John Wisniewski Interviews Azsacra Zarathustra
When did you begin studying the written works of Nietzsche, Andrei?
I began to study the philosophical works of Nietzsche back in the days of the USSR. At that time Nietzsche was banned in Russia. I read the old editions of 1911-13. I am not a supporter of Nietzsche and his ideas, but a constant irreconcilable opponent. Neither Nietzsche nor the Nietzscheans are close to me (especially in Russia). I do not need any folk. I am itself: — and god, and soil, and race. My book ‘NihillihiN’ rejects any ‘will to power’ and other Nietzschean concepts. Only beyond the beyond. Explode all foundations of fear! Be free even in Absolute Freedom.
Could you tell us what NihillihiN is?
This book is an attempt to overcome the past Nihilism with the help of the new — the most perfect Nihilism. This New Nihilism — NihillihiN — will never be privatized through the System. NihillihiN is a book of constant rebellion with a capital letter! Nihil returns to Nihil for Nothing to Power, which in turn annihilates Nietzsche’s ‘will to power’ and his other obsolete philosophical concepts. The politics of ‘will to power’ and any ‘repressive regimes’ must be rejected. No mercy! True revolutionary ‘X’ tends to Zero but never equals Zero only through the Zero to Power of the most Unknown. Neutralization of the system by a rebellious thinker always surpasses neutralization of a rebellious thinker by the system. Therefore a revolution without revolutionaries always destroys revolutionaries without a revolution. Fucking any philosophical traditions of thought (smile).
How important is rebellion and revolt, to the new man, and to the building of a new society?
I trust only internal revolutions. Rebellion is the only thing we have as a sense of eternity. Revolt against the modern traditionalism. Permanent rejection of any kind of control and diktat. Out of any systems! Uncontrolled chain reaction of the Void and Chaos. Rebellion is eternal joyous forms of attack against the world, but not new social and/or political construct as such and the main one. To put it mildly, I don’t trust every man as a ‘social revolutionary’. Hence my concept ‘Over without Man’. I am not a philosopher, but: — the destroyer of all philosophies and any theoretical systems! I am not a rightist, but the destroyer of all right-wing ideas. I am not a leftist, but the destroyer of all left-wing ideas. In equal measure I deny every order and every chaos as well as I absolutely deny any ‘human negation’. Why? I wish to be only a Yes-sayer in the most rebellious infinity of uncontrolled Yes to Life. In: — NihillihiN!
Could you tell us about the idea of the Superman, and how it applies to your book?
Nietzsche himself did not know what the Übermensch was. In this matter, he deliberately avoided detailed descriptions and profound characteristics. ‘Will to power’ is a false key! Hollywood finally buried the idea of the Superman as a thinking mystery for no one. Therefore, in NihillihiN and other books, I immediately explore the death of the Overman, as well as the death of the Overnoumenon, etc. All these Over-phenomena can only be grasped through the maximum philosophical negation, namely: Over without Man and Over without Overman as the same ‘damned spirit of gravity’. NihillihiN is the destruction of all systems from within: NN! Not philosophy and/or anti-philosophy, but only Without-philosophy. Not beyond Good and Evil, but beyond the beyond. Under the conditions of the eternal return of stupid dictatorships, the Superman of the System has become a shabby trick, a laughing-stock, a thing of shame in terms of NihillihiN.
How important are the philosophies of Hegel to your writing?
Hegel was an accomplished logical thinker. But I equally deny both the rational and the irrational. The Absolute Truth that the Spirit reaches through its break does not interest me. This ‘truth’ will once again turn out to be a ‘philosophical lie’. In my texts I try to overcome ‘human thinking’, rejecting even the most ‘outstanding examples’. Without-philosophy! I also recommend giving up any ‘spirituality’. Spirit is betrayal. Thought is deceit. Being is a forgery. It is necessary to be on the other side of any ‘ontology’. Outside of Heidegger’s Dasein. Beyond ‘subject’ and ‘object’ at once.
Without rebellion, is there freedom?
Freedom, as the call of eternity, must always be confirmed through rebellion. Only rebellion is the Anti-structure of innocence of Chaos to Freedom. I wrote about this in detail in the texts TDAS: The Theory of the Destruction of All Systems. The future needs someone more independent, unpredictable and elusive than even the most ‘revolutionary subject’. A continuous, total rejection of any control. Absolute Denial of all systems and dictatorships. Great Negation of ‘old negations’ for New Negations, etc. Being free is too little for me. One must not be ‘free’, but Freer than all freedoms.
Could you explain what ‘will to power’ means in your writing?
I go further than Nietzsche and his ‘will to power’. Nietzsche spoke of the death of God: ‘God is dead’. I’m talking about the death of the Devil: ‘The Devil is dead’. On the other side of the Good and the Evil is only the same Never-ending Evil. Therefore, a deep division of Evil is required through the ‘will to power’ (the battle of the most best demons of thought!), in order to then annihilate this ‘will to power’ through Nothing to Power for one’s own Absolute Freedom even in the infinite Void and uncontrollable Chaos. Sometimes, metaphor is better than ‘scientific logic’ (laughs).
Are we living in a nihilistic epoch? Can you give us a look into the new century?
In fact, nihilism is a thirst for Overnew thinking — NihillihiN. The affirmation of the very Impossible and Unthinkable through rebellious denial. Authentic, real nihilism requires a complete rejection of both philosophy and politics. A new world is always possible, but without the old ‘social shit’ of left and right. AI? If artificial intelligence becomes a parallel level of mental rebellion, then it will be good. What is needed is not a revolt against the machines, but a revolt with the machines. Joint resistance to both the transcendent and the immanent at the same time. Here, the most important thing is that all intellectuals do not go over to the side of autocracies and dictatorships, as, for example, Heidegger (the old brake) and/or Nick Land (the new defect) did. ‘The Dark Enlightenment’ and ‘the Neo-Reactionary movement’ (NRx) are things of shame. The idiotic oppression of conspiracy theories is still here. We still don’t know freedom. We don’t think in freedom. Absolute freedom is the main goal!
John Wisniewski is a freelance writer, photographer, editor who resides in New York. He has written for Grey Lodge Review, Horror Garage, Paraphilia Magazine, and Sensitive Skin Magazine. John Wisniewski resides in West Babylon, New York.
