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  • Watery Portals to the Otherworld

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon my Darlings.   Today’s post is going to be about Watery Portals to the Otherworld, a very common occurrence in Celtic lore!   I will go into different Water Portal locations and the significance of Watery Portals in their own small sections.   Without further ado, let’s look…

  • 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,…

  • Queen of Cups as Archetype

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon my Darlings.   Today’s post is all about the power of the Queen of Cups as an archetype, an archetype I feel honestly just as drawn to as the Queen of Pentacles!   I find this Tarot archetype to be a perfect balance point for the Queen of…

  • Earth & Water, Dual Elemental Connections in Spiritual Work

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon my Darlings.   Today’s post is about how you may have two complementary elements that are equal, or nearly so, in your connection to them spiritually.   This has come to me over the last few weeks, as I have begun to realize how close my associations with…

  • Nimue, Lady of the Lake & Lover of Merlin

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon my Darlings.   This week’s Femme Fatale Friday is about Nimue, the great Lady of the Lake, and famed Lover of Merlin, who doomed him!   I have written so many times about the importance of the Lady of the Lake in Arthurian legends.   I have discussed…

  • Dryad & Mermaid: A Poem

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon my Darlings.   Today’s post is a poem about connecting to the energies of both Earth and Water at the same time.    I have written much over the past year about my growing acknowledgment of my deep connection to the Earth element, but I have also acknowledged…

  • 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…

  • Elementals, Living Embodiments of the Elements

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon my Darlings.   Today’s post is all about Elementals, which are Fae creatures that are the literal physical embodiment of the element they are associated with! ~UNDINES~ ~Undines are the Elemental that is the embodiment of the Water element.    They are often said to appear much like…

  • Priestess of the Sacred Well: A Poem

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon my Darlings!   Today’s post is a poem about the tending of sacred wells. Priestess of the Sacred Well by Maranda Wabik Stars twinkle in the night sky A blanket of tiny ephemeral lights  The only illumination of the DARK MOON A Priestess is walking through the forest…

  • 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…