A Letter From Your Editor | October 2019
by Kirsten Renee
Over the last few months I have struggled to find the words to explain my absence. Until I realized I actually don’t need to explain anything and can just get back to work. I took time, a lot of time, more time than I wanted to give myself tbh. During these moments I found myself questioning every little detail about my life and my purpose. I know I preach a lot about self acceptance and working hard to achieve your dreams. Which in retrospect is great, but let’s be real you can’t always be on 100 like that. So I let myself not be, I let Magickgal sit and wait for me while still keeping her financially afloat. So many things have happened over the last six months and I have changed in many ways because of it.
On a complete transparent note, if you choose to read further into this please know that this isn’t an explanation, but more of a way for me to acknowledge my life now. I’m not sure when I decided I wanted to be a writer, I think I’ve always been like this. I spent many days writing in journals and notebooks when I was young. Creating lives of pretend people and sometimes my own life that I felt like I deserved at that time. Throughout my twenties I’ve had an interesting (at best) relationship with my divine craft and it’s only getting deeper. With that being said, I really had to sit with Magickgal for awhile and I mean a long while. She’s an extension of myself and of my love of community and for that I knew I had to really hash out the fine details.
I went into business mode when getting to the fine details of this space that I have created in this particular universe. Magickgal is a space for all, but specifically for womxn / non binary magick folks. People who have the “unconventional” ways of living, people who use their energy to bring wellness and truth into collective human spaces. Magickgal is an online co-working space, a place where folks can advertise their business, sell their products, book clients and create. It’s not just about me or what we previously imagined this road would look like. Magickgal is the center of exposing oneself with love and intention in mind. The place where mindfulness is welcomed and shedding of layers is required.
As we move forward into the last few months of this decade, I want to shed all things that no longer align with my current self. That includes outdated ideals that don’t align with what my journey is now. When it comes to manifesting and alchemy, the key to it is knowing what is yours and what isn’t. Trusting that The Divine has planted you perfectly where you are now, so that you may grow and take that growth when it is time to move on. Focus your power on your gifts and don’t settle for anything that doesn’t aid in the showcasing and betterment of those gifts.
What’s so great about growth and acceptance is that we constantly go through cycles that may seem repetitive, but are actually us aligning with our highest good. Now don’t get me wrong, some karmic cycles need to end and THAT is always okay. Generational trauma, bad dating patterns, being broke, etc… all of these things can be healed, as long as one is ready to heal it. That’s what we’re doing here, we are healing through sharing our stories, through community work and most importantly through being vulnerable.
Keep yourself in the light and when you find yourself in a dark space, hold it in the light too. You are protected, remember that when you feel as if you’re lost. Your guides want you to feel everything that happens, simply because through feelings we understand our needs.
Trust in you, trust in spirit and trust in your community.
Blessed be,
Kirsten Renee xoxo