White Rose of Avalon

Myth

  • ‘Labyrinth’, Iconic Fantasy Film & Spiritual Journey: Developing into Our True Selves

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon my Darlings.    This week’s Femme Fatale Friday post is an examination of the classic 80s fantasy film Labyrinth and how Sarah’s journey (as she becomes a woman and embraces her sexuality while becoming her most true self) mirrors a Spiritual Journey and our own growth and evolution!…

  • The Hanged Man Card in Tarot

    Welcome to day six of Tarot Week here at White Rose of Avalon my Darlings!    Today’s post is about the Hanged Man card in Tarot.   The Hanged Man is the twelfth card of the Major Arcana.    The imagery of the Hanged Man tends to be very self-explanatory with a man hanging upside…

  • ‘Sleep & Sorcery’ Book Review

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon my Darlings.   Today’s post is a review of the new book Sleep & Sorcery: Enchanting Bedtime Stories, Rituals, and Spells by Laura Hostak Jones.    This is another book kindly gifted to me by Crossed Crow Books to review here on White Rose of Avalon.   I…

  • Spring is for Lovers, Five Greek Mythic Love Stories

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon my Darlings.   Today’s post is about five Greek mythic love stories in honor of Spring being a season for new love!   This will not be a ranked list, instead will be more focused on five of my favorite sets of lovers from Greek myth.  Of course,…

  • Persephone, Goddess of Spring

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon my Darlings.   This week’s Femme Fatale Friday is going to be focused on Persephone in her aspect as the Goddess of Spring.   We have been in Spring officially for a little over a week, while it is still cooler temperatures than many would like, the signs…

  • ‘Chilling Adventures of Sabrina’, ‘The Hare Moon’: A Magical Media Analysis

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon my Darlings.   Today’s post is a Full Moon Monday Magical Media Analysis of ‘The Hare Moon’ episode of Chilling Adventures of Sabrina!    I chose to do this post today because it is the Full Moon in Libra, or the first Full Moon when the Sun is…

  • Golden & Silver Apples, Divine Feminine Fruit

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon my Darlings.   This week’s Femme Fatale Friday post is going to be focused on Apple-tending Maidens of Lore and Legend!   I want to begin with Greek mythology, being that is the most well-known mythology the world over, so the first Divine Feminine Maidens I will be…

  • Swans, Birds of Otherworldly Enchantment

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon my Darlings.   Today’s post is about Swans and their significance in tales of the Otherworld.    The idea for this post came to me in a spark of Awen (Celtic concept of inspiration) when I was doing my morning yoga.    I was in pigeon pose, which…

  • Medusa, Embracing the Dark Feminine

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon my Darlings.   This week’s Femme Fatale Friday is another post about Medusa, Gorgon, Goddess, and Dark Feminine Icon!   In particular, with this post, I want to focus on Medusa as a figure to embrace when working with the Dark Goddess and Dark Feminine energy in general.…

  • Apotropaic Imagery

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon my Darlings.   Today’s post is about Apotropaic Imagery, what it is, and two specific examples that I find to be incredibly powerful!    Let’s begin with the definition of Apotropaic from dictionary.com.   APOTROPAIC [ ap-uh-truh-pey-ik ] adjective 1. intended to ward off evil. 2. preventing or…