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  • We Need to Talk About ‘Together’ (2025) ~Full Spoilers Film Review~

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon, my Darlings.   For today’s blog post, I just have to give a full spoiler review of the brand new horror film Together!   I saw this film with my husband on Friday, and we both had very visceral reactions to it in the best way.   Together…

  • 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.  …

  • The Adonia: Ancient Greek Festival to Celebrate Adonis as the Consort of Aphrodite

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon, my Darlings.   For today’s blog post, I will be discussing the Adonia, a festival to celebrate Adonis!   The Adonia was said to take place around Midsummer, in July, which is why I am writing about this today.    However, I want to note that while Plutarch…

  • Mermaids and Pirates: The Nautical Attraction

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon, my Darlings.   For today’s post, I have decided to discuss Mermaids and Pirates!   So, Pirates have long been associated with Mermaids.   A lot of the stories we have of people encountering Mermaids come from Pirates, as well as other sailors. Mermaid encounters on the High…

  • Embracing the May Queen in My Own Life: A Wedding Reflection on Our Fourth Anniversary!

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon, my Darlings.   As today is my fourth Wedding Anniversary with my husband, Andrew, I have decided to do a reflection on some ways I have embraced the energy of the May Queen in my life over the years!   After all, I certainly was working very deeply…

  • Aphrodite April & Embracing Your Inner Venusian Energy

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon, my Darlings.   This week’s Femme Fatale Friday is about how we can celebrate Aphrodite April by embracing our own inner Venusian Energy!   I thought that this was the ideal topic for the final Friday of April.    Now, this past month has been full of a…

  • ‘The Road to Avalon’ Book Review

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon, my Darlings.     Today’s blog post is a review of The Road to Avalon by Joan Wolf.   This book is an Arthurian novel originally published in 1988, but the copy I own is the 2007 re-release with the forward by Mary Jo Putney.     I…

  • Welcome April with Faery Studies & Lover Goddess Devotionals

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon, my Darlings.   Happy April, and for this first post of this month, I will be exploring Faery studies and Lover Devotionals for this month!    April is very often associated with honoring Aphrodite by many modern magickal and spiritual practitioners, and the Love Goddess’s energy is very…

  • Dance of the Flower Maiden: A Poem

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon, my Darlings.   Today’s blog post is a poem about dancing with the energy of Spring! Dance of the Flower Maiden  by Maranda Wabik Bright Rose of Spring Blossoming on the bush Flowers that announce all the beauty they will bring The Flower Maiden, Rosy Cheeked, is in…

  • Balancing the Energies of Venus and the Moon

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon, my Darlings.    This week’s Femme Fatale Friday blog post is about the power of balancing Venus and the Moon to create a potent Divine Feminine alignment!   After all, in astrology, the Moon and Venus are the two exaltations of the Feminine.    When we work with…