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  • ‘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…

  • The Queen of Elphame, the Folklore, & the Scottish Witch Trials

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon my Darlings.   Today’s post is a bit of a companion piece to yesterday’s analysis of The Folk of the Air Trilogy (which is set in Elfhame), but this time I am going to be writing about the Queen of Elphame, the folklore of this Faery Queen, and…

  • The Allure of Medievalism

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon my Darlings!   For today’s post, I have decided to discuss the Allure of Medievalism.   Medievalism is the Romanticism of the Medieval Period in history.    It has long been a time period that has garnered admiration and Medievalism is something that gained huge notoriety during the…

  • Witchcraft Unchained Book Review

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon my Darlings!   Today’s post is another book review of a title generously given to me by Crossed Crow Books in order to review here!   The book I am reviewing today is Witchcraft Unchained: Exploring the History & Traditions of British Craft by Craig Spencer. Spencer’s book…

  • Mata Hari: Spy & Double Agent of WWI

    Welcome back to Femme Fatale Friday on White Rose of Avalon my Darlings!   This week, I have chosen a truly fatal female, one that is known best to us as Mata Hari.   She was a double agent and spy during the First World War, then simply called the Great War.   Her famous…