

Lux Occult
Luxa Strata
Welcome to Lux Occult, a podcast where we gleefully taunt the mundane, butcher the Latin and most other languages, and also discuss a variety of occult topics! Exploring the intersections of Magic, Art, Science and Philosophy through the lens of Chaos Magic- it's Occultism For Everyone!
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Nov 1, 2020 • 1h 41min
9. Costume Chaos with Scav
In this episode, Luxa is joined by an old friend, Scav, to hear his thoughts on costumes, chaos magick and his practice, in general. Also, more information about The Green Mushroom Project, an ongoing group magickal working that you can be a part of! Thank you so much for listening to the Lux Occult Podcast! Please send your thoughts, questions, suggestions or arcane revelations to luxoccultpod@gmail.com or message on Instagram @luxoccultpod. Check out Luxa’s ongoing sigil and art project, The Memetic Disease: https://www.instagram.com/the_memetic_disease/
And try the technique for yourself! https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vSLceg14KnJMbDNLOj0R_5851IPu5zt-s1FaCnEk1yB1_DkQs1lyK41Id2lrKAxI8DbyFC1Y_0f4Ivq/pub
To support the show, please consider giving on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/luxoccult
Check out Wolfgrin, Scav's side hustle on Twitter and Insta @wolffrinkult https://www.instagram.com/wolfgrinkvlt/?hl=en
The Green Mushroom Project Slide show: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/e/2PACX-1vRfpKtb77aI5yU1uCnkfvHC4mnCOvmmdvOhB-39XDTWXBk3m_2rWr_3Pa8ahspM4ywDTLZdSdITFCxX/pub?start=false&loop=false&delayms=3000#slide=id.ga619a16fc1_0_5
The Green Mushroom Project: https://regainground.wixsite.com/greenmushroomproject
Also check out the work of the collaborators on The Green Mushroom Project!
Faith Blind Council Podcast: https://www.faithblindpodcast.com/episodes Also checkout their Discord server!
Unearthing Paranormalcy Podcast: https://www.unpnormalcy.com/
Church Ov Nothing and ANQ: https://covn.tumblr.com/
WORKS CITED:
How to be an Anti-Racist by Ibram X. Kendi

Oct 24, 2020 • 1h 43min
8. Getting Magick with Douglas Batchelor from What Magic is This?
In this episode of Lux Occult, Luxa is joined by Douglas Batchelor, magician, bibliophile and host of the What Magic is This? podcast to talk about everything from Discordianism, time loops, the history of the occult and the magick and worldview of the Ancient Egyptians to dreaming and expressing oneself authentically. Luxa announces an ongoing group magickal working that you can be a part of!
There were too many books to list here, so please see the show notes for WORKS CITED: https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vRJWnDpxTYN9_IDkg98scm9V8PAGl2-2s6Kv-lG3pL2ZhuZ2NwQPEv5_SWQLg4IffLzn9MDhgsWFZMf/pub
To support the show, please consider giving on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/luxoccult
For tons of great info and more great book recommendations, check out the What Magic is This? Podcast https://whatmagicisthis.com/
Check out the very cool ANQ (Pseudo-Qabalah) project: https://covn.tumblr.com/post/183583331212/anq
Thank you so much for listening to the Lux Occult Podcast! Please send your thoughts, questions, suggestions or arcane revelations to luxoccultpod@gmail.com or message on Instagram @luxoccultpod or @the_memetic_disease.
Check out Luxa’s ongoing sigil and art project, The Memetic Disease: https://www.instagram.com/the_memetic_disease/
And try the technique for yourself!
https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vSLceg14KnJMbDNLOj0R_5851IPu5zt-s1FaCnEk1yB1_DkQs1lyK41Id2lrKAxI8DbyFC1Y_0f4Ivq/pub
Listen to Ad Hoc History, a podcast where Luxa and her brother, Asher, talk history and the personal motivations that might underlie it: https://open.spotify.com/show/0HLqy3W7LtnuMxRxl0ei0Q
And hear Luxa and her friends, Ray and Deep, talk about sex and sexpositivity on the (very cringy) Smut’s Up podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/7DwvM9RldLyJjs6yj70GLk

Oct 15, 2020 • 1h 33min
7. Thoughtforms, Hypersigils and The Astral Temple (Explaining Chaos Magick to My Brother Part 3) with Asher from Ad Hoc History
Luxa’s bro, Asher (host of Ad Hoc History), returns to talk more Chaos Magick concepts and practice! In this episode we talk about making Servitors as well as go into other thoughtforms like Egregores and Godforms. We also talk about Hypersigils and building your Astral Temple. We even touch on Warhammer and D&D... this is a juicy one! Thank you so much for listening to the Lux Occult Podcast! Send your thoughts, questions, suggestions or arcane revelations to luxoccultpod@gmail.com
Note: there were too many sources to fit here, so for the list of books and links, check out the Show Notes here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vT279ClTe4Af1ip0CZhr91mhW3O-QqsaSXCqwKaHGFoBn2EFLHwE09wePUy9Zbs2IuWKvdwCtZk5FrS/pub
To support the show, please consider giving on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/luxoccult
Check out Luxa’s ongoing sigil and art project, The Memetic Disease on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/the_memetic_disease/
And try the technique for yourself!
https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vSLceg14KnJMbDNLOj0R_5851IPu5zt-s1FaCnEk1yB1_DkQs1lyK41Id2lrKAxI8DbyFC1Y_0f4Ivq/pub
Listen to Ad Hoc History, a podcast where Asher and Luxa talk history and the personal motivations that might underlie it: https://open.spotify.com/show/0HLqy3W7LtnuMxRxl0ei0Q
Cover art: “The Intention to Know” Thoughtform from the book Thought-Forms by Annie Besant and Charles W. Leadbeater

Sep 28, 2020 • 1h 55min
5. Druidism Part II: Ogham Pathworking and Botany of the Fews with Dave Ardrey From Unearthing Paranormalcy
Dave Ardrey from the Unearthing Paranormalcy Podcast returns to discuss Ogham Pathworking and scrying as well as some specifics about how to use the Druid’s Wheel of the Year (The Wheel of Life) for planning rituals and invoking the energies of certain times of year. Dave and Luxa go through the Ogham fews (letters of the alphabet) and discuss some botanical aspects of each of the plants represented.
Please refer to this diagram: https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vQoCt0LOYrfr_-E0bdM2nQ8ied0qlD3b3HxCnXqF107MM1Oruxu1L_BPlzrJrfR9ha9iaNmBhTqVqu1/pub
Thank you for listening to the Lux Occult Podcast! Send your thoughts, questions, suggestions or arcane revelations to luxoccultpod@gmail.com or join the FB group (if you feel like it, ugh, FB). https://www.facebook.com/groups/319273195800053/?ref=bookmarks
Check out Luxa’s ongoing sigil and art project, The Memetic Disease: Luxa Strata (@the_memetic_disease) • Instagram photos and videos
And try the technique for yourself! https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vSLceg14KnJMbDNLOj0R_5851IPu5zt-s1FaCnEk1yB1_DkQs1lyK41Id2lrKAxI8DbyFC1Y_0f4Ivq/pub
Check out Dave’s show, the Unearthing Paranormalcy Podcast Unpnormalcy: Podcast and hear Luxa on Unearthing Paranormalcy:
https://www.unpnormalcy.com/podcast/episode/4a8e1512/105-unearthing-dion-fortune-and-the-magical-battle-of-britain-with-special-guests-fools-guide-to-the-occult
WORKS CITED: Dictionary of Word Roots and Combining Forms by Donald J. Borror; The Botany of Desire by Michael Poland; The Drunken Botanist by Amy Srewart; Wicked Plants by Amy Stewart; Contemporary Plant Systematics, 4th ed. by Dennis Woodland; Pathworking by Ted Andrews;
Book Of Ballymote containing the Auracept Na n’Eces by Longarad https://www.ancienttexts.org/library/celtic/jce/ballymote.html
With side by side translation https://archive.org/details/auraicept00calduoft/page/n17/mode/2u

Sep 21, 2020 • 44min
4. Druidism Part I: The Fundamentals of Druidry with Dave Ardrey from Unearthing Paranormalcy
Dave Ardrey from the Unearthing Paranormalcy podcast joins Luxa in this first installment of a two episode series about Druidism to discuss his path of independent Druidry and how he draws the inspiration to create from his practice and from the natural world. A somewhat short episode, but Part II will make up for that! Thank you for listening to the Lux Occult Podcast! Send your thoughts, questions, suggestions or arcane revelations to luxoccultpod@gmail.com Or the show's new Instagram https://www.instagram.com/luxoccultpod/
To support the show, please consider giving on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/luxoccult
Check out Luxa’s ongoing sigil and art project, The Memetic Disease on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/the_memetic_disease/
And try the technique for yourself! https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vSLceg14KnJMbDNLOj0R_5851IPu5zt-s1FaCnEk1yB1_DkQs1lyK41Id2lrKAxI8DbyFC1Y_0f4Ivq/pub
Listen to Dave’s show, the Unearthing Paranormalcy Podcast Unpnormalcy: Podcast
To learn more about Druidry, visit:
Ancient Order of Druids in America – Traditional Nature Spirituality for Today
Order of Bards, Ovates and Druids | OBOD
Tribe of the Oak
Thank you to Sawsquarenoise for the use of their song "Rito Oculto". http://rolemusic.sawsquarenoise.com/p/sawsquarenoise.html

Aug 25, 2020 • 1h 14min
2. Explaining Chaos Magick to My Brother Pt. 2: Magickal Models, Pitfalls to Avoid, and Ethics of Sorcery with Asher from Ad Hoc History
In this episode, Luxa is joined once again by special guest, Asher, host of the Ad Hoc History podcast and also her brother! An exploration of more Chaos Magick concepts- Models of Magick and how Divination might work within them. We also talk about some pitfalls to avoid, plus more bibliomancy and a discussion about the ethics of sorcery! We close out with some stuff to try and some tips about automatic writing.
To support the show, please consider giving on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/luxoccult
Thank you so much for listening to Lux Occult! Write in with your thoughts, questions or suggestions!
luxoccultpod@gmail.com
Check out Luxa’s ongoing sigil and art project, The Memetic Disease
On Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/the_memetic_disease/
And try the tech yourself!
Protocol for the Memetic Disease Project Tech
https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vRvTsYoDX3pSZnrxssg0_T_SVRRz-Luk1v2lYWVecIOysLahdUTkFLrwIwcuNI7HsGaucWISgul9D62/pub
Check out Asher and Luxa’s show, Ad Hoc History: It’s not the history podcast you wanted, it's the one you deserve!
https://open.spotify.com/show/0HLqy3W7LtnuMxRxl0ei0Q
Works Cited:
Liber Null and Psychonaut by Peter J. Carroll
Visual Magick: A Manual of Freestyle Shamanism by Jan Fries
The Writings of Austin Osman Spare by Austin Osman Spare
Condensed Chaos by Phil Hine
The Big Bang by Joseph Silk
S.S.O.T.B.M.E. Revised, an Essay on Magic Edited and Revised by Ramsey Dukes
Real Magic by Dean Radin
Principia Discordia- Malaclypse The Younger
This was the documentary we argue about in the episode:
Grant Morrison: Talking With Gods - Official Full Film
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ZcflWe6Fhc

Aug 18, 2020 • 1h 30min
1. Explaining Chaos Magick To My Brother Part. I
Hello and welcome to Lux Occult, a podcast where we gleefully taunt the mundane, butcher the Latin language and also discuss a variety of occult topics! This show, and magick, is FOR YOU, if you want- there are lots of ways to be more free and magick can be one. In this episode, Luxa explains some core concepts of Chaos Magick to her brother, and host of the Ad Hoc History Podcast, Asher. *PS sorry about the sound quality, had some tech issues on this one.
Send your questions, thoughts and comments to: luxoccultpod@gmail.com
To support the show, please consider giving on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/luxoccult
Check out Luxa's sigil project on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/the_memetic_disease/ and read the protocol for the technique here https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vRvTsYoDX3pSZnrxssg0_T_SVRRz-Luk1v2lYWVecIOysLahdUTkFLrwIwcuNI7HsGaucWISgul9D62/pub
Sources Cited:
The Writings of Austin Osman Spare by Austin Osman Spare
Liber Null and Psychonaut by Peter J. Carroll
Condensed Chaos by Phil Hine
Hands on Chaos Magic by Andriech Vitimus
Advanced Magick for Beginners by Alan Chapman
Living Thelema by David Shoemaker
Psychonaut Field Manual A Cartoon Guide to Chaos Magick by Arch-Traitor Bluefluke (here is a link to a pdf of this, one can find it all over the internet though) https://www.scribd.com/document/260337963/Psychonaut-Field-Manual-a-Cartoon-Guide-to-Chaos-Magick)
Artwork by Austin Osman Spare AUSTIN OSMAN SPARE
Music: https://www.purple-planet.com