The Other Side

...the inane ramblings of an Aussie Pagan Aspie Houswife

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Welcome…

Posted by Jenwytch on May 31, 2011
Posted in: Autism & Asperger's, Magic, Witchcraft & Paganism, Psychic, Paranormal & Spirituality. Tagged: Autism & Asperger's, magic, Paranormal & Spirituality, psychic, Witchcraft & Paganism. Leave a Comment

Welcome to The Other Side – my little corner of cyberspace where I write about my experiences and thoughts on Witchcraft, Pagan Spirituality, the Paranormal, Autism, Asperger’s Syndrome and sometimes the interconnectedness of these topics, as well as my day-to-day family stuff here in Sydney, Australia.

This blog has recently undergone some reorganization, which will hopefully make it easier to navigate. I also have 4 other blogs (which could be considered as sub-sections of The Other Side) that are linked to on the appropriate pages here.

Please use the top menu to find the various pages and posts on topics you are interested in. The menu to the right contains links to my most recent posts in addition to a very extensive ‘blog roll’ containing other websites and blogs on related topics. I hope you enjoy browsing my ‘inane ramblings’.

SOuL Searchers Parapsychology Certificate Course

Posted by Jenwytch on January 15, 2012
Posted in: Psychic, Paranormal & Spirituality, Science & the Paranormal, Spirituality & Science. Tagged: Australia, ghosts spirits, New South Wales, nsw, paranormal, paranormal investigation team, paranormal investigations, paranormal phenomena, parapsychology course, psychic senses, soul searchers, SOuL Searchers Paranormal Investigations, SOuL Searchers Parapsychology Certificate Course, southern sydney, Sutherland, sutherland shire, sydney. Leave a Comment

As I’m a member of SOuL Searchers Paranormal Investigation group (and the website manager) I’m putting this here to help get news of this brand new course “out there”. There’s more info about SOuL Searchers here on my blog or you can go straight to our website by clicking on the poster below. Continue Reading

NO! …don’t bite it!

Posted by Jenwytch on January 10, 2012
Posted in: Personal Ramblings, Pets. Tagged: Abispa ephippium, Australian Hornet, dog, leaf mulch, Mortein, mud nest, Mud-nest wasp. Leave a Comment

…my repeated shouts a little while ago (especially the word NO!) as my dopey dog Shelby decided to chase and snap at a fine, LARGE example of an Abispa ephippium or Australian Hornet or Mud-nest wasp! It’s a beautiful beastie but not when it’s chasing my dog, or me for that matter, and unfortunately for the hornet I chose to take action that was in the best interests of my dog rather than the poor old hornet, who was probably only trying to feed her babies. Continue Reading

2011 in review

Posted by Jenwytch on January 1, 2012
Posted in: Personal Ramblings. Tagged: 2011, annual report, helper monkeys, sydney. 5 comments

The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2011 annual report for this blog.

Here’s an excerpt:

The concert hall at the Sydney Opera House holds 2,700 people. This blog was viewed about 23,000 times in 2011. If it were a concert at Sydney Opera House, it would take about 9 sold-out performances for that many people to see it.

Click here to see the complete report.

Dragon Drumming

Posted by Jenwytch on December 21, 2011
Posted in: Autism & Asperger's, Drums & Drumming, Psychic, Paranormal & Spirituality. Tagged: Caiseal Mor, Mahjee Drums, sigil, sigil magic, synchronicity, trance drumming. 4 comments

This is the story of how my newest drum came to be.

In the beginning…

It was over a year ago now, in late August 2010, when I discovered the music of Caiseal Mór via Facebook. The following month I bought a couple of his albums, The Well of Yearning and Flow (I have recently also bought Alchemy for the Heart) as well as 2 of his books, What is Magic? then shortly afterwards, his autobiography A Blessing and A Curse: Autism and Me. I was fascinated while reading about the process involved in creating his drums, with how he tunes the drum shell, speaks to the skins and also connects with the spirit of each drum he makes. At that stage I’d never seen what Caiseal’s drums looked like, but I already knew I’d really love to have one. Continue Reading

Autistics Speaking Day

Posted by Jenwytch on November 9, 2011
Posted in: Autism & Asperger's, Personal Ramblings. Tagged: ASDay, autism, communication, self-esteem, speaking, stuttering, throat chakra. 4 comments

…was officially on November 1 but I missed it so I’m posting something about it here now, although I have not registered my blog as one of the participants. The purpose of this special day…

To raising Autism awareness and Acceptance, and battling negative stereotypes about Autism. To advocate for the inclusion of Autistic people in the community. To offer a forum to broadcast their voices, and to help the messages of Autistic people and non-Austistic allies reach the ears of as many people as possible. Continue Reading

Halloween, Samhain & Beltane in Australia

Posted by Jenwytch on November 1, 2011
Posted in: Magic, Witchcraft & Paganism. Tagged: All hallows, All Soul's Day, Australian Beltane, Australian Samhain, Beltaine, Beltane, Halloween, Hallowmas, Hallowtide. Leave a Comment

The following blog is the result of a conversation on Facebook, which I thought was worthy of being repeated here, tweaked and expanded a little and with photos added of course. :D Continue Reading

Lion Cub Sketch

Posted by Jenwytch on September 24, 2011
Posted in: My Artworks. Tagged: ball-point pen sketch, lion cub, pen & ink. 2 comments

I’ve used this little fella on the Spheres Of Light website and on my Aussie Wytch’s Book of Correspondences blog but I realised I’ve never actually added him to my collection of artworks here at The Other Side. So, here he is… Continue Reading

Feeling bleh…

Posted by Jenwytch on September 24, 2011
Posted in: My Artworks. Tagged: ball-point pen sketch, pen & ink, salt vampire, Star Trek. 2 comments

...looks the way I feel, lol.

I’ve been feeling rather unsettled again lately and in need of some sort of change, so of course I’ve altered the look of my blog yet again. I’ve switched from the “Twenty Ten” theme to “Parament”. I was growing tired of the white background, and I think the dark grey makes my artworks look nicer.

Speaking of which, I’ve posted another of my sketches. The delightful face at the left looks the way I feel at the moment after too many late nights and a lunch that might have been a bit “off” (reheated last night’s Thai food takeaway leftovers). This sketch is a bit rough and not one of my best, but I like it because it’s a pretty good rendition of the “Salt Vampire” from the original Star Trek series. I actually did quite a few sketches based on Star Trek, which I might get around to posting here eventually. Continue Reading

Time

Posted by Jenwytch on August 28, 2011
Posted in: My Artworks, Poetry. Tagged: coloured pencil sketch, endless spiral, inexistence, my art, pen & ink, pencil sketch, Poetry, reality, solitary figure, time, unseeing eyes. 2 comments

I came across this poem I wrote a long, long time ago which I’d pretty much forgotten about, so I’m adding it here for ‘posterity’ (or at least as long as this blog lasts).

I wrote it in my best fancy handwriting at the time and illustrated the outside of the page around the poem, so the whole thing has been scanned to display its prettiness :) .

You can click on the image to enlarge it, plus I’ve typed it out below so it’s easier to read. Continue Reading

The Invocation

Posted by Jenwytch on August 27, 2011
Posted in: My Artworks. Tagged: alien landscapes, ball-point pen sketch, coloured pencil sketch, coloured pencils, drawing down the moon, pagansim. 1 comment

It’s interesting as I look back at my early sketches and paintings and see just how ‘Pagan’ I really was, even before I knew anything about Paganism. Here’s another one I did way back in the dark ages when I was on uni break and staying up most of the night to produce my artworks. I was always interested in Earth’s Moon and in my drawings, having more than one moon was even better, as well as making it clear that the scene was of a very alien landscape (which somehow always felt more like ‘home’ than my home did at the time). Continue Reading

Saturn Return

Posted by Jenwytch on July 31, 2011
Posted in: Astrology. Tagged: Astrology, emotional transition, orbit around the sun, planet saturn, return calculator., Saturn return, Saturn return calculator, saturn returns. 10 comments

In astrology, the Saturn return is an alleged phenomenon which is described as influencing a person’s life development at 27 to 29 or 30-year intervals. These intervals or “returns” coincide with the approximate time it takes the planet Saturn to make one orbit around the sun, i.e. 29.4 years. It is believed by astrologers that, Continue Reading

Why???

Posted by Jenwytch on July 29, 2011
Posted in: Family Life, Personal Ramblings. Tagged: crap outta, days of our lives., first glass, hunches, kids on board, premonitions, psychic, two little ducks. Leave a Comment

Why don’t I listen to my ‘psychic’ hunches??? Today, for the first time in aaaaaaages, I decided I’d enjoy a couple of glasses of wine with my lunch, while watching “Days of Our Lives”. Yes, I know, some of you might think alcohol would be necessary to be able to sit through an episode of that stupid show, lol. :D Anyway, while pouring the first glass I said to ‘Son 3′ (now home from uni), “If we get a phone call from ‘B’ or the school, you’re it, as I won’t be able to drive.” He laughed, and said something like, “Yeah right, that’s not gonna happen. Why would it anyway?” I had a sense of ‘foreboding’ and inner ‘knowing’ but promptly ignored it and enjoyed two glasses of Two Little Ducks, Classic Dry White with lunch while watching one of my favourite ‘soaps’. Continue Reading

Spot the Difference

Posted by Jenwytch on July 22, 2011
Posted in: Magic, Witchcraft & Paganism, Personal Ramblings. Tagged: angels, Axis Mundi eMagazine. Leave a Comment

Click to read

The latest Axis Mundi issue (July 2011) is now online, and it just happens to have an angelic theme …hehe. ;)   (Click on the magazine image at the left to read it.) It’s strange how things turn out sometimes, with lots of little synchronicities all pointing in the same direction (see my previous blog post for an explanation). Continue Reading

Angelic Synchronicity

Posted by Jenwytch on July 12, 2011
Posted in: Astrology, Magic, Witchcraft & Paganism, Personal Ramblings. Tagged: angels, christians, Facebook, intolerance, onine discussion problems, pagans, whitelighters, witchcraft, written misunderstadnings. 1 comment

Facebook is often a source of contention and unrest due to the “status updates” people post and the subsequent string of comments by others keen to express their views about those updates. This past week has seen a barrage of emotionally charged sentiments Continue Reading

After the Rain

Posted by Jenwytch on June 10, 2011
Posted in: Photography. Tagged: Acacia suaveolens, bracken fern, Dillwynia retorta, fog on river, lichen, rose, sunset, Winter, winter rain. Leave a Comment

After the rain this afternoon I noticed the fog spreading over the river at the bottom of my street, so I decided to take a quick walk with my camera to try to capture some of its eerie beauty. The photos don’t really do it justice, but you can get some idea of what it was like. On the way back up the hill I took a few more photos …and then a few more, lol. The collection here is the best of what I photographed. Continue Reading

‘Tis done! …for now

Posted by Jenwytch on June 5, 2011
Posted in: Personal Ramblings. Tagged: blogging, organising my blog. 1 comment

Well, I’ve spent another enjoyably lazy afternoon mucking around with my blog, creating  new images or tweaking old ones to illustrate the various sections this blog is now divided into. I think it’s actually finished (well, until I change my mind and get some other brilliant idea of how to fine tune all the decorations and pretties I’ve created). Continue Reading

Sleep Paralysis

Posted by Jenwytch on May 30, 2011
Posted in: Psychic, Paranormal & Spirituality, Science & the Paranormal. Tagged: A sleep onset REM period, alien abduction, alien visitors, atonia, Common Sleep Paralysis (CSP), demons, Dissociated REM sleep, dreams, evil entities, falling asleep, ghosts, hag phenomena, Hallucinatory (hypnagogic) Sleep Paralysis (HSP), hormones, muscular atonia, old hag syndrome, paralyzed, rapid eye movement, REM sleep, sleep disorder, sleep hormones, sleep paralysis, supernatural, Suppression of skeletal muscle tone, waking up, witch. 5 comments

Sleep paralysis is a frightening form of paralysis that occurs when a person suddenly finds himself or herself unable to move for a few minutes, most often upon falling asleep or waking up. Continue Reading

Changes?

Posted by Jenwytch on May 28, 2011
Posted in: Personal Ramblings. Tagged: Axis Mundi, my own patch of cyberspace, SOL website manager, SOuL Searchers Paranormal Magazine. 2 comments

Change is definitely in the air. For quite a while now I’ve been wondering if I should register a domain name and create my own website. Trouble is my ideas keep changing about what name to choose, what the focus of the website would be, what purpose it would serve, why do I want to do it etc etc etc. Continue Reading

Busy, Busy, Busy …or, A Website Manager’s Work is Never Done

Posted by Jenwytch on May 26, 2011
Posted in: Magic, Witchcraft & Paganism, Personal Ramblings. Tagged: Across the Universe, australian pagans, Axis Mundi, Hail Sophia, Jenwytch, paganism, SOL, SOL website manager, SOL YouTube, SOuL Searchers Paranormal Investigations, SOuL Searchers Paranormal Magazine, Spheres Of Light, workshops. Leave a Comment

I’ve been so swamped with other Spheres Of Light website work lately I forgot to show off my latest creation here. I’ve finally made my first video clip …yay me! :D Continue Reading

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