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: Folkism and Racism
On Closed Traditions
(Edited to Add Note: This is not an essay about the history of Christianity and Judaism. They are merely familiar examples of traditions which people recognise as generally open and closed, respectively. There is no way I could possibly summarize … Continue reading
Declaration 127: Boycott the AFA
Huginn’s Heathen Hof has organized a declaration, signed by many different Heathen and some Pagan or other Polytheist groups, declaring our intent to boycott the Asatru Folk Assembly. They are calling it Declaration 127. Here is the meat of it: … Continue reading
Posted in Ancestors, Community, Folkism and Racism, Interfaith, Ministry, Personal, Politics, Praxis, RedWood Vanatru, ST4R, Vanatru
Tagged #notinmypaganism, AFA, Anti-Semitic, Asatru Folk Assembly, Boycott, Declaration 127, Ethics, family, Folkish, Folkism, gender essentialism, Heathenism, Heathenry, homophobia, Huginn's Heathen Hof, Look What I Found!, QUILTBAG, Racism, Racist, Religion and Spirituality, The Troth, Vanic Conspiracy, Vanic Values
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Not in our Paganism? We’re not off the hook
Lupa Greenwolf already said everything I was thinking about why this is wrong, and more clearly than I can right now. But I can’t say racism, gender essentialism, and homophobia are “Not in my Paganism” because they clearly still are, … Continue reading
Posted in Ancestors, Community, Folkism and Racism, Interfaith, Ministry, Personal, Politics, Praxis, RedWood Vanatru, ST4R, Vanatru
Tagged #notinmypaganism, AFA, Anti-Semitic, Asatru Folk Assembly, Ethics, family, Folkish, Folkism, gender essentialism, Heathenism, Heathenry, homophobia, Look What I Found!, QUILTBAG, Racism, Racist, Religion and Spirituality, The Troth, Vanic Conspiracy, Vanic Values
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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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What Frith Isn’t – A Rambling Rant
Frith is not just etiquette. It’s not about saying what people want to hear so they don’t get upset. It’s not about avoiding making too much noise. It’s not about keeping your head down and going along to get along. … Continue reading
Posted in Folkism and Racism, Ministry, Personal, Politics, Praxis, ST4R
Tagged Emotion, Ethics, Folkism, Heathenism, politics, privilege, Racism, Religion and Spirituality, Ryan Smith, Self Work, Steven Abell, Vanic Values
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Wish Me Luck and #ShowMeFreyja
Two things! 1: I just submitted my application to Stanford University’s Anthropology Ph.D. program in the hopes of studying Anthropology of Religion with them. Wish me luck! If you do that sort of thing, prayers/spells/good vibes are greatly appreciated towards … Continue reading
Posted in Crafts, Folkism and Racism, Personal, Politics, Polytheistic Theology, Praxis, ST4R, Vanatru
Tagged #ShowMeFreyja, Beauty, European Gods, Freya, Freyja, Goddess of Beauty, People of Color, photo comp, photoshop, photoshop watercolor, Projects, Religion and Spirituality, School, Vanatru, Vanic Values, Vanir
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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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Fr. Junipero Serra Is No Saint!
Heathen Chinese did a recent roundup drawing attention to the hideously ugly move the Catholic Church has recently made in canonizing Fr. Junipero Serra, the founder of the California Mission system, despite vehement objections from California Indians. I’d call this … Continue reading
Posted in Abuse, Ancestors, Folkism and Racism, Interfaith, Land Spirit Work, Politics, ST4R
Tagged American Indian, animism, California Indian, California Native, Devotional Polytheism, Emotion, Genocide, Heathen Chinese, History, Home, Indigenous American, Indigenous Californian, Land Spirits, Landvaettir, Landwights, Native American, Pagan, polytheism, PSVL, Religion and Spirituality, Vanic Values
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Beauty Beyond the Pale #ShowMeFreyja
A while back someone lamented (in a blog I can’t find again – argh!) that while European artists have happily depicted any and every god of the world as European people over the centuries, there’s precious little art available today … Continue reading
Posted in Crafts, Folkism and Racism, Politics, Polytheistic Theology, Praxis, ST4R, Vanatru
Tagged #ShowMeFreyja, Beauty, European Gods, Freya, Freyja, Goddess of Beauty, People of Color, privilege, Projects, Racism, Religion and Spirituality, Self Work, Vanatru, Vanic Values, Vanir
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Reblog: “Asatru is not a vehicle for romanticized machismo”; #WeStandWithIceland
Originally posted on Silver and Gold:
Yesterday an article from Iceland Magazine made the rounds on FB. Apparently the Ásatrúarfélag, Iceland’s Asatru association, has been receiving hate mail from conservative Asatruar outside of Iceland. Hate mail, from conservative Asatruar outside of Iceland. Just…
Posted in Abuse, Folkism and Racism, Interfaith, Land Spirit Work, Ministry, Politics, ST4R, Vanatru
Tagged #WeStandWithIceland, Asatru, Ásatrúarfélag, homophobia, Iceland, Iceland Temple, Look What I Found!, politics, Racism, Vanic Values
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EmberVoices: Listening for the Vanir 