Folk Magic – White Rose of Avalon

‘True Blood’ Maenad & ‘Chilling Adventures of Sabrina’ Pagans: A Magical Media Analysis of Folk Horror on Television

Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon, my Darlings. Today’s post is an examination of the Maenad storyline from True Blood, with The God Who Comes (Dionysus), and the Pagan storyline from Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, with the Green Man, and how they relate to Folk Horror! In this Magical Media Analysis, I…

September 17, 2024

‘Midsommar’: A Magical Media Analysis

Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon my Darlings. Today’s post is a Midsummer Monday Magical Media Analysis of the amazing Ari Aster horror film Midommar! How perfect it is that this post will be released on June 24, which is St. John’s Day, and has been traditionally part of celebrations that have linked…

June 24, 2024

‘Chilling Adventures of Sabrina’, ‘The Hare Moon’: A Magical Media Analysis

Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon my Darlings. Today’s post is a Full Moon Monday Magical Media Analysis of ‘The Hare Moon’ episode of Chilling Adventures of Sabrina! I chose to do this post today because it is the Full Moon in Libra, or the first Full Moon when the Sun is…

March 25, 2024

The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina: the Pagans, A Magical Media Analysis

Welcome to another Magical Media Analysis! Today’s topic is Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, in particular, I will be looking at the Pagans as portrayed in the series. Instead of doing a regular overview, as I have when analyzing a whole plot and where magick is used in it, I am going to do…

June 5, 2023

The Witch: A Magical Media Analysis

Welcome back my Darling Readers to another Magical Media Analysis! Today’s post will focus on The Witch the film from 2015 that made Anya Taylor-Joy a household name for horror fans. It is a very incredibly well-done film that is far from your average horror fare. It is not a simple blood…

June 1, 2023

Magical Media Analysis: A New Series on White Rose of Avalon

For today’s post, I have decided to take a chance to discuss a new series of posts here on White Rose of Avalon. I want to do a series of posts that will be magical analyses of witchy and other magical media properties. I plan to do posts on episodes of Chilling Adventures…

May 28, 2023

The Black Book of Johnathan Knotbristle Review

For today’s post, I am happy to state that I will be doing another review of a book kindly sent to me by Crossed Crow Books. This one is slightly different from the other titles, in that this one is technically a fictional novel! The Black Book of Johnathan Knotbristle by Chris Allaun is…

April 5, 2023