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: Mysteries
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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Mythology is a Finger Pointing at the Moon
Originally posted on Drinking From the Cup of Life:
The stories of the gods are not the gods. The descriptions of the gods given in those stories are not the nature of the gods. They are fingers pointing at the…
Posted in Community, Lore, Mysteries, Polytheistic Theology, Praxis, ST4R
Tagged Emotion, Ethics, Experience, Lon Sarver, Look What I Found!, Lore, Mythology, Philosophy, polytheism, Religion and Spirituality
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Love Will Come
This song has been running through my head for weeks now, telling me to admit my bias. I may need to make a rule that I will not do divination on the question “Will I find love?” I admit, in … Continue reading
Posted in Divination, Gnosis, Mysteries, Personal, Polytheistic Theology, Praxis, ST4R, Vanatru
Tagged Divination, Freya, Freyja, Love, Music, polytheism, Religion and Spirituality, theology, Vanatru, Vanic Values
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Hurts So Good
“Have you ever loved somebody so much it hurts?” “Every time.” –Ember–
Posted in Mysteries, Personal, Polytheistic Theology, Praxis, ST4R, Vanatru
Tagged Devotional Polytheism, Emotion, Freya, Freyja, Love, Religion and Spirituality, Self Work, Vanatru, Vanic Values
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A Message From Freyja: Pretty Is Not The Same As Beautiful
“Pretty” is not the same as “Beautiful”. “Pretty” has rules. “Pretty” has consequences. “Pretty” can tear you apart, flaw by flaw, and destroy you from the inside out. “Pretty” can also raise you up, when it’s a path to “Beautiful”. … Continue reading
Posted in Gnosis, Interfaith, Ministry, Mysteries, Polytheistic Theology, Praxis, RedWood Vanatru, ST4R, Vanatru
Tagged Beautiful, Beauty, Beyoncé, Christina Aguilera, Colbie Caillat, Freya, Freyja, India.Arie, Look What I Found!, Love, Music, Ochun, Oshun, Oxun, Pretty, Pretty Hurts, Try, Video
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Happy Groundsquirrel Day!
Once again, I love my Mom. Today she sent me another announcement, to inform us of this important development in her religious tradition the California Local-Wight Pagan Society**: In this year of hoping for MORE WATER instead of more dry … Continue reading
Posted in Interfaith, Land Spirit Work, Lighthearted, Mysteries, Personal, Praxis, Seasonal, ST4R
Tagged California Local-Wight Pagan Society, CLWPS, Drought, Groundhogs day, Groundsquirrel day, Humor, Jan Parcel, Look What I Found!, Mom, Rain, Religion and Spirituality, Silly, Spring, Water
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Many Gods West – Closing and Aftermath
The closing ritual was every bit as wonderful as the opening ritual. I had the opportunity I was sure I needed, to acquire some of the collected dirt to take home. And that was it, we were done. Many Gods … Continue reading
Posted in Ancestors, Divination, Gnosis, Interfaith, Land Spirit Work, Lore, Ministry, Mysteries, Personal, Polytheistic Theology, Praxis, RedWood Vanatru, Ritual, ST4R
Tagged Apollo, Aslan, Camilla Laurentine, Devotional Polytheism, Dionysos, Lon Sarver, Many Gods West, Pagan, polytheism, Religion and Spirituality, River Devora, Vanic Values, Xochiquetzal
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Many Gods West – Sunday Afternoon
Finding Freyja – Ember Cooke By all accounts, my Finding Freyja ritual went quite well. I had a good dozen or so attendees. Several expressed to me that the ritual was just exactly what they needed. That Lon was going … Continue reading
Posted in Gnosis, Lore, Mysteries, Personal, Polytheistic Theology, Praxis, RedWood Vanatru, Ritual, ST4R, Trance Work, Vanatru
Tagged Devotional Polytheism, Freyja, Heathenism, Lon Sarver, Many Gods West, Pagan, polytheism, Religion and Spirituality, Trance Work, Vanatru, Vanic Conspiracy, Vanic Values, Xochiquetzal
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DPM 23: The Call Knows Where I Live
I am going through the Devotional Polytheist Meme questions from Galina Krasskova’s blog, together with my lover Lon Sarver, over the course of several months. We encourage our friends to follow along, and welcome links to other people’s answers, as … Continue reading
Posted in Divination, Mysteries, Personal, Praxis, RedWood Vanatru, Ritual, ST4R, Trance Work, Vanatru
Tagged Devotional Polytheism, Devotional Polytheist Meme, Hrafnar, Odin, Pagan, polytheism, Religion and Spirituality, theology, TVTropes, Vanatru
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Freyja and Male Beauty
This came up elseweb, but I realized as soon as I wrote it that I should share it here as well: One of the things that Freyja has people do is stand in front of a mirror, naked, and compliment … Continue reading
Posted in Lore, Ministry, Mysteries, Polytheistic Theology, Praxis, RedWood Vanatru, Ritual, ST4R, Vanatru
Tagged Beauty, Brisingamen, Emotion, Freya, Freyja, Freyjasmen, Heathenism
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EmberVoices: Listening for the Vanir 