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  • The Lovers Card and the Alchemical Marriage

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon, my Darlings.   For today’s Tarot Tuesday post, I have decided to discuss the Lovers card and how it relates to the Alchemical Marriage!   I think that this post can be read as a bit of a companion piece to my most recent Patreon exclusive post, where…

  • Iseult: Faery Queen of Cornwall & Healer Princess of Ireland

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon, my Darlings.    For this week’s Femme Fatale Friday blog post, I will be discussing Iseult and her nature as a Faery Queen and Healer!   I have long been utterly fascinated, and honestly totally obsessed, with the legend of Tristan and Iseult.   My obsession began in…

  • The Mermaid Queen Archetype

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon, my Darlings.   For this week’s Femme Fatale Friday blog post, the topic is the beauty and power of the Mermaid Queen Archetype!  It is quite obvious that when I call this the Mermaid Queen Archetype, I am describing an archetype that is a balance of the Mermaid…

  • 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…

  • The Empress and The Lovers: Tarot Cards of May

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon, my Darlings.   Today’s Tarot Tuesday blog post is about how the combined energies of the Empress and the Lovers cards in Tarot are so perfectly aligned with May’s energy!   As it is the end of May, I thought that this would be a great way to…

  • A Look at Celtic Venusian Films

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon, my Darlings.   For today’s post, I will be discussing films to watch to embrace the energy of the Celtic Venus!   Now, I will note that some of these are more obvious for the category of being Celtic Venusian, while others are more modern and not nearly…

  • 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…

  • The Most Romantic Faery Love Stories of the Arthuriad

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon my Darlings.   Today’s post is going to be about some of my favorite romantic love stories which feature a Faery!   In particular, this will be a brief overview of four of my favorite Arthurian Faery Love Stories.   I know that many other love stories from…

  • Iseult, Faery Queen & Lover of the Knight Tristan

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon my Darlings.   This week’s Femme Fatale Friday is about Iseult, often known as Isolde, the Faery Queen who married King Marc of Cornwall and had a famed love affair with the Knight Tristan.    In many ways, we can see her as a great counterpart of Guinevere,…