2009... Let It Shine!

Hello again. Long time, no see, and all the rest of the clichés that are trotted out when you haven’t seen or spoken to people for a very long time, usually followed by “I’ve been busy”.

Trite, but true. It’s not an excuse, or a justification. It just is.

I’ve been busy…

Busy with my new “day job”: stripper. Yes, I’m joking. Not that kind of stripper. Yes, you know the one you were thinking of. The one that involves poles and lack of clothing. Not that one. This one involves steam and wallpaper and endless hours of making our (relatively) new house look the way we want it. The office is finished and the new kitchen gets installed in mid-January, after which we have to do the guest room so that we can offer my mom a place to sleep when she visits in the summer. Then we get to tackle changes to our bedroom and the bathrooms. And then… it seems a never-ending project at the moment. Lest you think I’m complaining. I’m not. Apart from when I'm writing, I’m absolutely in my element redecorating rooms. I’m having the time of my life. But then, thanks to my inability to climb further than the third rung of a ladder without turning into a quivering wreck, I’m not the one balanced on high bending awkwardly steaming the wallpaper off the ceilings (yes, it’s everywhere!). At this point, I’d just like to thank my husband for his tireless, stoic, and (mostly) cheerful dedication to the job!

Busy with my new project: The other spirit world. I started a website dedicated to whisky (Whisky Distilled). Hey, I live in Scotland and I love the stuff. I also now live with a barley field just beyond my back gate, a distillery just beyond that, and a maltings just down the road. Having a website dedicated to this particular spirit has been in the works for a while, and moving to our current house provided just the impetus I needed. At least, I think this is what my guides meant when they said to develop a website based on the spirit world…. Only kidding, because I’ve also been…

Busy with my re-evaluation and re-design of Woo-Woo Wisdom. For a while now, I’ve been wanting to change Woo-Woo Wisdom from a blog to a metaphysical resource site. Blogs work well for some purposes. For example, our personal blog works for me as an online diary that keeps family and friends up to date with our antics. But, for what I envisaged for Woo-Woo Wisdom in the longer term, a blog format started becoming a real sticking point. It just didn’t feel right for me for this purpose. So I’ve decided to change it. It isn’t quite ready yet, so I can’t point you to a link. Please be patient :). You’ll be the first to know when it’s ready for visitors. I’m taking it as it comes, so I don’t have a hard and fast date for the “launch”, but I’m aiming for no longer than about two or three months from now. While I’m busy with all of this, I probably won’t be posting much, if at all. In the meantime, please enjoy the archives, and keep checking back (or subscribe to this blog’s feed) to get a notification of when the new site is up and running.

Happy New Year to all of you! May 2009 be your year to shine!

The Art And Science Of Woo-Woo

Hello. My name is Mags and I am woo-woo. My sixth sense is just as useful in my life as my other five senses are, my heart is just as important as my head, and the spiritual world is just as real to me as the physical one.

To skeptics, the fact that I believe in things that they cannot see and see things in which they don’t believe, makes me irrational and gullible. I prefer the term open-minded :) . After all, what is considered acceptable scientific knowledge today was often ridiculed in years gone by before scientific tests caught up to people’s experiences.

Far from dismissing science, however, I embrace it. I come from an extended family that is pretty evenly divided between skeptics and psychics. Let’s just say that family gatherings were always very lively and full of debate! While each side would argue their case, I’d often find myself adopting a more balanced viewpoint, and integrating information from both camps. Science and psi can exist harmoniously side-by-side.

It is the aim of this site to encourage this peaceful coexistence, through exploring an eclectic mix of topics in both fields and at the intersection of the two. The articles on this site are written in a genuine spirit of enquiry, as much to help me understand my own experiences of this wonderful thing called the universe as to allow others to use the information presented in whichever way is helpful to them in their own journeys. In this endeavour, I am always happy to consider alternative viewpoints and explanations, and as such you are more than welcome to contact me (woowoowisdom[at]gmail[dot]com) with questions or information that I and others may find helpful and interesting. That said, here’s a caveat: I have my own beliefs and opinions, of course. Who doesn’t?! I have been known to change my mind (I am open-minded, after all!), but I rarely do so as a result of abuse. Who does?! It is my hope that we can explore these topics together, treating each other in a respectful and loving manner, regardless of whether our beliefs are in alignment or not.

Thank you for visiting. Now, let’s go and have some fun. Woo-woo!