Later Views On Islam
In 2010, Myatt publicly announced that he had rejected Islam, having developed his own weltanschauung, writing that "according to The Numinous Way, the only ethical way in which we can change ourselves, and our society, is through an inner, individual, transformation by developing empathy and by striving to live in an ethical, and honourable, way" and that "the desire not to cause suffering may be said to be the basis of individual living according to The Numinous Way".
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