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Avalon – Tools for the Journey

Avalon – Tools for the Journey

Last updated on: February 8, 2017 at 11:58 am by Annwyn Avalon

Avalon – Tools for the Journey 2017-02-08T11:58:09-08:00 Annwyn Avalon

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Avalon and Glastonbury have been a huge influence on my path in the past few years. With my pilgrimage to the Tor and the Chalice Well as well as my training in the Avalon Mystery School there has been much of her presence swirling in my magic and practice. It is close to the ending of the mundane year and so I am finishing up projects and getting ready to move into a new home.With this new home there is more space to work and create and more yard to grow! I am so excited!!! With the new year there is much I want to do. However I have narrowed it down to a few things. There will be a line of Water Witch Teas (of course!) The Magic Soaps will be replenished and an Aphrodite Beauty soap will be added. There will be a whole new line of Flower Power Powders. You can look for these in between Candlemass and the Spring equinox. However lets end 2013 with a trip to Avalon shall we?

Avalon is the fabled island from Aurthurian tales. Morgan La Fae, the Lady of the Lake and Author traveled there. With the popularity of the Mists of Avalon. It has earned a reputation of being a mythological island. However this is not the case. Avalon is the other world. It the summerland, it is Annwn. Avalon was first mentioned in Geoffrey of Monmouth’s History of the Kings of Brittan. Avalon is where Excalibur was forged and King Author was taken after he was mortally wounded in battle. Avalon is indeed the other world, it is magic and can be accessed by crossing the hedge.

I have been working on a Tea and Incense blend to aid with the journey to Avalon. Incorporating some of the sacred plants from Glastonbury and Avalon as well as plants that aid in journey work and second sight. (Keep reading there is a poem at the end)

Parting the Mists Tea

1 Part White Rose petals (To symbolize the white well)

1 Part Red Rose petals (To symbolize the red well)

1 Part Peppermint

1/2 Part Dried Apple (The sacred fruit of Avalon)

1/8 Part Primrose (One of the first blooms in the Spring)

1/8 Part mugwort (To aid in crossing the hedge)

and a pinch of Hawthorn Flowers (To symbolize the boarder between this world and Avalon)

Parting the Mist Incense blend

1 Part White Rose petals (To symbolize the white well)

1 Part Red Rose petals (To symbolize the red well)

1/2 Part Dried Apple (The sacred fruit of Avalon)

1/2 Part mugwort (To aid in crossing the hedge)

1/4 Part Wormwood (To aid in crossing the hedge)

9 drops of Myrrh (To symbolize the 9th wave)

and a pinch of Hawthorn Flowers and berries (To symbolize the boarder between this world and Avalon)

While you are drinking your tea and burning your incense read this poem and drift away to Avalon…

Somewhere beyond the Hawthorn tree,

I heard lady Avalon call to me.

Whispers soft as the Primrose,

It was I she chose

I closed my eyes and began to breath,

I knew this body I would soon leave.

I counted the waves 7 and 8 to 9,

The surge I felt was divine.

I lifted up

I left my body holding my cup.

I smelled the roses across the shore

I followed the lady, I wanted more.

Surrounded by the goddesses fruit

I heard the holy well sing like a distant flute.

The White Lady appeared before my eyes

Her words I carefully listened to

I held the trance

She whispered words,

Which I knew were true.

Somewhere beyond the hawthorn tree,

I heard the lady call to me.

Past the sacred grove and the Holy well,

My trance was done and I fell.

Somewhere this side of the Hawthorn tree

I stared at a cup

Red and white blooms looking back at me…

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