Join Luxa as she speaks with Dave Neal, Writer, Theater Director and Trauma Specialist, about how Metacognition can help us better contextualize our experiences and responses, how Trauma affects the brain, and how the concept of Neuroplasticity tells us that it is possible to heal from the hardship of past events. Also featuring Dave’s Erisian poetry, an update on The Green Mushroom Project, and much more!
Thank you so much for listening to the Lux Occult Podcast! If you’d like to support the show by helping Luxa buy books and curtail other costs, consider giving on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/luxoccult
Full Episode Notes:https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vTKD-3HIXmamBNQyXSMhc2DSKfmXqVcjFmx1J2Pwky26abD9vUVUvJ4n-bxXDSE8dpw3t0bw51dwJF8/pub
Check out the new Lux Occult YouTube Channel:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCn8n4oQIH1uo08NhMvjjlB
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/
Check out Luxa’s ongoing sigil and art project, The Memetic Disease: https://www.instagram.com/the_memetic_disease/
Thanks to Dave Neal for recommending these 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

26. Metacognition, Neuroplasticity, and Healing from Trauma with Dave Neal

Welcome to Lux Occult, a podcast where we gleefully taunt the mundane, butcher the Latin and most other languages, and also discuss a variety of occult topics! Exploring the intersections of Magic, Art, Science and Philosophy- it's Occultism For Everyone!

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Michael M Hughes https://www.michaelmhughes.com/ joins Luxa https://linktr.ee/LuxaStrata to share about experiences surrounding the ritual he created to bind the reality TV star the US elected as president in 2016 and which ended up being propelled to viral fame, becoming the largest magical working in history. There’s some great stuff about the history of the Tarot and Micheal’s courses in the subject, with some debunking of popular myths (spoiler alert, it’s not from Ancient Egypt, but that doesn’t make it any less cool or interesting). Also explored are the intersections of the Trickster, the and the Magician archetypes, and what this might have to do with the stage magician, the “sacred trap” and more. 
During a break Luxa shares about The Green Sphere https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vQsi-sqCg1RgxZWbePZ7-boZ1k0Xknnpgbzof31_KNtfegkMgLXcqGK1pZQfNm4m35xmOXKhNPm_S3t/pub, a protection and healing ritual you can take part in on June 8th, 2024; as well as a few books from The Green Mushroom Hyphosigil Project’s 23:Bibliomancy scripture https://greenmushroomproject.com/category/23bibliomancy/, Mushroom updates, listener mail and more! Much Love. 


Find Micheal M. Hughes Tarot courses at https://www.theartofmagicalliving.com/


For Full Show Notes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vQKXnALo5UAUxLjnvyIMNUrF0MYij3ZKNrk6XvRg7qcjVc2dpcW_vGla6TAMmlZRpnv5Xm2iuUZusLz/pub


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/


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
Reality Tunnels: by GNYVE ⁠https://wethehallowed.bandcamp.com/track/reality-tunnels-by-gnyve


Companion Episodes of Lux Occult: 
10. Ritual, Performance and Theatre with Dr. Rob C. Thompson from Occult Confessions and The Dark Pool ⁠https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/luxa-strata/episodes/10--Ritual--Performance-and-Theatre-with-Dr--Rob-C--Thompson-from-Occult-Confessions-and-The-Dark-Pool-embqem⁠
12. Dirt Sorcery, Hypersigils, and Claiming Your Power with Aidan Wachter ⁠https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/luxa-strata/episodes/12--Dirt-Sorcery--Hypersigils--and-Claiming-Your-Power-with-Aidan-Wachter-enavk0⁠
27. Conspiracy Thought and the "Occult Conspiracy" with Dr. Rob C. Thompson ⁠https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/luxa-strata/episodes/27--Conspiracy-Thought-and-the-Occult-Conspiracy-with-Dr--Rob-C--Thompson-e141qeb⁠
75. Psychoanalysis and the Cut-up Technique w/ Dr. Vanessa Sinclair & Anonymous Agnostic Antichrists w/ Derek Hunter
⁠https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/luxa-strata/episodes/75--Psychoanalysis-and-the-Cut-up-Technique-w-Dr--Vanessa-Sinclair--Anonymous-Agnostic-Antichrists-w-Derek-Hunter-e2erbui⁠



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

In this bonus episode, Luxa https://linktr.ee/LuxaStrata presents a talk given on the Green Musheen Discord server about the founding of The Green Mushroom Hyphosigil Project https://greenmushroomproject.com/ and about how this work will be continued with a new experiment, Void House: creating an inclusive, consent-forward space in which to conduct magical work in person and online and investigating the magical and alchemical properties of consent.   
Much Love!
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/
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 
EYES OF YOUR EYES- Luxa Strata ft. Folds & Floods https://youtu.be/EfdQ-pJEBsg



Bonus: The Founding of The Green Mushroom Project and Taking Our Work Further w/ Void House- video presentation

Albert Björn Shiell https://www.instagram.com/sussex_pellar/ joins Luxa https://linktr.ee/LuxaStrata to talk about his new book, Icelandic Folk Magic: Witchcraft of the North Topics discussed include Galder and Sedir, the trolls, the elves and other denizens of the wild places, Oden’s complex role in the mythology, the role Christianity plays in the tradition, and some common misconceptions about Icelandic magic and it’s origins (spoiler- it’s not really viking stuff). For an episode within the episode Luxa is joined by Omega Decay https://www.instagram.com/omegadecayvideo/ to talk about Santa Muerte and his devotional practice as well as to discuss nonviolent communication and how it might lead to more effective magic as well as alchemy and  the book he has anonymously published titled Fables and Chimeras on the topic. Luxa shares about a cooperative magical protection working which will take place on June 8th, 2024 and how you can take part in it as well as giving an update about the Green Mushroom Hyphosigil project and doing listener mail and shout outs. This episode also includes an original track from “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
For Full show notes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vRPERe8fxp4N_RhW5pjzAXvWFw9m4TbormfT6NbkIrKFYPRWtgtDccC27xVh5XBsJFlPVuNCgLpigBt/pub
Albert Björn Shiell’s work can be found at www.crossedcrowbooks.com (book publisher) and 
www.pellarcrafts.com where people can find his classes and courses etc.
Omega’s Book, Fables and Chimeras:
https://www.amazon.com/Fables-Chimeras-alchemy-notebook/dp/B0CX9J1ZNP/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?crid=3C8IY92PT9JMN&dib;=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.XpO31MqX2cMahXjrcRI193RkFlCoNgiFFtVASMrJFLgJ2mNRJgwilx4ATDoR3_AViXJZtvzIAZFm8zzvSdSgwz1s35wzuEAWl9YEsDkCSGcaoFeBQjRwMC-6HdqzJXA3P9wbdyEujYex8dAZiv7FbsAuGZEn3ZWBVsMscV1Z7Sq5GfypQniHQZbqr59lzPiQ_Nm8Po15o1I3d-r6SgTtxw.Xj5IIbosovoBryjPz_VTBokbFsBKNrLroWewn4nVsmU&dib;_tag=se&keywords;=fables%20and%20chimeras&qid;=1714570578&sprefix;=fables%20and%20chimera%2Caps%2C262&sr;=8-1#featureBulletsAndDetailBullets_feature_div
Omega’s you tube: https://www.youtube.com/@outbreaklive4157
The Green Sphere: A Hypho-Hekatean Collaborative Working for Protection and Healing By Luxa Strata https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vQsi-sqCg1RgxZWbePZ7-boZ1k0Xknnpgbzof31_KNtfegkMgLXcqGK1pZQfNm4m35xmOXKhNPm_S3t/pub
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/
Casual Temple 22: Magical Musings: EXPLORING Art, Science, and Philosophy VIA Chaos Magick for Personal Growth w/ Luxa Strata https://casualtemple.com/episodes/ep-22/
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/
Green Mushroom Project: Resist! https://greenmushroomproject.com/
Companion Episodes of Lux Occult:
70. Spinoza and the Sexy Dangers of Pantheism, Transdivinity & Agdistis w/ Rocket https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/luxa-strata/episodes/70--Spinoza-and-the-Sexy-Dangers-of-Pantheism--Transdivinity--Agdistis-w-Rocket-e2bnjsi
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



80. Icelandic Folk Magic w/ Albert Björn Shiell & Santa Muerte, Alchemy, and More w/ Omega Decay

Isa Nakazawa https://www.instagram.com/isanaka joins Luxa https://linktr.ee/LuxaStrata to share some approaches to astrology and tarot and discuss how such practice can be both a technology of freedom as well as something which gives one insight into meaningful patterns on a broader, social level. Isa is the host for the Stars and Stars with Isa podcast https://www.instagram.com/starsandstarswithisa where she sits with artists and thinkers to read them their birth chart and discuss their life’s purpose. She shares about her journey from being a skeptic to becoming an astrologer and tarot reader and provides some interesting historical examples about how looking to the skies has been a means of freedom for people in the past, whether it’s freedom of the body or freedom of the mind. She also provides great recommendations about how to contextualize one’s own nativity and horoscopes. Luxa shares about some magical work surrounding the recent solar eclipse and some audio captured during the event (many thanks to Kathy), as well as an update about the Green Mushroom Hyphosigil project and listener mail and shout outs including, as promised, a talking fish! Much Love. 
For Full Show Notes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vS5DEKaWtaf6YTiL9fFYP9TVDkxLLA3VsdU6omygdukGugRTF8GHM8BNUCwcUYyh8WIvty2YKF_JMRe/pub


Isa Nakazawa http://isanaka.com/about


The Grieving Magician by CamRev https://www.chaostarot.com/the-grieving-magician/


Divergent Magick Grimoire https://wethehallowed.org/divergent-magick-grimoire/


EYES OF YOUR EYES- Luxa Strata ft. Folds & Floods https://youtu.be/EfdQ-pJEBsg
Check out VOID/Machine: Adjustment by Luxa Strata ft Sally Fourth https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vR1OOZ6M-lrYLMRxCzUjELrrh9QDrCwNBDKea9n75f07_oG8RXRctcJV3KOhjNBXuQG00fVZ0qGWq-j/pub


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


An article in which Luxa was recently featured: What is chaos magic? A guide to the radical occult practice. Daze.com
https://www.dazeddigital.com/beauty/article/61174/1/what-is-chaos-magick-a-guide-to-the-radical-occult-practice


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

Lux Occult is produced by Luxa Strata. 2024.


79. Technologies of Freedom & Reading the Stars w/ Isa Nakazawa

Angela Guyton https://www.angelaguyton.com/about/ (Nothing Rhymes w/ Rats, Paradoxical +) shares about the experience of being an accomplished comic book artist who would also like to be a comic book writer, and the sometimes uncomfortable journey of stretching one’s wings in a creative practice. The concepts discussed could be applied to a new endeavor of any type! 
Merrily Duffy, host of the Casual Temple Podcast https://casualtemple.com/ shares about her journey into the magical paradigm in which she currently works, exploring a variety of topics such as  kundalini yoga, ceremonial magic and working with the planets, especially hoary old Saturn. 
Luxa https://linktr.ee/LuxaStrata conducts some magical work, provides a poetry snack and an update about The Green Mushroom Project as well as sharing a Void Journal entry about the intersections of ritual and kink; and makes an announcement about Void House- a new experiment to create a consent-forward magical space. 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/
Angela Guyton:https://www.angelaguyton.com/about/ https://www.instagram.com/angieastronaut/
Merrily Duffy: https://www.instagram.com/merrilyduffy/ https://casualtemple.com/
Full show notes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vTy9Qnzczb-4YsOSSshAkpxLtOdQDc6dJ0ZaAzUgZSzsR_3PeRAnE7ofljFvCtQfVWBHwZ1F_OhKhtd/pub
Find Nothing Rhymes with Rats available for purchase here: https://www.angelaguyton.com/store/
Casual Temple 22: Magical Musings: EXPLORING Art, Science, and Philosophy VIA Chaos Magick for Personal Growth w/ Luxa Strata https://casualtemple.com/episodes/ep-22/
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/
Find Lux Occult "Hello Void" T-shirts and more at Illumin Industries: https://www.etsy.com/shop/IlluminIndustries


Companion Episodes of Lux Occult: 
53. Nothing Rhymes with Rats w/ Ramsey Janini & Cryptids and Conspiracies w/ Chad from Unearthing Paranormalcy
https://open.spotify.com/episode/5PzK98UP9PdGYub2D5MhN1?si=-BoYRZ6yRXaexxRxpCUeoQ
26. Metacognition, Neuroplasticity, and Healing from Trauma with Dave Neal
https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/luxa-strata/episodes/26--Metacognition--Neuroplasticity--and-Healing-from-Trauma-with-Dave-Neal-e13b4fm
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
75. Psychoanalysis and the Cut-up Technique w/ Dr. Vanessa Sinclair & Anonymous Agnostic Antichrists w/ Derek Hunter
https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/luxa-strata/episodes/75--Psychoanalysis-and-the-Cut-up-Technique-w-Dr--Vanessa-Sinclair--Anonymous-Agnostic-Antichrists-w-Derek-Hunter-e2erbui
74. The Magician and the Machine w/ Eric J. Millar & Mme. Vendredi
https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/luxa-strata/episodes/74--The-Magician-and-the-Machine-w-Eric-J--Millar--Mme--Vendredi-e2eavuc
12. Dirt Sorcery, Hypersigils, and Claiming Your Power with Aidan Wachter https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/luxa-strata/episodes/12--Dirt-Sorcery--Hypersigils--and-Claiming-Your-Power-with-Aidan-Wachter-enavk0

Produced by Luxa Strata, 2024



26. Metacognition, Neuroplasticity, and Healing from Trauma with Dave Neal

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