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: Interfaith
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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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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In This Time of Upheaval, Hold Together #SafetyPin
I wish to create safer space. If you too wish to create safer space, wear a simple, unadorned #SafetyPin on your person. Mine is pinned to my purse so that it is always with me wherever I go. –Ember–
Posted in Community, Interfaith, Ministry, Personal, Politics, Praxis, ST4R
Tagged #SafetyPin, Community, Emotion, Ethics, Look What I Found!, politics, privilege, Religion and Spirituality, Safe Space, Safer Space, Self Work, Vanic Values
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Election Prayer – VOTE!!
This is a modification of an Election Prayer I wrote 8 years ago to present in a pre-election interfaith service. I believe we need it again now: Elhaz – Manaz – Tiwaz – Jera Call we now the children of … Continue reading
Posted in Ancestors, Community, Interfaith, Land Spirit Work, Ministry, Politics, Praxis, ST4R
Tagged American Founders, Ancestors, Election, Election Prayer, Founding Fathers, Founding Mothers, Interfaith, Prayer, VOTE!
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The Season of the Beloved Dead
This time of year is very important to me, as holiday after holiday explodes around my home lands, and my birthday approaches. Winternights, Samhain, Halloween, All Saints Day, Dia De Los Muertos… they’re not all the same, but there is … Continue reading
Posted in Ancestors, Community, Interfaith, Lighthearted, Personal, Polytheistic Theology, Praxis, Ritual, Seasonal, ST4R
Tagged All Hallows Eve, All Saints Day, All Souls Night, Ancestor Reverence, Ancestors, Beloved Dead, Dia De Los Muertos, Emotion, Halloween, Look What I Found!, Pagan, Religion and Spirituality, Samhain, Winternights
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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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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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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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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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EmberVoices: Listening for the Vanir 