Askr Svarte

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 philosopher, Odinist activist and pagan traditionalism ideologist.[1] Head of the Svarte Aske Community of Pagans. His works has focused on the traditionalists and heideggerian philosophy applied to pagan theology and worldview.

Askr Svarte
Askr Svarte in Freiburg, Germany, 2015
Born
Evgeny Nechkasov

(1991-10-05) 5 October 1991
Novosibirsk, Russia
NationalityRussian
EducationNovosibirsk State Pedagogical University
Main interests
Pagan traditionalism, existentialism, german-scandinavian tradition, eschatology
Websiteaskrsvarte.org/eu/

Activity

Askr Svarte is the author of several books about pagan traditionalism, Left Hand Path in Odinism and numerous polemic articles, including Gap (2013), Polemos: The Pagan Traditionalism (in two volumes, 2016), Approximation and encirclement (2017). The book Gap was republished under the title The Fascinating Abyss (2016) and was released in English under the title Gap: the Left Hand Path approach to Odinism.[2]

Since 2015 he is the chief editor of the annual traditionalist almanac Warha. To date, five issues of the almanac published including articles by authors such as the Richard Rudgley, Alain de Benoist, Stephen McNallen, Collin Cleary, Giovanni Sessa, Stefano Arcella, Giuseppe Armin, Wulf R. Grimsson, Veleslav, etc.[3]

Also participated in the first russian heathen magazine Rodnovery[4] (2014), in the Ukrainian Internatianal Almanah Традиция и Традиционализм (2012-2013) and Традiция и традiцiоналiзм (2014-2015).[5] 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[6] (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.[7]

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

Askr support folkish current in paganism and advocates anti-modernism and criticizes the technical progress.

Background

Evgeny Nechkasov is a descendant of Bessarabia Germans, were deported to Siberia on the eve of World War II. As a young man he wonders about the role of religion in life and become a pagan. Firslty he joined to Rodnovery, but soon finally rooted in German-Northern Tradition. According to his words: I don’t oppose Odinism to Asatru or other name-for-tradition, for me the names are secondary thing.[8]

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 videos, articles and books about paganism. Under the auspices of the community a number of articles, interviews and books has been translated into Russian and European languages. The Community develops and promotes the pagan philosophy and theology.

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".[9] 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. His thought also influenced by René Guénon, Julius Evola, Martin Heidegger and Aleksandr Dugin.

Askr Svartr was a former member of the far-right extremist Eurasian Youth Union, and was the head of the local chapter in 2011–2013.

Written works

Books
  • «Зарисовки Мизантропии» (2011);
  • «Svarte Aske» (2012);
  • «Gap» (2013);
  • «Книга Безразличия» (2013); -
  • «Заметки с Изнанки» (2013);
  • «Узоры Бездны» (2015);
  • «Polemos: Языческий Традиционализм» (2016)[10][11];
  • «Чарующая Бездна» (2017)[12];
  • «Приближение и окружение» (2017);

In English
  • «The Problems of Pagan Traditionalism» (Brochure, 2013)[13]
  • «Gap» (2015)[14]
  • «Gap: A Left-Hand Path approach to Odinism» (2017)[15]

Articles and Interviews

See also

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