White Rose of Avalon

Spiritual

  • ‘Morte d’Arthur’ by Tennyson, A Poetic Analysis

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon my Darlings.   Today’s post is an analysis of the poem Morte d’Arthur by Alfred Lord Tennyson.   I accessed the text of the poem on poetryfoundation.org.   The bold text in this post is my analysis of the poem.   Without further ado, let’s get to the…

  • ‘The Druidry Handbook’ Review

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon my Darlings.   Today’s post is a book review of The Druidry Handbook: Spiritual Practice Rooted in the Living Earth by John Michael Greer.   I have been wanting to do more research into Druidry to incorporate aspects into my spirituality.   As I am already an herbalist…

  • Leap Day, A Rare Occurrence & Portal Time

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon my Darlings.   Today is Leap Day, February 29, a day that only happens once every four years.   That is why I have decided to do a post focusing on some of the folklore of the day and how to use this day as a powerful portal…

  • Duality & Triads: A Deeper Spiritual Perspective

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon my Darlings.   Today’s post is going to focus on the concept of having a deeper perspective on spirituality than simply a view based on love and light alone.   I will be examining duality and triads to show the depth of our spiritual beliefs.   Each will…

  • Woodland Communion

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon my Darlings.   For today’s post, I have decided to focus on communing with the Woodland and her special energies!   Now this is very much a topic that is rooted in my personal spiritual practices.   I have always been very drawn to the Woodlands in general,…

  • How Perception & Appearance Entwine with Spiritual Truths

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon my Darlings.   Today’s post is about how our perceived appearance by those who know us can speak to some inner truths!   I think that today’s post is the ideal follow-up to yesterday’s first post on the Mermaid archetype, as I am going to be basing this…

  • 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…

  • Embracing Your Priestess Path, The Ritualist

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon my Darlings.   Today’s post is about finding new ways to embrace your personal Avalonian Priestess Path, based on the Sisterhood of Avalon Tradition, started by Jhenah Telyndru!   The Sisterhood of Avalon has nine distinct Priestess Paths that you can follow, and many of us follow a…

  • Let’s Talk About Animism

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon my Darlings.   For today’s post, I have decided to cover a subject I am quite shocked I have never actually written about specifically in its own devoted post over the last three-plus years of writing here.   That subject is Animism.   Now, I want to begin…

  • The Faery Enchantress Archetype

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon my Darlings!   Today’s post is going to focus on what I call the Faery Enchantress Archetype.    This is very much in line with the Alchemical Goddess, Aphrodite Archetype in Jean Shinoda Bolen’s Goddesses in Every Woman book, but it is also more than that!    In…