This article explores the history, philosophy, and modern-day controversies surrounding this fringe movement. Origins and History
The ONA prescribes a seven-stage initiatory path, which is explicitly designed to be dangerous and amoral: order of the nine angles
While Myatt has vacillated between different ideologies throughout his life—including radical Islam and his own "Philosophy of Pathei-Mathos"—the foundational texts of the O9A are credited to Long. These writings describe a system rooted in what they call "Traditional Satanism," which they claim predates modern iterations of the occult. The Philosophy: The Seven-Fold Way The Philosophy: The Seven-Fold Way The group is
The group is widely attributed to David Myatt, a British neo-Nazi and extremist who wrote under the pseudonym "Anton Long." Myatt developed the philosophy and rituals of the ONA between the 1970s and the early 1990s. While Myatt has publicly distanced himself from the group in later years (converting to Islam and later promoting a philosophy of "pathei-mathos), academic researchers and journalists have largely maintained the connection between his writings and the ONA's foundational texts. This article explores the history