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: Abuse
Too Much
There is a lot going on in my life right now. Some of it is personal. Some of it is private. Some of it is all too public. Most of it hurts. I am reeling, and it’s going to take … Continue reading
Too Much Is Never Enough
CW: Misogyny, Assault, Sexual Assault, Mild Gender Binarism This video is powerful and important for anyone raised female (though it’s primarily appealing to cis-women, and has a few binaristic “huh?” bits in the end, due to it being primarily a … Continue reading
Posted in Abuse, Personal, Politics, Praxis, ST4R
Tagged #ShowMeFreyja, #ShowMeGoddess, Beauty, Body Acceptance, Feminism, Freyja
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Isolation Won’t Help
I keep running across a particular narrative online, and occasionally in person: “There are bad things in the world. Isolate yourself to avoid harm!” “Other people don’t agree with you. Isolate yourself to avoid being tainted by them!” “Anything unapproved … Continue reading
Posted in Abuse, Community, Interfaith, Politics, Praxis, ST4R
Tagged Community, Devotional Polytheism, Emotion, Ethics, Isolation, politics, Religion and Spirituality
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BRIGHID’S CALL: Reforge Hardened Hearts
My own version of the Morrigan’s spell to channel anger, banish fear and hate burned entirely cleanly in one solid interval. I’m very pleased, as my first attempt at this work got overwhelmed and the wick drowned. But that was … Continue reading
Posted in Abuse, Community, Divination, Dreams, Gnosis, Interfaith, Land Spirit Work, Ministry, Personal, Politics, Polytheistic Theology, Praxis, Ritual, ST4R
Tagged Banish fear, Banish hate, Banishing, Brighid, Brighid's Forge, Brighid's Well, Candle Spells, Candle Work, Religion and Spirituality, The Morrigan
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A CALL: Channel Anger, Banish Fear and Hate
I have received an urgent message this afternoon, confirmed through another reader. It was from The Morrigan and Brighid for all who are able and willing, anywhere in the world. While the whole message has not yet been made clear, … Continue reading
Posted in Abuse, Community, Divination, Dreams, Gnosis, Interfaith, Land Spirit Work, Ministry, Personal, Politics, Polytheistic Theology, Praxis, Ritual, ST4R
Tagged Banish fear, Banish hate, Banishing, Brighid, Candle Spells, Candle Work, Religion and Spirituality, The Morrigan
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For Orlando: If You Want To Help
This is a link to a page listing many different funds that are being gathered to help people recover from the shooting in Orlando: https://www.tumblr.com/thingsthatmakeyouacey/145887898649/pulse-funds
Posted in Abuse, Community, Politics, Praxis, ST4R
Tagged Ethics, GLBT, LGBT, Look What I Found!, Orlando, Orlando Shooting, politics, QUILTBAG, Survivor Support, Vanic Values
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For Orlando
Originally posted on Drinking From the Cup of Life:
Awake, you ancestors and mighty dead! Awake, throw open the doors to your halls! New souls come to join you Souls who died in lead and blood There are new ancestors…
Posted in Abuse, Ancestors, Community, Interfaith, Politics, Praxis, ST4R
Tagged Ancestor Reverence, Ancestors, Death, Emotion, Ethics, gay, GLBT, LGBT, Lon Sarver, Look What I Found!, Orlando Shooting, politics, privilege, Queer, QUILTBAG, Rest In Peace
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A Skald’s Ears
A skald is given an agile tongue, to sing stories for the entertainment and education of all, this you know. A skald is also given ears, to listen, or where will the stories come from? When a person raises their … Continue reading
Posted in Abuse, Community, Folkism and Racism, Gnosis, Interfaith, Ministry, Personal, Politics, Polytheistic Theology, Praxis, RedWood Vanatru, ST4R, Trance Work, Vanatru
Tagged Divination, Emotion, Ethics, Freya, Freyja, privilege, Religion and Spirituality, Self Work, Trance Work, Vanic Values
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USA PSA: Check your voter registration status!
If you are in the US and have not yet voted in a primary election, DOUBLE-CHECK YOUR REGISTRATION! If you’ve already received a ballot or guide, double-check that it is for the correct party, and that you have been given … Continue reading
Posted in Abuse, Politics, ST4R
Tagged politics, Register to Vote, Voter Fraud, Voting Rights
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Reblog: Remember Upon Whose Bones Your House is Built
Originally posted on Drinking From the Cup of Life:
I am mildly torn on the subject of Columbus Day. On the one hand, Columbus was an evil bastard who deserves to be burned in effigy every year, preferably as part…
Posted in Abuse, Ancestors, Folkism and Racism, Politics, Polytheistic Theology, ST4R
Tagged American Indian, Ancestor Reverence, Ancestors, animism, Devotional Polytheism, Emotion, Genocide, History, Home, Indigenous American, Land Spirits, Landvaettir, Landwights, Native American, Pagan, polytheism, Religion and Spirituality, Vanic Values
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EmberVoices: Listening for the Vanir 