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From The Avalonian Oracle: The Source

Affirmation: "... Rooted in the light of Divinity, there is nothing I cannot manifest, nor is there any part of me that is not holy or whole."

The Avalonian Oracle: Spiritual Wisdom from the Holy Isle: tinyurl.com/TheAvalonian...

#oracle #celtic #avalon #SOA

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From The Avalonian Oracle: The Source

Affirmation: "I am an active co-creator of my life, open to all potential and celebrating myself as a facet of Eternity. I am Consciously connected to Source and, as such, am kindred to all that is. Rooted in the light of Divinity, there is nothing I cannot manifest, nor is there any part of me that is not holy or whole."

The Avalonian Oracle: Spiritual Wisdom from the Holy Isle, by Jhenah Telyndru and Illustrated by Emily Brunner, is available here: https://tinyurl.com/TheAvalonianOracle

#avalonianoracle #sisterhoodofavalon #pagan #oracle #oracledeck #celtic #oraclecards #avalon

December 8, 2025 at 4:39 AM

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"YARROW, CALLED NOSE-BLEED, MILFOIL AND THOUSAND-LEAL.

Place.] It is frequent in all pastures.

Time.] It flowers late, even in the latter end of August."
- from Culpeper's Complete Herbal
by Nicholas Culpeper (1814)

#yarrow #nosebleed #milfoil #sacredherbs #avaloniantradition #moon2 #flowers #SOA

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"YARROW, CALLED NOSE-BLEED, MILFOIL AND THOUSAND-LEAL.

Place.] It is frequent in all pastures.

Time.] It flowers late, even in the latter end of August."
- from Culpeper's Complete Herbal
by Nicholas Culpeper (1814)

#yarrow #nosebleed #milfoil #sacredherbs #avaloniantradition #moon2 #flowers

December 6, 2025 at 3:00 PM

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"It is the second of four moons during the Time of Ceridwen, and the lunar month begins on the first full moon when the sun is in Sagittarius; the full moon is in Gemini."
- from The Mythic Moons of Avalon: Lunar & Herbal Wisdom from the Isle of Healing
by J. Telyndru (2019)

#ceridwen #sagittarius

Photo of a full moon;

"It is the second of four moons during the Time of Ceridwen, and the lunar month begins on the first full moon when the sun is in Sagittarius; the full moon is in Gemini."
- from The Mythic Moons of Avalon: Lunar & Herbal Wisdom from the Isle of Healing
by Jhenah Telyndru (2019)

#moontwo #cycleofrevealing #avalonian #ceridwen #sagittarius #gemini #moon

December 6, 2025 at 6:20 AM

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December 4, 2025 at 11:14 PM

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"Moon Two of the Avalonian Cycle of Revealing is called the Moon of Distillation, and is associated with the herb yarrow (Achillea millefolium)."
- from The Mythic Moons of Avalon: Lunar & Herbal Wisdom from the Isle of Healing
by Jhenah Telyndru (2019)

#moontwo #cycleofrevealing #avalonian #SOA

photo of a full moon;

"Moon Two of the Avalonian Cycle of Revealing is called the Moon of Distillation, and is associated with the herb yarrow (Achillea millefolium)."
- from The Mythic Moons of Avalon: Lunar & Herbal Wisdom from the Isle of Healing
by Jhenah Telyndru (2019)

#moontwo #cycleofrevealing #avalonian #yarrow #achilleamillefolium #distillation

December 4, 2025 at 5:01 PM

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"YARROW, CALLED NOSE-BLEED, MILFOIL AND THOUSAND-LEAL.

Descript.] It hath many long leaves spread upon the ground, finely cut, and divided into many small parts: Its flowers are white,..."
- from Culpeper's Complete Herbal
by N. Culpeper (1814)

#yarrow #sacredherbs #avaloniantradition #flowers

Photo of white yarrow flowers and green stems;

"YARROW, CALLED NOSE-BLEED, MILFOIL AND THOUSAND-LEAL.

Descript.] It hath many long leaves spread upon the ground, finely cut, and divided into many small parts: Its flowers are white, but not all of a whiteness, and stayed in knots, upon divers green stalks which rise from among the leaves."
- from Culpeper's Complete Herbal
by Nicholas Culpeper (1814)

#yarrow #nosebleed #milfoil #sacredherbs #avaloniantradition #moon2 #flowers

December 3, 2025 at 11:19 PM

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"The mystical fruit yielded from the Silver Branch which calls us to the Journey across the waters, the Silver Apple represents the Otherworldly Island of Avalon and the Lunar Mysteries kept by her Priestesses."
- from Avalonian Symbols
SisterhoodOfAvalon.org

#silverapple #avalon #priestess #SOA

Image of a silver apple;

"The mystical fruit yielded from the Silver Branch which calls us to the Journey across the waters, the Silver Apple represents the Otherworldly Island of Avalon and the Lunar Mysteries kept by her Priestesses."
- from Avalonian Symbols
SisterhoodOfAvalon.org

#silverapple #holyisle #avalon #lunarmysteries #otherworldly #priestess #islandofavalon #silverbranch #journey

December 1, 2025 at 7:55 PM

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From The Avalonian Oracle: The Three Cauldrons

Affirmation: "I am open to the flow of divine inspiration, allowing it to pass through me and to empower my work in the world. ..."

The Avalonian Oracle: Spiritual Wisdom from the Holy Isle is available here: tinyurl.com/TheAvalonian...

#oracle #deck

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From The Avalonian Oracle: The Three Cauldrons

Affirmation: "I am open to the flow of divine inspiration, allowing it to pass through me and to empower my work in the world. I embrace the truth of my life's authentic purpose, and recognize that my greatest service is to be a vessel through which Source continues to create the world."

The Avalonian Oracle: Spiritual Wisdom from the Holy Isle, by Jhenah Telyndru and Illustrated by Emily Brunner, is available here: https://tinyurl.com/TheAvalonianOracle

#avalonianoracle #sisterhoodofavalon #pagan #oracle #oracledeck #celtic #oraclecards #authentic #source #theavalonianoracle #avalon #thethreecauldrons

November 30, 2025 at 9:24 AM

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"November was considered as not lucky for weddings."
- from Folk-Lore and Folk-Stories of Wales
by Marie Trevelyan (1909)

#november #wales #welsh #folklore #weddings

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"November was considered as not lucky for weddings."
- from Folk-Lore and Folk-Stories of Wales
by Marie Trevelyan (1909)

#november #wales #welsh #folklore #weddings

November 30, 2025 at 2:22 AM

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"Gwyn ap Nudd, the lord of Annwn or Hades, was allotted an invisible palace inside the Tor, to which he repaired with his Wild Huntsmen."
- from King Arthur's Avalon: The Story of Glastonbury
by Geoffrey Ashe (1990)

#gwynapnudd #glastonburytor #wildhuntsmen #annwn #glastonbury #arthurian

Photo of Glastonbury Tor on a cloudy day;

"Gwyn ap Nudd, the lord of Annwn or Hades, was allotted an invisible palace inside the Tor, to which he repaired with his Wild Huntsmen."
- from King Arthur's Avalon: The Story of Glastonbury
by Geoffrey Ashe (1990)

#gwynapnudd #glastonburytor #wildhuntsmen #annwn #glastonbury #arthurian

November 27, 2025 at 8:51 PM

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"At the bottom of the business lies a stratum of Celtic fable about a miraculous cauldron. In Welsh folk-lore the cauldron belongs to the Arthurian cycle as far back as we can trace it."
- from King Arthur's Avalon: The Story of Glastonbury
by Geoffrey Ashe (1990)
#celtic #wales #cauldron #arthurian

Photo of an old, weathered cauldron in front of green leaves;

"At the bottom of the business lies a stratum of Celtic fable about a miraculous cauldron. In Welsh folk-lore the cauldron belongs to the Arthurian cycle as far back as we can trace it."
- from King Arthur's Avalon: The Story of Glastonbury
by Geoffrey Ashe (1990)

#celtic #wales #cauldron #arthurian #arthuriancycle #folklore

November 27, 2025 at 12:21 AM

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"According to belief, every sacred well and spring must be treated with appropriate respect — and even those with no traditions attached must be accorded due honour or they would be capable of drying up or moving to another site."
- from Folklore of Wales
by A. Ross (2011)

#wells #springs #sacred

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"According to belief, every sacred well and spring must be treated with appropriate respect — and even those with no traditions attached must be accorded due honour or they would be capable of drying up or moving to another site."
- from Folklore of Wales
by Anne Ross (2011)

#wells #spring #sacredwell #sacred #sacredspring #wales #folklore #welsh

November 26, 2025 at 1:31 AM

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"MUGWORT.

Government and virtues.] This is an herb of Venus, therefore maintains the parts of the body she rules, remedies the diseases of the parts that are under her signs, Taurus and Libra."
- from The Complete Herbal
by Nicholas Culpeper (1850)

#mugwort #herbalism #celtic #venus #taurus #libra

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"MUGWORT.

Government and virtues.] This is an herb of Venus, therefore maintains the parts of the body she rules, remedies the diseases of the parts that are under her signs, Taurus and Libra."
- from The Complete Herbal
by Nicholas Culpeper (1850)

#mugwort #artemisiavulgaris #herbalism #celtic #avalonian #avaloniantradition #venus #taurus #libra

November 24, 2025 at 10:00 PM

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From The Avalonian Oracle: Moon of Liberation

Affirmation: "I stand firmly between the worlds of who I am and who I shall become, celebrating my wholeness. ..."

The Avalonian Oracle: Spiritual Wisdom from the Holy Isle is available here: tinyurl.com/TheAvalonian...

#oracle #deck #celtic #cards

Moon of Liberation card;

From The Avalonian Oracle: Moon of Liberation

Affirmation: "I stand firmly between the worlds of who I am and who I shall become, celebrating my wholeness. I celebrate my Sovereignty and I do not fear my shadow, for together they hold the seeds of wisdom; as they grow, I earn my freedom."

The Avalonian Oracle: Spiritual Wisdom from the Holy Isle, by Jhenah Telyndru and Illustrated by Emily Brunner, is available here: https://tinyurl.com/TheAvalonianOracle

#avalonianoracle #sisterhoodofavalon #pagan #oracle #oracledeck #celtic #oraclecards #avalon #moonofliberation #sovereignty #freedom

November 23, 2025 at 9:28 PM

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"They were received with great joy by the king’s people and, for a time at least, Branwen was a resounding success as his consort, acquiring a reputation for the lavishness of her generosity to anyone visiting the royal court."
- from Enchanted Wales
by M. Aldhouse-Green (2023)

#branwen #ireland

Graphic of medieval woman at court;

"They were received with great joy by the king’s people and, for a time at least, Branwen was a resounding success as his consort, acquiring a reputation for the lavishness of her generosity to anyone visiting the royal court."
- from Enchanted Wales
Myth and Magic in Welsh Storytelling
by Miranda Aldhouse-Green (2023)

#branwen #wales #ireland #royalcourt #king #consort #generosity

November 22, 2025 at 8:38 PM

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"So, having accepted Brân’s priceless gift, Matholwch set off for Ireland from Aber Menai, taking Branwen, his wife, with him."
- from Enchanted Wales
Myth and Magic in Welsh Storytelling
by Miranda Aldhouse-Green (2023)

#wales #branwen #abermenai #matholwch #ireland

Blue toned photo of Anglesy, Wales shoreline;

"So, having accepted Brân’s priceless gift, Matholwch set off for Ireland from Aber Menai, taking Branwen, his wife, with him."
- from Enchanted Wales
Myth and Magic in Welsh Storytelling
by Miranda Aldhouse-Green (2023)

#wales #branwen #abermenai #matholwch #ireland

November 22, 2025 at 3:41 AM

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"With its red and white springs, prominent hills, surrounding plain, sacred trees, and cavernous underground system, the natural features of the landscape create a powerful ‘spirit of place.’"
- from Isle of Avalon
by N.R. Mann (1996)

#glastonbury #holyisle #spiritofplace #avalon #sacred #springs

Photo of Glastonbury Tor and environs;

"With its red and white springs, prominent hills, surrounding plain, sacred trees, and cavernous underground system, the natural features of the landscape create a powerful ‘spirit of place.’"
- from Isle of Avalon: Sacred Mysteries of Arthur and Glastonbury Tor
by Nicholas R. Mann (1996)

#glastonbury #holyisle #spiritofplace #avalon #sacred #trees #springs

November 19, 2025 at 4:59 PM

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"The character of Branwen is interesting for she seems a pale, insubstantial player in the story, yet she would act as the catalyst for a hugely punishing and mutually destructive war between the two lands of Wales and Ireland."
- from Enchanted Wales
by M. Aldhouse-Green (2023)

#branwen #wales

Map of Wales, Ireland, and Irish Sea;

"The character of Branwen is interesting for she seems a pale, insubstantial player in the story, yet she would act as the catalyst for a hugely punishing and mutually destructive war between the two lands of Wales and Ireland."
- from Enchanted Wales: Myth and Magic in Welsh Storytelling
by Miranda Aldhouse-Green (2023)

#branwen #war #caralyst #wales #ireland #celtic #mabinogi #goddess

November 18, 2025 at 12:49 PM

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"And when Branwen saw her son burning in the fire, she strove to leap into the fire also, from the place where she sat between her two brothers."
- from Branwen the Daughter of Llyr
in The Mabinogion
tr. by Lady Charlotte Guest (1877)

#branwen #goddess #divinefeminine #ymabinogi #wales #welsh #SOA

Photo of three people in front of a big bonfire;

"And when Branwen saw her son burning in the fire, she strove to leap into the fire also, from the place where she sat between her two brothers."
- from Branwen the Daughter of Llyr
in The Mabinogion
tr. by Lady Charlotte Guest (1877)

#branwen #goddess #divinefeminine #ymabinogi #mabinogi #wales #welsh

November 18, 2025 at 5:18 AM

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From the Avalonian Oracle: Moon of Reflection

The Affirmation - "... I stand in open communication with myself, and hear the voice of the Universe with clarity. ..."

The Avalonian Oracle is available here: tinyurl.com/TheAvalonian...

#avalonian #oracle #oracledeck #cards #celtic #divinenature

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From the Avalonian Oracle: Moon of Reflection

The Affirmation - "I am a being in process, simultaneously the sum of all that has come before as well as the total of all that has yet to be. I stand in open communication with myself, and hear the voice of the Universe with clarity. I embrace change and welcome deep transformation, for it is only thus that my true and Divine nature can fully express itself in the world and through my life."

The Avalonian Oracle, by Jhenah Telyndru and illustrated by Emily Brunner, is available here: https://tinyurl.com/TheAvalonianOracle

#avalonianoracle #sisterhoodofavalon #pagan #oracle #oracledeck #avalon #oraclecards #theavalonianoracle #reflection #celtic #moonofreflection #divinenature

November 16, 2025 at 10:42 PM

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"The Celts embraced oral transmission of their sacred stories and practices, and by the time the tales of Y Mabinogi were written down, Wales had not been pagan for almost 1000 years."
- from Jhenah Telyndru
in The Celtic Goddess
ed. by T. Greenfield (2018)

#celts #ymabinogi #medieval #wales #SOA

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"The Celts embraced oral transmission of their sacred stories and practices, and by the time the tales of Y Mabinogi were written down, Wales had not been pagan for almost 1000 years."
- from Jhenah Telyndru
in The Celtic Goddess
ed. by Trevor Greenfield (2018)

#celts #celtic #ymabinogi #oraltradition #pagan #medieval #wales #welsh

November 15, 2025 at 7:46 PM

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"The duties and privileges of the bards are defined in the Laws of Hywel Dda, which refer to three distinct classes of bards."
- from The Celts: History, Life, and Culture
Volume 1: A–H
ed. John T. Koch and Antone Minard

#bards #lawsofhyweldda #laws #hyweldda #wales #medieval #bardic #celtic #SOA

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"The duties and privileges of the bards are defined in the Laws of Hywel Dda, which refer to three distinct classes of bards."
- from The Celts: History, Life, and Culture
Volume 1: A–H
ed. John T. Koch and Antone Minard

#bards #lawsofhyweldda #laws #hyweldda #wales #medieval #bardic #celtic

November 14, 2025 at 1:19 PM

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From t-shirts to mugs to pillows to totes, every purchase benefits the SOA. Make your purchase today!

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#gifts #mugs #thirsty #giftideas #giftsforalloccasions #totebag #totebagstyle #tshirts

November 14, 2025 at 5:57 AM

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"Sitting within a global context of powerful ley lines, Avalon is a locus for subtle and elemental forces which here meet in a dynamic polarity."
- from Isle of Avalon: Sacred Mysteries of Arthur and Glastonbury Tor
by Nicholas R. Mann (1996)

#avalon #theholyisle #landscape #leylines #polarity #SOA

Photo of Glastobury Tor with surrounding landscape covered in mist;

"Sitting within a global context of powerful ley lines, Avalon is a locus for subtle and elemental forces which here meet in a dynamic polarity."
- from Isle of Avalon: Sacred Mysteries of Arthur and Glastonbury Tor
by Nicholas R. Mann (1996)

#avalon #avaloniantradition #theholyisle #landscape #leylines #polarity

November 13, 2025 at 12:03 AM

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"Once the Gwrach-y-rhibyn traversed the village from end to end, and in the dim uncertain twilight of a November evening her flowing robes and outstretched arms were ‘against the wind,’ and caused a ‘roaring noise.’"
- from Folk-Lore and Folk-Stories of Wales
by M. Trevelyan (1909)

#gwrachyrhibyn

Black and white image of bare trees;
"Once the Gwrach-y-rhibyn traversed the village from end to end, and in the dim uncertain twilight of a November evening her flowing robes and outstretched arms were ‘against the wind,’ and caused a ‘roaring noise.’ "
- from Folk-Lore and Folk-Stories of Wales
by Marie Trevelyan (1909)

#gwrachyrhibyn #november #wales #folklore #folkstories #wind #welsh #celtic #twilight

November 11, 2025 at 12:01 PM

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