Unveiling the Art of Creative Rebirth – Exclusive Interview with Stephanie Smit

Stephanie Smit (artist name: Giek) is a multidisciplinary artist and reincarnation researcher whose work explores identity, memory, and creative transformation across time. She is the founder of Reality Cult, a platform where artistic practice and structured spiritual inquiry meet through performance, music, costume, writing, and one-on-one sessions focused on past-life imprint integration. Known for her distinctive approach to "creative rebirth," Stephanie works with clients and audiences who feel their blocks run deeper than conventional self-development can reach.

Her research combines intuitive methods with modern tools and documentation frameworks, creating an archive that maps repeating themes, archetypes, and "soul constellations" across lifetimes. She is also the creator of art and performance projects such as A Soul’s Journey, KYBALION the Musical, and the satirical-yet-serious research portal IWasJimMorrison.com, each translating reincarnation and consciousness into accessible formats for a contemporary audience.

Through Reality Cult, Stephanie aims to normalize deep inner knowing without turning it into dogma, inviting people to remember who they are, reclaim their creative power, and live with greater self-trust and clarity.

Stephanie Smit, Visionary Artist & Reincarnation Researcher

Who is Stephanie Smit? Introduce yourself, your hobbies, your favourites, you at home and in business. Tell us something interesting about yourself.

I’m a multidisciplinary artist, reincarnation researcher, and the founder of Reality Cult. My work sits at the intersection of performance and transformation: I create stage works, music, poetry, ritual garments, and research-based projects, while also guiding people through past-life imprint readings and integration processes.

Outside of formal work, I’m happiest in deep research mode – reading biographies, tracing cultural and artistic lineages, mapping creative movements, and writing. While I’ve lived nomadically for a long time, I’m currently entering a phase of greater stability, creating a grounded home base to deepen my artistic practice. I especially enjoy slow, meditative processes such as crafting costumes with full attention and presence, where making becomes a form of embodied reflection.

Once I identify a past-life connection – whether in my own research or through working with a client – I tend to dive very deeply into the historical figures involved. I become almost geekily immersed: studying their lives, cultural context, relationships, and creative output. In a way, this has become how I’m learning history now. I was quite dissociated during much of my secondary school years, and later lost myself for a long time in heavy partying and substance use, leaving little space for formal learning. Returning to history through lived resonance and curiosity now feels both grounding and deeply reparative.

I value deep, meaningful conversations about soul growth with my partner and close friends, and I’m very active online, connecting with specific communities I feel closely aligned with. Exploring how past-life influences shape our creativity and relationships is a recurring theme in those exchanges.

In business, I’m more structured than people often expect. Although my work is intuitive in nature, it’s supported by methodical research, documentation, and clear frameworks. I approach creativity and research as disciplines – requiring both freedom and rigor.

Something that defines my approach is that I don’t separate art and inner transformation. For me, art functions as a technology for integration – capable of holding nuance, memory, and meaning in ways the rational mind alone cannot access.

What inspired the creation of Reality Cult, and how did your personal journey lead you to merge art, reincarnation research, and transformation?

Reality Cult began as a small philosophical art project, but over time it became the umbrella for everything I do – my multidisciplinary performances, my research practice, and the spiritual guidance work I offer through one-on-one sessions. Each year, the work became more specific, because my personal questions became more specific.

One question kept returning: Why do some patterns repeat even after you understand them? I had done years of inner work, yet certain themes – around visibility, freedom, love, identity, and creative expression – kept resurfacing in ways that felt bigger than personal psychology.

At some point I realized that my most powerful turning points didn’t happen through explanation alone. They happened through recognition – through symbols, archetypes, embodiment, memory, and story. Performance, in particular, became a way of actively rewriting my relationship to fear. A large part of my own pattern was the fear of fully showing my authentic self. I didn’t overcome that through one big breakthrough, but through repetition: show by show, step by step, choosing visibility again and again.

An early example was my performance project Own Reality, where I spoke openly about my long-term drug addiction and the ways I used parties and intensity to escape. Creating and performing that work didn’t just express something – it helped transform it. It became a pivot point: instead of chasing “highs” through substances and chaos, I began channeling that same intensity into art, meaning, and presence – something I gradually recognized as rooted in a deeper layer of memory, connected to themes that extend beyond this lifetime.

As my work continued to deepen, this recognition expanded. I began to notice recurring themes – addiction, escape, reinvention – not only within my own history, but as patterns that seemed to move across time and relationships. The people around me often felt familiar in a way that went beyond coincidence, as if we were re-entering shared dynamics in new forms. This realization reframed my path: it was no longer only about personal growth, but about investigating how memory, creativity, and evolution travel across lifetimes.

That’s where Reality Cult truly took shape: a space where artistic intelligence and intuitive research can exist together. Not as a belief system, but as a practice – where people can explore how the past echoes through the present, and how creativity becomes a way to reclaim authorship over your life. Today, it continues to evolve into a research platform: a living archive of patterns, stories, and methods that support both artistic work and real transformation.

How did exploring your past lives influence your healing process and shape your creative path?

Exploring my past lives didn’t just give me “stories.” It gave me context. Suddenly, certain fears and recurring patterns made sense – not as random flaws, but as unfinished chapters. That shift changed my relationship with myself: there was less shame, more clarity, more compassion, and, most importantly, far more creative permission.

A large part of this process was learning to become more whole within myself, something that was often triggered through very intense soul connections. These connections confronted me deeply and repeatedly, forcing me to face parts of myself I might otherwise have avoided.

Creativity became my way of working through that intensity. I used art, music, and performance to express what couldn’t yet be spoken directly – to communicate on a subconscious level, both with others and with myself.

As I began exploring past-life themes, this process offered a new lens through which to understand those dynamics. It helped me recognize why certain relationships felt obsessive, magnetic, or destabilizing, and how they related to longer karmic patterns. I explore this further in my upcoming article How Twin Flames & Soulmates Activate Past Life Memory (And Reveal the Karmic Patterns You’re Here to Heal).

Artistically, this work made everything sharper and more embodied. I stopped trying to make my work understandable in a purely linear way and started creating from resonance – what feels true in the body, what keeps returning, what wants completion. Art and performance became ways for me to express myself unapologetically, which is deeply connected to one of my core karmic lessons. It shaped narratives, characters, costumes, music, and poetry – everything.

Rather than pulling me away from reality, past-life exploration made me more present. It helped me trust my creative instincts and take my own intensity seriously as a form of intelligence. Over time, this integration became a foundation for believing in myself and my work more fully. It’s a process so profound that I still feel emotional when I reflect on how much it has shaped the person and artist I am today.

Can you explain how your concept of “creative rebirth” helps people reconnect with their purpose and multidimensional nature?

“Creative rebirth” is the moment someone stops forcing themselves to become “better,” and starts remembering what’s already there – beneath conditioning and survival strategies.

Many people feel creatively blocked not because they lack talent, but because their nervous system associates visibility, love, power, or success with danger. Sometimes those associations began early in this life. Sometimes they feel older – like inherited or karmic memory carried forward without conscious awareness.

Through my work, I help people reconnect with their innate sense of worth, agency, and creative power. As those deeper layers come into view, people often begin to understand that they are here for a reason – and that their purpose frequently involves translating lived knowledge or wisdom into some form of expression. Creative rebirth is not about adding something new; it’s about shedding very old skins, layer by layer, memory by memory, until the core of who someone truly is can emerge.

This process is practical as much as it is profound. You don’t just understand your patterns – you reclaim your voice, your direction, and your ability to choose differently. When the deeper origin of a block is recognized, it often loosens quickly. What once felt like self-sabotage reveals itself as a protective response that no longer needs to be in charge.

In many ways, this work aligns with a broader cultural shift toward authenticity and self-definition – where uniqueness is not something to hide, but something to embody. The talent is almost always already there; creative rebirth simply creates the conditions for it to come forward without fear.

What is the mission behind Reality Cult, and how do you hope it impacts those who engage with your work?

Reality Cult exists as a living field where art, research, and remembrance meet. Its mission is to create spaces – through performance, storytelling, and guided inquiry – where people can recognize the deeper patterns shaping their identity, creativity, and life direction.

Rather than offering answers or beliefs, Reality Cult invites recognition. It treats intuition, symbolism, and soul memory as forms of intelligence that can be explored with both rigor and imagination. Through living art and structured research, it translates ancient archetypes and recurring human themes into contemporary experiences that feel embodied, personal, and relevant.

I hope that people who encounter Reality Cult leave with a stronger sense of self-trust and creative agency – not because they followed a prescribed path, but because something familiar within them was activated. When people recognize their own resonance in myth, art, or memory, purpose stops feeling imposed and starts feeling remembered.

In that sense, Reality Cult is less about teaching and more about creating the conditions for remembrance – where creativity becomes a doorway back to one’s own inner authority.

How do your projects like A Soul’s Journey, IWasJimMorrison.com, and KYBALION the Musical contribute to your overall vision?

They are different doors into the same field.

A Soul’s Journey is experiential and embodied, unfolding as a collage of short scenes, musical passages, videomemes, and shifting characters across different eras. Experimental classical music and sudden transitions keep the audience alert, mirroring the process of remembrance itself.

Through performance, emotion, and symbolic storytelling, the work invites audiences into states of recognition rather than explanation. The work can trigger a wide range of emotions – release, grief, recognition, intimacy – often touching on themes associated with earlier collective eras, while also exploring queer love and intense soul bonds, including twin-flame-like dynamics. At its core, the piece centers on continuity, reincarnation, and the persistence of soul memory.

KYBALION the Musical translates esoteric philosophy into narrative, dialogue, and lived experience. The work unfolds through story, character, and a series of richly layered musical passages that function almost like invocations – drawing on mythic, pre-rational sensibilities rather than linear explanation. The songs deepen immersion and embodiment, allowing ideas to be felt and remembered rather than understood all at once. Even when the audience doesn’t consciously grasp every layer, the material tends to register on a deeper level, activating familiarity and recognition through experience.

IWasJimMorrison.com takes a more provocative and research-based approach. It functions as both a cultural mirror and an inquiry into identity resonance, archetypal projection, and why certain figures continue to echo so strongly across time. By focusing on one recognizable example, the project encourages people to reflect on how memory, identification, and meaning operate in their own lives.

Across these works, audiences and organizers frequently report deep emotional engagement – moments of recognition, release, connection, and renewed motivation. Together, these projects demonstrate that reincarnation research is not only spiritual in nature, but also cultural, psychological, artistic, and fundamentally human.

How do you bridge esoteric science and intuitive insight with modern tools in your reincarnation research?

I treat intuition as a starting signal, not the final conclusion. My process blends intuitive reading and channeling with symbolic analysis and pattern recognition, supported by structure: timelines, databases, cross-referencing, historical research, and careful documentation across many sessions.

For me, the bridge is pattern-tracking. I’m drawn to the moment where an intuitive “hit” finds resonance through multiple lenses – whether that’s karmic astrology, recurring life themes, or what I call facial echoes when visual similarities appear across portraits and lineages. I’m not interested in turning this into proof per se, but I do value these layered points of correspondence because they help people trust what they already sense and work with it more concretely.

Modern tools – especially AI – support this process in two ways. First, they help me gather and organize contextual information about historical figures and eras that align with the intuitive and astrological reading, making the research more precise. Second, they help me synthesize complex material into clear, structured guidance: translating patterns across current-life dynamics and past-life themes into actionable integration steps. The aim is always practical – supporting clients in moving through subconscious blocks, reclaiming self-trust, and aligning more fully with their direction and purpose.

Integrity is the key: separating insight from assumption, and helping people translate resonance into grounded action.

Many people struggle with emotional or karmic patterns – how does your work help them identify and transform these subconscious blocks?

We usually begin with the pattern itself: what keeps repeating? This might show up as a relationship dynamic, a fear of visibility, chronic self-sabotage, creative paralysis, money stress, or a persistent sense of being “trapped” in an identity that no longer fits. Sometimes it begins more quietly, as a deep curiosity or an inner knowing that one has “been here before” and carries a memory of meaningful or unfinished work.

From there, we explore what the pattern is protecting and what it is trying to prevent. When the root becomes clear – whether it stems from early-life imprinting, ancestral narratives, or deeper karmic memory – the nervous system often softens. People stop fighting themselves and start understanding the internal logic behind their behavior.

A distinctive aspect of my work is that, in many cases, I research specific past-life narratives and identities connected to these patterns. I tend to work with highly creative, gifted, or driven individuals, where strong talents are often accompanied by unresolved histories of visibility, leadership, devotion, or collapse. When a past-life trajectory is identified – especially one that can be contextualized historically – it becomes possible to examine what actually happened and how that experience shaped the subconscious blueprint carried into this lifetime.

Using a combination of karmic astrology, tarot, symbolic analysis, and AI-supported historical research, I map how belief systems, fears, and compensatory strategies formed – and how they continue to influence confidence, success, and self-expression today. This makes the work tangible and precise rather than abstract.

Transformation, then, becomes less about “fixing” oneself and more about completing what was never resolved. When that completion occurs, energy often returns naturally – bringing clarity, direction, and a renewed sense of agency.

What role do art and storytelling play in awakening people to their higher consciousness and soul memory?

Art bypasses the intellect and speaks directly to the symbolic mind – the part of us that remembers through feeling, image, rhythm, and archetype. Storytelling gives people a mirror the rational world often can’t offer, allowing recognition to happen before explanation.

That’s why art is central to my work. It’s not decoration around inner transformation; it’s a method of awakening. Through symbol, narrative, and embodied experience, art creates spaces where memory can surface organically – without being forced or explained away.

In Reality Cult, art functions as a living language: one that gathers fragments of personal and collective memory and returns them to the present in forms people can feel and integrate. In that sense, art becomes a technology of remembrance – reconnecting individuals to meaning, continuity, and a deeper sense of self.

What are some of the most profound discoveries or breakthroughs you’ve had in your reincarnation research?

One of the most striking discoveries has been that reincarnation often unfolds in soul groups rather than in isolation. People tend to return together, lifetime after lifetime, across entire epochs – appearing in different roles within what feels like an unfolding theater of consciousness. These recurring group dynamics are not random, but patterned, shaped by archetypal roles and the underlying laws that structure creative evolution.

I’ve also observed how memory carries itself through form. Individuals often hold subtle continuities from other lifetimes – not as replicas, but as recurring expressions, gestures, facial structures, or a recognizable presence. These facial echoes are not meant as proof, but as moments of recognition that add an embodied dimension to the research.

Another insight is how strongly talent and orientation persist. Creative ability, leadership, or spiritual sensitivity often reappear as unfinished potential. When these echoes are recognized and embodied, confidence and direction can return naturally.

Finally, unresolved experiences can echo forward as subconscious beliefs. When left unseen, they tend to recreate familiar situations. When recognized, repetition gives way to choice, allowing the larger pattern to evolve rather than repeat.

What advice would you give to someone who feels disconnected from their creative essence or spiritual purpose?

Don’t try to invent a new self. Instead, ask what part of you has been waiting to return.

Purpose rarely arrives all at once. It reveals itself through small, sincere acts: one honest expression, one truthful boundary, one creative choice that actually feels like you. Over time, those repetitions create alignment. Not through perfection, but through presence.

If you feel blocked, treat that block as meaningful information rather than a personal failure. Often, it’s a layer of protection formed around unresolved experience – sometimes from early life, often echoing from much earlier. Creative and spiritual disconnection is often less about lack and more about density: layers that haven’t yet been seen, named, or released.

Your task isn’t to force your way through those layers, but to listen to them. When what’s been carried is finally acknowledged, energy naturally begins to move again, and what felt lost starts to feel remembered.

How can people connect with you, explore Reality Cult, or take part in your upcoming projects and experiences?

The best place to start is my website, reality-cult.com, where I share my projects, research, and offerings. There, people can explore past-life imprint sessions, read my articles and publications, and follow the development of performances, art projects, talks, residencies, and future retreats connected to Reality Cult.

For those who want to stay connected more deeply, I encourage signing up for the Reality Cult newsletter. It’s where I share new work, reflections, research updates, and upcoming events in a more direct and considered way than social media allows. It’s also where projects often appear first.

If this interview resonates, I invite readers to begin with curiosity: explore the platform, read an article, and notice which themes keep returning for you. That recurring thread is often the doorway to your next creative rebirth.

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