Satanism, in the popular imagination, is a carnival of gothic clichés. We picture candlelit rituals, inverted crosses, and rebellious teenagers scrawling pentagrams in their notebooks—a theatrical rebellion against a mainstream they find dull. It’s a safe, cinematic evil. But peel back that veneer and you will find something utterly alien: a system not of belief, but of action. A system where the “Satanist” is not a dissenter, but an operative.
This is the world of the Order of Nine Angles (ONA), arguably one of the most dangerous occult groups of the modern era. Emerging from the British neo-Nazi scene in Satanism, in the popular imagination, is a carnival of gothic clichés. We picture candlelit rituals, inverted crosses, and rebellious teenagers scrawling pentagrams in their notebooks—a theatrical rebellion against a mainstream they find dull. It’s a safe, cinematic evil. But peel back that veneer and you will find something utterly alien: a system not of belief, but of action. A system where the “Satanist” is not a dissenter, but an operative.
This is the world of the Order of Nine Angles (ONA), arguably one of the most dangerous occult groups of the modern era. Emerging from the British neo-Nazi scene in the 1970s under the influence of the infamous ideologue David Myatt, the ONA is a nexus of esoteric terror, white supremacist ideology, and metaphysical warfare. Their foundational texts, like the notorious Black Book of Satan, are not philosophical treatises for armchair occultists; they are operational manuals. They outline a coherent, nihilistic system that seeks nothing less than the total annihilation of the individual ego and the subversion of Western civilization.
Here are five bone-chilling truths from their own teachings that reveal a path far beyond mere blasphemy—a path that leads directly into the abyss.
1. It’s Not a Religion, It’s an Inhuman Training Program
Forget worship; the ONA’s core is a practical, brutal gauntlet known as the “Seven-Fold Sinister Way.” Its purpose is not to honor a deity but to forge a new type of human through a crucible of pain and transgression. This process begins with physical mastery pushed to punishing extremes. Their literature lays out mandatory, non-negotiable benchmarks for initiates:
- Run 32 kilometres (20 miles) in under 2.5 hours.
- Cycle 160 kilometres (100 miles) in less than 5.5 hours.
- Advance to the rank of External Adept by completing a full marathon in under 3 hours for men or 3 hours and 30 minutes for women.
This isn’t about health; it’s about forging a human weapon. This physical conditioning is merely the prelude to the program’s psychological core: the “Insight Role.” For six to eighteen months, the initiate must fully immerse themselves in a lifestyle designed to annihilate their socially-conditioned self. The examples provided in ONA texts are not thought experiments; they are mandates to acquire skills in criminality, political subversion, and infiltration:
- Become a professional burglar, mastering stealth and criminality.
- Join and become a leader in an “extreme political” group, explicitly citing far-right movements.
- Infiltrate the Police Force or military, learning the systems of the society you intend to destroy.
This is esoteric special forces training. While mainstream Satanic groups like the Church of Satan are dismissed by the ONA as “safe” and “self-deluded,” the ONA’s path is designed to first psychologically break and then rebuild the individual into a resilient, amoral, and self-sufficient operative, perfectly suited for the dark work to come.
2. Rituals Are Tools of Psychological Demolition
While the ONA prioritizes real-world action, its ritual practices are central to its methodology. These ceremonies are not for show; they are functional, designed to generate raw, pre-civilized energy and bypass the rational mind entirely. The instructions for their Black Mass, detailed in the Codex Saerus, are laid out with an unflinching, clinical specificity meant to obliterate the line between the sacred and the profane.
The ceremony requires an “altar-Priest” to lie on the altar as the communion hosts are consecrated through a direct sexual act performed by the Priestess. The text’s instructions are explicit:
The Priestess, quietly saying ‘Sanctissimi Corporis Satanas’, begins to masturbate the altar-Priest. As she does, the congregation begin to clap their hands and shout in encouragement… The Priestess allows the semen to fall upon the ‘hosts’, then hands the paten to the Mistress…
The rite concludes with the command: “The orgy of lust begins.” This is not shock for shock’s sake. It is practical magic aimed at psychological demolition. By forcing participants into primal, carnal states, the ritual shatters civilized inhibitions and creates a shared consciousness of pure, transgressive desire—a fitting energy source for their sinister aims.
3. Their Goddess is an Icon of Bloody Conquest
The goat-headed, androgynous Baphomet, famously illustrated by Eliphas Levi, represents esoteric balance and hermetic principles—an intellectual pursuit. The ONA violently rejects this figure. Their Baphomet is a terrifying, distinctly female archetype of raw, untamed power and earthly domination.
ONA texts describe their “Mistress of Earth” with precise and brutal imagery:
Baphomet is regarded by Satanists as a ‘violent goddess’ and is depicted as a beautiful woman, seated, who is naked from the waist up. In her left hand she holds the severed head of a man. In her other hand she holds a burning torch.
This is not a symbol of balance; it is an icon of bloody matriarchal conquest. As the “Bride of Lucifer,” this Baphomet provides the theological justification for a worldview that sanctifies predation and violence. She is the patron goddess for a system that openly embraces bloodshed as a tool of change.
4. They Codify Human Sacrifice as “Culling”
This is where the ONA’s ideology departs most radically from any recognizable spiritual path and enters the territory of a terrorist manifesto. Their teachings openly advocate for human sacrifice, which they term “culling” or opfer (German for “sacrifice”). In their literature, it is not presented as a transgression but as a necessary, almost hygienic, act of magick and eugenics.
The justifications are chillingly detached: to “improve the human stock” by eliminating the “worthless” and to accelerate the “sinister dialectic” of history. An internal guide states its purpose plainly:
Human sacrifice is powerful magick. The ritual death of an individual does two things: it releases energy…and it draws down dark forces or ‘entities’.
This horrifying doctrine is not abstract. The ONA’s ideology has been cited as a direct influence on violent neo-Nazi terror cells like the Atomwaffen Division and The Base. This philosophy of “culling” provides a metaphysical justification for politically motivated murder. In a world where extremist violence is on the rise—a 2024 report from the Center for Strategic and International Studies noted that racially or ethnically motivated violent extremists were responsible for the majority of terrorist plots in the United States—the ONA’s doctrine serves as a ready-made spiritual framework for real-world hate and violence.
Victims, according to their doctrine, are chosen through a cold calculus. The target is subjected to a series of unknown “tests” of character; their failure, in the eyes of the ONA, seals their fate, making them the architects of their own demise.
5. Their Final Goal: A Global “Satanic Empire” Built on Ruin
Beyond the brutal transformation of the individual, the ONA’s grand strategy is “Aeonic Magick”—the practice of altering history itself through metaphysical warfare. Their goal is explicitly revolutionary: to destabilize and destroy existing societies, which they view as decadent and weak, to pave the way for a new, “Satanic” order.
Their methods are a direct blueprint for insurgency and social corrosion:
- Undermine societies by promoting crime, drug use, and social decay.
- Amplify chaos by aiding political unrest, economic turmoil, and racial tensions.
- Support extremist ideologies across the political spectrum to accelerate conflict, explicitly naming “National-Socialism” as a useful tool.
This is a calculated long game. The ultimate stated goal is to facilitate “‘The Return of the Dark Gods’ and the creation of a Satanic Age and a Satanic Empire on Earth.” This ambition reframes the entire system. Unlike the selfish individualism of LaVeyan Satanism, the ONA presents itself as a world-historical force. Its teachings are not for societal dropouts, but for those who see themselves as agents of a vast, nihilistic evolutionary project designed to reshape humanity itself.
Conclusion: From Esoteric Text to Terrorist Manual
The teachings of the Order of Nine Angles offer a chilling glimpse into a reality where Satanism sheds its theatrical costume and becomes a disciplined system of self-annihilation, strategic murder, and geopolitical subversion. The path they lay out is a coherent, step-by-step process: it begins by breaking the individual, then harnesses their primal energies in visceral ritual, sanctifies violence through a bloodthirsty goddess, and directs them toward a final goal of global chaos.
It forces us to confront the terrifying point where esoteric philosophy curdles into a manual for terrorism, and where ancient symbols are repurposed to fuel modern-day hate. The ONA demonstrates that the most dangerous evil is not a caricature with horns and a pitchfork, but a calculated, patient, and chillingly human ideology armed with a plan.
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