Lux Occult

107. MAGA Witches & “Magic Wars” w / Micheal M. Hughes

Luxa https://linktr.ee/LuxaStrata [https://linktr.ee/LuxaStrata] welcomes Micheal M Hughes  https://www.michaelmhughes.com/ [https://www.michaelmhughes.com/], author of Magic for the Resistance: Rituals & Spells for Change to discuss magic in the media and the response from the right to his viral 2017 Binding Spell. How does the right wing grift play out in occult spaces? And why should we worry about what people in the news media and elsewhere are saying about magical practitioners?  Luxa also shares an update about The Green Mushroom Project https://greenmushroomproject.com/ [https://greenmushroomproject.com/] and Void House- creating consent centered 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 [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 [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 [luxoccultpod@gmail.com] or message on Instagram @luxoccultpod https://www.instagram.com/luxoccultpod/ [https://www.instagram.com/luxoccultpod/] and on BlueSky https://bsky.app/profile/luxastrata919.bsky.social [https://bsky.app/profile/luxastrata919.bsky.social] Check out the Lux Occult YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCn8n4oQIH1uo08NhMvjjlB [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCn8n4oQIH1uo08NhMvjjlBQ] Merch! https://www.etsy.com/shop/IlluminIndustries [https://www.etsy.com/shop/IlluminIndustries] Community Protection Salt Ritual https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Atu6rNWkCSajdF6Fp6KYiMSHk7Sai-6IAlZfopNKFOU/edit?usp=sharing [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Atu6rNWkCSajdF6Fp6KYiMSHk7Sai-6IAlZfopNKFOU/edit?usp=sharing]   HAUNTQUINOX 2026 https://youtu.be/PNX6YR2A93M?si=l6MEE3wfLijf1yK- [https://youtu.be/PNX6YR2A93M?si=l6MEE3wfLijf1yK-] Music for Good: A Mixtape for MN Mutual Aid by Community Aid Network MN (CANMN) https://canmn.bandcamp.com/album/music-for-good-a-mixtape-for-mn-mutual-aid [https://canmn.bandcamp.com/album/music-for-good-a-mixtape-for-mn-mutual-aid] Check out The Consent Academy https://www.consent.academy/ [https://www.consent.academy/] 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/ [https://revelore.press/product/serpents-of-circe-a-manual-to-magical-resilience/] Music for Good: A Mixtape for MN Mutual Aid by Community Aid Network MN (CANMN) https://canmn.bandcamp.com/album/music-for-good-a-mixtape-for-mn-mutual-aid [https://canmn.bandcamp.com/album/music-for-good-a-mixtape-for-mn-mutual-aid] Micheal M Hughes: The Art of Magical Living https://www.theartofmagicalliving.com/ [https://www.theartofmagicalliving.com/] YT https://www.youtube.com/@MichaelMHughes [https://www.youtube.com/@MichaelMHughes] FB https://www.facebook.com/michaelmhughes [https://www.facebook.com/michaelmhughes] BS https://bsky.app/profile/michaelmhughes.bsky.social [https://bsky.app/profile/michaelmhughes.bsky.social] IG https://www.instagram.com/michaelmhughes/ [https://www.instagram.com/michaelmhughes/] Magic for the Resistance: Rituals & Spells for Change https://www.crossedcrowbooks.com/shop-crossed-crow-books/p/magicfortheresistance [https://www.crossedcrowbooks.com/shop-crossed-crow-books/p/magicfortheresistance] Kill the Robots “Humanifesto” https://michaelmhughes.medium.com/kill-the-robots-7bad904e3c9e [https://michaelmhughes.medium.com/kill-the-robots-7bad904e3c9e] Charlie Kirk’s Murder Intersects with Jezebel’s Witchcraft Story, Raising Concerns for Pagans. Wild Hint.com https://wildhunt.org/2025/09/charlie-kirks-murder-intersects-with-jezebels-witchcraft-story-raising-concerns-for-pagans.html [https://wildhunt.org/2025/09/charlie-kirks-murder-intersects-with-jezebels-witchcraft-story-raising-concerns-for-pagans.html] EYES OF YOUR EYES- Luxa Strata ft. Folds & Floods https://youtu.be/EfdQ-pJEBsg [https://youtu.be/EfdQ-pJEBsg] News music by Squiddums https://freesound.org/people/Squidems/sounds/709973/ [https://freesound.org/people/Squidems/sounds/709973/] Lux Occult is produced by Luxa Strata. All Rights Reserved. 2026.

106. RETROSPEKTIVE & After the Fall w/ Aidan Wachter

Luxa https://linktr.ee/LuxaStrata [https://linktr.ee/LuxaStrata] welcomes Aidan Wachter https://www.patreon.com/cw/aidanwachter/home [https://www.patreon.com/cw/aidanwachter/home], author of Six Ways, Weaving Fate, Changeling, and more, back to the show to discuss current events and looking forward with the new Black Book hypersigil project, After the Fall, as well to do a Retrospektive lookback at Aidan’s time with Thee Temple of Psychic Youth.  Luxa also shares historical context about gamergate, a track from Music for Good: A Mixtape for MN Mutual Aid by Community Aid Network MN (CANMN) https://canmn.bandcamp.com/album/music-for-good-a-mixtape-for-mn-mutual-aid [https://canmn.bandcamp.com/album/music-for-good-a-mixtape-for-mn-mutual-aid], and an update about The Green Mushroom Project https://greenmushroomproject.com/ [https://greenmushroomproject.com/] and Void House- creating consent centered 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 [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 [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 [luxoccultpod@gmail.com] or message on Instagram @luxoccultpod https://www.instagram.com/luxoccultpod/ [https://www.instagram.com/luxoccultpod/] and on BlueSky https://bsky.app/profile/luxastrata919.bsky.social [https://bsky.app/profile/luxastrata919.bsky.social] Check out the Lux Occult YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCn8n4oQIH1uo08NhMvjjlB [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCn8n4oQIH1uo08NhMvjjlBQ] Merch! https://www.etsy.com/shop/IlluminIndustries [https://www.etsy.com/shop/IlluminIndustries] Aidan Wachter on Bluesky https://bsky.app/profile/aidanwachter.bsky.social [https://bsky.app/profile/aidanwachter.bsky.social] Books by Aidan Wachter https://www.thriftbooks.com/a/aidan-wachter/3469303/ [https://www.thriftbooks.com/a/aidan-wachter/3469303/] Aidan Wachter.com https://www.aidanwachter.com/about [https://www.aidanwachter.com/about] After the Fall by Aidan Wachter https://www.patreon.com/posts/after-fall-black-149530791 [https://www.patreon.com/posts/after-fall-black-149530791] Music for Good: A Mixtape for MN Mutual Aid by Community Aid Network MN (CANMN) https://canmn.bandcamp.com/album/music-for-good-a-mixtape-for-mn-mutual-aid [https://canmn.bandcamp.com/album/music-for-good-a-mixtape-for-mn-mutual-aid] Poetry by XYZ Arts https://www.xyzartsllc.com/ [https://www.xyzartsllc.com/] The Consent Academy https://www.consent.academy/ [https://www.consent.academy/] 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/ [https://revelore.press/product/serpents-of-circe-a-manual-to-magical-resilience/] TOPY Grey Book https://www.sacred-texts.com/eso/topy/topybook.txt [https://www.sacred-texts.com/eso/topy/topybook.txt] A Very Brief History of Gamergate, 2012-2016 by Caren Pagel Media Commons.org https://mediacommons.org/imr/content/very-brief-history-gamergate-2012-2016 [https://mediacommons.org/imr/content/very-brief-history-gamergate-2012-2016] Sounds Like a Cult Podcast: The Cult of Incels (feat. Last Podcast on the Left) https://youtu.be/ZuxTbzZ-D84?si=TbXenjN9vkyPM8Yy [https://youtu.be/ZuxTbzZ-D84?si=TbXenjN9vkyPM8Yy] American Hysteria Podcast: The Art of (Psychological) War with Annalee Newitz  https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-art-of-psychological-war-with-annalee-newitz/id1441348407?i=1000746664238 [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-art-of-psychological-war-with-annalee-newitz/id1441348407?i=1000746664238] A Bit Fruity w/ Matt Bernstein Podcast: The Incel to ICE Pipeline (with F.D Signifier and Caroline Kwan) https://youtu.be/p8Vf0wcYwOE?si=rsaKDpW-TKAqSQ4b [https://youtu.be/p8Vf0wcYwOE?si=rsaKDpW-TKAqSQ4b] The Cult of Trump: A Leading Cult Expert Explains How the President Uses Mind Control by Steven Hassan https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Cult-of-Trump/Steven-Hassan/9781982127343 [https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Cult-of-Trump/Steven-Hassan/9781982127343] 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 [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 [https://archive.org/download/LundyWhyDoesHeDoThat/Lundy_Why-does-he-do-that.pdf] Take Back Your Life: Recovering from Cults and Abusive Relationships by Janja Lalich https://www.lalichcenter.org/take-back-your-life/ [https://www.lalichcenter.org/take-back-your-life/] EYES OF YOUR EYES- Luxa Strata ft. Folds & Floods https://youtu.be/EfdQ-pJEBsg [https://youtu.be/EfdQ-pJEBsg] MACHINA ABSTRACTA- Luxa Strata https://luxastrata.bandcamp.com/track/machina-abstracta [https://luxastrata.bandcamp.com/track/machina-abstracta] Lux Occult is produced by Luxa Strata. All Rights Reserved. 2026.

105.5.5. Magic & Mental Health: Boundaries & Psychic Self Defense Pt. 2

Luxa https://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 we define and delineate boundaries in our magical work and interpersonal lives? Is there intersection between how you protect yourself from potentially unhelpful magical forces and potentially unhelpful people? What are some experiences in this area others might find useful to hear about? How do we define psychic self defense? How do we practice it? What are some experiences or tips we'd share? Luxa also shares an update about The Green Mushroom Project https://greenmushroomproject.com/ and Void House- creating consent centered 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.social Merch! https://www.etsy.com/shop/IlluminIndustries Check out The Consent Academy https://www.consent.academy/ 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/ Referenced in today’s episode: Catalyst https://linktr.ee/CatalystDave Weird Web Radio, hosted by Lonnie Scott https://weirdwebradio.com/ Weird Web Radio Patreon https://www.patreon.com/cw/weirdwebradio Lux Ocult 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 Weird Web Radio Episode 101- Luxa Strata- Consent, Chaos Magic, Experiments and The Self https://open.spotify.com/episode/4t431wA9D1uNnM2SAUa2ci?si=rDyF_nAUR3qOYJ5LWhcB5A Telempath https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telempath Six Ways by Aidan Wachter https://www.aidanwachter.com/six-ways Unfuck Your Boundaries: Build Better Relationships Through Consent, Communication, and Expressing Your Needs by Dr. Faith G. Harper https://microcosmpublishing.com/catalog/books/8188 “Let’s Call Jonah Hill’s Alleged Text Messages What They Are: Misogynistic” by Raven Smith. Vogue.com https://www.vogue.com/article/jonah-hill-text-messages-toxic-masculinity Boundaries vs Rules. Simple Psychology.com https://www.simplypsychology.org/boundaries-vs-rules.html The Gift of Fear: Survival Signals That Protect Us from Violence by Gavin de Becker, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Gift_of_Fear Johannes Heinrich Schultz, problematic creator of Autogenics Training https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johannes_Heinrich_Schultz 50 Common Cognitive Distortions: A giant list of ubiquitous cognitive distortions by Alice Boyes Ph.D https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/in-practice/201301/50-common-cognitive-distortions How to recognize and tame your cognitive distortions by Peter Grinspoon, MD https://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/how-to-recognize-and-tame-your-cognitive-distortions-202205042738 20 Uses for Self-Compassion: Self-compassion can lead to better choices and feeling better by Alice Boyes Ph.D https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/in-practice/201206/20-uses-for-self-compassion Lux Occult is produced by Luxa Strata. All Rights Reserved. 2026.

Lux Occult 105.5. Magic & Mental Health: Boundaries and Psychic Self-Defense Pt. 1

Luxa https://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 we define and delineate boundaries in our magical work and interpersonal lives? Is there intersection between how you protect yourself from potentially unhelpful magical forces and potentially unhelpful people? What are some experiences in this area others might find useful to hear about? How do we define psychic self defense? How do we practice it? What are some experiences or tips we'd share? Also included is an update about The Green Mushroom Project https://greenmushroomproject.com/ and Void House- creating consent centered 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.social Check out the Lux Occult YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCn8n4oQIH1uo08NhMvjjlB ONLINE CLASS: Tarot Basics on Sunday, Feb. 8th, 5-7 PM EST https://www.wyrdroad.com/event-details/tarot-brews-tarot-basics-online Merch! https://www.etsy.com/shop/IlluminIndustries Check out The Consent Academy https://www.consent.academy/ 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/ Referenced in today’s episode: Zarpaulek’s work https://paraimperium.wordpress.com/ Joanna Ghost Hunter https://www.theduckwebcomics.com/Joanna_Ghost_Hunter/ Everyday Elegies by The Tom O’Bedlam https://thetomobedlam.bandcamp.com/album/everyday-elegies The Tom O’Bedlam Patreon https://www.patreon.com/thetomobedlam Lux Occult 99. Everyday Elegies w/ The Tom O’Bedlam https://youtu.be/IxB5K6wpt80 Third Eye Spies Doc https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5112424/ Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff pod https://www.iheart.com/podcast/1119-cool-people-who-did-cool-96003360/ Live Like the World is Dying pod https://www.liveliketheworldisdying.com/ Box Breathing https://www.healthline.com/health/box-breathing Verbal De-Escalation Techniques https://osas.wisc.edu/guide/verbal-de-escalation-techniques/ The Escalation Cycle of Behavior: Navigating the 7 Stages https://www.pollackpeacebuilding.com/blog/behavior-escalation-cycle/ Void House Presents: Trauma Informed Practices or “Just the TIPs” https://youtu.be/gCrTpfsAAHc Lux Occult Podcast is produced by Luxa Strata. All Rights Reserved 2026

105. Witch Punk & Psychopomps w/ Vittorio Benetti

Vittorio Benetti https://www.instagram.com/vittoriobenettihp, High Priest in the Temple of Witchcraft https://templeofwitchcraft.org/vittorio-benetti-hp/ joins Luxa https://linktr.ee/LuxaStrata for a conversation about folk magic, including Vittorio’s contribution to Serpents of Circe, AI and magic, his time in the Italian horror punk band, Rival Skulls, working with the Norse Goddess, Hel and more. Come for the punk rock and safety pins, stay for the enchanted beer and lip balm! 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.social Green Mushroom Project https://greenmushroomproject.com/ Ask for a link to our Discord server! Merch! https://www.etsy.com/shop/IlluminIndustries?ref=shop_profile&listing_id=1880570110 Instagram https://www.instagram.com/vittoriobenettihp Medium https://medium.com/@vittoriobenettihp Substack https://vittoriobenettihp.substack.com/ Rival Skulls band https://soundcloud.com/rival-skulls Referenced in today’s episode: 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/ Lip balm protection magick https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/qpwl4je9dsj8oggriq55o/Lip-Balm-Protection-Magick_v2.pdf?rlkey=yey8tpd8a9jfkjr3ppxls69zj&st=4q1p6jt4&dl=0 Rest, recharge, transform (beer recharge magick) https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/cm0btzmy1c0ndajplerbw/Rest_Recharge_Benetti.pdf?rlkey=29luz9ljbqtr0kxtx6pjwto6o&st=fva0295g&dl=0 The Witch's Shield: Protection Magick and Psychic Self-Defense by Christopher Penczak https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/649077.The_Witch_s_Shield Walking Through Loss and Mystery: How Grief and Magick Shaped My Path by Vittorio Benetti. Medium.com https://medium.com/@vittoriobenettihp/walking-through-loss-and-mystery-how-grief-and-magick-shaped-my-path-1e005721b6d2 Void House Presents: Trauma Informed Practices or “Just the TIPs” https://youtu.be/gCrTpfsAAHc Behind the Curve doc about Flat Earth “theory” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Behind_the_Curve Lux Occult 100.5 Satanism and the Far Right w/ Spencer Sunshine https://youtu.be/FQOTlzmuZMA Lux Occult 94.5. Secrets of the Real Black Lodge Revealed w Allen Greenfield & Rendlesham's 44th https://youtu.be/lpKzAXtGdqE Music: EYES OF YOUR EYES- Luxa Strata ft. Folds & Floods https://youtu.be/EfdQ-pJEBsg Lux Occult is produced by Luxa Strata. All Rights Reserved 2026.