White Rose of Avalon

Arthurian Legend

  • A Very Biased Ranking of All 5 Seasons of Merlin!

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon my Darlings.   Today’s post is going to be another ranking of seasons of one of my favorite fantasy television shows.   I will be doing a very biased ranking of all five seasons of Merlin.   Ironically this is not a series I watched when it originally…

  • The Llewellyn Tarot Major Arcana Analysis

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon my Darlings.   Today’s post is going to be another Major Arcana analysis and walkthrough of the Fool’s Journey.   This time the focus will be on The Llewellyn Tarot by Anna-Marie Ferguson.    Each of these Major Arcana cards is associated with different figures from Welsh myth…

  • Revisiting Sir Gawain and the Green Knight During Yuletide

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon my Darlings.    Today’s post is about revisiting Sir Gawain and the Green Knight as a Yuletide tradition!   For those less familiar with the tale, it actually takes place during the Yuletide season, with the beginning of the story happening at a Christmastide Feast on New Year’s.…

  • Finding Elen Book Review

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon my Darlings.   Today’s post is a review of the book Finding Elen: The Quest for Elen of the Ways edited by Caroline Wise.    I have had this book on my to-read list for the last few years.   It had been out of print for quite…

  • Walk the Labyrinth: The Tor & Gwyn Ap Nudd

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon my Darlings.   Today’s post is about the Tor of Glastonbury, how it relates to Avalon as the Underworld, Gwyn Ap Nudd, and walking the Labyrinth.   I find that walking the Labyrinth of the Tor and Gwyn Ap Nudd, as a God, are intimately linked to the…

  • Deepening into the Energy of the Queen of the Underworld

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon my Darlings.   Today’s post is about deepening into the energy of the Queen of the Underworld during the Dark Half of the Year!    After we have experienced Samhain and been immersed in the New Moon in Scorpio, we are well into the Dark Half of the…

  • The Welsh Celtic Concept of Sacrificial Kingship

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon my Darlings!   For today’s post, I have decided to discuss the concept of Celtic Sacrificial Kingship and how it relates to Seasonal Sovereignty.    There are several cases of Sacrificial Kingship and Seasonal Sovereignty in Celtic Lore, however, I will be focusing on the tales of Blodeuwedd,…

  • The Nine Priestess Paths of Avalon

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon my Darlings.   Today’s post is about the Priestess Paths of Avalon according to the Sisterhood of Avalon tradition.    I will be focusing on the three paths that I work with most in my own practice, but I will also be discussing a bit of the other…

  • The Arthurian Tarot: Major Arcana Analysis

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon my Darlings.   Today’s post is another tarot-centric one, specifically taking a deep dive look at the Major Arcana of The Arthurian Tarot by Caitlin and John Matthews. ~0 THE SEEKER: THE FOOL~ ~I love that this Celtic-based deck did not call the unnumbered card of the Major…

  • Morgan le Fay’s Legacy Book Review

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon my Darlings!    Today’s post is a book review of Morgan le Fay’s Legacy: Nurturing the Ancient Wisdom Within by Nicole Muir.   I just found out about this book about two weeks ago, and I ordered it not long after.   It is a new release, having…