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: Vanic Conspiracy
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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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
Declaration 127: Boycott the AFA
Huginn’s Heathen Hof has organized a declaration, signed by many different Heathen and some Pagan or other Polytheist groups, declaring our intent to boycott the Asatru Folk Assembly. They are calling it Declaration 127. Here is the meat of it: … Continue reading
Posted in Ancestors, Community, Folkism and Racism, Interfaith, Ministry, Personal, Politics, Praxis, RedWood Vanatru, ST4R, Vanatru
Tagged #notinmypaganism, AFA, Anti-Semitic, Asatru Folk Assembly, Boycott, Declaration 127, Ethics, family, Folkish, Folkism, gender essentialism, Heathenism, Heathenry, homophobia, Huginn's Heathen Hof, Look What I Found!, QUILTBAG, Racism, Racist, Religion and Spirituality, The Troth, Vanic Conspiracy, Vanic Values
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Not in our Paganism? We’re not off the hook
Lupa Greenwolf already said everything I was thinking about why this is wrong, and more clearly than I can right now. But I can’t say racism, gender essentialism, and homophobia are “Not in my Paganism” because they clearly still are, … Continue reading
Posted in Ancestors, Community, Folkism and Racism, Interfaith, Ministry, Personal, Politics, Praxis, RedWood Vanatru, ST4R, Vanatru
Tagged #notinmypaganism, AFA, Anti-Semitic, Asatru Folk Assembly, Ethics, family, Folkish, Folkism, gender essentialism, Heathenism, Heathenry, homophobia, Look What I Found!, QUILTBAG, Racism, Racist, Religion and Spirituality, The Troth, Vanic Conspiracy, Vanic Values
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Seeress: Nan Edwards Boyster
This is my friend and sometimes-teacher Nan Edwards Boyster. Nan is, simply put, Good People. She’s also one of the small handful of readers I go to when I need outside divination, confirmation or clarification on my own work, or … Continue reading
Posted in Divination, Ministry, Praxis, Ritual, ST4R
Tagged Divination, For Sale, Look What I Found!, Nan Edwards Boyster, Oracular Seidh, Seidh, Support Pagan Artists, Trance Work, Vanatru, Vanic Conspiracy, Vanic Values
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PCon Crash
PantheaCon went well, by and large. Never without incident, of course – there’s waaaaaay too many people there for that to ever be the case. But far more good than bad. Being me, and hypercritical, and moody in February, I … Continue reading
Posted in Divination, Interfaith, Ministry, Personal, Praxis, RedWood Vanatru, Ritual, ST4R, Trance Work, Vanatru
Tagged Devotional Polytheism, Dionysos, Frey, Freya, Freyja, Freyja's Aett, Freyr, Nerthus, Njordh, Pagan, PantheaCon, PantheaCon 2016, Religion and Spirituality, Thiasos Bakkheios, Trance Work, Vanatru, Vanic Conspiracy, Vanir
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PCon Prep
PREPARE ALL THE THINGS! WAAAAAAAAAAAUGH! That is all. –Ember–
Posted in Divination, Interfaith, Lighthearted, Ministry, Personal, Praxis, RedWood Vanatru, Ritual, ST4R, Trance Work, Vanatru
Tagged Devotional Polytheism, Dionysos, Frey, Freya, Freyja, Freyja's Aett, Freyr, Nerthus, Njordh, Pagan, PantheaCon, PantheaCon 2016, Religion and Spirituality, Thiasos Bakkheios, Trance Work, Vanatru, Vanic Conspiracy, Vanir
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PantheaCon 2016 – See You There!
I’m running or helping run three rituals this year at PantheaCon, which is being held once again at the San Jose DoubleTree hotel on Presidents’ Day weekend, February 12-15th. There are WAY too many amazing things on the program this … Continue reading
Posted in Divination, Interfaith, Ministry, Praxis, RedWood Vanatru, Ritual, ST4R, Trance Work, Vanatru
Tagged Cara Freyasdaughter, Devotional Polytheism, Dionysos, Frey, Freya, Freyja, Freyja's Aett, Freyr, Lon Sarver, Nerthus, Njordh, Pagan, PantheaCon, PantheaCon 2016, Religion and Spirituality, Thiasos Bakkheios, Trance Work, Vanatru, Vanic Conspiracy, Vanir
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Vanatru Parody (ABBA)
Happy New Year folks! I want to start the year fresh, with a bit of humor. I hope you like filk, and ABBA! [Finally Facing I’m] Vanatru (Or “An Example of a Vanic Conspiracy”) Lyrics by me, without apologies to … Continue reading
Posted in Crafts, Gnosis, Lighthearted, Lore, Personal, Poetry, Polytheistic Theology, Praxis, RedWood Vanatru, ST4R, Vanatru
Tagged ABBA, Crafts, Devotional Polytheism, Emotion, Filk, Music, Parody, Silly, Vanatru, Vanic Conspiracy
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Many Gods West – Sunday Afternoon
Finding Freyja – Ember Cooke By all accounts, my Finding Freyja ritual went quite well. I had a good dozen or so attendees. Several expressed to me that the ritual was just exactly what they needed. That Lon was going … Continue reading
Posted in Gnosis, Lore, Mysteries, Personal, Polytheistic Theology, Praxis, RedWood Vanatru, Ritual, ST4R, Trance Work, Vanatru
Tagged Devotional Polytheism, Freyja, Heathenism, Lon Sarver, Many Gods West, Pagan, polytheism, Religion and Spirituality, Trance Work, Vanatru, Vanic Conspiracy, Vanic Values, Xochiquetzal
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EmberVoices: Listening for the Vanir 