massive rejuvenating effect,” he said. “And so that’s... that is one that... again, it’s one of these very odd things where people had done these studies in the 1950s and then it got dropped altogether. I think there are a lot of these things that have been strangely under-explored.”
In the same article, it is alleged that Theil spends “$40000 per quarter to get an infusion of blood from an 18-year-old,” aligning with what we’ve learned so far about the Epstein class's depraved obsession with ritualistic child abuse and penchant for blood sacrifice. It also calls into question again their interest in “adrenochrome,” a compound synthesized from human blood under conditions of extreme stress, reportedly used by some as a “youth elixir.”
This fascination with immortality and the ideation of an “AI Antichrist” further bleeds into Thiel’s documented relationship with Israel, specifically former prime minister Ehud Barak. It was Epstein who had originally set him up with Barak, writing to Barak that he “...should spend real time with Peter Thiel”, and to Thiel that they “both will enjoy each others’ interests.”
This friendship and business alliance between Thiel and Barak progressed from 2014 onwards. Recently in 2024, Thiel allowed Israel the full use of Palantir’s AI military technology in their indiscriminate bombing campaign in Gaza. A fitting partnership between a blood-thirsty AI warlord and a country who bears the Seal of Solomon proudly on its national flag.
But I digress. Let us turn our focus once more to “Clavicular” or, as I will refer to him from now onwards, “Clavicula.”
According to his Wikipedia profile, Clavicula’s content focuses on instructing fans on “how to ‘ascend,’ or to become more attractive and ostensibly gain social power and sexual prospects as a result, and to ‘hardmaxx’, a looksmaxxing term for undergoing intense and painful physical alterations.” Note the use of the word “ascension,” or progression from human being towards something greater than, playing on the ages-long idea of emulating the divine. Or, in this case, to emulate the false god, the Antichrist. He also attributes his desire to “ascend” as part of “wanting to influence others politically by becoming more attractive.”
This stated goal is in contrast to his seeming disinterest in politics when confronted directly. As part of his “act”, he often hides his real motivations behind the veneer of “performance art,” or “jestermaxxing.”
Let us further examine how he puts these concepts into practice.
Here is a clip taken from one of Clavicula’s livestreams showing him injecting his 17-year old girlfriend’s face with an unregulated fat-dissolving drug (note he was 20 here). The clip is graphic in nature and difficult to watch, as the girl repeatedly asserts that she is in pain, leaving viewers with the eerie impression that she was coerced into participating in this grotesque ritual. Although this clips sticks out to most viewers as being one of his most alarming and discomforting moments, most of Clavicula’s content follows the same blueprint. Dehumanize the human body, paint perceived bodily flaws as detrimental, almost immoral and sinful, then eliminate these “flaws” through bodily experimentation via ritualized self-hate, injections and surgery. Rinse and repeat until “ascension” is attained.
On Feb 12th, 2026, Clavicula walked the runway for designer Elena Velez’s F/W 2026-27 New York Fashions Week show. Here is a profile published by GQ regarding the context of the show and Clavicula’s role in selling the concept:
Let us not downplay the role of the fashion industry in normalizing the depraved morals shared by the Epstein class. Recall that figures like Jean-Luc Brunel, notorious French “model scout” and sex trafficker, and Les Wexner, billionaire owner of Victoria’s Secret and long-time Epstein associate, were the norm and not the exception.
Perhaps, it is not surprising at all then, that Epstein co-conspirator Peter Thiel had personally invited Clavicula to a party at his $11.5 million Hollywood Hills mansion, which Clavicula referred to as a “Diddy party.” The exchange in which this information was revealed was recorded on stream and is open public knowledge. It probably also wouldn’t be a stretch to say that the mysterious Clavicula donor known as “P,” who funneled over $500,000 to him since the very beginning of his streaming career, is also Peter Thiel himself.
When confronted during an interview over the claim that Peter Thiel had allegedly paid to bail him out of jail, Clavicula appeared incredibly defensive, almost apprehensive in his response. After initially feigning ignorance as to who Peter Thiel was, he eventually accused the interviewer herself of being funded by Peter Thiel and berated her for being a “paid agent” before cutting the interview short.
Peter Thiel, Epstein, child abuse, sex trafficking, occult mysticism, transhumanism, Israel, Armageddon, the Antichrist.
Clavicular, Clavicula Salomonis. A tool, a puppet of a much larger, much more sinister political and technological organization which seeks to normalize dehumanization and depravity.
But don’t look into it! Because, “politics is for losers.”
What is most alarming to me is not even the extent of the practices of “looksmaxxing” as it exists today, but the ends to which we are being socially conditioned into accepting the repulsive and unacceptable.
Vocabulary and references can be incorporated into our cultural lexicon from dangerous ideologies we don’t even fully understand. Toxic ideas can be continuously perpetuated and justified under the veneer of “art” or “comedy.” In an era that pushes the ideal of unlimited growth and pushing the human body to its very physical limits in a race for survival against an AI-dominated economy, we must constantly remind ourselves; “who exactly is setting the script?” and, “what exactly are we being conditioned to accept?”
I would like to end my thoughts with the reminder that Peter Thiel and co. have been pushing forward the implementation of Neuralink and other invasive AI technologies for the better part of the last decade.
If we can be conditioned to openly accept the disfigurement of the natural human body in pursuit of “perfection”, it is only a matter of time before we reach the next frontier of “transhuman evolution.” How much further will we push our mental boundaries to give space for messaging which poses a great psychological threat to our minds and souls? How much longer will we allow evil ideologies to rule over our lives? Perhaps the future of the “AI Antichrist” is closer than we could ever imagine, but I would like to hold onto the hope that the more harmful messaging we can collectively unlearn, the more we can grasp the human spirit, and save our very souls from the possibility of extinction.