Art by T. Grady
Lux Occult Podcast 83. The Way of The Will, Thelema, and Crowley w/ David Shoemaker
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 new experiment in creating a consent-forward magical space, Void House by reading the newly discovered book 23 of the 23:Bibliomancy scripture and about how Douglas Adams became canonized as one of our saints. This episode also features tracks from the Chicago based group, Lost Leigion’s new album, Behind the Concrete Veil https://lostlegionchicago.bandcamp.com/album/behind-the-concrete-veil as well as an Eyebreaker and listener mail and shout outs! Much Love.
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Find Dr. David Shoemaker’s work:
Living Thelema: livingthelema.com
A.’.A.’.: onestarinsight.org
Temple of the Silver Star: totss.org
Professional/personal coaching and psychotherapy website: dr-shoemaker.com
ThelemaCon (in-person and online conference in October 2024): thelemacon.org
Void Journal: Pirate's Reville at Void House Gathering Zero or How Douglas Adams Became a Saint by Luxa Strata
EYES OF YOUR EYES- Luxa Strata ft. Folds & Floods https://youtu.be/EfdQ-pJEBsg
Find Lux Occult Hello Void T-shirts and more at Illumin Industries: https://www.etsy.com/shop/IlluminIndustries
A write-up for 23:Bibliomancy, iteration 14 https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vQOlMt9bmRGokiuvZuJ5vZYBYgBqC4t9RAIP_I2_KyH6K9hVrwVBPo9xKId2AdMU35BzlLwiYjKU8NG/pub
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:
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:
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:
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):
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/
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
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:
The Way of the Will: Thelema in Action by David Shoemaker
Living Thelema by David Shoemaker
Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion by Robert Cialdini
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
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
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
Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism by Amanda Montell
The Age of Magical Overthinking: Notes on Modern Irrationality by Amanda Montell
Six Ways: Approaches & Entries for Practical Magic by Aidan Wachter
Weaving Fate: Hypersigils, Changing the Past, & Telling True Lies by Aidan Wachter https://www.patheos.com/blogs/johnbeckett/2021/08/weaving-fate.html
What Is the Chameleon Effect? https://www.verywellmind.com/what-is-the-chameleon-effect-5114522
Where is the love? The social aspects of mimicry. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2865082/
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:
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
This episode features tracks from “Fuck Around and Find Out pt. 2”, the We the Hallowed and Green Mushroom Project digital mixtape. Big thanks to the following creators, and 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
The Autumnal Brews in the Bellows by @dudeitsnoel https://wethehallowed.bandcamp.com/track/reality-tunnels-by-gnyve
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