Parting the Mists

OK, time to ‘fess up. I had anticipated discussing the origins of Avalon today, however, I didn’t quite get done all the research needed. (It’s been one of those weeks.) So, that will hold for next Tuesday. For today, I’ll just point out a few things about the blog and share some ideas for future posts.

First, you might note that I’ve added favorite links in three menus on the right: Blogroll, Podcasts, and Web Sites. There’s several more links I want to add in the next few weeks, many of which will be Arthurian and Celtic resources. Of the current links, I’d like to point out the Daughters of the Sacred Grail under Web Sites. This is the site for the Avalonian women’s group I am a member of, so I wanted to provide full disclosure on that.

Also, not all the links will necessarily be Avalonian or Arthurian – some are sites and blogs I really enjoy and would like to share with others. Of these, The Essential Herbal and The Wild Hunt are tops in my book.

There is also a Recommended Reading page (fourth tab over at the top of the page). Again, this is a work in progress, but I will admit to being really picky about what will be listed here. There are books that people rave about that I’ve found lacking – I won’t include books unless I have read them and found them to be of significant value to this path.

Finally, here is a list of topics I have percolating, some of which will require several posts to cover:

• Symbolism of the Apple

• Cauldron to Grail: The Evolution

• Land, Sea, and Sky versus the Four Elements

• Comparison of The Arthurian Tarot and Legend: The Arthurian Tarot decks

• Redeeming Morgan la Fey

• Ninefold Sisterhoods

• Mordred and Lancelot as Oak Kings

• Barinthus, Bargeman and Psychopomp

• Faery in Avalon

• The Silver Branch

• Brighid in Avalon

• Healing the Wasteland

• The journey of reading the entire Mists of Avalon series in chronological order

• Book reviews for Grave Goods (from the Mistress of the Art of Death mystery series), The Avalonians, and other books

• Various places speculated to be the location of Avalon (Glastonbury, Orkney Islands, Bardsey Island, Sicely, and others)

So what do you think? This isn’t a complete list, but is there anything missing that you would like to see discussed? Any links I should consider adding to the three menus?

Have a great weekend!

Thistle