White Rose of Avalon

Witches

  • ‘The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina’ & Lupercalia: A Magical Media Analysis

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon, my Darlings.   Today’s post is about Lupercalia, the ancient festival traditionally held on February 15th, hence why I have chosen to write about it today!   In particular, I will be looking at how the traditions of Lupercalia were presented and used in The Chilling Adventures of…

  • Folk Horror and the Feminine Experience

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon, my Darlings.   This week’s Femme Fatale Friday blog post is about how Folk Horror depicts the Feminine Experience!   I will explore this topic by briefly looking at five different films that show aspects of the Feminine Experience in Folk Horror.   I have broken this into…

  • La Befana, the Italian Christmas Witch

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon, my Darlings.   For the last Femme Fatale Friday of December, I have decided to write about La Befana, the Italian Christmas Witch!   Now, La Befana is not quite like the other Christmas and Yuletide Witches I have covered, as she is not seen as a malevolent…

  • Thoughts on the Queen of Wands Archetype as a Light in the Darkness of Winter

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon, my Darlings.   Today’s Tarot Tuesday post is about embracing the Queen of Wands Archetype in Winter!   As with my previous two days, I have decided to continue discussing the Divine Feminine Tarot Archetypes with this post.   In fact, I plan to continue to discuss Tarot…

  • ‘Bell Book and Candle,’ the Ideal Witchy Winter Film!

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon, my Darlings.   Today’s Siren Saturday post is a little bit different, as this one is a Siren Saturday post because I am discussing a film starring Silver Screen Siren Kim Novak.   Obviously, this differs from other Siren Saturday posts I have done of late discussing Sirens…

  • My Top 25 Favorite Horror Films!

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon, my Darlings.   Today’s post is the countdown of my top 25 favorite horror films!   This was such a difficult list for me to narrow down, as I have so many favorite horror films.   That being said, as I began to hone in on my true…

  • 10 Essential Spooky Season Films!

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon my Darlings.   Today’s post is a countdown list of my top ten essential films for Spooky Season, ones that have stood the test of time, and many rewatches.   They vary from family-friendly entry-level horror to true horror.    Essentially these are the films that truly make…

  • A Very Biased Ranking of All Five Seasons of ‘The Originals’

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon my Darlings.   Today’s post is my own very biased ranking of all the seasons of The Vampire Diaries’ companion series The Originals.    I love this series just as much as its predecessor, and am so glad to have the chance to rank it!   Without further…

  • ‘The All Souls Series’ by Deborah Harkness Ranked!

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon my Darlings.    Today’s post is going to be a ranking of all five of The All Souls books by Deborah Harkness.    To preface this post, I really love this series, and each book is definitely worth reading.   I just thought ranking my favorites as they…

  • Cozy Movies to Watch to Ease into Autumnal Vibes!

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon my Darlings.   Today’s post is a list of some of my favorite films to watch to ease into the magick of Autumn!   These are nine excellent films to watch in August and September to really begin to feel the oncoming Spooky Season vibes.   After all,…