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: Santa Clara
Walking with Freyja: On Having It Together
Yesterday I visited the park and grounds around the Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum. It’s been a very long time, and I had not remembered just how many little esoterically-saturated spaces they had designed there, which are open to the public every … Continue reading
Posted in Ancestors, Community, Gnosis, Land Spirit Work, Ministry, Politics, Polytheistic Theology, Praxis, RedWood Vanatru, ST4R, Trance Work, Vanatru
Tagged Community, Divination, Ethics, Freya, Freyja, privilege, Religion and Spirituality, Santa Clara, Self Work, Trance Work, 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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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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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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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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MWD: Weakness
My Month of Written Devotion is for the Spirit of the Santa Clara Valley Weakness Perhaps my greatest weakness regarding my Lady is in accounting for all that is Hers. In my bias, I want to account for the land … Continue reading
Posted in 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 