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  • My Lucky Number 13 & Finding Your Own Lucky Number

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon, my Darlings.   For today’s post, I will be sharing my experiences with my connection to my lucky number, 13, and how you can create a connection with your own lucky number!    Now, some people simply look up a common lucky number based on their birthdate, as…

  • We Need to Talk About ‘The Lair of the White Worm’ (1988): Full Spoilers Review & Magical Media Analysis

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon, my Darlings.   For today’s blog post, I will be sharing my spoiler review and analysis of the 1988 film The Lair of the White Worm, based on a story by Bram Stoker.    In particular, I want to dig into the Snake folklore and the Serpentine Vampires…

  • The Evolution of the Lady of the Lake: An Avalonian Autumn Special at White Rose of Avalon

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon, my Darlings.   For this week’s Femme Fatale Friday blog post, I will be discussing the evolution of the Lady of the Lake in Arthurian lore!   I thought this would be an ideal way to kick off September, as this is a very Avalonian time of year,…

  • Dahut, Princess of Ys

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon, my Darlings.   For this week’s Femme Fatale Friday blog post, I will be discussing Dahut (sometimes also called Dahud, or Dahud-Ahes), the legendary Princess of Ys!   Dahut is the daughter of the King of the Drowned City of Ys, Gradlon.   Although Dahut’s mother is often…

  • Venus in Artwork: Exploring Artistic Interpretations of the Goddess of Love

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon, my Darlings.   For today’s blog post, I will be going over some of the iconic examples of Venus in artworks!   I will be looking at three examples of artwork depicting Venus.   Two are paintings and one is a sculpture, but all show important aspects of…

  • 3 Celtic Goddesses Worshipped by the Romans

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon, my Darlings.   For today’s blog post, I will be discussing three examples of Celtic Goddesses who were worshipped by the Romans!   As always, with this sort of post, I will discuss each Goddess in her own small section below.   Without further ado, let’s look at…

  • Lughnasadh and Embracing the Mother Archetype for the First Harvest

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon, my Darlings.   Blessed Lughnasadh!   For this week’s Holiday Femme Fatale Friday, I will be looking at how embracing the Mother Archetype can aid us in connecting with the first Harvest Festival.   In my class, the Melusine Mysteries, I have aligned the Mother aspect of Melusine…

  • Liban, the Mermaid Saint of Ireland

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon, my Darlings.   For this week’s Femme Fatale Friday, I will be discussing the Celtic tale of Liban the Mermaid!   Liban is also spelled Li Ban, and her biggest claim to fame is as the Irish Mermaid who became a Saint, which makes her one of the…

  • Island Magick: Embracing the Oceanic Enchantress

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon, my Darlings.   For today’s Mermaid Monday blog post, I have decided to discuss the concept of embracing the Oceanic Island Enchantress energy!   This is a very Mermaidy, as well as Summery and Watery magickal energy, which is why I thought that it was an ideal subject…

  • Calypso, Enchantress of ‘The Odyssey’

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon, my Darlings.    For this week’s Femme Fatale Friday, I will be discussing Calypso!   Now, I did write about Calypso a bit in a recent post where I discussed Aquatic lore in The Odyssey, but I have surprisingly never written a whole post just about Calypso.  …