Jhenah Telydru - Avalon Within

Jhenah Telyndru, who has been called"the mother of the Avalonian revival" by PanGaia's Elizabeth Barrette, developed the Avalonian Tradition and has been teaching it for more than two decades. She is the founder and Morgen of the Sisterhood of Avalon, an international Celtic women's mysteries organization that has served thousands of women since 1995. Jhenah also serves as Director of the Avalonian Thealogical Seminary, teaches Avalonian intensive workshops around North America, and facilitates pilgrimages to sacred sites in the British Isles. Visit her online at www.ynysafallon.com.

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jHeNAH TeLYNDRU

In memory of those who have made the Journey to the Other Shore, especially Tammi Boudreau, Suzanne Yelton, and Gina Gambidilla

For my Mom

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I would like to give my thanks for the blessings I received from so many in the course of birthing this book. Foremost, I would like to thank the Sisterhood of Avalon for their gracious assistance and loving support of this project; it simply would not have been possible without my Sisters.

There are so many beautiful women who have assisted and sustained me in both my inner and outer processes during the writing of this book; heartfelt thanks to Debra Schneider, Vyviane Armstrong, Alicia Grosso, Kim Davis, Andrea Smith, Sharone Farrar, Jackie-Kopp Ac- curso, Lizabeth Doty, and Lisa Siano. I have been truly gifted by your presence in my life!

I would like to express my sincere appreciation for my incredible editors Elysia Gallo and Laura Graves, whose professionalism and expertise are second only to their commitment to midwifing this book in a way that both honored and honed its vision. I am very grateful to them and to everyone at Llewellyn who worked to make this book a reality. I am deeply indebted to all who have shared the beautiful photos and images that have made this book so magickal, especially Bettina Auerbach, Diana Byron, Alicia Grosso, Jackie Hewitt, Kathy Jones, Danna Kline, Dawn Kline, Elisa Maistrellis-Ryng, Jocelyn Russell, Jeff Saward, and Robin Wallace. I am also grateful for the generosity of Chalice Well Trust, the National Trust, the White Spring Companions, and Glastonbury Abbey for permitting us to include photos of the sacred sites entrusted to their care.

Deepest thanks to the Lady for the blessing of my family and their unconditional love and support of me and my need to write this book. Loving thanks to my husband Matthew for all his encouragement and for the sacrifices that opened the space that allowed this book to happen; to my family for the priceless gift of time; and to my beloved children for being my life's inspiration and the greatest teachers I have ever had.

Above all, I thank the Goddesses of Avalon for Their abundant blessings, limitless love, and for the divine grace of Awen.

HE STANDS IN THE PROW, her form cloaked by dark robes and clinging mists. Her voluminous hood conceals her age-she could be anyone's daughter, sister, or mother. Her foothold is sure, her body steady. Through the thickening mists and fitful waters, she stands firmly in her place and ever-certain of the way; she has conquered this lake and parted these mists to find her way to Avalon. Now, in service, she guides others through what appears to be the impenetrable, until they too can arrive at the Holy Shore unaided.

She is a Priestess of Avalon.

It has been long since the chord of Avalon has sung out in the hearts of women. In the centuries since her end, we find scattered notes of Avalon's song still playing to us down through the stream of time in art, literature, music, and legend. The last one hundred years have especially heralded her re-emergence. The Pre-Raphaelite movement and the writings of Yeats and Tennyson beautifully illustrate the Victorian romance with the Arthurian mythos. The magickal traditions that emerged at beginning of the twentieth century also began to tie into the energy of Avalon, most especially as seen in the work of author and mystic Dion Fortune.