Editing Order of Nine Angles (section)

====Anton Long's identity====

The real identity of "Anton Long" remains unknown both to members of the Order and to academics who have studied it.{{sfnm|1a1=Monette|1y=2013|1p=85|2a1=Shah|2a2=Cooper|2a3=Newcombe|2y=2023|2p=3}} However, a 1998 issue of the [[Anti-fascism|anti-fascist]] magazine ''[[Searchlight (magazine)|Searchlight]]'' claimed that "Anton Long" was a pseudonym of [[David Myatt]], a prominent figure in the British neo-Nazi movement.{{sfnm|1a1=Senholt|1y=2013|1p=256|2a1=Introvigne|2y=2016|2p=357}} Shared ideas between the two include the belief in an "acausal" realm where the [[laws of physics]] do not apply, the idea that human history divides into distinct aeons, support for the future colonisation of space, and the "Star Game," a board game that Myatt claimed to have developed in 1975.{{sfn|Doyle White|2018|p=158}}

[[File:Ibnmyatt.png|thumb|upright|[[David Myatt]], pictured in 1998, is often cited as the central ideologue in the ONA.]]

Born in the early 1950s, Myatt had a long history in neo-Nazism, serving as a bodyguard for [[Colin Jordan]] of the [[British Movement]] before joining the [[Combat 18]] militia and becoming a founding member and leader of the [[National Socialist Movement (UK, 1997)|National Socialist Movement]].{{sfnm|1a1=Goodrick-Clarke|1y=2003|1pp=217, 222|2a1=Ryan|2y=2003|2p=53|3a1=Senholt|3y=2013|3pp=263–264}} In 1973, Myatt has claimed, he formed an occult group to serve as a "honeypot" to pull occultists toward neo-Nazism, but that he left its organisation largely to a man from Manchester.{{sfn|Doyle White|2018|pp=158-159}}
Myatt's text on ''A Practical Guide to Aryan Revolution'', in which he advocated violent militancy in aid of the neo-Nazi cause, was cited as an influence on the nail bomber [[David Copeland]].{{sfnm|1a1=Weitzmann|1y=2010|1p=16|2a1=Senholt|2y=2013|2pp=263–264}} In 1998, Myatt converted to [[Islam]] and remained a practicing Muslim for eight years, in which time he encouraged violent [[jihad]] against [[Zionism]] and Israel's Western allies.{{sfnm|1a1=Weitzmann|1y=2010|1pp=16–17|2a1=Senholt|2y=2013|2pp=265–267|3a1=Introvigne|3y=2016|3p=358}} In 2010, he announced that he had renounced Islam and was practicing an esoteric tradition that he termed the "Numinous Way";{{sfn|Introvigne|2016|p=358}} Gregorius characterised this as "a type of Hellenistic Pantheism".{{sfn|Gregorius|2023|p=253}}

Academic scholars of esotericism who have supported Long's identification as Myatt include Goodrick-Clarke,{{sfnm|1a1=Goodrick-Clarke|1y=2003|1p=216|2a1=Introvigne|2y=2016|2p=357}} Per Faxneld,{{sfn|Faxneld|2013a|p=207}} and Jacob C. Senholt.{{sfn|Senholt|2009|p=16}} Senholt presented additional evidence that he believed confirmed Myatt's identity as Long,{{sfn|Senholt|2013|p=268}} writing that Myatt's embrace of neo-Nazism and radical [[Islamism]] represented "insight roles" which Myatt had adopted as part of the ONA's "sinister strategy" to undermine Western society.{{sfn|Senholt|2013|p=267}} In 2015, an ONA member known as R. Parker argued in favour of the idea that Myatt was Long. As a result of Page's publication, the sociologist of religion [[Massimo Introvigne]] stated that the ONA has "more or less acknowledged" that Myatt and Long are the same person.{{sfn|Introvigne|2016|p=358}} The ONA have utilised this ambiguity, in 2018 issuing a publication titled '' A Modern Mysterium: The Enigma of Myatt and the ONA'' containing essays both arguing for and against the case that Myatt is Long.{{sfn|Shah|Cooper|Newcombe|2023|p=4}}

Myatt has repeatedly denied allegations that he has any involvement with the ONA,{{sfnm|1a1=Ryan|1y=2003|1p=53|2a1=Senholt|2y=2013|2p=267|3a1=Gregorius|3y=2023|3p=252}} maintaining that he has never used the pseudonym "Anton Long".{{sfnm|1a1=Monette|1y=2013|1p=111}} He has claimed that he had personal contacts with people involved in the ONA around the 1980s,{{sfn|Shah|Cooper|Newcombe|2023|p=3}} and that similarities between his ideas and those of the ONA result from the latter's borrowing from him.{{sfn|Doyle White|2018|p=158}} Some scholars have argued that Myatt's identification as Long remains circumstantial.{{sfn|Doyle White|2018|p=158}} Kaplan suggested that Myatt and Long are separate people,{{sfn|Kaplan|1998|p=115}} while Sieg thought the association was "implausible and untenable based on the extent of variance in writing style, personality, and tone" between Myatt and Long.{{sfn|Sieg|2013|p=257}} Doyle White suggested that 'Long' could be one of the individuals involved in Myatt's "honeypot" occult group, hence explaining the borrowings from Myatt's ideas.{{sfn|Doyle White|2018|p=159}} Monette posited the possibility that "Anton Long" was not a singular individual but rather a pseudonym used by several different people.{{sfn|Monette|2013|p=92}}