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  • Verdant Vernal Equinox: A Poem

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon my Darlings.   Happy Spring Equinox to all!   In honor of the Equinox, I have decided to share a poem about the magick of this transitional time of year! Verdant Vernal Equinox by Maranda Wabik Hours of light & hours of night Drift into equal measure As…

  • Woodland Communion

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon my Darlings.   For today’s post, I have decided to focus on communing with the Woodland and her special energies!   Now this is very much a topic that is rooted in my personal spiritual practices.   I have always been very drawn to the Woodlands in general,…

  • Earth & Water, Dual Elemental Connections in Spiritual Work

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon my Darlings.   Today’s post is about how you may have two complementary elements that are equal, or nearly so, in your connection to them spiritually.   This has come to me over the last few weeks, as I have begun to realize how close my associations with…

  • Apple, Elder, & Hawthorn: Faery Tree Triad

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon my Darlings.   Today’s post is going to be a short analysis of my connection to my favorite tree, Apple, as well as the other two trees I am most drawn to, Elder, and Hawthorn.   I have a deep bond with each of these trees, and I…

  • Dryad & Mermaid: A Poem

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon my Darlings.   Today’s post is a poem about connecting to the energies of both Earth and Water at the same time.    I have written much over the past year about my growing acknowledgment of my deep connection to the Earth element, but I have also acknowledged…

  • A Faery King’s Tie to the Land

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon my Darlings.   Today’s post is a bit of an expansion of the idea of having a King who is literally tied to the Land, which I analyzed in my review of The Folk of the Air Trilogy.   I wanted to go deeper and analyze how this…

  • Why I Love Earthing

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon my Darlings.    For today’s post, I want to focus on the process and ritual of Earthing!   For those who do not know what Earthing is, I want to begin with a definition of the word from earthing.com. EARTHING “Earthing is to sync the body to the…

  • Let’s Talk About Animism

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon my Darlings.   For today’s post, I have decided to cover a subject I am quite shocked I have never actually written about specifically in its own devoted post over the last three-plus years of writing here.   That subject is Animism.   Now, I want to begin…

  • The Queen of Pentacles & Faerytales

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon my Darlings.   Today’s post is about how the Queen of Pentacles archetype is experienced in my two favorite fairytales!   The energy of the Queen of Pentacles is both the young Spring Maiden, Flower Bride, and May Queen energy as well as the High Queen, Queen of…

  • Let’s Talk About Anna, a Theory About Disney’s Frozen

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon my Darlings.   Today’s post is all about Anna from Disney’s Frozen!   Being a huge fairytale lover, I have long had a soft spot for Frozen, and truly enjoy the alternate take on the Hans Christian Andersen tale The Snow Queen.   While I do love Elsa,…