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: Religion and Spirituality
Sometimes Ravens Fly
I have left Hrafnar. It feels a lot like moving the last of my stuff out of my parent’s house. I haven’t lived there in a long time, but I never stopped thinking of it as home. Until I did. … Continue reading
Posted in Community, Ministry, Personal, Praxis, ST4R, Vanatru
Tagged Community, Emotion, Ethics, Heathenism, Hrafnar, Religion and Spirituality, Self Work, Vanic Conspiracy
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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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In This Time of Upheaval, Hold Together #SafetyPin
I wish to create safer space. If you too wish to create safer space, wear a simple, unadorned #SafetyPin on your person. Mine is pinned to my purse so that it is always with me wherever I go. –Ember–
Posted in Community, Interfaith, Ministry, Personal, Politics, Praxis, ST4R
Tagged #SafetyPin, Community, Emotion, Ethics, Look What I Found!, politics, privilege, Religion and Spirituality, Safe Space, Safer Space, Self Work, Vanic Values
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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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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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There Is No Away
I’m ranting lately. It’s been a hard week in a hard month in a hard year, and I just want it all to go away. All the things I just can’t deal with, all the people who hurt me or … Continue reading
Posted in Community, Ministry, Personal, Poetry, Praxis, ST4R
Tagged Emotion, Ethics, privilege, Rant, Rants, Religion and Spirituality, Self Work, There Is No Away
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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
EmberVoices: Listening for the Vanir 