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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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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Mythology is a Finger Pointing at the Moon
Originally posted on Drinking From the Cup of Life:
The stories of the gods are not the gods. The descriptions of the gods given in those stories are not the nature of the gods. They are fingers pointing at the…
Posted in Community, Lore, Mysteries, Polytheistic Theology, Praxis, ST4R
Tagged Emotion, Ethics, Experience, Lon Sarver, Look What I Found!, Lore, Mythology, Philosophy, polytheism, 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
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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Love Will Come
This song has been running through my head for weeks now, telling me to admit my bias. I may need to make a rule that I will not do divination on the question “Will I find love?” I admit, in … Continue reading
Posted in Divination, Gnosis, Mysteries, Personal, Polytheistic Theology, Praxis, ST4R, Vanatru
Tagged Divination, Freya, Freyja, Love, Music, polytheism, Religion and Spirituality, theology, Vanatru, Vanic Values
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Reblog: Temple Priests and Hospitality Vikings : The Role of Hospitality and Sacred Space at Pantheacon
Originally posted on Strixian Woods:
? This year was my fifth year attending Pantheacon, one of the largest Pagan gatherings in the world and one of the Coru’s most involved events of the year. Pantheacon is an overwhelming and powerful…
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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In the Barrow
The seasons turn, the clock sets back, and I bleed. Our Lord – my Lord – Freyr, enters the mound, sacrificed a tithe to Hel, for the winter, and as He descends, so do I. The depression is a slow … Continue reading
Posted in Ancestors, Gnosis, Land Spirit Work, Personal, Polytheistic Theology, Praxis, RedWood Vanatru, Ritual, Seasonal, ST4R, Vanatru
Tagged Daylight Saving, Drought, Emotion, Freyr, Halloween, Heathenism, Lady Clare, Land Spirits, Landvaettir, Landwights, Pagan, polytheism, Religion and Spirituality, Samhain, Santa Clara, Seasonal Affective Disorder, Self Work, Winternights
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EmberVoices: Listening for the Vanir 