Lux Occult

This The Green Mushroom project guided meditation was written by Green Mushroom Council members Shane Thomas, who blogs about discovering and learning magic at https://buildingthephilosophersstone.wordpress.com with help from Joy the Sporeceress https://www.instagram.com/occulture_jammer/ and Luxa Strata https://linktr.ee/LuxaStrata . It is read by EK Menw, host of The Woodlands Show https://www.i...

This special bonus episode features an introduction by Luxa and a new The Green Mushroom guided meditation written by Green Mushroom Council members Shane Thomas, who blogs about discovering and learning magic at https://buildingthephilosophersstone.wordpress.com with help from Joy the Sporeceress https://www.instagram.com/occulture_jammer/ and Luxa https://linktr.ee/LuxaStrata . It is read by EK...

This guided meditation written by Green Mushroom Council members Shane Thomas, who blogs about discovering and learning magic at https://buildingthephilosophersstone.wordpress.com with help from Joy the Sporeceress https://www.instagram.com/occulture_jammer/ and Luxa Strata https://linktr.ee/LuxaStrata . It is read by EK Menw, host of The Woodlands Show https://www.intothewoodlands.net/ and featur...

Esoteric Eddie, author of The Lucifer Mystery Revealed , joins Luxa to talk about the history of the name of the Lightbringer as well as how it might have ended up in the bible, and how the context surrounding its conceptualization has shifted over time. Rachael from Fourth Dimension Fitness stops by for an episode within the episode to talk about how she’s incorporating her work with Chaos Magick...

For this second in an ongoing series about working with The Green Mushroom Hyphosigil project, Luxa is joined by Flood from Ex V Planis, Yaramarud from Faith Blind Council and Administrism, Miguel, The Rabbit, Josh (aka Junior C), and Shane for a lively panel discussion about working with the Green Mushroom Astral Temple. There is also a very special episode within the episode ft. author, magicaci...

Writer, occultist and all-purpose badass, Aidan Wachter https://www.aidanwachter.com/ , joins Luxa https://linktr.ee/LuxaStrata once again for a conversation about his new book, Changeling, and much more. He offers some great insight and perspectives about being a magically operant person in our modern context, as well as  some helpful advice about doing the difficult Work. There is also an update...

Artist, theoretical occultist and creator of various oracular devices, Eric J. Millar, joins Luxa for a conversation about pop magick, creating divination tools, his monthly offering, No Gods But My Own, and much more. This episode also features a discussion about divination, a reading using one of Eric’s creations, the Tethered Elements dice oracle, as well as with Luxa’s newly built Magic the Ga...

Join Luxa for a special Valentine’s Day / Lupercalia episode featuring Joel of Dream Mirror, who returns to talk more feedback worship and reflect on his year-long video ritual project, Desires in Motion, as well as sharing thoughts about alchemy in music and making a commitment to prioritize your practice in a sustainable way for your own lifestyle. Also featured is poetry by E.A. Toles (and a sm...

Join Luxa for a fantastic conversation with Stevie about how they’ve incorporated ideas from Spoon Theory into their practice. We also talk about Thaumaturgy, Theurgy and Miracles, as well as Stevie’s upcoming foot interest zine. Luxa shares some thoughts about deity work, as well as some automatic writing and a sample from the new sound and sex magick project which is yet to be released. Much Lov...

For this first in an ongoing series about working with The Green Mushroom Hyphosigil, Luxa is joined by Dave Ardery from Unearthing Paranormalcy, Yaramarud from Faith Blind Council and Administrism, Joy the Sporeceress, The Rabbit, Josh aka, Junior C, and Menw https://twitter.com/occultboyscout . In this introductory episode, we talk about the creation of the project, how we began working with it...

Join Luxa for a very dope conversation with Adam Matlock aka An Historic https://adammatlock.bandcamp.com/  about Audio Sigils, Teaching, Process vs. Product, the magical usefulness of Gullibility, and much more!  There is also a discussion about The Green Mushroom project and the Saprotroph Servitors as well as Adam’s Hypersigil Cassette Tapes. This episode includes some of Luxa’s philo...

Join Luxa as she speaks once more with Cliff of Enochian Today https://enochiantoday.wordpress.com about his experience doing the Gebafol Ritual, his new Angelic Astrology services and the Zodiacal Holy Table and Lamen he’s created. Also discussed are several areas where spirituality and mathematics intersect, Enochian Magick being a prime example. Is math really “real”? Find out, once and for all...

Join Luxa as she speaks with Matt from Spear of Fire Tarot https://linktr.ee/SpearofFire about his journey into the esoteric and finding depth in his tarot practice. He sheds some light and shares some insight about the archetypes represented by the Devil and Magician cards, and also puts on a demonstration by reading for Luxa using a tarot spread of his own devising! Luxa shares a sigilized poem,...

Join Luxa as she speaks with Amy Ardrey from the Unearthing Paranormalcy Podcast https://www.unpnormalcy.com/ for this very special Halloween edition of Lux Occult. Amy shares about her experiences as a Medium and hanging out in graveyards, as well as offering some advice about how one might become more in touch with their Spirit Guides and Ancestors. There is also some talk of Sexy Cryptids and o...

Join Luxa as she speaks with Lonnie Scott, who is the host of Weird Web Radio Weirdwebradio.com (as well as wearing  many other hats) about Chaos Heathenry, Honoring the Ancestors, Hypnosis and so much more. Also discussed is the hypnosis experiment in the series, Hellier, as well as the problems with time traveling, and the word “folkish.” There’s also a story from Mayan mythology about two...

Join Luxa for a very fun start to season 2 as she is joined by Frater Drednought from the Faith Blind Council Podcast https://www.faithblindpodcast.com/ to talk about Magick, Games, and Hypersigils. How can we use tabletop RPGs and video games for magical purposes, and what elements of these games might we employ in our everyday lives towards magical means? What can we learn from the characters we...

Join Luxa for this special one-year anniversary edition of the show as she speaks with her brother, Asher (host of Ad Hoc History), in a conversation about dreams and how they can be useful to us in our waking lives and our magical practices. Asher shares his experiences as a prolific dreamer and the pair talk about Jungian dream analysis. Also making an appearance are Decartes and Ramanujan. What...

Note: This version contains an introduction and discussion of the exercise. A version with just the meditation will also be available for convenience. This meditation was written by The Green Mushroom Council member S Shane Thomas with Narration by Dave Ardrey, Amy Ardrey & Chad, and Production and Sound Design by Luxa Strata.  S Shane Thomas blogs about discovering and learning magic at...

Note: This version does not contain the introduction and discussion of the exercise. A version with the introduction as well as the meditation will also be available for convenience. This meditation was written by The Green Mushroom Council member S Shane Thomas with Narration by Dave Ardrey, Amy Ardrey & Chad, and Production and Sound Design by Luxa Strata.  S Shane Thomas blogs about di...

Join Luxa as she speaks again with Aidan Wachter, magician, podcaster, talismanic jeweler, and author or Weaving Fate and Six Ways about how changing the way we think about the term “Visualization” as well as how we frame the practice of Imagination Magick can make it much more accessible. There’s also a ton of other great, practical advice about framing our approach to the practice of magick, and...

Join Luxa as she speaks with Matt Marble, an artist, writer, and audio producer whose music and visual art are informed by symbolic geometry, divination methods, and ongoing dreamwork practice, about his work and his approach to creating. Matt is also the host of the Secret Sound podcast and the author of Buddhist Bubblegum, an upcoming book about Arthur Russell, which will be available Winter 202...

This instrumental meditation track is intended to be used for doing work with The Green Mushroom Hyphosigil Project, particularly work with the Astral Temple. It can, of course, be used however you see fit. The track ends with a composition for The Green Mushroom project by Kue Varo. Three versions of different lengths will be released to suit people’s current needs. Much Love. Thank you so much f...

Join Luxa as she speaks with Dr. Rob C. Thompson of Occult Confessions and The Dark Pool podcasts about conspiracist ideation and the roots of the “Occult Conspiracy” narrative. Learn the ingredients in a  “Conspiracy Burger” as well as how to vaccinate yourself against hoaxes and faulty logic. Also, a classic prank, new music from Matt Marble, poetry from Frater Yaramarud, an update on The G...

Join Luxa as she speaks with Dave Neal, Writer, Theater Director and Trauma Specialist, about how Metacognition can help us better contextualize our experiences and responses, how Trauma affects the brain, and how the concept of Neuroplasticity tells us that it is possible to heal from the hardship of past events. Also featuring Dave’s Erisian poetry, an update on The Green Mushroom Project, and m...

Join Luxa for a short introduction and a sound magick track.  It’s a sort of sonic offering to Hekate, a  Deipnon, or feast, which was traditionally given to her during the dark  moon. The track includes a shoal of sigils and some cut up poetry, as  well as audio from several related operations I ran as part of its  creation. The beat is symbolic of Hekate leading the spir...