White Rose of Avalon

Magical Media

  • The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina & The Christmas Witch

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon my Darlings.    This week’s Femme Fatale Friday post is another entry in my Magical Media Analysis series.   I will be focusing on the folkloric origins and usage of the Winter Ogre Witch Gryla and her Yule Lads in The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina.    Gryla first…

  • Hocus Pocus Film Theories: A Magical Media Monday Special!

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon my Darlings!    For today’s post, I have decided to share two Hocus Pocus film theories that I began to develop on my most recent re-watch of the iconic Halloween favorite the week before last.    This post does fit into my Magical Media Analysis series, but not…

  • Witchy Personality Archetypes: ~An Enchantress of Avalon Birthday Special!~

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon my Darlings!   So today is Femme Fatale Friday, but it is also my Birthday!   To celebrate the Birthday of the Enchantress of Avalon, I am going to focus on Witchy Personality Archetypes that I resonate with, by going through some pop culture examples. I think that…

  • The Love Witch: A Magical Media Analysis

    Hello my Darling Readers, and Welcome to another Magical Media Analysis!   Today’s topic is The Love Witch, the 2017 Anna Biller film about a modern-day witch looking for love.   Although the film is modern it has a very candy colored 60s aesthetic utilizes throughout!   The film follows Elaine, the titular Love Witch…

  • The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina: the Pagans, A Magical Media Analysis

    Welcome to another Magical Media Analysis!   Today’s topic is Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, in particular, I will be looking at the Pagans as portrayed in the series.   Instead of doing a regular overview, as I have when analyzing a whole plot and where magick is used in it, I am going to do…

  • The Witch: A Magical Media Analysis

    Welcome back my Darling Readers to another Magical Media Analysis!    Today’s post will focus on The Witch the film from 2015 that made Anya Taylor-Joy a household name for horror fans.    It is a very incredibly well-done film that is far from your average horror fare.   It is not a simple blood…

  • A Discovery of Witches: A Magical Media Analysis

    Welcome to the second post in the Magical Media Analysis series!    For today’s post, the focus will be on the amazing franchise A Discovery of Witches, which is also known as the All Souls Trilogy in book form.   I adored the books, all four as there is a subsequent companion novel, so I…

  • Practical Magic: A Magical Media Analysis

    Welcome to the first entry in the Magical Media Analysis series of posts.   For this post, I will be taking a look at the magic within one of my all-time favorite films (and the book it is based upon), Practical Magic.   The original book by Alice Hoffman spawned three subsequent volumes, really proving…

  • Magical Media Analysis: A New Series on White Rose of Avalon

    For today’s post, I have decided to take a chance to discuss a new series of posts here on White Rose of Avalon.   I want to do a series of posts that will be magical analyses of witchy and other magical media properties.    I plan to do posts on episodes of Chilling Adventures…