Lux Occult

Rocket https://www.instagram.com/eyeandy/ joins Luxa https://linktr.ee/LuxaStrata to talk about Spinoza, Pantheism, the idea of a Transcendent vs. an Immanent divine (and what that translates into for humans). What does this look like when religious philosophy is translated into political doctrine? We also talk about Kabbalah (with a K), and why the Mysteries (with a capital M) must be experienced...

Luxa joins Dave, Amy, and Chad from the Unearthing Paranormalcy podcast as well as Flood from Ex V Planis to tell ghost stories, talk about disclosure and lab grown meat and discuss what makes a place haunted. Hosts share local legends and spooky antidotes as well as getting into some of the scarier topics which arose during 2023.  A track from Fuck Around and Find Out pt. 2, The Green Mushroom an...

SM Kennedy and Co-Host of Chaos Magick News https://linktr.ee/chaosmagicknews?fbclid=PAAab1TYdUqqjo2m_1Ex9DW6fcvPZ23QJ6OFFhmaZsh8-xWAXQwya4iOzBj2M join Luxa https://linktr.ee/LuxaStrata for a conversation about Chaos Magick and modern occultism. Austin Osman Spare and Peter Carroll, approaches to divination, the importance of aesthetics in a magical practice and more. Everything’s Qabalah and DON’...

Luxa https://linktr.ee/LuxaStrata speaks with JS Groves http://jsgroves.com/ , about some of the many irons xi has in the fire, creatively and magically. JS shares about working with the Picatrix and using planetary elections to make talismanic jewelry, and the process and rationale that xi uses in this work. We talk about the god, Dionysus, and modern Dionysiiac worship, some of the exploits of t...

Luxa https://linktr.ee/LuxaStrata speaks with author Phil Hine http://enfolding.org , about his new collections of essays, Queerying Occultures (available from Original Falcon Publications https://originalfalcon.com/products.php?a=phil_hine ) and Acts of Magical Resistance (available on Amazon https://www.amazon.com/Acts-Magical-Resistance-Phil-Hine-ebook/dp/B0C8JMVR6D/ref=sr_1_7?qid=1689003129&am...

Luxa   https://linktr.ee/LuxaStrata speaks with author Chris Allaun   http://chrisallaun.com/ , about his new title, The Black Book of Johnathan Knotbristle, a Devil's Parable and Guide for Witches, available from Crossed Crow Books https://www.crossedcrowbooks.com/ . Chris speaks about the importance of narrative as a teaching tool as well as his tradition of witchcraft. Also explored is the...

Luxa https://linktr.ee/LuxaStrata speaks with author, Ramon Castellanos https://www.theancestralnow.com/ , about the concept of Wildness, and his upcoming book, In Praise of the Wild Spirit . Ramon shares some fascinating perspectives about how we, as modern humans, interact with what he calls the current of domestication and what this force looks like in our lives. He also shares some lessons  he...

In this special celebration of May 23rd, 2023, Luxa https://linktr.ee/LuxaStrata reads the first 9 books of The Green Mushroom Project 23:Bibliomancy scripture accompanied by the “23” track produced for the experiment out of samples with the number 23 in their titles. Much Love and Mush Love to everyone participating in the Green Mushroom Project, regardless of what that looks like for you in your...

Luxa speaks with Keats Ross https://twitter.com/KeatsRoss , host of the Pragmagick Podcast and central haunt of the We The Hallowed international anarchic artist’s collective about his new project, Haunt Manual and his practice of producing esoteric audio and using sound in magical contexts. There’s also an episode within the episode ft. Loue That 11, host of Uncanny Mystic Minds podcast https://w...

Luxa speaks with Menw, https://twitter.com/occultboyscout host of the Woodlands Show Podcast about his love of Grimoires and how to approach working with them. Also discussed is the solomonic technique, falling in love with learning, the joys of geomancy, being your own divination boy, and much more. In an episode within the episode, Patrick https://www.instagram.com/petalsandfeathersshop/ , owner...

The Green Mushroom Project Audio Grimoire series returns! Luxa https://linktr.ee/LuxaStrata is joined by fellow Fungi, Miguel, Menw, Shane https://buildingthephilosophersstone.wordpress.com/ , and Joy https://www.instagram.com/occulture_jammer for a foray into a new astral environment. During this group experiment, participants were led in a guided meditation to an area previously unexplored by th...

Mme. Vendredi https://www.instagram.com/mmvndri/  joins Luxa https://linktr.ee/LuxaStrata to talk about the topics of Perception, working with the Djinn, Demon Bowls, and the practice of Black Magick; as well as for a discussion about Love Magic and Ethics. In an episode within the episode, Ramon Castellanos https://www.theancestralnow.com/ speaks about about doing Ancestor Work in a modern c...

Dr. Cyndi Brannen https://keepingherkeys.com/ joins Luxa https://linktr.ee/LuxaStrata for a very special hybrid edition of the Lux Occult and Keeping Her Keys podcasts. In exploring Dr. Brannen’s book, Entering Hekate’s Garden, the topics of Pharmakeia and The Poison that Heals are discussed. Dr. Brannen shares about her contextualization of Hekate, Medea and Cerce; and the topics of the Argonauti...

Sophie Saint Thomas, author of Sex Witch, Glamour Witch, and other titles, joins Luxa to discuss the topic of Glamour Magick and how it might be thought of in a much more broad context than what might immediately spring to mind. Sophie speaks on how the concepts of glamour and magick have always been intertwined, and how the idea of going back to the “good old days” might mean something very diffe...

Rev. Erik,   https://arnemancy.com/ host of Arnemancy and co-host of Wiz Biz, joins Luxa https://linktr.ee/LuxaStrata for this special spooky holiday episode to talk about ways math(s) shows up in an occult practice and how it can be used for all types of magical operations like sigil creation, meditation, etc. Topics include cryptology, prime numbers, correspondence charts, magic squares and...

Ramsey Janini https://www.instagram.com/ramostotle/ author of the existential comic, Nothing Rhymes with Rats https://www.instagram.com/nrwr_comic/ , (Illustrated by Angela Guyton https://www.instagram.com/angieastronaut/ ) joins Luxa https://linktr.ee/LuxaStrata to talk about gallows humor, finding joy in meaninglesness, and the fascinating journey the Rats of Nothing Rhymes with Rats took as the...

Luxa expresses Gratitude, shares a poetry snack, and announces that Fuck Around and Find Out: Offerings of Magical Sovergnty from The Green Mushroom Project Zine is now available digitally! https://drive.google.com/file/d/1cKu6-PNAZl8qpafAw_C-wTdsveVaUydu/view?usp=sharing Many thanks to Joy the Sporeceress https://www.instagram.com/occulture_jammer/ for making the zine possible! Thank you for list...

Jason Miller https://www.strategicsorcery.net/ , author of the new book, Consorting with Spirits , joins Luxa to talk about working with non-corporeal entities in one’s practice. Some of the topics explored are how we should frame our thinking when it comes to issues like consent in dealing with spiritual entities, and ways of contextualizing the information we obtain via spiritual contact and div...

Luxa is joined by Melissa Madara, author of The Witch's Feast: A Kitchen Grimoire https://www.instagram.com/saint.jayne/ , to talk about enjoying the history of occultism through food, eating SATOR squares, Witchcakes from the Salem Witch Trials (sans urine) and why Kitchen Witchcraft isn’t really a thing, but we can’t seem to stop doing it. Erudite hedonism? Yes, please! There’s also an episode w...

Adel Souto, aka Adel 156 https://adelsouto.com/AS.html , joins Luxa for a conversation about his album, Memento Mori, which was produced using human bones as instruments, as well as “throw away poetry” and discovering art as it emerges from one’s environment.  Loki Lumerian also stops in for an episode within the episode to chat about a bibliomancy oracle as well as constructing mazes. There...

Zach Budd, consent and polyamory educator and Golf Coast advocate for the National Coalition for Sexual Freedom https://ncsfreedom.org/ , joins Luxa and Deep, co-host of the Smut’s Up podcast, to speak about a system Zach’s developed to help people understand consent, called the 5 Pillars of Consent, as well as discussing the problems with the “no means no” model. Zach also shares about his person...

This short meditation was written, read and produced by Luxa Stata  (https://linktr.ee/LuxaStrata) and features graphic design by T. Grady  (https://www.instagram.com/mirthandwoe/). It was made for the purposes  of guiding participants to The Green Mushroom Astral Space during Fungal  Friday voice chats. Now, you too can join us in the Astral Tavern  associated with The Gr...

Josh, aka Jr. C https://www.instagram.com/juniorc_is_people/ joins Luxa for a conversation about Future Optimism and the Solar Punk aesthetic, and how it ties into Chaos Magick and concepts like Hypersigils. There is also a discussion about approaching one’s magical practice from the context of a scientific point of view and why sustainability is important to preserving potential knowledge about t...

Alley Faint Wurds   https://linktr.ee/elephantwords , author of GPT-3 TECHGNOSIS; A CHAOS MAGICK BUTOH GRIMOIRE, and Sub/Urban Body Butoh Fu: A CYOA Chaos Magick Grimoire and Oracle and more joins Luxa for a conversation about their many interesting projects related to using artificial intelligence and butoh in an occult context. Topics include 8D chess, rituals generated and performed by com...

Dave Neal returns to join Luxa for conversation about power, social change, conformity, and control viewed through the lens of Sociology. It’s meta-context galore!  But wait, there’s more: Shane Thomas stops in for an episode within the episode about implementing one’s personal code of ethics which includes a side of pokemancy. Also for your enjoyment are salty poetry snacks including an ode...