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  • Essential Books to Read When Walking a Welsh Celtic or Avalonian Spiritual Path

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon, my Darlings.   For today’s blog post, I am sharing some essential books to read when you are walking a Welsh Celtic or Avalonian Spiritual Path.   In particular, I will discuss books that are primary sources of the folklore that is the backbone of this path, as…

  • ‘Mabon and the Celtic Guardians of Britain’ Book Review

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon, my Darlings.   Today’s blog post is a review of Mabon and the Guardians of Celtic Britain: Hero Myths in the Mabinogion by Caitlin Matthews!   I have had this book on my to-read list for a while now, and I am happy to have finally read this…

  • The Sun and Venus: The Balancing of Their Energies in the Stories of Solar Faery Queens

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon, my Darlings.   Today’s blog post is about how, as I have been deepening into my relationship with the Celtic Venus (which is the heart of my personal practice), I have also begun to work with balancing the energy of Venus with the energy of the Sun!  …

  • Welcome April with Faery Studies & Lover Goddess Devotionals

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon, my Darlings.   Happy April, and for this first post of this month, I will be exploring Faery studies and Lover Devotionals for this month!    April is very often associated with honoring Aphrodite by many modern magickal and spiritual practitioners, and the Love Goddess’s energy is very…

  • A Celtic Venus Spring

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon, my Darlings.   For today’s post, I have decided to share some tips on how to have a Spring season inspired by the energy of the Celtic Venus in her most Springtime form!   The most obvious Celtic Venusian energy that is held in alignment with Spring is,…

  • The Vernal Equinox and Celebrating the Flower Bride

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon, my Darlings.   I want to begin by wishing everyone a very Happy Vernal Equinox!   Today is the day when the hours of light and hours of darkness are in equal measure, one of only two days in a year when that occurs (the other being the…

  • Blodeuwedd & Gronw: The Flower Bride and the Stag Lord

    Welcome to day six of Legendary Love Week at White Rose of Avalon, my Darlings.   Today’s post is about Blodeuwedd and Gronw Pebyr!   Now, Blodeuwedd’s relationship with Gronw famously began as an affair, as Blodeuwedd was called forth from the Otherworld into physical form, literally made of flowers, to be the wife of…

  • Culwch & Olwen: The Knight and the Flower Maiden of the White Track

    Welcome to day five of Legendary Love Week at White Rose of Avalon, my Darlings.   Today’s post is about the love between Culhwch and Olwen!   This is one of the stories found in The Mabinogion that is not part of the four branches.   It is also one of the oldest written Arthurian…

  • Elen of the Ways & Emperor Maxen: Lovers Who Met in a Dream

    Welcome to day four of Legendary Love Week at White Rose of Avalon, my Darlings.   Today’s post is about Elen of the Ways and her husband, Emperor Maxen!   This story is one that begins with a Dream. In fact, the title of this story in The Mabinogion is The Dream of the Emperor…

  • Yvain & Laudine: The Knight with the Lion & the Lady of the Fountain

    Welcome to day two of Legendary Love Week at White Rose of Avalon, my Darlings.   Today’s post is about the love between the Knight Yvain and his wife, the Faery Queen Laudine!   I want to note that their story is present in both The Mabinogion and the French Arthurian Romances by Chretien de…