The Order of Nine Angles is a group of Satanists who believe that Satanism is a dark quest to create a new, higher, type of human being, and, ultimately, a new type of human society.
According to the ONA:
"Satanism is understood by its genuine adherents as a particular Occult way or method. That is, it is a specific path or way toward a specific goal, the following of which involves a particular way of living. The specific path is a dark, sinister, or 'Left Hand Path' one, and the specific goal is the creation of a new type of individual. On a more general level, Satanism is concerned with changing our evolution and the societies we live in - creating, in fact a new human species and a civilization appropriate to the new type of human being." (Anton Long: Satanism: A Basic Introduction for Prospective Adherents, Thormynd Press, England, 1992)
This dark quest involves self-overcoming, and is based upon practical experience by undertaking such things as culling (human sacrifice), violence, Insight Roles, and the performance of Grade Rituals, one of which involves the individual in surviving alone in the wilderness for three months.
The ONA eschews the religious type of approach evident in groups such as the Temple of Set and regards other Satanic groups, such as the Church of Satan, with contempt. [1]
The Temple of Set proscribed the ONA in the early nineteen-eighties for its avowal of human sacrifice. [2]
Originally based in England, the ONA now has associates, and groups, in the United States, Europe, Australasia, Canada and Russia.
References
- Anthropoetics (The Journal of Generative Anthropology) Volume IX, number 2 (Fall 2003/Winter 2004)
- Black Sun: Aryan Cults, Esoteric Nazism, and the Politics of Identity by Nicholas Goodrick-Clarke, (New York University Press, 2002 AD)
- Nox:The Black Book Volume 1 - Infernal Texts. Edited by Stephen Sennitt, Logos Press, 1998
- Encyclopedia of White Power: A Sourcebook on the Radical Racist Right, Edited by Jeffrey Kaplan (Rowman & Littlefield Pub Inc., 2000), pp.235ff
- Satanism Today : An Encyclopedia of Religion, Folklore, and Popular Culture ISBN 1576072924
- Satanism
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