Koenraad Logghe

Koenraad Logghe (born 1963) is a Flemish Belgian proponent of the European New Right and a "high priest" of folkish Asatru, founder, vice chairman of the "Werkgroep Traditie" neopagan organization (the successor of Logghe's 1983 "Order of Eternal Return" and co-founding group of the World Congress of Ethnic Religions). According to Koenraad Logghe, "Werkgroep Traditie" is following "Traditionalism" in the sense of René Guénon and Julius Evola. [Logghe, [http://www.wcer.org/members/europe/belgium/koenraad.htm Tradition and Identity] (1999) ]

The "Mjöllnir" journal of Logghe's Order of Eternal Return in the 1980s published neo-nazi and fascist literature. In a 1984 interview with the "The Hague Post" on contributions by Mellie Uyldert endorsed the latter's racialist position, saying that "we must go back to nature and keep our own race pure" and called for respect for the "ideals" of the Dutch volunteers to the SS "fighting the Russian threat" at the Eastern Front. From the mid 1980s, Logghe became active in right-extremist circles of the Flemish Movement such as the "Westland" division of the "Nationalistisch Jongstudentenverbond" (NJSV), participating in the Belgian New Right journal "L'Anneau". In 1989 he joined the editorial team of the Flanders New Right journal "Teksten, Kommentaren en Studies". From 1998 on, he has distanced himself from his fascist past, although he still maintained relation with fascists into the 2000s (Zomers 2003). The SIMPOS study group (foundation for information on social problems surrounding occult movements) in a 2001 article in "Religie en Mystiek" identify Logghe as an example of right extremist tendencies within neopaganism, connecting him with the ultra-right "Voorpost" group. Other proponents of far-right neopaganism in Flanders include David Joly's "Alheidense Beweging Vlaanderen" and the Vlaams Heidens Front.

Publications

* De Graal: tussen heidense en christelijke erfenis The holy grail: between pagan and Christian heritage 1997
*Ontslaap nu in mijn armen mijn lief - Het doodsgebeuren: een heidens alternatief, Traditie, 1996.
* Gewoon klaproos zijn - Heidens geïnspireerde poëzie uit de Nederlanden, Traditie, 1998,
*Dr. Jan de Vries, Nederlands bekendste germanist en volkskundige, Wijnegem, Deltapers, 1996, 36p.
*"Mjöllnir", journal of the "Orde der Eeuwige Wederkeer" (1983-1986)

References

* E. Arckens," De Nouvelle Droite als ideologie tegen de Westerse consumptie-maatschappij: een benadering", Leuven (1990) [http://www.ethesis.net/nieuw_rechts/nieuw_rechts_deel_I.htm#_ftnref49]

ee also

*Order of the Jarls of Baelder

External links

* [http://www.traditie.be traditie.be]
* [http://www.traditie.be/Athene/Voordracht%20van%20Koenraad%20Logghe.html image]
*Eric Krebbers, [http://www.savanne.ch/right-left-materials/with-new-right.html Together with the New Right against globalisation?] (1998)
* [http://www.gebladerte.nl/40002e01.htm Hedendaagse heidenen en hun "Blut und Boden"-goden] , De Fabel van de illegaal (1999)
* [http://www.xs4all.nl/~afa/alert/4_7/mystiek3.html De mystieke vrienden van een spiritueel blad] by Pieter Zomers (2003)