White Rose of Avalon

Mabinogion

  • A Celtic Venus Spring

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon, my Darlings.   For today’s post, I have decided to share some tips on how to have a Spring season inspired by the energy of the Celtic Venus in her most Springtime form!   The most obvious Celtic Venusian energy that is held in alignment with Spring is,…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • Thoughts on the High Priestess Archetype & Expressing Devotion in the New Year!

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon, my Darlings.   Today’s blog post is about the High Priestess Archetype and learning to express your devotion and inner Priestess nature going into the New Year!   As a Priestess of Avalon, I do like to explore my own connection to the High Priestess Archetype at different…

  • Thoughts on the Empress Archetype and Enduring Winter

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon, my Darlings.   Today’s post is about the Empress in Tarot and Enduring Winter and the hardships that may occur during this trying season.   This is a concept I have been thinking about quite a bit lately, so I wanted to share some thoughts I have been…

  • Woodland Quest: A Poem

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon, my Darlings.   Today’s post is a poem about taking a Woodland Journey on a dark and cold Winter’s night! Woodland Quest by Maranda Wabik Wind sharp as ice, Thrashing overhead, Whipping at my skin like a knife’s slice. I walked down a snowy path to see where…

  • Spending Time with the Hermit in the Dark Half of the Year

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon, my Darlings.   Today’s Tarot Tuesday blog post is about embracing your Inner Hermit during the Dark Half of the Year.    As the weather has turned colder in the last week, hibernation is truly beginning to set in.   Bundles of blankets and cozy sweaters keep the…

  • Faery Queens as Shapeshifters

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon, my Darlings.   Today’s post is about Faery Queens as Shapeshifters.   During the Dark Half of the Year, it is the ideal time to work on Shadow Work and on more introspective forms of magick.   Shapeshifting is, in fact, a form of meditative magick that can…