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  • The Sun and the Water: An Exploration of Celtic Solar Water Goddesses

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon, my Darlings.   For today’s blog post, I have decided to discuss the overlap between Solar Goddesses and Water Goddesses! It is a very interesting aspect of Celtic myth that there are many Goddesses who are associated with the Sun.   While there is the common dichotomy of…

  • Flower Maidens and Sacred Waters: Seeking Balance Between the Earth and Water Elements

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon, my Darlings.   For today’s blog post, I am examining the balance of Earth and Water through Flower Maidens and the Sacred Waters! While many people will think of Flower Maidens and Sacred Waters as not very compatible, given that one is more associated with the earth element…

  • The Birth of Venus: Exploring Her Birth Story for Aprhodite April

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon, my Darlings.   For this Aphrodite April Femme Fatale Friday, I am devoting a whole post to discussing the Birth of Venus!    So, Aphrodite in Greece and Venus in Rome have much of their mythos intertwined, as we well know.   There are two different stories about…

  • The Flower Bride Comes into Bloom

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon, my Darlings.   For today’s Femme Fatale Friday blog post, I will be exploring Flower Bride energy, which is coming into bloom now, as we transition into Spring! As the cold, hard earth begins to soften with the Sun warming the world, as the snow finishes melting, nourishing…

  • We Need to Talk About ‘The Northman’

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon, my Darlings.   For today’s Magical Media Analysis blog post, I will be discussing Robert Eggers’ film The Northman and unpacking some of the Norse mythology, spirituality, and inspiration from Shakespeare’s Hamlet found within the film!   It was actually the final Robert Eggers film that I had…

  • Learning About the Self Through Stories

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon, my Darlings.   For today’s blog post, I will be discussing how we can learn about ourselves through stories and the archetypes found within them!    In the study of folklore, legends, myth, and fairytales, patterns begin to form.   These archetypal themes and characters appear time and…

  • The Priestess as Storyteller: A Meditative Rumination on Lorekeepers, Bards, and Storytelling Traditions

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon, my Darlings.   For today’s blog post, I will be discussing the importance of Storytelling, being a Lorekeeper or Bard, when it comes to Priestessing!   Now, let’s delve into the depths of the Cauldron of Story, as Tolkien called the Collective Unconscious space where all stories come…

  • ‘The Romance of the Faery Melusine’ Book Review

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon, my Darlings.   Today’s blog post is a review of the novel The Romance of the Faery Melusine, originally written by Andre Lebey and translated by Gareth Knight!   I have read this book twice now, but I did not post a review of it back when I…

  • The Lady of the Forest: White Lady and Faery of the Birch Tree

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon, my Darlings.   For this week’s Femme Fatale Friday, I will be discussing the White Lady, the Faery Queen of the Birch Tree, also known as the Lady of the Forest!    You see, the power of the Birch Tree has been well discussed in Faerylore, folklore, Druidry,…

  • Red, White, and Black: Colors of Faery and Alchemy

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon, my Darlings.   For today’s blog post, I have decided to discuss how the energies of the Otherworld are linked to Alchemy via the colors Red, White, and Black!   You see, the colors of Red, White, and Black, which are so linked to Alchemy, are also used…