White Rose of Avalon

Maranda Wabik

  • ‘The Penguin Book of the Mermaids’ Review

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon, my Darlings.   For today’s blog post, I am sharing my review of The Penguin Book of Mermaids edited by Cristina Bacchilega and Marie Alohalani Brown.   This is one of those great Penguin collections of stories and historical accounts, this time about Mermaids! This book includes many…

  • The Avalon Ballroom: Iconic Concert Venue During the Summer of Love

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon, my Darlings.   For today’s blog post, I will be exploring the history of the Avalon Ballroom, a famous location in San Francisco during the late 1960s!   I thought this would serve as an ideal companion to yesterday’s post about ‘60s Icons of Style and Art, leaving…

  • ’60s Icons: Muses to Inspire Your Style and Art

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon, my Darlings.   For today’s blog post, I will discuss five of the most iconic women of the 1960s who inspire my personal style and art.   I had to narrow down this list, as I could go on forever, and the original version had eleven 60s icons,…

  • The Mermaid Queen Archetype

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon, my Darlings.   For this week’s Femme Fatale Friday blog post, the topic is the beauty and power of the Mermaid Queen Archetype!  It is quite obvious that when I call this the Mermaid Queen Archetype, I am describing an archetype that is a balance of the Mermaid…

  • An Examination of the Aphrodite & Persephone Archetypes and How They Relate to the Sex Kitten Siren & Ingenue Seduction Archetypes

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon, my Darlings.   For today’s blog post, I will be discussing the connection between the Aphrodite and Persephone Archetypes with the Sex Kitten Siren and Ingenue Seduction Archetypes!    This post is a bit of an elaboration on two posts I did a couple of weeks ago, one…

  • Sidereal & Vedic Astrology: Finding Personal Connection with My Ascendant Signs of Cancer & Ashlesha Nakshatra

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon, my Darlings.   For today’s post, I will be discussing Cancer and Ashlesha energies of Sidereal and Vedic Astrology!   This is a huge part of what has been solidified for me: that Sidereal and Vedic Astrology have a more profound impact on my life than the more…

  • Revisiting Films and Television Shows for 90s Nostalgia

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon, my Darlings.   For today’s blog post, I will be discussing some of the nostalgic ’90s films and television shows I have been watching for comfort recently!   I have organized these films and television series based on the years they were released to make it easy, as…

  • We Need to Talk About ‘The Tempest’ (2010)

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon, my Darlings.   For today’s Mermaid Monday post, I want to discuss the very watery and Island-set film adaptation of Shakespeare’s final play, The Tempest, from 2010, directed by Julie Taymor.   Now, this is a film that I had always wanted to see, given my love for…

  • Among the Stars: A Poem

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon, my Darlings.   For today’s post, I am sharing a poem about my love of the Cosmos! Among the Stars by Maranda Wabik Stars sparkling in the inky sky As I lean my head up to catch their twinkling eye Oh, how lovely it would be To be…

  • A New Format for Online Tarot Readings by the Enchantress of Avalon!

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon, my Darlings.   For today’s blog post, I am delighted to announce that I have re-formatted my Online Tarot Readings!   Instead of having my Readings based on a specific Tarot Spread, my Readings will now be timed Readings.   This will allow my clients to choose their…