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  • I Got an Essay on Melusine Published!

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon, my Darlings.   For today’s blog post, I have an exciting announcement.   I have had an essay on Melusine as a Mother Goddess published in Voices from the Grove Volume 7! I could not be more thrilled to be published for a second time in a row…

  • Mother’s Night: The Beginning of Yuletide & Annual Honoring of the Mother Goddesses

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon, my Darlings.   For today’s blog post, I will be discussing the celebration of Mother’s Night, or in Old English Mōdraniht.   This celebration occurs annually on the night before the Winter Solstice and kicks off the 12 Nights of Yule, which means that tonight is Mother’s Night…

  • Being Held by the Ancestress in the Dark Half of the Year

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon, my Darlings.   For this week’s Femme Fatale Friday blog post, I will be discussing being held by the energy of Divine Ancestresses of the Land during the darkest months!   Now, you may wonder what exactly I mean when I say being held by the Divine Ancestresses…

  • Bright Sun, Loving Mother Nature: A Poem

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon, my Darlings.   For today’s blog post, I am sharing a poem about the Sun and Mother Nature’s energy! Bright Sun, Loving Mother Nature by Maranda Wabik The Solar Rays beating down from above The Motherly embrace of warmth and love The Sun, the Sea, and the Earth…

  • Lughnasadh and Embracing the Mother Archetype for the First Harvest

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon, my Darlings.   Blessed Lughnasadh!   For this week’s Holiday Femme Fatale Friday, I will be looking at how embracing the Mother Archetype can aid us in connecting with the first Harvest Festival.   In my class, the Melusine Mysteries, I have aligned the Mother aspect of Melusine…

  • Igraine, Modron, and Rhiannon: Divine Mothers of Welsh Lore

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon, my Darlings.   Today’s blog post is a rumination on three of the most important Divine Mothers in Welsh Celtic and Arthurian lore: Igraine, Modron, and Rhiannon!    I thought this was the ideal post for today, as it is Mother’s Day in the US today.   Given…

  • Melusine as Mother Goddess

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon, my Darlings.   Today’s post is about Melusine as a Motherly energy and how she can aid us by protecting us.   The Mother Melusine is one of the seven aspects of Melusine that my students will be learning about and working with during my seven-month-long Online Faery…

  • Mothers of Witchy Bloodlines: Hereditary Witches in 90s Pop Culture!

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon my Darlings.   This week’s Femme Fatale Friday is going to be focused on the Mothers of Witchy Bloodlines, specifically the two pop-culture examples from the 1990s!   These two Mothers of Witchy Bloodlines are none other than Maria Owens and Melinda Warren.    I will discuss each…

  • Mother Nature’s Path: A Poem

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon my Darlings.   Today’s post is a poem about following the path of nature’s turning cycles. Mother Nature’s Path by Maranda Wabik Walking along Nature’s Path Following the Endless Cycles Of the Earth Mother’s Turning Wheel Each ebb has its flow Each flow has its ebb In the…

  • Arianrhod & Divine Motherhood

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon my Darlings.   This week’s Femme Fatale Friday is going to focus on Arianrhod in her aspect as a Divine Mother.   Now, Arianrhod is far from the common image of a Mother Goddess, who is only nurturing and loving embracing her children and holding them close.  …