White Rose of Avalon

Literary Love

  • Tam Lin & Thomas the Rhymer: Famous Faery Ballads of Entering & Escaping Faeryland

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon my Darlings.   Today’s post is about Tam Lin and Thomas the Rhymer, the famous Faery Ballads of men trapped in Faeryland.   I really adore these two Faery Ballads, and I thought that discussing them in the same post was appropriate, given that they both have some…

  • Ranking ‘The Lives of the Mayfair Witches’ Trilogy

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon my Darlings.   Today’s blog post is my own ranking of The Lives of the Mayfair Witches trilogy of books by Anne Rice.   I have recently re-read the series, well I actually re-read the first book last fall and just re-read the second two this past week.…

  • A Very Biased Ranking of the ‘Practical Magic’ Book Series!

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon my Darlings.   Today’s post is my definitive, and very biased ranking of all four of Alice Hoffman’s Practical Magic books!   To be clear, I love all four of these books, but I just have a very specific ranking of which ones I prefer over the others,…

  • ‘Ode to a Nightingale’ Poem Analysis

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon my Darlings.   Today’s post is an analysis of the poem Ode to a Nightingale by John Keats!   I accessed the text of the poem on poetryfoundation.org.   The bold text after each stanza is my thoughts on the stanza.    Without further ado, let’s examine this…

  • ‘Merlin and Vivien’ Poem Analysis

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon my Darlings.   Today’s post is going to be my own analysis of the poem Merlin and Vivien by Alfred Lord Tennyson.   I accessed the poem digitally on https://d.lib.rochester.edu/camelot/text/tennyson-merlin-and-vivien.   The bold sections interspersed through the poem are my thoughts and musings on what has happened in…

  • Vampires & Sexuality

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon my Darlings.   Today’s post is about Vampires and their inherent connection to sexuality.  I will be breaking down the concept of Vampires and Sexuality, and how Vampires are used to explore sexuality, into four sections to explore a little more deeply below.   Without further ado, let’s…

  • Alice in Wonderland & The Fool’s Journey!

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon my Darlings.   Today’s post is about how Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland relates to the Fool’s Journey in Tarot!   For the purpose of this post, I will be looking at some of the events in each chapter of the first book Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, and how…

  • Alice’s Wonderland, A Journey Through the Looking Glass to Embracing Our Inner Maiden

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon my Darlings.    Today’s blog post is about capturing the Spring energy of the Maiden, our youthful and childlike aspect, and our inner child!    I am framing this journey of honoring the inner child with Alice in Wonderland, as it has long been a favorite story of…

  • 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…

  • ‘Morte d’Arthur’ by Tennyson, A Poetic Analysis

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon my Darlings.   Today’s post is an analysis of the poem Morte d’Arthur by Alfred Lord Tennyson.   I accessed the text of the poem on poetryfoundation.org.   The bold text in this post is my analysis of the poem.   Without further ado, let’s get to the…