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  • Horse Goddesses & Sovereignty

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon, my Darlings.   For today’s Femme Fatale Friday blog post, I will be discussing Horse Goddesses as Sovereignty figures.   In particular, I will focus on Rhiannon, Epona, and Aine.  Each of these Celtic Horse Goddesses holds ties to a specific Celtic land.   Rhiannon is a Welsh…

  • Amelia Bassano: The Dark Lady, or Shakespeare Herself?

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon, my Darlings.   For today’s Femme Fatale Friday blog post, I am discussing Amelia Bassano, the Elizabethan poet often thought to be the Dark Lady of Shakespeare’s Sonnets. Now, I first want to clear up any confusion about her name.   You see, Amelia Bassano was born in…

  • My Top 5 Favorite French Novels

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon, my Darlings.   For today’s blog post, I have decided to share a list of some of my favorite French-language novels.   To be clear, I have not had the pleasure of reading all of these in their original language, but I have read one in its original…

  • A Night at the Paris Opera: A Poem

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon, my Darlings.   For today’s blog post, I am sharing a poem about the Paris Opera House during the Belle Époque! A Night at the Paris Opera by Maranda Wabik A lovely gown of white silk and lace A smile upon my face As I don my lacy…

  • The Witch in the Woods: Exploring the Archetype

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon, my Darlings.   For this week’s Femme Fatale Friday, I will be discussing the classic archetype of the Witch in the Woods!    We see this archetype appearing constantly, most often in fairytales, but also in more modern interpretations.   Possibly the most famous case of a modern…

  • ‘Wisht Waters’ Book Review

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon, my Darlings.   For today’s blog post, I am sharing my review of the book Wisht Waters: The Cult & Magic of Water by Gemma Gary.   I want to note that this is the reprint Troy Books released of Wisht Waters: Aqueous Magica and the Cult 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…

  • The Alchemical Marriage

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon, my Darlings.   Today’s blog post is about the Alchemical Marriage and how it relates to the spiritual journey!   I do want to note that I will only be going over what the Alchemical Marriage is and how it is used in the spiritual journey rather briefly,…

  • Veronica Franco: Dangerous Beauty, Courtesan, and Poet

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon, my Darlings.   This week’s Femme Fatale Friday post is about the iconic poet and Courtesan Veronica Franco!   She was the subject of the 1998 film Dangerous Beauty, which was based on the biography The Honest Courtesan by Margaret F. Rosenthal.    Veronica Franco was born in…

  • Off with the Faeries: Falling into Faeryland

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon, my Darlings.   Today’s blog post is about the phrase ‘off with the faeries’ and what it has meant historically, relating to the folklore of being trapped in Faerylands, as well as what it can mean today.   I do want to note that this phrase is also…