White Rose of Avalon

Otherworld

  • The Grim Reaper & The Appeal of the Personification of Death

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon my Darlings!   Today’s post is about the Grim Reaper and the general appeal of the Personification of Death!   There are countless representations of Death personified as a person, for which we have millennia of evidence.   I used Grim Reaper in the title of this post,…

  • What’s in a Name? The Power of Latin Plant Names!

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon my Darlings!   For today’s post, I have decided to look at some of the Latin names for herbs and how they hold clues as to some of the magickal and medicinal properties of the herb!    I have decided to include nine herbs for this post, as…

  • Avalonian Energy Centers & The Traditional Chakras

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon my Darlings!   For today’s post, I have decided to take a look at the difference between the traditional chakras and the five Avalonian Energy Centers as utilized in the Sisterhood of Avalon tradition.    The traditional chakras are numbered seven, whereas the Avalonian Centers are only five…

  • The Power of Dreams

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon my Darlings!   For today’s post, I have decided to discuss the power of Dreams and Dream Magickal practices.   Our daily rest at night is a powerful time to heal our bodies and to restore and renew for the next day ahead of us.    This is…

  • The Balance of Shadow & Light

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon my Darlings!    Today’s post is about the need for balance in magick, as well as in life.   Life is not just a place of love and light, no matter what some may desire to believe it to be, for it is also a place of shadows.…

  • Gwragedd Annwn: A Poem

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon my Darlings!    Today’s post is a poem about the power of the Welsh Faery Women known as the Gwragedd Annwn! Gwragedd Annwn by Maranda Wabik Light of life, Might of strife, Plight is rife, Sight of wife, Wives of the Underworld, The Gwragedd Annwn, Swimming up from…

  • Birds, Messengers of Annwn

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon my Darlings!   Today’s post is about birds and how they connect to the Otherworld and Goddess.    Birds are quite obviously deeply connected to the element of air and therefore with the ideals of intellect, wisdom, and strategy.   The freedom of the ability to fly all…

  • For the Love of Faery Trees

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon my Darlings!    For today’s post, I have decided to discuss some of my favorite Faery-related trees.    In many ways, all trees and plants can be thought of as related to Faeries, since the Fae folk are intimately connected to nature!    However, several trees are especially…

  • Soul of Annwn: A Poem

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon my Darlings!   Today’s post is a poem about finding Annwn, the Welsh Otherworld. Soul of Annwn by Maranda Wabik Walking down the overgrown WOODLAND PATH I come upon a secret grove, A hidden gate,  A portal to Annwn Stepping through, I arrive  HOME ~THE HOMELAND OF MY…