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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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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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 PaganBloggers.com Launch!
Jamie says: “There are only 11 days left in the fundraiser for Pagan Bloggers and we need to get to fully funded to properly support the launch of the site. I’m actively recruiting artists and artisans and can’t wait to … Continue reading
Posted in Community, Crafts, Praxis, ST4R
Tagged Help Community, Look What I Found!, Pagan, polytheism, Religion and Spirituality, Support Pagan Artists
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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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Hail Keith “Cynan” Roberts! Rest Well, Old Friend.
Keith Roberts, better known to the extended SF Bay Area Pagan, Fandom, SCA, Poly, etc. communities as Cynan, died earlier today. I’m not up for writing a glowing obituary just yet. Cynan was a dear friend of mine, and I … Continue reading
Posted in Ancestors, Community, Personal, Praxis, ST4R
Tagged #FuckCancer, Ancestor Reverence, Ancestors, Beloved Dead, Death, Emotion, Keith Cynan Roberts, Pagan, Religion and Spirituality, RIP
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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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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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On Holding Space
Read This Article. Seriously. Read it. Read the whole thing. If you do any kind of counseling, or clergy work, or even just group work in a sensitive context, then, like me, Holding Space is a skill you need to … Continue reading
Posted in Ministry, Praxis, Ritual, ST4R
Tagged Emotion, Ethics, Look What I Found!, Pagan, Religion and Spirituality, Self Work, Vanic Values
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Please, help my family!
I’m trying not to panic, because panic never helps. I, personally, am cared for in my primary household. This is my secondary household, my family-of-heart, my lover Lon Sarver, his partner, and their son. And I can’t fix this for … Continue reading
Posted in Ministry, Personal, ST4R
Tagged Emotion, Ethics, Help Community, Lon Sarver, Pagan, Support Pagan Artists
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EmberVoices: Listening for the Vanir 