Order of Nine Angles (O9A)
Esoteric occult-political network associated with David Myatt. Texts explicitly endorse human sacrifice ('culling'), terrorism, and infiltration of mainstream institutions. Multiple O9A-associated members have been convicted of terrorism and violent crimes.
CLCI radar
BITE breakdown
+3 for incitement to murder ('culling'), terrorism connections, and links to multiple violent crimes.
Profile facts
In context
The Order of Nine Angles (O9A) is a decentralised, secretive occult network whose origins are usually traced to England in the 1970s and to figures associated with David Myatt, a former neo-Nazi activist who later converted to and then left Islam. Rather than a conventional organisation with a defined membership roll, O9A functions more as a body of published texts and ritual instructions, distributed to a scattered and largely anonymous readership who adopt its ideas individually or in small, isolated cells, making its actual reach difficult to establish with precision.
O9A's core texts, including instructional documents such as "Culling — A Guide to Sacrifice," explicitly call for what the group terms "culling"-the murder of selected victims, often described as socially marginal or vulnerable people-framed as a spiritual initiation rite intended to demonstrate a practitioner's willingness to transgress conventional morality. Other O9A writings encourage adherents to infiltrate mainstream institutions, including police forces, the military, and political organisations, with the stated aim of undermining them from within to accelerate societal collapse. The material has also promoted incitement to racial and sexual violence, and its ideas circulated well beyond any core group through online extremist forums.
O9A's ideas found a significant audience within the neo-Nazi accelerationist scene of the 2010s and 2020s, most notably among members of Atomwaffen Division and its UK offshoot Sonnenkrieg Division, several of whose members have been convicted of terrorism offences with O9A material cited as part of their radicalisation. In the United Kingdom, Andrew Dymock was convicted in 2021 on terrorism charges connected to his role in Sonnenkrieg Division, and journalists and researchers, including reporting by the BBC, have documented O9A's influence on subsequent terrorism prosecutions in the UK, United States, and continental Europe. Campaigners have called for the network to be formally proscribed, though O9A's diffuse, leaderless structure has made conventional proscription difficult to apply.
Academic researchers studying occultism and the far right treat O9A as an unusual case: an esoteric belief system that supplies its scattered adherents with an explicit theological justification for murder and institutional subversion, propagated almost entirely through text rather than a bounded congregation or charismatic living leader. Its documented links to a string of terrorism convictions make it a significant example of how decentralised, internet-native ideological networks can generate the same real-world harms historically associated with tightly organised high-control groups, without any of the conventional markers of centralised leadership or communal membership.
History
Associated with David Myatt's writings since the 1970s; has been a recurring point of intersection between accelerationist neo-Nazi terrorism and Satanic / occult subcultures.
Key control doctrines
- 'Culling' (murder of selected victims) as initiation
- Infiltration of mainstream institutions
- Acceleration of societal collapse
Recovery resources
- Exit USA / Life After Hate — Support for those leaving violent extremism
See the full curated list at /resources.
Legal cases & controversies
- Multiple UK and US terrorism convictions of associated members
- UK proscription of Sonnenkrieg Division (2020)
Evidence by BITE axis
- Texts endorse murder as initiation
- Recommended infiltration of police / military
- Active recruitment in extremist online spaces
- Highly secretive cell structure
- Members coached to deny O9A affiliation publicly
- Accelerationist worldview rationalising violence
- Outside society framed as worthy of destruction
- Murder normalised as spiritual practice
- Initiation rituals designed to break empathy
- Internal violence among associated networks documented
Timeline
- 1970s+Texts associated with David Myatt circulate
- 2010s+Atomwaffen and other neo-Nazi groups absorb O9A materials
- 2021UK conviction of Andrew Dymock (Sonnenkrieg Division)
Evidence matrix
Structured sources cross-linked to the claims they document. Tiered per the source hierarchy. For free-text citations see the Sources section below.
Sources
- Jacob Senholt academic work on O9A search ↗
- Multiple UK / US counter-terrorism prosecutions search ↗
- BBC and ProPublica investigations search ↗
- UK Nazi Satanist group should be outlawed, campaigners urge — https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-51682760 open ↗
- Order of Nine Angles: What is this obscure Nazi Satanist group? — https://www.bbc.com/news/world-53141759 open ↗
- Between the Devil and the Old Gods — Alternative Spirituality and Religion Review (2018) — https://doi.org/10.5840%2Fasrr201810950 open ↗
- Satanism in Britain today — Journal of Contemporary Religion (1995) — https://doi.org/10.1080%2F13537909508580747 open ↗
- The ONA Network and the Transnationalization of Neo-Nazi-Satanism — Studies in Conflict & Terrorism (2022) — https://doi.org/10.1080%2F1057610X.2021.2024944 open ↗
- Toward the Galactic Imperium — Journal for the Study of Radicalism (2024) — https://doi.org/10.14321%2Fjstudradi.18.2.0001 open ↗
- Angular Momentum — International Journal for the Study of New Religions (2014) — https://doi.org/10.1558%2Fijsnr.v4i2.251 open ↗
- Occult Beliefs and the Far Right: The Case of the Order of Nine Angles — https://doi.org/10.1080%2F1057610X.2023.2195065 open ↗
- The Iron March Forum and the Evolution of the 'Skull Mask' Neo-Fascist Network — https://ctc.westpoint.edu/the-iron-march-forum-and-the-evolution-of-the-skull-mask-neo-fascist-network/ open ↗
- https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/3/1/who-are-the-azov-regiment — https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/3/1/who-are-the-azov-regiment open ↗
- Children as young as 13 joining Satanic Nazi groups, report warns — https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2019/02/18/children-young-13-joining-satanic-nazi-groups-report-warns/ open ↗
- Far right hate is spiralling out of control — https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/far-right-extremism-racism-islamophobia-antisemitism-hope-not-hate-politics-report-a8784946.html open ↗
- -extremistas de extrema derecha?t=1569355938259 «US Soldado acusado de enseñar a fabricar bombas a extremistas de extrema derecha — https://www.npr.org/2019/09/23/763544037/kansas-soldier-charged-with-teaching-bomb-making-to open ↗
- Soldado que discutió el ataque en EE. UU. se declara culpable de distribuir instrucciones sobre bombas — https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/army-soldier-who-discussed-attack-us-pleads-guilty-distributing-n1134571 open ↗
- Soldiers' cases highlight reach of white supremacy in U.S. military — https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/soldiers-cases-highlight-reach-of-white-extremism-into-us-military/2020/06/25/0203532e-b582-11ea-9b0f-c797548c1154_story.html open ↗
- U.S. Army Soldier Charged with Terrorism Offenses for Planning Deadly Ambush on Service Members in His Unit — https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/us-army-soldier-charged-terrorism-offenses-planning-deadly-ambush-service-members-his-unit open ↗
- Neo‑Nazis hijack gaming groups to spread hate against Muslims — https://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/news/neo-nazis-hijack-gaming-groups-to-spread-hate-against-muslims-hzjnn65th open ↗
- Random' Murder of Muslim Man Linked to 'Neo-Nazi Death Cult': Report — https://www.vice.com/en/article/k7qvny/random-murder-of-muslim-man-linked-to-neo-nazi-death-cult-report open ↗
- Satanic forums visited by a killer uncovered — https://www.bbc.com/news/av/uk-58191473 open ↗
- Facebook Just Booted a Satanist Accused of Inspiring a Man to Kill 2 Women — https://www.vice.com/en/article/3ab85v/facebook-just-booted-a-satanist-accused-of-inspiring-a-man-to-kill-two-women open ↗
- Andrew Dymock: Neo-Nazi guilty of terrorism charges — https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-somerset-57439480 open ↗
- British Neo-Nazis suggest Prince Harry should be shot — https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-46460442 open ↗
- Mapping Militant Organizations. "Atomwaffen Division/National Socialist Order. — https://cisac.fsi.stanford.edu/mappingmilitants/profiles/atomwaffen-division open ↗
- Neo-Nazi terror offender jailed over indecent images of children and extreme pornography — https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/neo-nazi-child-abuse-prison-sentence-porn-sonnenkrieg-division-a9632636.html open ↗
- Occult Beliefs and the Far Right: The Case of the Order of Nine Angles — https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/1057610X.2023.2195065 open ↗
- Dangerous Organizations and Bad Actors: Order of Nine Angles — https://www.middlebury.edu/institute/academics/centers-initiatives/ctec/publications/dangerous-organizations-and-bad-actors-order-nine open ↗
- The Order of Nine Angles: Cosmology, Practice & Movement — https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/1057610X.2023.2186737 open ↗
- U.S. Army Soldier Charged With Terrorism Offenses For Planning Deadly Ambush On Service Members In His Unit — https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/us-army-soldier-charged-terrorism-offenses-planning-deadly-ambush-service-members-his open ↗
- Italian Police Arrest Teen Linked to 764 Network — https://www.vice.com/en/article/italian-police-arrest-teen-linked-to-764-network/ open ↗
- Teen in Mexico School Attack Had Links to Online Extremist Groups — https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2024-12-16/teen-mexico-school-attack-764 open ↗
- Former U.S. Army Soldier Sentenced To 45 Years In Prison For Attempting To Murder Fellow Service Members In Deadly Ambush — https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/former-us-army-soldier-sentenced-45-years-prison-attempting-murder-fellow-service open ↗
- Order of Nine Angles: What is this obscure Nazi Satanist group? — https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-53141759 open ↗
- Teenager becomes UK's youngest convicted terrorist — https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-50073870 open ↗
- Man charged with 1st-degree murder in death of Mohamed-Aslim Zafis — https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/guilherme-von-neutegem-charged-murder-toronto-1.5729726 open ↗
- Calls for neo-Nazi Satanist group to be banned as terrorist organisation — https://jewishnews.timesofisrael.com/calls-for-neo-nazi-satanist-group-to-be-banned-as-terrorist-organisation/ open ↗
- A Twenty-First Century Siege — Neo-Nazi Terrorism and Countercultural Fascism (2024) — https://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9780429200090-3 open ↗
- White Jihad: How White Supremacists Adopt Jihadi Narratives, Aesthetics, and Tactics — Terrorism and Political Violence (2023) — https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09546553.2023.2223694 open ↗
- lire en ligne — https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/09546553.2023.2223694 open ↗
- Russie : un couple de «satanistes» accusé de deux meurtres rituels — https://www.lefigaro.fr/flash-actu/russie-un-couple-de-satanistes-accuse-de-deux-meurtres-rituels-20210820 open ↗
- Satanism in Britain today — Journal of Contemporary Religion (1995) — https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13537909508580747 open ↗
- Angular Momentum — International Journal for the Study of New Religions (2014) — https://dx.doi.org/10.1558/ijsnr.v4i2.251 open ↗
- Anklage gegen Ethan Melzer — https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/press-release/file/1287701/dl open ↗
- Nihilism and Terror: How M.K.Y. Is Redefining Terrorism, Recruitment, and Mass Violence. — https://ctc.westpoint.edu/nihilism-and-terror-how-m-k-y-is-redefining-terrorism-recruitment-and-mass-violence/ open ↗
- US soldier Ethan Melzer accused of planning attack on own unit. — https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-53145806 open ↗
- “The ONA Network and the Transnationalization of Neo-Nazi-Satanism” — https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/1057610X.2021.2024944 open ↗
- An American Neo-Nazi Group Has Dark Plans for Canada — https://www.vice.com/en/article/ev847a/an-american-neo-nazi-group-has-dark-plans-for-canada open ↗
- “High Wycombe neo-Nazi Jacek Tchorzewski jailed for terror offences” — https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-49773773 open ↗
- “The Iron March Forum and the Evolution of the 'Skull Mask' Neo-Fascist Network” — https://ctc.usma.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/CTC-SENTINEL-102021.pdf open ↗
- “Biden pressed to label foreign hate groups 'terrorists': Report” — https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/4/9/biden-called-to-label-white-power-groups-terrorists-reuters open ↗
- Pony mutilated in suspected satanic act in Dartmoor — https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/crime/10205724/Pony-mutilated-in-suspected-satanic-act-in-Dartmoor.html open ↗
- “He Was an FBI Informant—and Inspired a Generation of Violent Extremists” — https://www.wired.com/story/the-dangerous-exploits-of-an-extremist-fbi-informant/ open ↗
- Why Do Neo-Nazis Keep Getting Arrested For Child Sexual Abuse Material? — https://www.vice.com/en/article/why-do-neo-nazis-keep-getting-arrested-for-child-porn/ open ↗
- Former Army Private Sentenced to 45 Years in Neo-Nazi Plot to Kill Soldiers — https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/03/us/ethan-melzer-army-neo-nazi-sentenced.html open ↗
- Neo-Nazi teen listed terror attack targets — https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-tyne-50470957 open ↗
- Random» Murder of Muslim Man Linked to Neo-Nazi Death Cult — https://www.vice.com/en/article/random-murder-of-muslim-man-linked-to-neo-nazi-death-cult-report/ open ↗
- Teenage neo-Nazis jailed over terror offences — https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-48672929 open ↗
- Accused former Atomwaffen Division leader shared child pornography, prosecutors allege in Va. court — https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/public-safety/alleged-former-atomwaffen-division-leader-shared-child-pornography-prosecutors-allege-in-va-court/2020/03/13/ea6ced0c-6544-11ea-acca-80c22bbee96f_story.html open ↗
- Facebook Just Booted a Satanist Accused of Inspiring a Man to Kill 2 Women — https://www.vice.com/en/article/facebook-just-booted-a-satanist-accused-of-inspiring-a-man-to-kill-two-women/ open ↗
- Neo-Nazi Pedophilic Cult Member Allegedly Coerced Minors to Make Child Porn — https://www.vice.com/en/article/neo-nazi-pedophile-cult-arrest-order-of-nine-angles/ open ↗
- Neo-Nazi Luca Benincasa locked up for terror and child sex crimes — https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-64404704 open ↗
- West Michigan Man Charged With Child Exploitation Offenses — https://justice.gov/usao-wdmi/pr/2024_0208_R_Densmore_Indictment open ↗
- 764 Terror Network Member Richard Densmore Sentenced to 30 Years in Prison — https://www.wired.com/story/richard-densmore-sentencing-764/ open ↗
- Satanist caught with extreme right-wing texts claimed «possession — https://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/old-bailey-streatham-stansted-airport-finland-lucifer-b1249069.html open ↗
- The Violent Rise of «No Lives Matter — https://www.wired.com/story/no-lives-matter-764-violence/ open ↗
- Il gruppo neonazista del 15enne arrestato per terrorismo a Bolzano: il fondatore condannato a 80 anni e il numero «764 — https://corrieredeltrentino.corriere.it/notizie/cronaca/25_febbraio_13/il-gruppo-neonazista-del-15enne-arrestato-per-terrorismo-a-bolzano-il-fondatore-condannato-a-80-anni-e-il-numero-764-0d84b3ee-bac4-4b1c-beaf-fee7e4862xlk.shtml open ↗
- Teen charged with killing parents also planned to assassinate Trump, FBI says — https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/teen-charged-killing-parents-planned-assassinate-trump-rcna201054 open ↗
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Change history
Substantive edits logged per the score-updates policy.
- 2026-05-20Source-density flags derived from existing free-text sources[]: academic sources, investigative journalism. Heuristic auto-flag; subsequent editorial pass will populate structuredSources[] with reliability tiers.
- 2026-05-20Score band scheme migrated from 4 bands to 5 (Minimal 0–5 / Low 6–12 / Moderate 13–20 / High 21–30 / Extreme 31–40). No CLCI value changed; the new Minimal band was carved out of the bottom of the previous Low band.
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Frequently asked questions
Q.Is Order of Nine Angles a cult?
CLCI Hub deliberately avoids the binary label "cult." Instead it places groups on a transparent 0–40 spectrum of documented control using Steven Hassan's BITE model (Behaviour, Information, Thought, Emotional). Order of Nine Angles scores 33 out of 40 — "Destructive / Extreme", at medium confidence. The score describes documented control patterns, not a judgement of members' sincerity or beliefs; many members do not personally experience the patterns listed.
Q.What is Order of Nine Angles's CLCI score?
Order of Nine Angles scores 33 out of 40 on the Cult-Like Control Index, which falls in the "Extreme" band. That total is the sum of four BITE axes — Behaviour 8, Information 7, Thought 8, Emotional 7 — plus a signed modifier of +3 for aggravating or mitigating factors.
Q.Why does Order of Nine Angles score 33 on the CLCI?
The score reflects publicly documented patterns including: Texts explicitly endorse murder ('culling') of selected victims; Documented terrorism convictions of associated members; Strategy of infiltrating police, military, and mainstream politics; Active recruitment in extremist online spaces. These map onto the BITE axes of behaviour, information, thought, and emotional control, and a signed modifier of +3 is applied for factors such as financial demands, leadership accountability, and exit costs. Every claim is backed by the citations in the Sources section on this page.
Q.How reliable is the Order of Nine Angles rating?
This profile is rated Medium confidence. Medium confidence means the score rests on reputable journalism plus consistent ex-member testimony. CLCI scores are not fixed — they are revised whenever new public evidence appears, and groups that reform can score lower over time.
Q.Where can I get help regarding Order of Nine Angles?
If you or someone you care about is affected by Order of Nine Angles, start with the Recovery resources listed on this page. General cult-aware support is available from the International Cultic Studies Association (icsahome.com) and the Freedom of Mind Resource Center (freedomofmind.com). CLCI Hub is an educational resource, not a crisis service — if anyone is in immediate danger, contact local emergency services.
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