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: RedWood Vanatru
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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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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My First Pagan Bloggers Post!
It hasn’t reached the front page yet, but my first post at PaganBloggers.com is up today! What Does It Mean To Be Clergy? Here’s a snippet for you: I’m well aware that other people consider me an authority figure, and … Continue reading
Posted in Community, Ministry, Pagan Bloggers, Praxis, RedWood Vanatru, ST4R
Tagged Authority, Ethics, Expertise, Leadership, Pagan, Pagan Bloggers, Pagan Leadership, PaganBloggers.com, Religion and Spirituality, Vanic Values
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Help a Genderfluid Vanatru Heathen Get Going!
https://www.youcaring.com/deeshull-741615 Dee Shull is a close friend of mine, as well as my apprentice, and the semi-official 2nd running the Vanic Conspiracy. You may remember this image and poem on which we collaborated several months ago: Dee is raising funds … Continue reading
Posted in Community, Ministry, Personal, Praxis, RedWood Vanatru, ST4R, Vanatru
Tagged Ethics, Help Community, Look What I Found!, Pagan, Religion and Spirituality
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Ember on Gifts of the Wyrd!
Several weeks ago Jan and Laine interviewed me for their podcast Gifts of the Wyrd. We talked about Vanatru, and what makes RedWood Vanatru what it is. My interview is up now! Go listen! [Edit] For anyone having trouble with … 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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New Song! Seeking Odr
The other day while driving home, a new song for Freyja dropped into my head. When I got home, I holed up with my tablet to work out the verses, and a few hours later I had the whole thing … Continue reading
Posted in Crafts, Gnosis, Lore, Poetry, Polytheistic Theology, Praxis, RedWood Vanatru, Ritual, ST4R, Trance Work, Vanatru
Tagged #ShowMeFreyja, Alfheim, Alflord, Ancestors, Asgard, Crafts, Devotional Polytheism, Emotion, Freya, Freyr, Frigga, Ginnungagap, Heimdallr, Hel, Helheim, Hella, Horn, Jotunheim, Ljosalfheim, Mardoll, Music, Niflheim, Nornir, Odin, Odr, Pagan, Poetry, polytheism, Projects, Religion and Spirituality, Seidh, Skadhi, Svartalfheim, Trance Work, Utgard Loki, Vanadis, Vanaheim, Vanatru, Vanic Values, Vanir
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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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Walking with Freyja: On Having It Together
Yesterday I visited the park and grounds around the Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum. It’s been a very long time, and I had not remembered just how many little esoterically-saturated spaces they had designed there, which are open to the public every … Continue reading
Posted in Ancestors, Community, Gnosis, Land Spirit Work, Ministry, Politics, Polytheistic Theology, Praxis, RedWood Vanatru, ST4R, Trance Work, Vanatru
Tagged Community, Divination, Ethics, Freya, Freyja, privilege, Religion and Spirituality, Santa Clara, Self Work, Trance Work, Vanic Values
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EmberVoices: Listening for the Vanir 