White Rose of Avalon

Witches

  • A Very Biased Ranking of the ‘Practical Magic’ Book Series!

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon my Darlings.   Today’s post is my definitive, and very biased ranking of all four of Alice Hoffman’s Practical Magic books!   To be clear, I love all four of these books, but I just have a very specific ranking of which ones I prefer over the others,…

  • Mothers of Witchy Bloodlines: Hereditary Witches in 90s Pop Culture!

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon my Darlings.   This week’s Femme Fatale Friday is going to be focused on the Mothers of Witchy Bloodlines, specifically the two pop-culture examples from the 1990s!   These two Mothers of Witchy Bloodlines are none other than Maria Owens and Melinda Warren.    I will discuss each…

  • ‘The Craft’: A Magical Media Analysis

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon my Darlings.   Today’s post is a Magical Media Analysis of the iconic cult classic witchy film The Craft.   This is probably one of the most obvious topics for my Magical Media Analysis series, due to the film’s iconic status in pop-culture and amongst witchy people in…

  • ‘Chilling Adventures of Sabrina’, ‘The Hare Moon’: A Magical Media Analysis

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon my Darlings.   Today’s post is a Full Moon Monday Magical Media Analysis of ‘The Hare Moon’ episode of Chilling Adventures of Sabrina!    I chose to do this post today because it is the Full Moon in Libra, or the first Full Moon when the Sun is…

  • Edward IV & Elizabeth Woodville, The Most Romantic Royal Lovers

    Welcome to the Final Day of Royal Romance Week here at White Rose of Avalon my Darlings.   For today’s final post in this series, I am going to be focusing on Edward IV and Elizabeth Woodville, who I find to be the most Romantic Royal Lovers of all time! I am so delighted to…

  • The Queen of Elphame, the Folklore, & the Scottish Witch Trials

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon my Darlings.   Today’s post is a bit of a companion piece to yesterday’s analysis of The Folk of the Air Trilogy (which is set in Elfhame), but this time I am going to be writing about the Queen of Elphame, the folklore of this Faery Queen, and…

  • My Top 13 Films to Watch Every Spooky Season

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon my Darlings!   In honor of the Spookiest Month of the Year, I have decided to share my list of the top thirteen films I adore to watch every year for the Season of the Witch!    I want to note that I am not including Practical Magic,…

  • Phoebe Halliwell & the Potential for Evil

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon my Darlings!    For this week’s Femme Fatale Friday, I have decided to write about my favorite Charmed character again.   But in particular, I want to focus on her potential for evil as shown in the lore of the show!    I find this to be a…

  • 5 Witchy Book Series to Help You Embrace the Season of the Witch!

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon my Darlings!   Today’s post is a list of five fun witchy book series to fully embrace the Season of the Witch.    I do want to acknowledge that chose not to include the Harry Potter books, as although I love them, they have always felt like cozy…

  • Hocus Pocus Film Theories: A Magical Media Monday Special!

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon my Darlings!    For today’s post, I have decided to share two Hocus Pocus film theories that I began to develop on my most recent re-watch of the iconic Halloween favorite the week before last.    This post does fit into my Magical Media Analysis series, but not…