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: Praxis
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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Help Nicole Cover Emergency Expenses
Hello everyone! It’s been an absolutely exhausting trial of a year-plus for everyone I know. My households shared a bubble for 14 months of lockdown, which we are cautiously emerging from one step at a time. Everyone I know is … Continue reading
Posted in Community, Ministry, Praxis
Tagged Ethics, Help Community, Pagan, polytheism, 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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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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Glossary Updated
For those of you who care for such things, I added a new section to my Theological Glossary, for common theological attributes to divinity, such as “Omniscient” and “Transcendent” or “Immanent”. Enjoy! -E-
Posted in Interfaith, Lore, Polytheistic Theology, Praxis, Reference, ST4R
Tagged Administrative, Glossary, theology
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Help A Pagan Leader Keep His Home!
Oggie is a wonderful man, and a long-time acquaintance (dare I even say friend? :]) of mine. He has run a small ADF group out in Texas for years now, and has long been involved in the SF Bay Area … Continue reading
Sometimes Ravens Fly
I have left Hrafnar. It feels a lot like moving the last of my stuff out of my parent’s house. I haven’t lived there in a long time, but I never stopped thinking of it as home. Until I did. … Continue reading
Posted in Community, Ministry, Personal, Praxis, ST4R, Vanatru
Tagged Community, Emotion, Ethics, Heathenism, Hrafnar, Religion and Spirituality, Self Work, Vanic Conspiracy
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THIS FRIDAY: Support Trans Rights by Supporting Pagan Musicians!
I see exactly no downside to this opportunity: “[Bandcamp] will be donating 100% of our share of every sale on Friday, August 4th (from midnight to midnight Pacific Time) to the Transgender Law Center“ Source: https://daily.bandcamp.com/2017/07/31/this-friday-stand-with-bandcamp-in-support-of-trans-rights/ Need some ideas of … Continue reading
Coming Home Again
Originally posted on The Oasis Project:
I have a Sensory Processing Disorder of the hypersensitive type. I am easily overwhelmed by loud sounds, flashing lights, rough textures, etc. Many years ago, at the last BayCon in the San Jose DoubleTree…
Posted in Community, Interfaith, Ministry, Personal, ST4R
Tagged BayCon, Conventions, Hypersensitivity, Interfaith, Oasis Project, Safer Space, Self Care, Sensory Processing Disorder, SPD
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EmberVoices: Listening for the Vanir 