Askr Svarte
Askr Svarte | |
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Askr Svarte in Freiburg, Germany, 2015 | |
Born |
Evgeny Nechkasov 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 |
Religion | Odinist, pagan traditionalist |
Askr Svarte (From misspelled Old-Norse Svartr Askr: Black Ashtree, [means Black (side) of World Tree Yggdrasil], real name Evgeny Nechkasov (Cryllic: 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.
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 Compaign of Baron.[5]
Either in their community of pagans Svarte Aske they celebrating pagans dates and running an Asatru unity since 2011.
Background
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.[6][7]
In English
Articles and Interviews
- An interview for Heathen Post in 2014
- An interview with russian religious scholar R. Shizhensky in 2015
See also
References
- ↑ "Warha`s tables of content".
- ↑ "Rodnovery magazine".
- ↑ Нечкасов Е. А. - Проблемы языческого традиционализма, page 294.
- ↑ "Pagan Novosibirsk".
- ↑ "The Last Compaign of Baron".
- ↑ "About Polemos in English".
- ↑ "Veligor Publishing House".
- ↑ "The Problems of Pagan Traditionalism" (PDF).
- ↑ "ISBN 978-1329136137".
External links
- Svarte Aske web-site, English
- Interview, 2014
- Celabaring of Midsommar, 2013, English
- Фильм "Языческий Новосибирск"
- English release of the book "Gap"
- "The Problems of Pagan Traditionalism"
- Facebook Page