White Rose of Avalon

Witches

  • Katherine Pierce, Why We Love the Villain

    For today’s post, I have decided to look at one of my all-time favorite television characters, Katherine Pierce from The Vampire Diaries.    In particular, I want to focus on her through the lens of why we love villains, oftentimes (at least for me), more than we care about the heroes.    Katherine Pierce was…

  • Faery Faith Ritual: A Poem

    For today’s post, I have decided to share a poem about the magical nature of Faery Faith! Faery Faith Ritual by Maranda Wabik Candle flames flicker Essential oils are poured The brow is anointed Herbs are gathered Robes are adorning the body Energy is being raised Power is being praised Faery guides and guardians ABOUND…

  • Witchcraft and the Shamanic Journey Book Review

    For today’s post, I am happy to say that I am doing my second book review of a book that was given to me for review by Crossed Crow Books!   I want to take a moment to thank the publisher Crossed Crow Books for giving me a free digital copy of Witchcraft and the…

  • Beauty & the Beast in Pop Culture

    For the final day of Beauty & the Beast Week, I have decided to discuss Beauty & the Beast in pop culture.   Yesterday, I went over why I believe this type of tale has had such enduring appeal over the centuries.   Today, I want to get into different ways this type of tale…

  • A Very Biased Ranking of All 8 Seasons of Charmed!

    For today’s post, I have decided to share my personal ranking of all the seasons of my favorite television show of all time, Charmed!    For the record, that is the original one from 1998, I refused to watch the reboot (for many reasons).   This will be an incredibly biased list and is subject…

  • Why Cole Turner Was Always Phoebe Halliwell’s Truest Love

    For today’s post, I have decided to do a bit of a follow-up to a post from last year.    I want to take a look at why Cole Turner was always meant to be Phoebe Halliwell’s truest of loves.    Now, in that other post, I went over why they were in fact the…

  • My Ranking of the Harry Potter Books

    For today’s post, I have decided to do my own ranking of my current opinions on the whole Harry Potter series.   Now, I want to preface this by saying that none of the seven Harry Potter books ranked here are not amazing, this is simply my current favorite ranking of the novels!   This…

  • Luna Lovegood, Quirky Creative Icon

    For this week’s Femme Fatale Friday, I have decided to discuss one of my all-time favorite Harry Potter characters. Luna Lovegood is first introduced to readers in the fifth book, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. She is initially described as a very eccentric Ravenclaw girl who is in Ginny’s year, often being…

  • My Top 10 Favorite American Horror Story Characters

    For today’s final post in my American Horror Story character countdown series, I will rank my top ten favorite characters in the series.   Like with my other lists, I will not include characters from the current season, which is subject to change.   But the top spots will never be off the list, to…

  • My Top 5 Favorite Lily Rabe Performances on American Horror Story

    For today’s post, which is also my Femme Fatale Friday post of this American Horror Story-themed week, I have decided to do a countdown of Lily Rabe’s top five performances on American Horror Story!   Each of these characters has a bit of a Femme Fatale side, so I thought it fitting!   Next week,…