Editing Order of Nine Angles (section)

===Aeonic cosmology===
The ONA is a [[millenarianism|millenarian]] group.{{sfn|Shah|Cooper|Newcombe|2023|p=12}} It states that cosmic evolution is guided by a "sinister dialectics" of alternating Aeonic energies.{{sfn|Gardell|2003|p=294}} It divides [[human history]] into a series of Aeons, believing that each Aeon was dominated by a human [[civilization]] that emerged, evolved, and then died.{{sfnm|1a1=Gardell|1y=2003|1p=294|2a1=Goodrick-Clarke|2y=2003|2p=220}} It states that each Aeon lasts for approximately 2,000 years, with its respective dominating human civilization developing within the latter 1,500 years of that period.{{sfn|Senholt|2013|p=261}} It holds that after 800 years of growth, each civilization faces problems, resulting in a "Time of Troubles" that lasts from between 398 and 400 years.{{sfn|Goodrick-Clarke|2003|p=220}}

In each civilization's final stage is a period that lasts for approximately 390 years, in which it is controlled by a strong military and imperial regime, after which the civilization falls.{{sfn|Goodrick-Clarke|2003|p=220}} The ONA claims that humanity has lived through five such Aeons, each with an associated civilization: the Primal, [[Hyperborea]]n, [[Sumer]]ian, [[Hellenistic period|Hellenic]], and [[History of Western civilization|Western]].{{sfn|Gardell|2003|p=391}} Scholars have argued that this system of Aeons was inspired by the work of [[Arnold J. Toynbee]],{{sfnm|1a1=Goodrick-Clarke|1y=2003|1p=220|2a1=Senholt|2y=2013|2p=261}} and possibly also the notion of aeons presented in Crowley's [[Thelema]].{{sfn|Senholt|2013|p=261}}

The ONA claims that the current Western civilization has a [[Faustian]] ethos and has recently undergone its Time of Troubles, with its final stage, an "Imperium" of militaristic governance, due to commence at some point in 1990–2011 and last until 2390.{{sfn|Goodrick-Clarke|2003|p=220}} This will be followed by a period of chaos from which will be established a sixth Aeon, the Aeon of Fire, which will be represented by the Galactic civilization in which an Aryan society shall colonize the [[Milky Way]] galaxy.{{sfnm|1a1=Gardell|1y=2003|1pp=294,391|2a1=Goodrick-Clarke|2y=2003|2p=221}} 

The Order holds that unlike previous Aeonic civilizations, Western civilization has been infected with the "Magian/Nazarene" distortion, which they associate with the Judeo-Christian religion.{{sfnm|1a1=Gardell|1y=2003|1p=294|2a1=Goodrick-Clarke|2y=2003|2p=220|3a1=Senholt|3y=2013|3p=261}} The group's writings state that while Western civilization had once been "a pioneering entity, imbued with elitist values and exalting the way of the warrior", under the impact of the Magian/Nazarene ethos it has become "essentially neurotic, inward-looking and obsessed", embracing [[humanism]], [[capitalism]], [[communism]], as well as "the sham of [[democracy]]" and "the dogma of [[racial equality]]."{{sfn|Goodrick-Clarke|2003|p=220}} 

They believe that these Magian/Nazarene forces represent a counter-evolutionary trend which threatens to prevent the emergence of the Western Imperium and thus the evolution of humanity, teaching that this cosmic enemy must be overcome through the force of will.{{sfnm|1a1=Gardell|1y=2003|1p=294|2a1=Goodrick-Clarke|2y=2003|2p=220|3a1=Senholt|3y=2013|3p=261}} The Order is thus far more overtly politically extreme in its aims than other Satanic and left-hand path organisations are, seeking to infiltrate and destabilise modern society through magical and practical means.{{sfn|Senholt|2013|p=251}} Both Goodrick-Clarke and Sieg note that these ideas regarding the "Magian soul" and "cultural distortion" brought about by [[Jews]] derive from the works of [[Oswald Spengler]] and [[Francis Parker Yockey]].{{sfnm|1a1=Goodrick-Clarke|1y=2003|1p=220|2a1=Sieg|2y=2013|2p=259}}