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: polytheology
Agency, Authority, and Obligation
Devotional Polytheism is built around a few fairly consistent beliefs: 1: The Gods are many. 2: The Gods are real, distinct entities with agency. 3: We can form two-way, personal relationships with Them. Within that scope there’s still room for … Continue reading
Defining the Divine – Gods, Spirits, Powers, etc.
[This is a re-write of an old essay I composed several years ago and posted to my old blog on LiveJournal. I have since related this analogy on several occasions, including in conversations on posting boards. If it seems familiar, … Continue reading
Posted in Politics, Polytheistic Theology
Tagged colonialism, God, gods, Loa, Lwa, Orisha, Orixa, politics, polytheistic theology, polytheology, privilege, Religion and Spirituality, theology
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Lon on This Week in Heresy!
Last week Gina Pond interviewed us for her podcast This Week in Heresy. I got to sit and listen while she interviewed Lon Sarver. His interview is up today! You should definitely go listen, and I’m not just saying that … Continue reading
Q9. How does your tradition handle wrathful, savage and destructive divinities?
Joshua puts this so perfectly, I couldn’t have said it better myself. -E- Most of them would provide an extremely unbalanced focus for monotheistic worship. Rather than having all qualities balanced within themselves, they maintain a balance of forces via … Continue reading
