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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Tag Archives: animism
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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Valley of Flowers
Perlandria said, “One of the grace names I heard for our home when growing up was Valley of Flowers.” I should put off this post until mid February, perhaps, as that’s when the flowers will return in force. I’m curious … Continue reading
Posted in Gnosis, Land Spirit Work, Personal, Polytheistic Theology, Praxis, RedWood Vanatru, ST4R
Tagged animism, Devotional Polytheism, Divination, Emotion, Home, Land Spirits, Landvaettir, Landwights, Month of Written Devotion, Music, Pagan, polytheism, Religion and Spirituality, Santa Clara, Vanic Values
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Seeking Prompts for My Lady
I still owe my Lady Clare 9 entries for the Month of Written Devotion I had to pause in the flurry around Many Gods West. But the reason I haven’t returned to it already is that those prompts were just … Continue reading
Posted in Gnosis, Land Spirit Work, Personal, Polytheistic Theology, Praxis, RedWood Vanatru, ST4R
Tagged animism, Devotional Polytheism, Divination, Emotion, Home, Land Spirits, Landvaettir, Landwights, Month of Written Devotion, Music, Pagan, polytheism, Religion and Spirituality, Santa Clara, Vanic Values
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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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Many Gods West – Saturday
So, Saturday. Those who know me know I’m not much of a morning person, so alas, I missed the first two presentation slots entirely, which is sad, as I was actually very interested in several of them! But it would … Continue reading
Posted in Ancestors, Dreams, Gnosis, Interfaith, Land Spirit Work, Lore, Ministry, Personal, Polytheistic Theology, Praxis, RedWood Vanatru, Ritual, ST4R, Trance Work, Vanatru
Tagged Ancestor Reverence, Ancestors, animism, Cathubodua, Coru Cathubodua, Devotional Polytheism, Divination, Emotion, Heimlich A. Laguz, Hex Magazine, Home, Land Spirits, Landvaettir, Landwights, Lon Sarver, Many Gods West, Morpheus Ravenna, polytheism, Religion and Spirituality, Santa Clara, The Morrigan, theology, Trance Work, Vanic Values
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Many Gods West – Friday
It’s very hard for me to separate Many Gods West itself from everything that lead up to it and has come out of it, much less the rest of our trip to Washington. For the sake of brevity and relevance, … Continue reading
Posted in Ancestors, Divination, Gnosis, Interfaith, Land Spirit Work, Ministry, Personal, Polytheistic Theology, Praxis, RedWood Vanatru, Ritual, ST4R, Trance Work, Vanatru
Tagged Ancestor Reverence, Ancestors, animism, Devotional Polytheism, Divination, Emotion, Home, Land Spirits, Landvaettir, Landwights, Lon Sarver, Many Gods West, polytheism, Religion and Spirituality, Santa Clara, Seidh, theology, Trance Work, Vanic Values
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My Lady Sings!
It’s not really part of the Month of Written Devotion, but it is in part because of it, I suppose. Lon often asks me to explain how my experiences of interaction with the gods actually work in the physical world. … Continue reading
Posted in Dreams, Gnosis, Land Spirit Work, Personal, Polytheistic Theology, Praxis, RedWood Vanatru, ST4R
Tagged animism, cantomancy, Dee, Devotional Polytheism, Divination, Emotion, Home, Land Spirits, Landvaettir, Landwights, Lon Sarver, Month of Written Devotion, Music, Pagan, polytheism, Religion and Spirituality, Santa Clara, Vanic Values
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MWD: Hiatus
My Month of Written Devotion for the Spirit of the Santa Clara Valley is going on Hiatus until after I get back and can recover from Many Gods West. I just have too much to do to prepare not only … Continue reading
MWD: Strength
My Month of Written Devotion is for the Spirit of the Santa Clara Valley Strength I believe my strength relative to my Valley and the land in general is my dreaming relationship with it. I have never heard of anyone … Continue reading
Posted in Dreams, Gnosis, Land Spirit Work, Personal, Polytheistic Theology, Praxis, RedWood Vanatru, ST4R
Tagged animism, Devotional Polytheism, Emotion, Home, journey trance, Land Spirits, Landvaettir, Landwights, Month of Written Devotion, Pagan, polytheism, Religion and Spirituality, Santa Clara, Vanic Values
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EmberVoices: Listening for the Vanir 