Lux Occult Podcast Episode 66. Dionysus and the Sorcerer’s Workbench w/ JS Groves & the Game of Identity w/ Art Worldbuilding
Luxa speaks with JS Groves http://jsgroves.com/, about some of the many irons xi has in the fire, creatively and magically. JS shares about working with the Picatrix and using planetary elections to make talismanic jewelry, and the process and rationale that xi uses in this work. We talk about the god, Dionysus, modern Dionysiiac worship, some of the exploits of the KC Pagan arts collective, and thoughts and advice about conducting public ritual. For the episode w/in the episode Luxa sits down with the host of the Great Game by Art Worldbuilding podcast, for a very heady conversation about identity and the touchstones we use when trying to wrap our arms around it. Who are you, and what are you up to? There are legions of devils hiding in the details when we begin to meditate on these seemingly simple questions! Luxa shares a safe-for-work clip from the upcoming album, VOID/Machine: Adjustment, as well pieces from the cryptography and poetry contest, updates about The Green Mushroom Hyphosigil Project and more. Much Love!
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Fuck Around and Find The Green Mushroom Project Zine now available for free digital download: https://greenmushroomproject.com/
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
Coming Halloween 2023!
Check out all the awesome tools and insight on Chaos Tarot.com https://www.chaostarot.com/
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:
Hear Luxa’s recent 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:
Unearthing Paranormalcy Podcast: Unearthing Chaos Magic w/ Luxa Strata
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:
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):
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
Joy’s Occulture Jammer Project: https://www.instagram.com/occulture_jammer/
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/
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/
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://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:
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’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
Administrism :https://www.welcometotarotdise.com/administrism/
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/
Notes and Works Cited:
A Hymn To Venus by Sappho https://allpoetry.com/A-Hymn-To-Venus
Baruch Spinoza. Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baruch_Spinoza#
Spinoza on Power. Critical Thinking.com https://criticallegalthinking.com/2013/06/14/power-potentia-notes-on-the-thought-of-spinoza/
Prime Mover. Brtannica.com https://www.britannica.com/topic/prime-mover-philosophy
The Wolfram Physics Project https://www.wolframphysics.org/
The Heart of Dominance by Anton Fullmen
Games People Play by Eric Berne
Why Does He Do That? Inside the Minds of Angry and Controlling Men by Lundy Bancroft (pdf) Inside the Minds of Angry and Controlling Men
The Covert Passive-Aggressive Narcissist by Debbie Mirza (Scribd) The Covert Passive Aggressive Narcissist by Debbie Mirza
How To Kill A Narcissist: Debunking the Myth of Narcissism and Recovering from Narcissistic Abuse by J.H. Simon, (Scribd) How To Kill A Narcissist: Debunking The Myth Of ...
Unfuck Your Boundaries: Build Better Relationships Through Consent, Communication, and Expressing Your Needs by Faith G. Harper (Scribd) Unfuck Your Boundaries by Faith G. Harper, PhD, LPC-S ...
Some stuff Art Worldbuilding recommends:
On the origin of the world (Nag Hammadi codex II. End of the III.C) This is kind of like the alternate universe of the Genesis we read in the bible. It states that there was darkness as a primordial state prior to chaos. From there the demiurge-god emerged. This sheds a lot of questions in abrahamic theology.
Homo Ludens (Huizinga, J. 1972) It makes an analysis of the structures of games and compares the elements repeated throughout different cultures around the world making a lot of linguistic clarifications.
Foucault’s Pendulum (Eco, U. 1988) I love how this guy has that Italian sasyness with which he puts all the occult world inside out by disecting the mechanism (and issues) of the different types of people involved in this novel.
Psychomagic (Jodorowsky, A. 1995) I couldn’t forget this title of the juggler of words. Is set up as an interview and takes a look back to the process through which a Chilean-Russian-Jewish poet develops his own tool of magic
Spinoza: Practical Philosophy (Deleuze, G. Hurley, R. 1970) Deleuze explaining Spinoza. Madness meets the deviant aspects of the age of reason. Could it be more interesting?
The Art of Game Design: A Book of Lenses (Schell, J. 2008) This author from the U.S offers lots of practical tools to question the functionality of your game.
Short instructional manifesto for Relationship Anarchy (Nordgren, A. 2012) A very nurturing ground for new ethical standpoints. There is still a lot to be explored in how to relate to others. Interesting to listen to Multiamory at this respect: https://open.spotify.com/episode/5TJ7KCxG2wZZwZyJENZuw2?si=62ead43330634a70
CCRU: Writings (CCRU. 2015) Accelerationism and Hyperstition. Maybe the hidden little sequel to Robert Anton Wilson and Discordianism. Interesting to listen to Stephanie Shea at this respect: https://open.spotify.com/episode/3cKb3GE6exBP9BwZmeuO24?si=947fe55269574d91
Staying with the Trouble: Making kin in the Chuthulucene (Haraway, D 2016) I think the author tried to redeem themselves from writing Cyborg Manifesto by tapping into this one. How does technology, biology and art interact. The cases exposed here curl your view around certain animals and plants with the poetic confusing language that we might need.
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 slideshow about the Green Mushroom Project!
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
Check out these books:
Weaving Fate: Hypersigils, Changing the Past and Telling True Lies by Aidan Wachter
Six Ways: Approaches and Entries for Practical Magic by Aidan Wachter
How To Be an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi
Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kemerer
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!
Music Notes
Lux Occult is produced by Luxa Starta.
This episode features samples from the tracks Void Cat Cometh and Preliminary Invocation produced by Luxa Strata.
Thanks to the creators of the following sounds for making them available for use in the public domain!
Ambient sound during sunset by psubhashish
https://freesound.org/people/psubhashish/sounds/514496/
Ambient Cathedral Choir.wav by deleted_user_14597403
https://freesound.org/people/deleted_user_14597403/sounds/677376/
Ambient Downtempo Pad.wav by deleted_user_14597403
https://freesound.org/people/deleted_user_14597403/sounds/678717/
https://freesound.org/people/Raille/sounds/353989/