Askr Svarte

Askr Svarte
Askr Svarte in Freiburg, Germany, 2015
Born Evgeny Nechkasov
(1991-10-05) 5 October 1991
Novosibirsk, Russia
Nationality Russian
Education Novosibirsk State Pedagogical University
Occupation Gothi, pagan traditionalist writer, lecturer and activist
Years active 2009–present
Home town Novosibirsk

Askr Svarte (From misspelled Old-Norse Svartr Askr: Black Ashtree, meaning Black (side) of World Tree Yggdrasil), real name Evgeny Nechkasov (Cyrillic: Евгений Нечкасов) is a Russian Odinist activist and pagan traditionalism ideologist. He is also an author, lecturer and philosopher. He is the founder of the Svarte Aske Community of Pagans. His work has focused on the Traditionalism Philosophy in pagan view and the Left Hand Path in Odinism and the existential experience.

Activity

Askr Svarte is the author of several books about pagan traditionalism and Left Hand Path in Odinism and a lot of articles, including Gap (2013), Problems of Pagan Traditionalism (2013), Dobroslav: traditionalist view (2014), Polemos: The Pagan Traditionalism (in two volumes, 2016) etc.

Since 2015 he has been the chief editor of the traditionalist almanac Warha. To date, three editions of the almanac published including articles by authors such as the Richard Rudgley, Alain de Benoist, Stephen McNallen, Giovanni Sessa, Stefano Arcella, Giuseppe Armin, Wulf R. Grimsson, Veleslav, etc.[1] He always supports young authors and translations of foreign researchers.

He is also published in the eighth issue of the first Russian heathen magazine Rodnovery[2] (2014). And he participated in two issues of the Ukrainian Internatianal Almanah Традиция и Традиционализм (2012-2013) and Традiция и традiцiоналiзм (2014-2015).[3] In collaboration with Russian religious scholar Roman Shizhensky he took a part in the second volume of scientific almanach about Russian neopaganism the Colloquium Heptaplomeres (2015)

Additionally he is also an author of first documentary movie about paganism in the city Novosibirsk Языческий Новосибирск[4] (2014). In 2015 he joined to the project of documentary movie about Russian general Roman von Ungern-Sternberg supported by Russian Ministry of Culture and called The Last Campaign of Baron.[5]

Either in their community of pagans Svarte Aske they celebrating pagans dates and running an Asatru unity since 2011.

Background

Since childhood, Askr has been fond of ancient mythology of different folks. As a teenager he wonders about the role of religion in life and become a pagan. Firslty he joined to Rodnovery, but soon finally rooted in Northern Tradition. As he said: I don’t oppose Odinism to Asatru or other name-for-tradition, for me the names are secondary thing. I also don’t belong to far-right racist groups who see themselves as Odinists or Wotanists.[6]

In 2011 Askr created the community of pagans Svarte Aske unites representatives of Rodnovery and Odinism for the purpose of mutual assistance, advocacy of pagan worldview and spiritual self-knowledge. Since 2011 to nowadays community members celebrates solar dates and traditional holidays. One of the important activities of the community is the proliferation of articles and books about paganism. Under the auspices of the community has been translated and published a number of articles, interviews and books.

Since 2012 Askr started to practice and write about the Left Hand Path in Odinism, as he called his view "Svarte Aske" that means "the way through darkside of Yggdrasil". This doctrine has common features with Hindu Tantra and Aghora, and with Veleslavs doctrine of "Шуйный путь".[7] With emphasis on the existential experience of Nigredo stage and human being in Iron Age. From 2011 to 2014 Askr Svarte publish a several books with descriptions of his own spiritual and existential experience. With Veleslav he met in 2011, and since then maintained friendly relations and implement joint projects. In 2011 Askr organized the first Veleslav vizit and two-day seminar in Novosibirsk. He also inspired by traditionalism philosophy by René Guénon, Julius Evola and Aleksandr Dugin.

In winter 2014, the community was filmed the first documentary about Paganism in the city of Novosibirsk in showing the main pagan figures of the city, including Askr Svarte. He is appears as one of number pagan priests and as a director of the movie.

His thinking is inspired by Volhv Veleslav in young age and years later he was initiated in Tradition by him. Julius Evola, Ernst Jünger and Aleksandr Dugin also influenced on his thoughts and turned them to traditionalists philosophy.

From 2011 Askr was a member of the Eurasian Youth Union, left in 2013.

Since 2011 head of the Community of Pagans Svarte Aske which promotes Rodnovery and German Paganism in Russia, especially the Left Hand Path.

Written works

Books

  • «Зарисовки Мизантропии» (2011); - Sketches of Misanthropy
  • «Svarte Aske» (2012); - Svarte Aske
  • «Gap» (2013); - Gap (The Abyss)
  • «Книга Безразличия» (2013); - Book of Indifference (post scriptum to the Sketches of Misanthropy)
  • «Заметки с Изнанки» (2013); - Notes from the Inside Out (A joint project of several authors, a collection of relevant Russian existential prose)
  • «Узоры Бездны» (2015); - Artbook of art and iconography of the Left Hand Path in Odinism.
  • «Polemos: Языческий Традиционализм» (2016); - Polemos: The Pagan Traditionalism. Published in two volumes.[8][9]
  • «Чарующая Бездна» (2017);
  • «Приближение и окружение» (2017);

In English

  • «The Problems of Pagan Traditionalism» (Brochure, 2013)[10]
  • «Gap» (2015)[11]
  • «Gap: A Left-Hand Path approach to Odinism» (2017)[12]

Articles and Interviews

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Warha`s tables of content".
  2. ↑ "Rodnovery magazine".
  3. ↑ Нечкасов Е. А. - Проблемы языческого традиционализма, page 294.
  4. ↑ "Pagan Novosibirsk".
  5. ↑ "The Last Campaign of Baron".
  6. ↑ Interview with Askr Svarte. Retrieved on 2014-10-01.
  7. ↑ [NOTE: 'Шуйный путь' remains untranslated to distinguish it from the Shuyngj Way within Odinism].
  8. ↑ "About Polemos in English".
  9. ↑ "Veligor Publishing House".
  10. ↑ "The Problems of Pagan Traditionalism" (PDF).
  11. ↑ "ISBN 978-1329136137".
  12. ↑ "Fall of Man Publishing".
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