White Rose of Avalon

Arthurian Legend

  • Duality & Triads: A Deeper Spiritual Perspective

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon my Darlings.   Today’s post is going to focus on the concept of having a deeper perspective on spirituality than simply a view based on love and light alone.   I will be examining duality and triads to show the depth of our spiritual beliefs.   Each will…

  • The Time of Blodeuwedd

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon my Darlings.   Today’s post is going to be about the Time of Blodeuwedd in the Sisterhood of Avalon tradition, as we have just entered this time with the Full Moon in Virgo on Saturday!   Now, I obviously celebrate Blodeuwedd all year round, being that I am…

  • Nimue, Lady of the Lake & Lover of Merlin

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon my Darlings.   This week’s Femme Fatale Friday is about Nimue, the great Lady of the Lake, and famed Lover of Merlin, who doomed him!   I have written so many times about the importance of the Lady of the Lake in Arthurian legends.   I have discussed…

  • Excalibur & the Scabbard of Invulnerability

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon my Darlings.   Today’s post is going to be all about the sword Excalibur and the Scabbard of Invulnerability!   As we all know, one of the most iconic items in all of the Arthurian legends is the sword Excalibur.    Excalibur is the famed sword of King…

  • A Faery King’s Tie to the Land

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon my Darlings.   Today’s post is a bit of an expansion of the idea of having a King who is literally tied to the Land, which I analyzed in my review of The Folk of the Air Trilogy.   I wanted to go deeper and analyze how this…

  • 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…