87. The Witch's Workshop and Creating Magical Tools w/ Melissa Madara

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Lux Occult Podcast 87. The Witch's Workshop and Creating Magical Tools w/ Melissa Madara

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 Melissa’s online group, Moon Cvlt. Melissa will share thoughts about what it means to organize a magical community in a way that’s functional and empowers all involved. Luxa shares listener mail and an update about The Green Mushroom Project and Void House- creating a consent forward magical space for conducting group work both in person and online and investigating the magical and alchemical properties of consent. Much Love!

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 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/

Moon Cvlt: https://www.mooncvlt.com/

The Witches Workshop by Melissa Jayne Marada https://www.highlandandhoney.com/products/the-witchs-workshop-by-melissa-jayne-madara

The Witch's Feast: A Kitchen Grimoire by Melissa Jayne Madara https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/678885/the-witchs-feast-by-melissa-madara/

The Green Mushroom Project https://greenmushroomproject.com/

Find 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/

Weird Web Radio Episode 101- Luxa Strata- Consent, Chaos Magic, Experiments and The Self https://open.spotify.com/episode/4t431wA9D1uNnM2SAUa2ci?si=rDyF_nAUR3qOYJ5LWhcB5A

Check out The Consent Academy https://www.consent.academy/

Sex and Sigil Magic 101 w/ Luxa Strata and Damian Agony, Kinkschool 2024 (November 23rd, 2024) Use code LUXA10 to get 10% off tickets!

https://www.kinkschool.ca/

Curious about steel mace flow? Check out Fourth Dimension Fitness: https://www.fourthdimensionfitness.com/

Companion Episodes of Lux Occult:

50. Kitchen Grimoires, Edible Occultism, and Erudite Hedonism w/ Melissa Madara & Divine Chaos w/ Derek Hunter https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/luxa-strata/episodes/50--Kitchen-Grimoires--Edible-Occultism--and-Erudite-Hedonism-w-Melissa-Madara--Divine-Chaos-w-Derek-Hunter-e1pgg21

85. Demons, Playing Cards & Wreck This Deck w/ Becky Annison & Secrets of Greek Mysticism w/ George Lizos https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/luxa-strata/episodes/85--Demons--Playing-Cards--Wreck-This-Deck-w-Becky-Annison--Secrets-of-Greek-Mysticism-w-George-Lizos-e2mds6s

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-e1m0qbr

Congratulations to Angela Guyton, winner of the May the Sporth be With You art contest to choose the Green Musheen Discord’s new server banner! Check out her work at: https://www.angelaguyton.com/about/ https://www.instagram.com/angieastronaut/

And find Nothing Rhymes with Rats available for purchase here: https://www.angelaguyton.com/store/

Companion Episodes of Lux Occult:

56. Entering Hekate's Garden & The Poison That Heals: Keeping Her Keys Hybrid Special w/ Dr. Cyndi Brannen https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/luxa-strata/episodes/56--Entering-Hekates-Garden--The-Poison-That-Heals-Keeping-Her-Keys-Hybrid-Special-w-Dr--Cyndi-Brannen-e1ubgtp

65. Queerying Occultures & Acts of Magical Resistance w/ Phil Hine https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/luxa-strata/episodes/65--Queerying-Occultures--Acts-of-Magical-Resistance-w-Phil-Hine-e27vos8

63. Becoming Undomesticated: In Praise of the Wild Spirit w/ Ramon Castellanos & A Very Paranormal Summer w/ Flood from Ex V Planis https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/luxa-strata/episodes/63--Becoming-Undomesticated-In-Praise-of-the-Wild-Spirit-w-Ramon-Castellanos--A-Very-Paranormal-Summer-w-Flood-from-Ex-V-Planis-e268vbe

81. Magic for the Resistance and the History of Tarot w/ Michael M. Hughes

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/luxa-strata/episodes/81--Magic-for-the-Resistance-and-the-History-of-Tarot-w-Michael-M--Hughes-e2k15ok

82. Dionysus and the Ritual of Theatre & Finding Hekate w/ Cynthia Beckert https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/luxa-strata/episodes/82--Dionysus-and-the-Ritual-of-Theatre--Finding-Hekate-w-Cynthia-Beckert-e2kj2od

EYES OF YOUR EYES- Luxa Strata ft. Folds & Floods

https://youtu.be/EfdQ-pJEBsg

The Train to Hartford - A Video Sigil produced by Luxa Strata https://youtu.be/7_uVjQhUnbw

Find Lux Occult Hello Void T-shirts and more at Illumin Industries: https://www.etsy.com/shop/IlluminIndustries

Check out the Lux Occult YouTube Channel:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCn8n4oQIH1uo08NhMvjjlB

Check out all the awesome new projects the We the Hallowed folks have been putting out: https://wethehallowed.org/

Curious about steel mace flow? Check out Fourth Dimension Fitness: https://www.fourthdimensionfitness.com/

An essay about the creation of Kleidoukos: Experiments in Aural Sex by Luxa Strata https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vQwUwjTbdlokjNu0dkabigTgm3XIGs5UaKTyGEAMk2bSjOD_N6CxR-hiJl9Wfi5d_uYm5A29PQUQXUU/pub

A video of a Supercut of the album: https://youtu.be/POLPCoBrTUQ

Photo by JS Groves http://jsgroves.com/

Art by Eric J. Millar https://substack.com/@ngbmo

Check out “Fuck Around and Find Out pt. 2”, the We the Hallowed and Green Mushroom Project digital mixtape. Big thanks to everyone who contributed to the project. Check out the entire mix here! https://wethehallowed.bandcamp.com/album/fuck-around-find-out-2-the-green-mushroom-project-and-we-the-hallowed-digital-mixtape?from=embed

Check out all the awesome tools on the Chaos Tarot.com Trinary web app! https://www.chaostarot.com/app/ including the tool for turning a Statement of Intent into notes and colors using Paul Foster Case’s adoption of Marcotone

https://www.chaostarot.com/case-color-tones/

Big thanks to Matt from Chaos Tarot for creating it for us!

*Now featuring a Cut-Up Generator!

To hear more from Luxa:

Weird Web Radio Episode 101- Luxa Strata- Consent, Chaos Magic, Experiments and The Self https://open.spotify.com/episode/4t431wA9D1uNnM2SAUa2ci?si=rDyF_nAUR3qOYJ5LWhcB5A

Hear Luxa and Keats Ross on Rendering Unconscious podcast: https://www.renderingunconscious.org/art/ru287-luxa-strata-keats-ross-on-23rd-mind-magic-occulture-creativity-art-podcasting/

Hear Luxa’s appearance on the Casual Temple 22: Magical Musings: EXPLORING Art, Science, and Philosophy VIA Chaos Magick for Personal Growth https://casualtemple.com/episodes/ep-22/

Hear Luxa’s appearance on The Great Game by Artworldbuilding https://open.spotify.com/episode/48lhkGTHbFAhsBumIoClHh?si=C2zf9ueeSiy1qb70k1N80g

Watch Luxa’s appearance on the Uncanny Mystic Minds podcast: https://open.spotify.com/episode/4Kd7sNcLjpAsR2AJD3m4HK?si=BbC5afspSt-_Ybczy9utCg

Hear Luxa talk about Chaos Magick, The Green Mushroom project and more on the Armemancy Podcast https://arnemancy.com/articles/podcast/chaos-magic-with-luxa-strata/

Luxa talks about Kleidoukos, Sex Magick and more on the Saroth the Mage Experience YouTube channel:

https://youtu.be/Mb4W6CcESsI

Unearthing Paranormalcy Podcast: Unearthing Chaos Magic w/ Luxa Strata

https://www.unpnormalcy.com/podcast/episode/7b00a4eb/220-unearthing-chaos-magic-with-special-guest-luxa

The Last Unrifled Yaw Ep. 4: Luxa Strata

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iNrMraFVvM8

Ex V Planis Podcast interview about The Green Mushroom Project and haunted sex toys: https://open.spotify.com/episode/20dVKr3vke7VzkkbUcFgkM?si=gVb6liYGQB2-NK7BCcqdUg

An experimental track, Ribbons, about Zero and Infinity: https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vQCh8ZJOxu7ItQjzR-q2fCfjRX35BRujjkXo_5-bqNsuufcAmde_4vZatOwgyH6UD2JScvhh7jvP3u8/pub

Hear Luxa discuss Gratus Animus, Ovamancy and much more on Pragmagick: https://wethehallowed.org/pragmagick-ovamancy/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xw-GCU744Mg

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

Check out Luxa’s appearance on Weird Web Radio: https://weirdwebradio.com/episode-65-luxa-strata-talking-chaos-magic-green-mushrooms-resistance-the-weird/

Hear Luxa talk about her practice and many topics occult on the Ex V Planis podcast: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkLnBvZGJlYW4uY29tL2V4dnBsYW5pcy9mZWVkLnhtbA/episode/RXh2cGxhbmlzLnBvZGJlYW4uY29tL2U2MTQ4ZmJkLWEwNTItMzE4ZC05MWQ4LTQ5MWJlZTk4OGRkMg?hl=en&ved=2ahUKEwju07rT_rjyAhWhRDABHeBADwAQjrkEegQIAhAF&ep=6

Hear Luxa’s guest appearance on What Magic is This? to discuss the topic of Sex Magick:

Sex Magic with Luxa Strata – What Magic Is This?

Hear Luxa talk about her practice on an episode of Taylor Ellwood’s Magical Experiments YouTube channel: Magical Experiments podcast: Magical Group work with Luxa Strata

Hear Luxa talk about her practice and lots of other things on Magick Without Fears: https://open.spotify.com/episode/0WR94751qu4eNRukgjUNRN?si=9tb4TyDwTxK1rhYeuzgBxw

Thanks to Dave Neal for recommending these mental health resources!

Trauma Informed Care from the Center for Health Care Strategies https://www.traumainformedcare.chcs.org/

National Alliance on Mental Illness Helpline, which also lists some other phone and text resources- https://www.nami.org/help

Info on the ACES study and related resources from the CDC under violence prevention- https://www.cdc.gov/violenceprevention/aces/index.html

Thanks to Zach Budd for recommending these resources!

To reach Zach Budd, consent and polyamory educator and Golf Coast advocate for the National Coalition for Sexual Freedom: zinvictuz@gmail.com

National Coalition for Sexual Freedom’s Consent Counts:

https://ncsfreedom.org/key-programs-2/consent-counts/

National Sexual Assault Hotline: Confidential 24/7 Support: 1-800-656-4673 https://www.rainn.org/resources

National center for domestic abuse https://www.thehotline.org/

Global resources for domestic shelters

https://www.domesticshelters.org/resources/national-global-organizations/international-organizations

Out of the Fog: Helping family members & loved-ones of people who suffer from personality disorders https://outofthefog.website/

More cool stuff:

The Trans Ancestor Rite: https://trans-rite.tumblr.com/

Rocket’s tumblr: https://flamingkorybante.tumblr.com/

The full text of a paper on Agdistis: https://www.academia.edu/36762984/The_Passion_of_Agdistis_Gender_Transgression_Sexual_Trauma_Time_Travel_and_Ritualized_Madness_in_Greco_Anatolian_Revival_Cultus

Read the abstract of Rocket’s paper about do’ikayt, or “hereness” and cut-ups here and message them for a PDF if you’d like to read the rest https://brill.com/view/journals/rart/27/1-2/article-p230_11.xml

The Druid Journal https://a.co/d/gOJ6RSI and Fall Mindfulness Journal that Laura (ep 69.) has created https://a.co/d/8oQZ16O

The work of JS Groves http://jsgroves.com/

Find Phil Hine and his work: ttps://enfolding.org/

Petals and Feathers online apothecary https://petalsandfeathers.com/

Ramon Castellanos: https://www.theancestralnow.com/ and hear the Ear to the Ground podcast: https://www.theancestralnow.com/an-ear-to-the-ground-podcast

Nothing Rhymes with Rats comic by Angela Guyton and Ramsey Janini:

https://www.angelaguyton.com/store/

Raven’s Last Oath Discord Server (for a chill gaming experience):

https://discord.gg/aQurVNhNXv

Ramsey Janini’s Bugs project: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VrZHK4fBaa0

The Witch's Feast: A Kitchen Grimoire by Melissa Madara https://www.catlandbooks.com/products/the-witchs-feast-a-kitchen-grimoire-1

Adel Souto’s work: https://adelsouto.com/AS.html

Adam Matlock aka An Historic’s Winnet Food Forest project: https://www.instagram.com/winnettfoodforest/

Fourth Dimension Fitness:

https://www.instagram.com/_.rachael.elizabeth._/

https://www.fourthdimensionfitness.com/

The Woodlands Show https://www.intothewoodlands.net/

E.A Toles: https://www.instagram.com/e.a.t_thicc_live_thicc/

www.patreon.com/eatoles

The Woodlands Show https://www.intothewoodlands.net/

Check out Adam Matlock aka An Historic’s stuff!

https://adammatlock.bandcamp.com/

Checkout Cliff’s awesome blog about Enochian Magick and reach out to him for astrological or counseling services!

https://yourlightbridge.com/about/

https://enochiantoday.wordpress.com/

Check out the Android Dreams Tarot deck by Matt from Chaos Tarot.com! https://www.chaostarot.com/android-dreams/

Check out Izdihar Afyouni’s stuff! https://www.instagram.com/fvckthepost/

http://izdiharafyouni.com/

Check out this very fun take on egg magick!

NO GODS BUT MY OWN 10. Cracking the Ovumind By Eric J. Millar

https://ngbmo.substack.com/p/no-gods-but-my-own-10

Check out Matt from Spear of Fire Tarot’s stuff:

https://www.instagram.com/spearoffiretarot/

https://linktr.ee/SpearofFire

https://substack.com/profile/25101669-matthew-k-johnson

Check out Aidan’s Wachter’s work at: http://www.aidanwachter.com/

Don’t miss Lonnie Scott’s awesome stuff at:

AltHypnosis.com

TarotHeathen.com

Find all of Matt Marble’s work, including Musical Geometry and the Secret Sound podcast at: https://mattmarble.net/secret-sound

Check out The Blood and Ink Tarot and Elise Oursa’s other work: http://eliseoursa.com/

https://eliseoursa.com/bloodandink/

Kue Varo’s bandcamp https://kuevaro.bandcamp.com/

Track for The Green Mushroom by Kue Varo https://soundcloud.com/j-street-390/kue-varos-the-green-mushroom-audio-track

The Dark Pool Podcast is a cool spin off of Occult Confessions https://open.spotify.com/show/2RtT7xz81ABAOnIyzC9Akq

Joel of Dream Mirror: linktr.ee/JoelDow

Dream Mirror: Video Ritual 12

Dream Mirror’s Desires in Motion project is very dope:

Video Ritual 1 The Green Mushroom part 1

https://www.instagram.com/p/CIMj1kGhdYr/

Video Ritual 1 part 2

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_5ZBBI1MLI

Video Ritual 2 So We May Shape All Things https://www.instagram.com/p/CJg3oczByEi/

Video Ritual 5 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vDYjleR_Rqs

Video Ritual 6 : Balance

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oBG4pmZ-HiE

Check out the work of Keats Ross!

Pragmagick https://linktr.ee/pragmagick

We the Hallowed https://wethehallowed.org/

Dakota Slim https://dakotaslim.wordpress.com/

Audiomancy: Dim The Tzim-Tzum By Keats Ross:

http://wethehallowed.org/audiomancy-introduction/

Adventures In Audiomancy - Converting Sigils into Sound Pt.1 video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=kHVzQydbGQI

Magick as a Recovery Tool ft. Steve Rae (Saroth the Mage), Derek Hunter (Love Chaos) and Keats Ross (Pragmagick):

Part 1: https://wethehallowed.org/magick-as-recovery-tool-01/

Part 2: https://wethehallowed.org/magick-as-recovery-tool-02/

Check out the book, Exorcism by Fabeku Fatunmise https://revelore.press/product/exorcism/

Graphic Design by T. A. Grady

Don’t miss the work of The Green Mushroom Podcast Network collaborators!

Ad Hoc History: https://anchor.fm/adhochistory

Ex V Planis podcast: https://linktr.ee/Exvplanis

Grognostics: https://grognostics.com/rss

Primordia: https://campsite.bio/pr1mordia

Smut’s Up: https://anchor.fm/smutsup

Unearthing Paranormalcy Podcast https://www.unpnormalcy.com/

Luxa Recommends:

Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion by Robert Cialdini

The Cult of Trump by Steven Hassan

Take Back Your Life: Recovering from Cults and Abusive Relationships by Janja Lalich

The Heart of Dominance: A Guide to Practicing Consensual Dominance by Anton Fulmen

Talking to Strangers by Malcolm Gladwell

Why Does He Do That? Inside the Minds of Angry and Controlling Men by Lundy Bancroft https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/289845/why-does-he-do-that-by-lundy-bancroft

PDF: https://archive.org/download/LundyWhyDoesHeDoThat/Lundy_Why-does-he-do-that.pdf

Six Ways: Approaches & Entries for Practical Magic by Aidan Wachter

Weaving Fate: Hypersigils, Changing the Past, & Telling True Lies by Aidan Wachter

Changeling: A Book Of Qualities: by Aidan Wachter

Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer

Visual Magick by Jan Fries

Condensed Chaos by Phil Hine

THEE PSYCHICK BIBLE: Thee Apocryphal Scriptures ov Genesis Breyer P-Orridge and Thee Third Mind ov Thee Temple ov Psychick Youth https://shop.theheartworm.com/products/thee-psychick-bible

How To Be an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi

How Terry Crews Escaped the 'Cult of Masculinity'. O Magazine.com

https://www.oprah.com/inspiration/how-terry-crews-escaped-the-cult-of-masculinity

The Green Mushroom Project:

https://greenmushroomproject.com/

Watch the informational video about The Green Mushroom Project on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCn8n4oQIH1uo08NhMvjjlBQ

Here is a link to a video about the Green Mushroom Project and Void House:

https://youtu.be/-mmFhZ3SYmU

Follow The Green Mushroom project on Instagram @hyphosigil https://www.instagram.com/hyphosigil/

This doc details the making of the Zygospore Sound sigil: https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vS0YQjjEklooyTzJ9r7NmLwBhitjSytomb15vlFf6Yztx5LecTIZG4rfJm-rpRdYwY_OCYjTbo8ykqq/pub

Here is the procedure for creating your own The Green Mushroom Saprotroph Servitor: https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vQIcziNHsvEyl2wvPPxMivU90CKYAr0A36o9iOT-JV_ubmE3a_KzZAn1lnzAg4SluqqSQP8C0uN4LA2/pub

Resist.

Resist by maintaining Sovereignty of the Self.

Resist by maintaining Love of the Self.

Resist by maintaining fierce Loyalty to Love and Pleasure.

Resist with acts of Radical Kindness.

Focus on the Path to Better Times.

A Simple Breakfast Magick Operation:

Note: I have written this using an egg. If your diet does not include eggs, I suggest writing the sigil on an orange or banana, or using a sauce to write it on your prepared meal.

You will need:

A sigil or sigils representing your intent
An egg
Your beverage of choice
A small candle with holder
A drinking cup marked with the sigil/s (a post-it or masking tape will work)
Something to write on the the candle and egg with
Your magickal journal and writing utensil

Instructions:

Preheat skillet.
Banish and cleanse.
Write sigil/s on the egg and candle.
Light candle and meditatie on the flame, allowing your vision to maintain a soft focus. You may hold the egg in your hand while you do this or place it near the candle.
Optional: When ready, place the candle near the skillet. I prefer to do this in somewhat low light, but any conditions should work just fine.
While concentrating on the sigil, break the egg into the skillet and observe the patterns it makes while it cooks. Prepare the egg any way you prefer, keeping an eye out for any symbols or patterns you might see. Note these in your journal if they appear.
Serve egg as desired alongside your beverage of choice from the cup labeled with the sigil/s. If the candle is still lit, place it near where you are eating.

Note: Because I typically do this operation to draw energies in, I do not banish after it. Depending on your intent, you may wish to modify this.

If you try this operation, I would love to hear how it went for you!