White Rose of Avalon

Death

  • Non-Fiction Spooky Season Book Recommendations

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon, my Darlings.   Today’s post is my recommendation for some great non-fiction reading for the Season of the Witch!   None of these will be ranked; these are just nine books I think would make ideal non-fiction reads for this time of year.   Without further ado, let’s…

  • Banshees, Dark Women of the Faery Mounds

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon, my Darlings.   Today’s post is another discussion of Banshees, a favorite species of Faery who is oft misunderstood.    These Wailing Women are thought of as figures of the Monstrous Feminine, while in truth, they are meant to be Faery Women who bring warning of the oncoming…

  • Sirens, Handmaidens of Persephone

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon my Darlings.   Today’s blog post is about Sirens and how they are connected to the Greek Goddess Persephone!   It is well known to anyone familiar with the myth of Hades and Persephone that Persephone was in a field picking flowers with her Nymph Handmaidens when she…

  • Anniversary of Anne Boleyn’s Execution: 5 Books to Read in Remembrance of the Doomed Queen!

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon my Darlings.   Today’s post is a list of five books about Anne Boleyn to read in remembrance of her death.   Anne Boleyn was executed on May 19, 1536, making today the 488th anniversary of that tragic day!   As Anne Boleyn is my favorite historical Queen,…

  • The Death Card in Tarot

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon my Darlings.   Today’s post is about the Death card in Tarot!   I am honestly surprised that I have not done a committed post about the Death card yet.   The Death card is one of my favorite cards to discuss in Tarot because it is so…

  • The Queen of Pentacles Archetype as Related to Other Common Feminine Archetypes

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon my Darlings.   Today’s post is yet another one about the Queen of Pentacles, my personal Tarot archetype, as she relates to the common feminine archetypes.   I think that a reason why I am so deeply connected to this Tarot archetype, other than the fact that my…

  • The Eleusinian Mysteries, Persephone, Demeter, and the Ultimate Death Mystery Cult

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon my Darlings.    This week’s Femme Fatale Friday post is going to be all about the Eleusinian Mysteries, at least the small amount of information that we know about it, since this was a true Mystery Cult, with its knowledge lost to history!    The concept of learning…

  • 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…

  • My Top 5 Favorite Books About the Goddess Persephone

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon my Darlings.   For today’s post, I have decided to share a countdown of my five favorite books about the Goddess Persephone.    I thought that this would be a good list to do in order to recommend some great Queen of the Underworld book content for the…