AVALON • The Eternal Isle of the Heart
What is at the Heart of Avalon? And what connects Avalon with our Heart and that of the Earth?
Avalon is calling forth many into devotion in various ways and from various worlds:
History, Literature, Mythology, Spirituality… And as a Priestess of Avalon my passion is to illuminate pathways into her worlds, so that you, too will find your individual quest and embark on it with courage, inspiration and love.
Learn the Faery Accord, its meaning and ways to restore it, alongside the Grail Mysteries and how they are relevant today. Discover who King Arthur, Guinevere and Lancelot truly were and which stories they have to tell us today.
Be guided by Morgan Le Fey across the waters to the Healing Island of Avalon and witness her shapeshift from Queen, Priestess and Sorceress to awaken these archetypes within you.
It all starts with a dying king …
Arthur himself, our renowned King, was mortally wounded and was carried off to the Isle of Avalon, so that his wounds might be attended to.
Geoffrey of Monmouth, The History of the Kings of Britain
9 priestesses lived on the ancient isle of Avalon, also known as the fortunate island.
Morgan, the most skilled in magic and the healing arts took the famous King with her, to tend to his wounds. Some say he died. Others wait until he is reborn. But we are not merely waiting, we are remembering our responsibility in the cause of time to heal our own wounds, step into sovereignty and take responsibility to live a fullfilled life.
START: 7th November 2024
THE WORLDS OF AVALON
As within so without, cycle of year, quarter and third of a year, monthly and moon cycles
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The first four months (nov/dec/jan/feb) we will be journeying through the Realm of the Sea, the past, the collective unconscious on the outside through story, literature and mythology. On the inside , within, we will dive into our personal subconscious and do shadow work, explore our past and why we are drawn to the isle of Avalon.
We learn what Avalon is, means and who is connected with the sacred isle.
This intersects with the first quarter of our Celtic Wheel of The Year (Nov/dec/jan) which we explore as the season of the Cailleach, the Celtic creation goddess and the archetype of the hag – or in Arthurian literature known as the loathly lady. She is the one we need to learn to love, honour and respect in order for her to transform our lives and bestow sovereignty on us – again as within so without, we invite our ugliest and most feared parts to surface. Because only then are we tending to the harsh wintery soil and prepare the seeds to grow for the next season to begin.
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From the depth of winter spring emerges and we are integrating our lessons into our daily lives to see them sprout as nature is born anew.
The coming four months (march/apr/mai/june) are the Realm of the Land, our present life, our conscious, in which we get to establish a personal practice, and move from inner work such as meditation to practical tasks and eventually conscious connection to the Otherworld and fae realm through the portals in nature.
This is also the start of the second quarter of the year (feb/mar/apr) which we explore as the Season of Brigid, with Flower Goddesses, may queens and the archetype of the maiden – the beautiful metamorphosis from loathly lady to lady sovereignty.
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Our last four months together (/july/aug/sept/oct) we will be journeying the Realm of the Sky, the future limitless potential, our superconscious and becoming self.
Here we transition from the Season of the Lady of the Lake to the Season of Rhiannon, from Enchantress to Mother. Before the Wheel turns once again and we have yet to find out what will be our next journey…
This is where our individual GRAIL QUEST will start, where we learn about facilitation and spiritual service whilst becoming the vessel, the grail, the channel, the priestess, the queen ourselves.
This is where we are called to action, restoring the Faery Accord and being of service to the world – be it in public facilitation roles or in our own family, environment and small circles
Everything will be recorded and you have unlimited access after the yearlong immersion comes to a close. £444
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COURSE CONTENT & CURRICULUM
You will receive recordings of all video lessons and seasonal ceremonies of every month. Should you choose to join after the official start date, you can catch up easily in your own time and choose your own study topics according to your personal relevance.
CURRICULUM
CHAPTER 0 At the Shore to Avalon
History, Mythology, Etymology and First Arthurian Story with Study Session about Sovereignty
What is AVALON? (Video lesson)
YNYS AFALLON | Island of Apples [etymology] (Text)
Reclaiming Sovereignty (Video and Text)
CHAPTER 1 Calling the Barge
Symbolism and meaning of INITIATION, Guidance from Morgan Le Fey, her primary role as healing sorceress, Otherworldly Story of the Season
Preparing to cross the waters (Text)
Morgan Le Fey (Video lesson)
Morgan as Healer (Text)
Herb of the Healer: YARROW (Text)
Nature’s Descent (Video lesson)
Opening Ceremony and personal Inititation (Video)
CHAPTER 2 The journey to our true core
Winter crone goddess Cailleach, Shadow Work with the Morrígan and perform a ceremony with Morgan as a Death Doula
In the depth of the night, the goddess awakes (Text)
Shadow Work with Irish goddess Morrígan (Text)
A ceremony of endings with Morgan as Death Doula (Ritual)
CHAPTER 3 Through the Mists
Mother of Sorceresses Cerridwen and transformative Magic, jungian archetypes and the collective (un)consciousness
Cerridwen and Morgan as Initiators
The Three Rays of AWEN
The three Realms
Realm of the Sea
Cerridwen and her Magic of Transformation
Herb of the Sorceress: Mugwort
CHAPTER 4 The Hunt for the White Hart
Arthurian Literature and its mysteries revealed, winter magic and sacred rituals for the liminal time between the years
The Arthurian legends and its magical women (From Matrilineage to patrilineage and the development of characters)
Winter Solstice and Rebirth of the Sun King
The Quest for the White Hart
Winter Dreaming – The Sacred Nights
CHAPTER 5 Midwinter Medicine
Matrilineage and the number 9
The Medicine of January
Who are the 9 Priestesses of Avalon?
CHAPTER 6 The Cauldron of the Otherworld
The Portal of Creation [Meditation Through the Yew Trees]
Welsh Mythology
Magic Cauldrons
CHAPTER 7 The Return of the Light
CEREMONY: Imbolc and the Goddess Brigid
CACAO CEREMONY: Ignite your Intuition
The lunar new year and the heralds of spring
The Yew and the Dragon
CHAPTER 8 Emerging Reborn
Sacred Waters (Meditation)
How to unlock your potential
Intention and Integration: Personal Practice with Archetypes
Tarot Spread for paving the path ahead
CHAPTER 10 Spring Equinox: The New Astrological Year
Realm of Land
Mythological Connections with Spring Equinox
Ostara Ceremony
Arthurian Story: Gawain and the Green Knight
Full Moon Journey
Methodology of Ritual
CHAPTER 11 Priestess(es) of Avalon
Core values of a modern priestess
Priestessing today: practices to embody the Priestess within (and without)
CHAPTER 12 Avalon, the Heart of Annwn
The Castles of Annwfyn
Ravens: magical messengers of the Otherworld
Portals to the Otherworld
Creiddylad and her Faery Knights
CHAPTER 13 Blossoming and Blooming: Beltane Season
Beltane, Bright Fire
The Great Rite
Hawthorn Faeries and Fertility Symbols
Your Beltane Ceremony
CHAPTER 14 Midsummer Night Dreams
Elemental Alchemy of High Summer
Fire and Water: The Alder Tree
The FAERY ACCORD – its breaking and its restoration
Fae and Frequency
CHAPTER 15 The Heart of Avalon
The Lady(s) of the Lake
Vesica Piscis and the alchemy of polarity
What lies at the centre of the sacred isle?
CHAPTER 16 The Presence of Fire
Branch and Rod
Rhiannon, horse goddess and sovereign mother
The Horse: Strength and Grace
CHAPTER 17 The Presence of Water
Selkies, Mermaids and Nymphs
Cups, Chalices and Cauldrons
The Elucidation
Sovereignty: the forgotten relationship
A Nymph´s Tale
CHAPTER 18 The Presence of Earth
Lúghnasadh: The Harvest Festival of the Earth
The Quest for the Grail: From Well Maiden to Grail Maiden
Perceval: the first Grail Knight
The Court of Joy
Pentacle and Pentagram
CHAPTER 19 The Presence of Air
The Realm of Sky
Taking up the sword
Threefold service
CHAPTER 20 The Presence of Spirit
Symbol of the Centre: Spiral
Stepping into the Centre
Goddess of Sovereignty: Arianrhod
Threefold Service
CHAPTER 21 The divine child of the divine mother
Autumn Equinox and the second harvest
MABON: A Welsh Tale about Arthur
Modron = Morgan: Our otherworldly mother
A Note on the Wheel of the Year
CHAPTER 22 The end is only the beginning
What are you called to step into?
POSSIBLE GLASTONBURY IN PERSON RETREAT *optional* tba (2026)
- daily ceremonies, rituals and inner alchemy
- Wearyall Hill: INITIATION
- Glastonbury Tor
- Sacred Sources: The Red Spring & The White Spring
- Myth and Legend: The Holy Thorn, Joseph of Arimathea and Mary Magdalene
- Glastonbury Tor, Gwynn ap Nudd the Faery King
- Chalice Hill, Chalice Well & The Red Spring, The White Spring
- Abbey, The Black Spring, St.Margaret´s Chapel
- Wearyall Hill, The Holy Thorn, Joseph of Arimathea and Mary Magdalene
- lots of rituals, inner alchemy and daily cacao ceremonies
*please note everything is subject to change as we work organically and in accordance with nature, our own, the unfolding of a group container and the unravelling of a mystical journey into the unknown, guided by spirit
