Lux Occult

Co-directors of Consent Academy https://www.instagram.com/consentacademy/ Ariana and Ash, join Luxa https://linktr.ee/LuxaStrata to discuss how magical work with groups or solo (and activities or relationships of any kind) can be improved through learning about and using consent practices, and how the risk of consent incidents happening can be decreased through education, respect, and slowing down and taking one’s time. Topics discussed include contextualizing consent in relationships with non-human entities, the will and desire, consent culture and egregores as well as The Consent Academy’s 4 part model of consent. Ariana iis an ordained monk...

Melissa Jayne Marada https://www.instagram.com/saint.jayne/ joins Luxa https://linktr.ee/LuxaStrata to share about their new book, The Witch's Workshop and about the power of creating one’s own magical tools and materials. Topics discussed include making your own incense and recipes for different types, dying your own magical chords, creating inks and much more, as well as getting into some theory about deconstructing magical operations in order to better understand how they function. We’ll ask, “can you talk shit to the gods and still have your operations work?” and discuss the Lunar Occult; and Meli...

Luxa https://linktr.ee/LuxaStrata shares a guided meditation, “Get a Room With Yourself at The Green Mushroom Astral Space: A Solo-Sex Meditation for Healing, Wholeness, and Power” as well as setting the table with some context. What do you truly consent to when you're alone with yourself? How does respecting your own boundaries feel in your body?

This meditation is intended for adults to listen to in a comfortable and private area where they feel confident that they won’t be interrupted. If this is not the situation for you, please consider returning to che...

Erika Robinson https://www.instagram.com/divine_withme/ joins Luxa https://linktr.ee/LuxaStrata to share about her new book, The Language of Lenormand (which is the first on the topic written by an American), as well as her journey into creating the deck, ‘Erika’s Lenormand of Hope’. Erika explains how divining with Lenormand deck is different from working with the Tarot or other popular systems, and about how each card in the deck will have a different meaning depending on what cards surround it. Also discussed are the ethical considerations regarding reading for third parties, and Erika shares...

Luxa https://linktr.ee/LuxaStrata is joined by Becky Annison https://www.instagram.com/beckyannison/, creator of “Wreck This Deck”, the solo role playing and journaling game in which players modify standard playing cards for magical purposes. Topics discussed include the magical power of roleplaying, the intersections between games and rituals, how to design a game and much more. 

During an episode w/in the episode, Goerge Lizos https://www.instagram.com/georgelizos/ shares about  his new book, “Secrets of Greek Mysticism”, the origins of myth, how to connect with the olympian gods and much more. During an episode...

Luxa https://linktr.ee/LuxaStrata is joined by the hosts of Ex V Planis https://linktr.ee/Exvplanis and Unearthing Paranormalcy podcasts https://www.unpnormalcy.com/ for this special round table discussion about the Simulation Hypothesis, what it is and what its implications might mean for Magic, Death, Morality, and the nature of reality itself! In this fun and heady discussion we’ll discuss near death and psychedelic experiences, answer listener questions, argue various perspectives and bring in some humor to lighten things up. Whether you’re certain we’re living in the Matrix, think that’s a silly idea, ha...

Author, psychologist, and longtime Thelemite, Dr. David Shoemaker livingthelema.com joins Luxa https://linktr.ee/LuxaStrata to share about his new book, The Way of the Will:Thelema in action and about how Thelema might differ from other traditions or religions where thinking about the founder is concerned. Topics discussed include Aleister Crowley- the man vs. his work, the Magical Will, and Qabalistic Psychology. David also shares thoughts about vetting magical teachers and organizations and about different ways that people can attain spiritual wisdom. Luxa shares an update about The Green Mushroom Hyphosigil Project https://greenmushroomproject.com/ and our...

A bonus mini-ep with the remote version of The Green Sphere. This simple magical working is to be performed for the first time on Saturday June 8, 2024 at 9:00 PM EST either solo or as a group. It is a companion to a Hekatean ceremony using The Green Mushroom Hyphosigil Project’s magical current for protection and healing for children and others who are in positions of vulnerability which Luxa Strata https://linktr.ee/LuxaStrata will be leading at the same time this video is published.

The Green Sphere Instructions:

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Actor, director, and pagan performer extraordinaire, Cythia Beckert https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0065653/ joins Luxa https://linktr.ee/LuxaStrata to share about  the intersections of a magical practice and theatrical practice, working with deities like Dionysus and Hekate, and about what can be learned about practices like invocation through exploring the performing arts. Cynthia shares about her journey from Catholicism to paganism and she and Luxa discuss magical work that they’ve done together in the past. Luxa shares about The Green Sphere, a collaborative working which you can participate in that will take place on June 8th, 2024. The...

Michael M Hughes https://www.michaelmhughes.com/ joins Luxa https://linktr.ee/LuxaStrata to share about experiences surrounding the ritual he created to bind the reality TV star the US elected as president in 2016 and which ended up being propelled to viral fame, becoming the largest magical working in history. There’s some great stuff about the history of the Tarot and Micheal’s courses in the subject, with some debunking of popular myths (spoiler alert, it’s not from Ancient Egypt, but that doesn’t make it any less cool or interesting). Also explored are the intersections of the Tric...