Occult Beliefs and the Far Right: The Case of the Order of Nine Angles

Shah, Shanon; Cooper, Jane and Newcombe, Suzanne (2023). Occult Beliefs and the Far Right: The Case of the Order of Nine Angles. Studies in Conflict and Terrorism (Early access).

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/1057610X.2023.2195065

Abstract

This article investigates the esoteric beliefs of the Order of Nine Angles (ONA) as one way of making sense of its politics. By analyzing the ONA’s primary texts and archival data from the Information Network Focus on Religious Movements (Inform) we propose that, based on some recurring themes in the way the ONA is presented, it can be analyzed usefully as a new religious movement (NRM) with millenarian tendencies. At the same time, the aura of elitism, cool and danger-seeking that characterizes the larger Far Right milieu influences the selective appropriation of the ONA’s symbols and publications amongst violent neo-Nazis.

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