White Rose of Avalon

Witches

  • Enchantress or Sorceress? Poem

    For today’s post, I have decided to share a poem that I have composed. Enchantress or Sorceress? by Maranda Wabik Why must I choose? Why must I be  Only one? Light filled or darker This dichotomy  Is not meant to last? Yet it can! You can embrace The Enchantress  While also Being a Sorceress! Both…

  • Enchantress or Sorceress

    For today’s post, I have decided to briefly look for the differences between two witchy archetypes, the Enchantress and the Sorceress.   While both of these archetypes are interrelated and can be embraced concurrently, they have their own energies. The Enchantress is associated with springtime and fire.   She is youthful energy and a sexy…

  • Bridget Bishop, First Victim of Salem

    This week’s Femme Fatale Friday is a special one, as I will be discussing Bridget Bishop.   Bridget was the first woman hung in Salem during the witchcraft hysteria of 1692.   Today marks the 330th anniversary of Bridget’s untimely death. Born Bridget Playfer in Norwich, England sometime in the mid or late 1630s, she…

  • The All Souls Trilogy

    For today’s post, I have decided to take a brief look at one of my favorite book series.    The All Souls Trilogy by Deborah Harkness is the book series that inspired the beautifully done television show A Discovery of Witches (which is named for the first book in the series).   I have mentioned…

  • My Top 5 Supernatural Shows of the 1960s

    For today’s post, I have decided to do a countdown of my five favorite supernatural television shows of the 1960s!   This era was one that saw the development of many zany and paranormally based shows and films.    As it is one of my favorite decades, and I adore anything supernatural, I felt this…

  • My Top 5 Favorite Female Supernatural Characters

    I have decided to do a countdown of my favorite female characters from the television series Supernatural for today’s post.   Recently, my husband and I have been watching (re-watching in my case)  this paranormal drama, and that is what has inspired this post.   While the male characters are the central driving force, especially…

  • Gillian Owens, Practical Magic Vixen

    For this week’s Femme Fatale Friday, I have chosen to feature my favorite character from Alice Hoffman’s Practical Magic!   This book was the first in a series of four novels, the second two being prequels and the fourth a direct sequel to the original.   Gillian Owens appeared in the first and last of…

  • Bridget Cleary: The Tragedy of Ireland’s Faery Wife

    For this week’s Femme Fatale Friday, I will be looking at the sad story of Bridget Cleary.   Her story takes place in Ireland just before the turn of the twentieth century.    This was a time and place when the belief in faeries was still widespread.   Bridget Cleary had the misfortune of having…

  • Choosing Your Working Crystals

    For today’s post, I would like to take a look at the process of choosing the crystals that work best for you!    Working with crystals can be as simple or complex as you would like to make it.   Each of us, that works with crystals, feels drawn to the energies of certain crystals…

  • My Top 5 Favorite Witchy Book Series

    For today’s post, I will be counting down my five favorite books series that focus on witches!   This was a difficult one to rank, and I know there will be some who question why number two is not number one.   But without further ado, here is the countdown! Number 5: Witches of East…