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  • Éowyn, Shieldmaiden of Rohan

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon, my Darlings.   For this week’s Femme Fatale Friday blog post, I will be discussing Éowyn from The Lord of the Rings.   I have surprisingly never discussed her before, which I realized during my recent rewatch of the films, so I will be rectifying that today!  …

  • Golden Leo Energy & Silvery Cancer Energy: Coming into Alchemical Balance

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon, my Darlings.   For today’s blog post, I will be sharing some of my insights about balancing the Golden energy of Leo and Silvery energy of Cancer, through my work with Sidereal and Vedic Astrology!    I view this as an energy balance of coming into an Alchemical…

  • Snowflakes and the Isle of Glass: A Poem

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon, my Darlings.   For today’s blog post, I am sharing a poem about snow falling on the Isle of Glass, as Ynys Witrin is another name for Avalon! Snowflakes and the Isle of Glass by Maranda Wabik Snow falls in a blanket on the shores of the Isle…

  • The Queen of Wands and the Knight of Wands Through the Lens of Alchemy

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon, my Darlings.   For today’s Tarot Tuesday blog post, I will be exploring the Queen of Wands and the Knight of Wands, as her lover and her helpmate, and how their archetypes can be utilized in Spiritual Alchemy!    As my regular readers may know, I have been…

  • The Watery Portals Within

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon, my Darlings.   For this week’s Mermaid Monday post, I will be discussing Watery Portals within the Self.   When I say Watery Portals within the Self, that means looking at diving deep into the self, and truly focusing on the internal portals that can lead to deeper…

  • Elfin Grot, Woodland Faery: A Poem

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon, my Darlings.   For today’s post, I will be sharing a poem about visiting the Elfin Grot of a Woodland Faery! Elfin Grot, Woodland Faery by Maranda Wabik Come on by the Elfin Grot Come to meet the Woodland Faery She is there to aid those who ask…

  • The Incarnated Mermaid Diaries: Finding Purpose Through Service

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon, my Darlings.   For this week’s Siren Saturday, I have decided to share the third entry in my Incarnated Mermaid Diaries series.   Today’s topic is Finding Purpose Through Service.   I find that helping others is a calling, from deep within my Watery Soul, and I think…

  • The Witch in the Woods: Exploring the Archetype

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon, my Darlings.   For this week’s Femme Fatale Friday, I will be discussing the classic archetype of the Witch in the Woods!    We see this archetype appearing constantly, most often in fairytales, but also in more modern interpretations.   Possibly the most famous case of a modern…

  • The Priestess as Storyteller: A Meditative Rumination on Lorekeepers, Bards, and Storytelling Traditions

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon, my Darlings.   For today’s blog post, I will be discussing the importance of Storytelling, being a Lorekeeper or Bard, when it comes to Priestessing!   Now, let’s delve into the depths of the Cauldron of Story, as Tolkien called the Collective Unconscious space where all stories come…

  • ‘The Romance of the Faery Melusine’ Book Review

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon, my Darlings.   Today’s blog post is a review of the novel The Romance of the Faery Melusine, originally written by Andre Lebey and translated by Gareth Knight!   I have read this book twice now, but I did not post a review of it back when I…