Order of the Jarls of Baelder

Order of the Jarls of Baelder
Founded1990
FounderStephen Bernard Cox
Dissolved2005
Websitearktion.org

The Order of the Jarls of Baelder (OJB) was a British folkish neopagan society founded in 1990 by Stephen Bernard Cox. It was renamed to Arktion Federation in 1998, classified as fascist Satanism by Christopher Partridge. The group dissolved in 2005.

History

The Order of the Jarls of Baelder was founded by Stephen Bernard Cox in 1990.[1][2][3] It was renamed to Arktion Federation in 1998.[4] Cox had been briefly associated in the 1980s with the neo-Nazi Satanist group Order of Nine Angles,[5][6][7][8][9] Cox having published the ONA's book Naos in 1990 under the imprint of his Coxland Press[10] and Antares by ONA member Christos Beest in 1993.[11] It was associated with Cox's other group, the Fraternitas Loki.[12] The group dissolved in 2005.[13]

Beliefs

The OJB advocated "pan-European" "neo-tribalism" pursuing the "aeonic destiny of Europe" and the emergence of the elitist Superman. Gay members were encouraged to join because it was felt they added to the male bonding of the organization. The OJB symbol consisted of the valknut combined with the Gemini sign within a broken curved-armed swastika.[2] The group was classified as fascist Satanism by the scholar Christopher Partridge.[4]

According to Anti-fascistische Actie Nederland, in the 1990s the OJB belonged to the international network of Satanic Nazi organizations which the ONA played a pivotal role.[14] The OJB denied being Nazis. Instead, the society claimed to have advocated pan-European neo-tribalism which involved celebration of the rich tapestry of cultural diversity of humanity, study of Aryan traditions and heritage, pursuing the "aeonic destiny of Europe" and the emergence of the elitist super race as an element of the unfolding of variant global/continental cultural forms. The activities of the OJB which functioned as a spiritual and heritage group for people of any race or religion included such activities as rock climbing, hang gliding, hiking and the study of runes.[15]

References

  1. ^ Alessio, Dominic; Wallis, Robert J. (2025-06-24). Faith, folk and the far right: Racist and anti-racist Heathenry and Occultism in Britain. Manchester University Press. ISBN 978-1-5261-7946-3.
  2. ^ a b Goodrick-Clarke 2002, p. 224.
  3. ^ Bayer, Gerd (2016-04-22). Heavy Metal Music in Britain. Routledge. p. 83. ISBN 978-1-317-12301-9.
  4. ^ a b Partridge 2005, p. 230.
  5. ^ Long, Anton: Bealuwes Gast – Of Mythos, Sorcery, and a Mad Mage, Thormynd Press, Third Edition, 2011 ISBN 978-1-257-89657-8
  6. ^ Arkadiusz Sołtysiak. NEOPOGAŃSTWO I NEONAZIZM. KILKA SŁÓW O IDEOLOGIACH DAVIDA MYATTA I VARGA VIKERNESA. Antropologia Religii. Wybór esejów. Tom IV, (2010), pp. 173-182
  7. ^ Faxneld, Per; Petersen, Jesper Aagaard (2013). The Devil's Party: Satanism in Modernity. Oxford University Press. p. 255. ISBN 978-0-19-977923-9.
  8. ^ Jerryson, Michael (2020-07-15). Religious Violence Today: Faith and Conflict in the Modern World [2 volumes]. Bloomsbury Publishing USA. ISBN 979-8-216-13835-8.
  9. ^ Koch, Ariel (2024-10-02). "The ONA Network and the Transnationalization of Neo-Nazi-Satanism". Studies in Conflict & Terrorism. 47 (10): 1172–1199. doi:10.1080/1057610X.2021.2024944. ISSN 1057-610X.
  10. ^ Order of Nine Angles: Naos, Coxland Press, England, 1990, ISBN 1-872543-00-6
  11. ^ Antares, The Dark Rites of Venus, Coxland Press, 1993, ISBN 1-872543-27-8.
  12. ^ Häkkinen, Perttu; Iitti, Vesa (2022-05-17). Lightbringers of the North: Secrets of the Occult Tradition of Finland. Simon and Schuster. ISBN 978-1-64411-464-3.
  13. ^ Introvigne 2016, p. 364.
  14. ^ "Pieter Zoomers: De mystieke vrienden van een spritueel blad". Archived from the original on 2012-03-24. Retrieved 13 July 2011.
  15. ^ Goodrick-Clarke 2002

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