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  • The Importance of Faery Women in the Arthuriad

    For today’s post, I would like to take a look at the importance of Faery women within the Arthurian legends, as well as how it is inspired by Celtic lore.   There are numerous Faery women in the Arthurian legends.   It can even be argued that each important female figure had origins in the…

  • My Top 5 Favorite Knights of the Roundtable

    For today’s post, I have decided to do a countdown of my favorite Knights of the Roundtable.   This post will act as a companion piece to yesterday’s countdown of Arthurian women! Number 5: Percival ~The original Grail Knight began his tale as an ignorant young man raised with no knowledge of the royal courts…

  • My Top 5 Arthurian Women

    For today’s post, I have decided to do a countdown of my top five favorite women of Arthurian Legend.   This type of countdown will be likely no surprise to my regular readers, but I felt it would be a fun little post to do today! Number 5: Igraine  ~Igraine was the mother of Arthur…

  • Enchantress or Sorceress

    For today’s post, I have decided to briefly look for the differences between two witchy archetypes, the Enchantress and the Sorceress.   While both of these archetypes are interrelated and can be embraced concurrently, they have their own energies. The Enchantress is associated with springtime and fire.   She is youthful energy and a sexy…

  • The Lord of Winter and the Lord of Summer

    For today’s post, I have decided to take a look at the Celtic concept of the Lord of Winter and Lord of Summer.    There is a tradition of a representative of Summer and a representative of Winter fighting over a Flower Bride.   This happens throughout several Celtic tales, but for this post, I…

  • Faery Glamour

    For today’s post, I will be looking at the concept of Faery Glamour.    Faery Glamour is both a principle within folklore and something that can be utilized magically.   This is a magick of illusion and transformation.   Within this post, I will take a look at three of the primary literary examples of…

  • The Mystical Femme Fatale Archetype

    For today’s post, I would like to look at an archetype commonly found in medieval legends.    I personally refer to this archetype as the Mystical Femme Fatale.   In many of her portrayals in medieval romances, Morgan le Fay fits into this archetype.   In truth, many of the women of Arthurian Legend can…

  • Glastonbury, Real Site of Avalon?

    For today’s post, I have decided to write about the real site of Avalon, Glastonbury England!   Now, the honest truth is that many locations have claimed to be the real-world location of the mystical land of Avalon.   This is very similar to the locations claiming to have been the historical seat of Camelot!…

  • Faery Gates of Avalon Review

    For today’s post, I would like to do a book review on The Faery Gates of Avalon by Gareth Knight.   This book is an analysis of the Arthurian Romances by Chretien de Troyes through the lens of faery magic!   Knight is a great scholar of the Arthuriad, and has worked with Arthurian magick…

  • My Top 5 Celtic Magick Books I Have Read in the Last 3 Months

    For today’s post, I have chosen to do a bit of a follow-up to a previous post about my favorite Celtic magick books.   This is specifically a list of the top five I have recently read! Number 5: Sir Gawain: Knight of the Goddess by John Matthews ~This book is about the Arthurian figure…