EmberVoices
My name is Ember Cooke. I serve the Vanir - Freyja, Freyr, and Their kin - as a priestess, minister, teacher, bard, artist, medium, and witch. Or to put it the Heathen way, as a gythia, galdrakona, and seidhkona.
My personal practice is more diverse, as the Vanir have lead me into cross-training, interfaith work, and counseling for the wider Pagan community as needed. My friends and allies may span the world, but it is the Vanir I love as family. -E-
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Category Archives: Poetry
My Core Theology: A Meditation on Existence
At my core, I am a pantheist as well as a polytheist and animist. I believe that everything comes together to a greater consciousness, a greater Being. Over the years, I’ve meditated and pondered and written and dreamed about how … Continue reading
Posted in Ancestors, Crafts, Gnosis, Mysteries, Personal, Poetry, Polytheistic Theology, Praxis, RedWood Vanatru, Reference, ST4R, Vanatru
Tagged animism, Beauty, Belonging, Brighid, Doing, Emotion, Freyja, Frith, Gratitude, Hella, Love, Meditation, Pagan, pantheism, Personal theology, polytheism, Trust, Valknot, Vanic Values
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Guest Poem: Lament of Aristaeus
One of my longtime favorite artists, Stephanie Pui-Mun Law shared this poem, and gave me permission to share it with you here. I find it moving, bittersweet. Enjoy! -E- Lament of Aristaeus I mourned once for their passing. Must I … Continue reading
Posted in Crafts, Land Spirit Work, Poetry, Polytheistic Theology, ST4R
Tagged Aristaeus, Beekeeping, Bees, Guest Post, Poetry
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RedWood Vanatru Daily Prayers
It’s been a while since I’ve posted here regularly for a variety of reasons. I’d like to get back to it, but I admit, my spoons and motivation for this kind of writing have been low for a while now. … Continue reading
Posted in Ancestors, Animal Spirit Work, Community, Crafts, Land Spirit Work, Poetry, Praxis, RedWood Vanatru, Reference, Ritual, ST4R, Vanatru
Tagged basics, Music, Prayer, Sigdrifa's Prayer, Sigrdrifa's Prayer
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“Fluid Is My Gender”
For National Coming Out Day, I present to you a guest post and collaboration with my dear friend and colleague, Dee Shull. They shared with me this poem, and I so loved it that I asked them if I could … Continue reading
Posted in Community, Crafts, Personal, Poetry, Politics, ST4R
Tagged Art, Dee Shull, Emotion, gender, gender fluid, genderfluid, Look What I Found!, National Coming Out Day, non-binary gender, Poetry, Self Work
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There Is No Away
I’m ranting lately. It’s been a hard week in a hard month in a hard year, and I just want it all to go away. All the things I just can’t deal with, all the people who hurt me or … Continue reading
Posted in Community, Ministry, Personal, Poetry, Praxis, ST4R
Tagged Emotion, Ethics, privilege, Rant, Rants, Religion and Spirituality, Self Work, There Is No Away
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New Song! Seeking Odr
The other day while driving home, a new song for Freyja dropped into my head. When I got home, I holed up with my tablet to work out the verses, and a few hours later I had the whole thing … Continue reading
Posted in Crafts, Gnosis, Lore, Poetry, Polytheistic Theology, Praxis, RedWood Vanatru, Ritual, ST4R, Trance Work, Vanatru
Tagged #ShowMeFreyja, Alfheim, Alflord, Ancestors, Asgard, Crafts, Devotional Polytheism, Emotion, Freya, Freyr, Frigga, Ginnungagap, Heimdallr, Hel, Helheim, Hella, Horn, Jotunheim, Ljosalfheim, Mardoll, Music, Niflheim, Nornir, Odin, Odr, Pagan, Poetry, polytheism, Projects, Religion and Spirituality, Seidh, Skadhi, Svartalfheim, Trance Work, Utgard Loki, Vanadis, Vanaheim, Vanatru, Vanic Values, Vanir
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A Chance To Sing?
Update: Wow, that was fast! I feel so blessed by you all, thank you! I still have a lot of stuff for sale, mind you, but I got in to the class!! ❤ So there’s this class I’d like to … Continue reading
Posted in Crafts, Lighthearted, Personal, Poetry, Praxis, ST4R
Tagged class, For Sale, Music, Religion and Spirituality, singing, Support Pagan Artists, Tarot, wishes
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David Bowie is Dead
Originally posted on Drinking From the Cup of Life:
One more leaves the sunlit lands One more feasts in the hall of the ancestors David Bowie is dead I remember riding the bus with Ziggy I remember dancing with the…
Posted in Ancestors, Personal, Poetry, ST4R
Tagged Ancestor Reverence, Ancestors, Death, Emotion, Lon Sarver, Look What I Found!, Music, Poetry
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Vanatru Parody (ABBA)
Happy New Year folks! I want to start the year fresh, with a bit of humor. I hope you like filk, and ABBA! [Finally Facing I’m] Vanatru (Or “An Example of a Vanic Conspiracy”) Lyrics by me, without apologies to … Continue reading
Posted in Crafts, Gnosis, Lighthearted, Lore, Personal, Poetry, Polytheistic Theology, Praxis, RedWood Vanatru, ST4R, Vanatru
Tagged ABBA, Crafts, Devotional Polytheism, Emotion, Filk, Music, Parody, Silly, Vanatru, Vanic Conspiracy
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Forming the Tree
This is another of those very rough pseudo-verse poems that was dropped on my head a while back. The talk of how the wells and wyrd and memory intertwine with life and death seemed relevant to it, so I have … Continue reading
Posted in Crafts, Divination, Dreams, Gnosis, Poetry, Polytheistic Theology, Praxis, RedWood Vanatru, ST4R, Trance Work, Vanatru
Tagged Cosmology, Devotional Polytheism, Nine Worlds, Poetry, Religion and Spirituality, Seidh, Trance Work, Vanatru, Vanic Conspiracy, Vanic Edda, Vanic Values, Vanir, Well of Wyrd, Worlds Tree, Wyrd, Yggdrasil
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EmberVoices: Listening for the Vanir 