White Rose of Avalon

Celtic

  • The Sacred Circle Tarot Review

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon my Darlings.   Today’s post is a review of my newest Tarot deck, The Sacred Circle Tarot by Anna Franklin, and illustrated by Paul Mason.    I purchased this most recent deck because it was the deck my herbalism teacher, Suzanne O’Gara used in a reading that she…

  • 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…

  • The Enchantress of Avalon’s Top 5 Tips for Connecting with the Queens of the Dead

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon my Darlings.    Today’s post is going to entail my sharing some of my favorite tips for connecting with the Queens of Death this Dark Half of the Year. Tip 1: APPLES & POMEGRANATES ~So the first and simplest tip to creating a connection to the Queens of…

  • Overview of the Avalonian Cycle of Healing

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon my Darlings.    For today’s post, I have decided to do an overview of the Avalonian Cycle of Healing used by the Sisterhood of Avalon. STATION OF DESCENT ~Keywords from The Avalonian Oracle: Descent, the Unconscious, healing, cleansing, releasing, waning, blood mysteries, the Otherworld, wisdom, threshold place, entering…

  • Deepening into the Energy of the Queen of the Underworld

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon my Darlings.   Today’s post is about deepening into the energy of the Queen of the Underworld during the Dark Half of the Year!    After we have experienced Samhain and been immersed in the New Moon in Scorpio, we are well into the Dark Half of the…

  • Tarot for Professional Use Vs. Tarot for Personal Use

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon my Darlings.   Today’s blog post is about Tarot decks used specifically for personal spiritual development versus decks used for professional public use.   Those decks for professional use are also the ones I use to do readings for my friends and family.   Now, not every Tarot…

  • The Welsh Celtic Concept of Sacrificial Kingship

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon my Darlings!   For today’s post, I have decided to discuss the concept of Celtic Sacrificial Kingship and how it relates to Seasonal Sovereignty.    There are several cases of Sacrificial Kingship and Seasonal Sovereignty in Celtic Lore, however, I will be focusing on the tales of Blodeuwedd,…

  • 5 Tips on Improving Your Tarot Skills

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon my Darlings.    Today’s post is a short list of five tips about how to improve your Tarot skills based on how I work with Tarot!   Some of these tips may be obvious, while others may seem strange, but all have worked for me.   Without further…

  • Dead & Undead Brides

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon my Darlings.    Today’s post is about the concept of Dead and Undead Brides!   I have long had a love of the morbid and the macabre, being a huge fan of Edgar Allan Poe, especially of his stories of lost beloved ladies.    I love the idea…