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Keeping Her Keys Turns 2: Together We Rise

Keeping Her Keys Turns 2: Together We Rise

Last updated on: June 11, 2020 at 6:30 pm by Cyndi Brannen

Keeping Her Keys Turns 2: Together We Rise 2020-06-11T18:30:35-04:00 Cyndi Brannen

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I’ve been keeping my keys, speaking my truth, and taking up space here on Patheos Pagan for two years now. This has been a wild broom ride that all began with Hekate insisting that I answer this call. She whispered to me, “take my hand, we’ll make it, I swear.” Her hand offered me the keys of this amazing journey. Now when the Mother speaks through rock n’ roll, I heed her words.

If you’ve taken me up, know that we’ll make it, too. We are in this together. Like I wrote in Keeping Her Keys: An Introduction to Hekate’s Modern Witchcraft, I believe we’re all in this together. No matter what you’re going through, take the hand offered, whether it’s through my words, our Mother or another source.

Take the hand offered. You will make it, I swear.

It’s been an incredible honor to write here. I have deep affection for my amazing readers. You’ve inspired me with your knowledge and strengthened me through your courage. It’s been a wild broom ride so far, and I’m only getting started. For all of you struggling through your own journey, I stand with you. In the immortal words of Bon Jovi, “take my hand and we’ll make it, I swear.”

Because many of us are living on a prayer that’s the promise that we will find our way out of the suffering we’ve known too well to find entrance into our Mother’s sacred garden where comfort abounds. That is the key of healing. It is the deep knowing that witchcraft is our medicine. That the only true religion is the one that lives in our souls. This is the connection with the divine as we understand it. There’s no right way to walk this crooked journey of ours. While our journeys can be very different, at their heart they are the same: the persistent seeking of our own depths and those of the deeper world. No dogma, no rules.

Above all, be grateful for the helping hands and the keys offered

When Keeping Her Keys started, I hoped that maybe a few people would identify with my journey. I’m an outsider, both in spirit and geography. Right from the outset, I wrote about Hekate, witchcraft and life from my perspective. Sitting here, my belly full of after our autumn celebration, I feel the same fullness in my life. As we gave thanks for all we have, we toasted Keeping Her Keys and, above all, Hekate for all the blessings this work has brought to us as a family.

Hand-in-hand, we rise together

My sons have sacrificed and supported me every step of the way. We work together as a team; they do admin work, help with shipping out the books, and generally keep everything going so I can keep on keeping those keys. We are proud of each other. The magic we possess as individuals, and the collective magic of our family, is beautiful. We live a charmed life.

As we were reflecting on times passed, which is what we typically do over these meals, our conversation turned to a time when our lives were pretty much the opposite of what they are today. The difficult time when we lost everything but found ourselves and each other. As is our practice, we laughed until we cried about our year of no fixed address and all the ridiculous stories accompanying this period. We took each others’ hands, and we made it together. Hands that held the keys necessary to accomplish what seemed impossible eight years ago: our own happy home, health and prosperity. These are the rightful keys for all of us, Hekate’s children. Hand-in-hand we can lift each other up.

If there is one thing I know for certain it is that no matter no bleak your current circumstances are, things will improve. Keep going. That is the key you must keep.

Over the past two years, I’ve developed amazing relationships with other keepers of the keys, many of whom write here on Patheos now. We hold each other’s hands, lifting us up together. Each one of us has overcome horrible trauma and tragedy, forging our triumph through taking our unique keys in one hand, while staying connected with the other. Good thing those keys hang nicely around our necks. I’ve realized that my journey has inspired others to claim their keys. I know it can be difficult, but I also know – deep in my soul sort of knowing – that you can succeed. Healing is the work of months, not days. Success takes years, not weeks. Recovery is the ongoing daily act of choosing soul over shadow. True magic is knowing that you can find your way to better days. Our darkness is where we find our light.

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Thanks to everyone for supporting Keeping Her Keys on Patheos. You can find me at keepingherkeys.com, on Facebook, Pinterest, Twitter or Instagram, in addition to the Keeping Her Keys network.

Stay true. Rise strong. Keep your own keys.

Deep Blessings,

Cyndi

Modern Hekatean Witchcraft

About Cyndi Brannen

Cyndi Brannen, PhD, is a healer, teacher and author focusing on personal development, spirituality and true magic. Founder of the Keeping Her Keys Mystery School, she teaches and writes about the true magic of healing and personal power. The bestselling Keeping Her Keys: An Introduction to Hekate’s Modern Witchcraft explores Hekate from her ancient origins to our modern understanding through magic and personal development. True Magic: Unleashing Your Inner Witch, based on the sacred seven principles, is now available. You can read more about the author here.

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