The Monstrous Feminine, Female Rage Icons!

Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon my Darlings.   This week’s Femme Fatale Friday post is about Monstrous Feminine Figures as Female Rage Icons.   Instead of focusing on specific horror films in this post, as I have in the past when discussing the Monstrous Feminine, I will be looking at different Monstrous Feminine…

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Venus, Planet of Love

Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon my Darlings.   Today’s post is about the power of Venus, the planet, the Goddess, and the energy of love and sexuality!    As it is still Aphrodite April, I think it is a good time to explore the immense power of Venusian energy.    The planet Venus…

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Faery Sexuality & The Rites of Spring!

Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon my Darlings.    Today’s post is about how Faery Sexuality and the Rites of Spring serve to nourish the land.    Sexuality itself is a symbol of nature’s abundance and all Fae celebrate sex in their wild freedom!    I will be going over different species of Fae…

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An Avalonian Aphrodite April?

Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon my Darlings.   Today’s post is about the concept of Aphrodite April and how you can incorporate it into your own magickal lifestyle if you wish to.    I did write about Aphrodite April last year, as I do find it such a great way to get in…

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Spring is for Lovers, Five Greek Mythic Love Stories

Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon my Darlings.   Today’s post is about five Greek mythic love stories in honor of Spring being a season for new love!   This will not be a ranked list, instead will be more focused on five of my favorite sets of lovers from Greek myth.  Of course,…

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Rabbits, Creatures of Springtime Folklore

Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon my Darlings.   Today’s post is about the folklore and magick of Rabbits, as well as why they are iconic creatures of Spring!   I will be going over aspects of Rabbits in folklore in separate sections to give a rounded view of why they are so linked…

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Persephone, Goddess of Spring

Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon my Darlings.   This week’s Femme Fatale Friday is going to be focused on Persephone in her aspect as the Goddess of Spring.   We have been in Spring officially for a little over a week, while it is still cooler temperatures than many would like, the signs…

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Blooms of Blodeuwedd

Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon my Darlings.   Today’s post is about the three flowers used to create Blodeuwedd!  Although in some tellings nine blooms are used to call Blodeuwedd forth into corporeal form, I want to focus on the three always stated to be part of her creation.   I felt this…

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The Monstrous Feminine & Female Body Horror Films

Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon my Darlings.   Today’s post is going to be about how body horror in films and the monstrous feminine are related.    In particular, I want to focus on why feminine body horror can be seen to mirror anxieties over the female body as something unknown and fears…

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Swans, Birds of Otherworldly Enchantment

Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon my Darlings.   Today’s post is about Swans and their significance in tales of the Otherworld.    The idea for this post came to me in a spark of Awen (Celtic concept of inspiration) when I was doing my morning yoga.    I was in pigeon pose, which…

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