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  • ‘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…

  • Tristan & Iseult: The Knight and the Queen of Cornwall

    Welcome to the final day of Legendary Love Week at White Rose of Avalon, my Darlings.   Today’s post is about the love of Tristan and Iseult!   So, for those who do not know, the tale of Tristan and Iseult is my second favorite love story of Arthurian legend (only beat out by Lancelot…

  • Blodeuwedd & Gronw: The Flower Bride and the Stag Lord

    Welcome to day six of Legendary Love Week at White Rose of Avalon, my Darlings.   Today’s post is about Blodeuwedd and Gronw Pebyr!   Now, Blodeuwedd’s relationship with Gronw famously began as an affair, as Blodeuwedd was called forth from the Otherworld into physical form, literally made of flowers, to be the wife of…

  • Culwch & Olwen: The Knight and the Flower Maiden of the White Track

    Welcome to day five of Legendary Love Week at White Rose of Avalon, my Darlings.   Today’s post is about the love between Culhwch and Olwen!   This is one of the stories found in The Mabinogion that is not part of the four branches.   It is also one of the oldest written Arthurian…

  • Elen of the Ways & Emperor Maxen: Lovers Who Met in a Dream

    Welcome to day four of Legendary Love Week at White Rose of Avalon, my Darlings.   Today’s post is about Elen of the Ways and her husband, Emperor Maxen!   This story is one that begins with a Dream. In fact, the title of this story in The Mabinogion is The Dream of the Emperor…

  • Sir Gawain & Dame Ragnelle: The Knight & the Loathly Lady

    Welcome to day three of Legendary Love Week at White Rose of Avalon, my Darlings.   Today’s post is about the Knight Gawain and his wife, Ragnelle!   Ragnelle falls into the Loathly Lady category as she enters the story by appearing as an old woman.   The Loathly Lady is often literally described as…

  • Yvain & Laudine: The Knight with the Lion & the Lady of the Fountain

    Welcome to day two of Legendary Love Week at White Rose of Avalon, my Darlings.   Today’s post is about the love between the Knight Yvain and his wife, the Faery Queen Laudine!   I want to note that their story is present in both The Mabinogion and the French Arthurian Romances by Chretien de…