101.5 Magic & Mental Health: Navigating Desire

Laura Tempest Zakroff , https://lauratempestzakroff.com/ , author of Anatomy of a Witch, Weave The Liminal, The Witch's Cauldron, Visual Alchemy, etc, as well as visual artist, dancer, and creatrix extraordinaire joins Luxa https://linktr.ee/LuxaStrata to talk about Tarot, Numbers, the Archetypes of the Witch and the Magician, Sigil Craft, Embodied Magic and Dance, Authority and Authorship, Egragores and more!Luxa also shares announcements and an update about The Green Mushroom Project https://greenmushroomproject.com/ and Void House- creating consent forward magical spaces for conducting group work both in person and online, investigating the magical and alchemical properties of consent, and providing consent education to magically inclined people. Thanks for listening to the Lux Occult Podcast! Support the show by helping Luxa buy books and curtail other costs, as well as taking a bibliomancy break by giving on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/luxoccult . Or, Buy Me a Coffee.com is an option for a one time donation: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/luxoccultpod?new=1 We would love to hear from you! Please send your thoughts, questions, suggestions or arcane revelations to luxoccultpod@gmail.com or message on Instagram @luxoccultpod https://www.instagram.com/luxoccultpod/ and on BlueSky https://bsky.app/profile/luxastrata919.bsky.socialLaura Tempest Zakroffhttps://lauratempestzakroff.com/Referenced in today’s episode:Jo “Boobs” Weldon’s Elemental Burlesque https://www.patreon.com/posts/elemental-of-in-87631502Dave Neal on Lux Occult Podcast:26. Metacognition, Neuroplasticity, and Healing from Trauma with Dave Nealhttps://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/luxa-strata/episodes/26--Metacognition--Neuroplasticity--and-Healing-from-Trauma-with-Dave-Neal-e13b4fm45. The Democratization of Desire w/Dave Neal Walking Your Talk w/Shane Thomas https://creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/luxa-strata/episodes/45--The-Democratization-of-Desire-w-Dave-Neal--Walking-Your-Talk-w-Shane-Thomas-e1iuuv8/a-a7vv0pk31. Magick, Games, and Hypersigils with Frater Drednoughthttps://creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/luxa-strata/episodes/31--Magick--Games--and-Hypersigils-with-Frater-Drednought-from-Faith-Blind-Council-e181fah/a-a6jsrbvVoid House Presents: Trauma Informed Practices or “Just the TIPs” https://youtu.be/gCrTpfsAAHcHeadless Rite Study Course Tuesdays 9-10pm EST Oct 21st-Dec.9th 2025 https://buymeacoffee.com/luxoccultpod/e/456648Check out The Consent Academy https://www.consent.academy/Find Luxa’s work included in Serpents of Circe: A Manual to Magical Resilience edited by Laura Tempest Zakroff and Ron Padrón https://revelore.press/product/serpents-of-circe-a-manual-to-magical-resilience/Full Show Notes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vTLoHEal3ZK7EWFeU4iQ182VeYq802yRutzvnJJsxOvOFsEcmnVJnhgY6Ny1WHuKxs-ifomHZLsLRk6/pubLux Occult Podcast is produced by Luxa Strata. All Rights Reserved. 2025.

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Marcella Kroll https://www.marcellakroll.com/ , author of Healing the Liminal, joins Luxa https://linktr.ee/LuxaStrata to talk about what it means to exist in, navigate and heal liminality, as well as about discovering ways to connect with unknown ancestors and lost family members through meditative, artistic and magical practices. Topics discussed include the Family Tree exercise outlined in Healing the Liminal which spurred Marcella’s discovery of several lost ancestors and family members. The concept of Dragon Energy and how differently it can express itself in various contexts. How to recognize and avoid Toxic Empathy, authenticity and autistic masking, and the Key as a magical symbol. What if some of our Ancestors have connections to other worlds and the liminality of outer space? Marcella shares about being an experiencer and how that impacted what she ultimately decided to share in the book.Luxa shares  an update about The Green Mushroom Project https://greenmushroomproject.com/ and Void House- creating consent forward magical spaces for conducting group work both in person and online, investigating the magical and alchemical properties of consent, and providing consent education to magically inclined people. Marcella Kroll https://www.marcellakroll.com/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/marcellakroll/BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/marcellakroll.bsky.socialThanks for listening to the Lux Occult Podcast! Support the show by helping Luxa buy books and curtail other costs, as well as taking a bibliomancy break by giving on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/luxoccult . Or, Buy Me a Coffee.com is an option for a one time donation: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/luxoccultpod?new=1 We would love to hear from you! Please send your thoughts, questions, suggestions or arcane revelations to luxoccultpod@gmail.com or message on Instagram @luxoccultpod https://www.instagram.com/luxoccultpod/ and on BlueSky https://bsky.app/profile/luxastrata919.bsky.socialTHE LIES OF THE SATANIC TEMPLE- Dead Domain https://youtu.be/3lV8GLQtOTs?si=Vp7dT3QF1RTUMq5UThe Satanic Circle https://thesataniccircle.org/Void House Presents: Trauma Informed Practices or “Just the TIPs”https://youtu.be/gCrTpfsAAHcLux Occult 88. Autonomy, Egregores, Magic & More w/ The Consent Academy https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/luxa-strata/episodes/88--Autonomy--Egregores--Magic--More-w-The-Consent-Academy-e2o0rp8Full show notes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vTk2DEdulYznSRevKRpi_1dULSVIHy_CxcqfEOiPx4-NvKOlkrNEo7-k9G4zp9UDESnoR8f3-VtPPQx/pub

16 Maj 1h 8min

Spencer Sunshine https://www.patreon.com/c/spencersunshine/home?redirect=true, https://spencersunshine.com/, author of Neo-Nazi Terrorism and Countercultural Fascism, joins Luxa https://linktr.ee/LuxaStrata to talk about Satanism and the Far-right. Topics discussed include accelerationism, the history of nazis in Satanist circles and other fringe areas of culture, and about how the situation has evolved over the years into our modern era. Spencer will explain the ways that fringe ideas cross pollinate, and share some thoughts about what the aspiring Satanist might want to know, going in.Thanks for listening to the Lux Occult Podcast! Support the show by helping Luxa buy books and curtail other costs, as well as taking a bibliomancy break by giving on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/luxoccult . Or, Buy Me a Coffee.com is an option for a one time donation: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/luxoccultpod?new=1 We would love to hear from you! Please send your thoughts, questions, suggestions or arcane revelations to luxoccultpod@gmail.com or message on Instagram @luxoccultpod https://www.instagram.com/luxoccultpod/ BlueSky https://bsky.app/profile/luxastrata919.bsky.socialNeo-Nazi Terrorism and Countercultural Fascism The Origins and Afterlife of James Mason’s Siege by Spencer Sunshine https://www.routledge.com/Neo-Nazi-Terrorism-and-Countercultural-Fascism-The-Origins-and-Afterlife-of-James-Masons-Siege/Sunshine/p/book/978036719060640 Ways to Fight Fascists https://spencersunshine.com/2020/08/27/fortyways/A Guide to Guides: Over 30 Activist Guides You Might Find Helpful When Opposing the Far Right https://spencersunshine.com/2025/01/27/guides/VICE doc: I’m the Victim of a Far Right Conspiracy Theory | Super Users https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cARtkJQj34EA Culture of Conspiracy by Michael Barkun https://www.ucpress.edu/books/a-culture-of-conspiracy/paperCONSPIRACY | contrapoints https://youtu.be/teqkK0RLNkI?si=l7h_SmW6Gb2CykyTThe Alt-Right Playbook: How to Radicalize a Normie https://youtu.be/P55t6eryY3g?si=EFbVcsxoB-7A_EaACultic Milieu. The SAGE Encyclopedia of the Sociology of Religion. https://sk.sagepub.com/ency/edvol/the-sage-encyclopedia-of-sociology-of-religion/chpt/cultic-milieuCultic milieus and the extreme right. Open Democracy.net https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/cultic-milieus-and-extreme-right/Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dr._StrangeloveLux Occult SHORTS: Luxa Strata on Chaos Magic and Accelerationism https://youtu.be/Oi6GXtIGzMEVoid House Presents: Trauma Informed Practices or “Just the TIPs” https://youtu.be/gCrTpfsAAHcLux Occult 27. Conspiracy Thought and the "Occult Conspiracy" with Dr. Rob C. Thompson https://anchor.fm/luxa-strata/episodes/27--Conspiracy-Thought-and-the-Occult-Conspiracy-with-Dr--Rob-C--Thompson-e141qebLux Occult 48. The 5 Pillars of Consent w/ Zach Budd & Odin and Inclusive Heathenry w/ Lonnie Scott https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/luxa-strata/episodes/48--The-5-Pillars-of-Consent-w-Zach-Budd--Odin-and-Inclusive-Heathenry-w-Lonnie-Scott-e1m0qbrLux Occult 88. Autonomy, Egregores, Magic & More w/ The Consent Academy https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/luxa-strata/episodes/88--Autonomy--Egregores--Magic--More-w-The-Consent-Academy-e2o0rp8Lux Occult 94.5. Secrets of the Real Black Lodge Revealed w Allen Greenfield & Rendlesham's 44th https://youtu.be/lpKzAXtGdqEWeird Web Radio Episode 101- Luxa Strata- Consent, Chaos Magic, Experiments and The Self https://open.spotify.com/episode/4t431wA9D1uNnM2SAUa2ci?si=rDyF_nAUR3qOYJ5LWhcB5AFind Luxa’s work published in Serpents of Circe: A Manual to Magical Resilience edited by Laura Tempest Zakroff and Ron Padrón https://revelore.press/product/serpents-of-circe-a-manual-to-magical-resilience/

24 Apr 1h 17min

Asher, Co-host of Ad Hoc History Podcast https://open.spotify.com/show/0HLqy3W7LtnuMxRxl0ei0Q?si=d1c727b897604262 joins Luxa https://linktr.ee/LuxaStrata  to talk about J.R.R. Tolkien’s work and Legendarium, the mythology found therein. Topics discussed include: What spiritual ideas might have informed Tolkien’s work? How might his time as a soldier in WWI have impacted him and his storytelling? What does it mean for a world, or the world (in some mythologies) to be created from words? How can we understand Sauron and the One Ring? Sam and Frodo’s “Bromance for the Ages” in LotR. The Ringwraiths or Nazgûl and their power to create fear. The wizard, Gandalf the Grey and the White, the creation of Middle Earth and much more!Luxa shares some poetry snacks form Tolkien and an update about The Green Mushroom Project https://greenmushroomproject.com/ and Void House- creating consent forward magical spaces for conducting group work both in person and online, investigating the magical and alchemical properties of consent, and providing consent education to magically inclined people. Thanks for listening to the Lux Occult Podcast! Support the show by helping Luxa buy books and curtail other costs, as well as taking a bibliomancy break by giving on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/luxoccult . Or, Buy Me a Coffee.com is an option for a one time donation: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/luxoccultpod?new=1 We would love to hear from you! Please send your thoughts, questions, suggestions or arcane revelations to luxoccultpod@gmail.com or message on Instagram @luxoccultpod https://www.instagram.com/luxoccultpod/ and on BlueSky https://bsky.app/profile/luxastrata919.bsky.socialAd Hoc History Podcast https://open.spotify.com/show/0HLqy3W7LtnuMxRxl0ei0Q?si=d1c727b897604262 Full Show Notes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vQzJrAnuAfxWyqq_kQRN5LpGXe1GYn6m6HxT-0hHO7mFJFnyD3Nz286bb-8srMz5oKrsc2npzEEgqSL/pub

11 Apr 1h 23min

Per Andreassen who performs as The Tom O’Bedlam joins Luxa https://linktr.ee/LuxaStrata to discuss his new album and hypersigil Everyday Elegies. Topics discussed include feedback loops and the ritual of performance, identity and art, The Invisibles by Grant Morrison, and the character, The Tom O’Bedlam. A few tracks from Everyday Elegies, Grow Old and Chapel Perilous, are featured. Luxa shares about hypersigils and the process of making sound magic albums as well an update about The Green Mushroom Project https://greenmushroomproject.com/ and Void House- creating consent forward magical spaces for conducting group work both in person and online, investigating the magical and alchemical properties of consent, and providing consent education to magically inclined people. Thanks for listening to the Lux Occult Podcast! Support the show by helping Luxa buy books and curtail other costs, as well as taking a bibliomancy break by giving on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/luxoccult . Or, Buy Me a Coffee.com is an option for a one time donation: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/luxoccultpod?new=1 We would love to hear from you! Please send your thoughts, questions, suggestions or arcane revelations to luxoccultpod@gmail.com or message on Instagram @luxoccultpod https://www.instagram.com/luxoccultpod/ and on BlueSky https://bsky.app/profile/luxastrata919.bsky.socialEveryday Elegies by The Tom O’Bedlamhttps://thetomobedlam.bandcamp.com/album/everyday-elegiesFull Show Notes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vRKyz4UwxzX2j6B4TfAXSpTXfXLad4bbwbN5mEOxVZiwvO0nQkYW5BSug0YaV4JI4Yvuhi-upIlk75x/pub

4 Apr 1h 5min

Anthony Rella https://anthonyrella.com/, author of Slow Magic: Cultivate Lasting Transformation Through Spellwork and Self-Growth, joins Luxa https://linktr.ee/LuxaStrata to talk about playing the long game in one’s magical practice and working with different parts of the self. Some of the concepts which inform Slow Magic as a Paradigm are discussed, such as Internal Families Systems, the Morningstar Mystery School, as well as Time viewed through different lenses, Magical Thinking and more!Luxa also shares a definition of magical Thinking and an update about The Green Mushroom Project https://greenmushroomproject.com/ and Void House- creating consent forward magical spaces for conducting group work both in person and online, investigating the magical and alchemical properties of consent, and providing consent education to magically inclined people. Thanks for listening to the Lux Occult Podcast! Support the show by helping Luxa buy books and curtail other costs, as well as taking a bibliomancy break by giving on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/luxoccult . Or, Buy Me a Coffee.com is an option for a one time donation: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/luxoccultpod?new=1 We would love to hear from you! Please send your thoughts, questions, suggestions or arcane revelations to luxoccultpod@gmail.com or message on Instagram @luxoccultpod https://www.instagram.com/luxoccultpod/ and on BlueSky https://bsky.app/profile/luxastrata919.bsky.socialAnthony Rella, MA, LMHC https://anthonyrella.com/Slow Magic https://www.llewellyn.com/product.php?ean=9780738777085Full show notes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vSHJWIj2L7xlTmGuv6yOmoZdGc1iuzd3poF1razZh7Ki-lXvEvZuErKfvWDpZXF8kJ9tZ-_dHnEedPb/pubEx V Planis Podcast: A Tribute To David Lynch ft. Allen Greenfield and Luxa Stratahttps://open.spotify.com/episode/2yIMFJ7RZHM9pBU1PShl9V?si=tnr0KF4OQBGlDi9g8zZr1gLux Occult 94.5. Secrets of the Real Black Lodge Revealed w/ Allen Greenfield & Remembering Rendleshamhttps://creators.spotify.com/pod/show/luxa-strata/episodes/94-5--Secrets-of-the-Real-Black-Lodge-Revealed-w-Allen-Greenfield--Remembering-Rendlesham-e2sot9o/a-abmt8tcLux Occult 48. The 5 Pillars of Consent w/ Zach Budd & Odin and Inclusive Heathenry w/ Lonnie Scott https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/luxa-strata/episodes/48--The-5-Pillars-of-Consent-w-Zach-Budd--Odin-and-Inclusive-Heathenry-w-Lonnie-Scott-e1m0qbrAd Hoc History Podcast with Asher & Luxa: The History of Money https://creators.spotify.com/pod/show/adhochistory/episodes/S2---E2-History-of-Money-e19kq84/a-a6qhhp9Weird Web Radio Episode 101- Luxa Strata- Consent, Chaos Magic, Experiments and The Self https://open.spotify.com/episode/4t431wA9D1uNnM2SAUa2ci?si=rDyF_nAUR3qOYJ5LWhcB5ACasual Temple 22: Magical Musings: EXPLORING Art, Science, and Philosophy VIA Chaos Magick for Personal Growth w/ Luxa Strata https://casualtemple.com/episodes/ep-22/Lux Occult SHORTS: Luxa Strata on Chaos Magic and Accelerationism https://youtu.be/Oi6GXtIGzMECheck out The Consent Academy https://www.consent.academy/Curious about steel mace flow? Check out Fourth Dimension Fitness: https://www.fourthdimensionfitness.com/Find Luxa’s work included in Serpents of Circe: A Manual to Magical Resilience edited by Laura Tempest Zakroff and Ron Padrón https://revelore.press/product/serpents-of-circe-a-manual-to-magical-resilience/

14 Mars 1h 34min

Luxahttps://linktr.ee/LuxaStrata hosts a panel of magic practitioners to discuss navigating issues related to mental health in one’s magical practice.  Questions the panel will address: How do you know when you're getting into potential trouble by going "too far", or do you not consider this to be a risk? What have you done in the past to get yourself out of potential trouble, if you've had that experience? Banishing rituals and things like that are classic examples of rituals that can be performed to go from one mental space to another, but I'm curious about the ideas and philosophy you all might have about when it's time to use these tools, how, etcLuxa also shares an update about The Green Mushroom Projecthttps://greenmushroomproject.com/ and Void House- creating consent forward magical spaces for conducting group work both in person and online, investigating the magical and alchemical properties of consent, and providing consent education to magically inclined people. Thanks for listening to the Lux Occult Podcast! Support the show by helping Luxa buy books and curtail other costs, as well as taking a bibliomancy break by giving on Patreon:https://www.patreon.com/luxoccult . Or, Buy Me a Coffee.com is an option for a one time donation:https://www.buymeacoffee.com/luxoccultpod?new=1 We would love to hear from you! Please send your thoughts, questions, suggestions or arcane revelations toluxoccultpod@gmail.com or message on Instagram @luxoccultpodhttps://www.instagram.com/luxoccultpod/ and on BlueSkyhttps://bsky.app/profile/luxastrata919.bsky.socialArticles on meditation retreats gone wrong: https://www.esquire.com/uk/latest-news/a25651175/the-other-side-of-paradise-how-i-left-a-buddhist-retreat-in-handcuffs/ https://harpers.org/archive/2021/04/lost-in-thought-psychological-risks-of-meditation/https://www.esquire.com/uk/latest-news/a25651175/the-other-side-of-paradise-how-i-left-a-buddhist-retreat-in-handcuffs/ https://harpers.org/archive/2021/04/lost-in-thought-psychological-risks-of-meditation/https://journals.lww.com/bsam/abstract/2010/07000/polysomnographic_and_subjective_profiles_of_sleep.5.aspxIt Cometh bandcamp:https://itcometh.bandcamp.com/ Charlie Horse Tattoo: https://www.instagram.com/charlie.horse.tattoo?igsh=NTY3bnY3YTFkYmx0Relationship and psychedelic counselinghttps://weirdcounsel.com/ or on Signal @weirdcounsel.40 A coed book club on the menopause manifesto:https://plra.io/m/coed-book-club-the-menopause-manifesto-32?r=isaac155Full show notes:https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vRbiFhAvnO1ObKUF0J90xbvrPWvBX-harN1Kh1km6YaiJTbF6omsdsbybAs7MYUk4HFDvVUOsAPPaL5/pub

14 Feb 2h 39min