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Manifestation: Capitalism, Control, and the Cosmic Boob

In this playful but piercing episode of Mystic Theory, Luchiana is joined by Juhi Baig (Eye & Compass) for a no-fluff exploration of manifestation—why it’s everywhere, what’s helpful, and what’s quietly harming us.

Inside the spiral:
→ Why the “SP” trend might be a symptom, not a solution
→ The dark side of popular manifestation language: force, control, conformity
→ How capitalist values sneak into spiritual spaces
→ The truth about self-concept, and the slow magic of nervous system safety
→ Plus: the Cosmic Boob theory, discussed at last

This one is a liberating reframe of what it really means to create change—on your terms, in your body, and through your own mystic logic.

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Episode Summary: Krampus, Christmas Chaos, and Unhooking the Chains

Originally recorded in 2022 for Luchiana’s Occultist Yule series on Patreon, this festive and feral follow-up to Part 1 explores the Devil tarot card through the lens of Christmas, Krampus, chaos, and personal autonomy.

Inside this episode:
→ Why the Devil card is secretly a holiday card (and why it makes sense)
→ Krampus as the goat-demon son of the Norse goddess Hel—who steals children in the night
→ Christmas parties, primal selves, and year-end shadow expression
→ How social obligations, family expectations, and gift guilt mirror the Devil’s illusion of chains
→ A much-needed reminder: You can unhook yourself any time

Whether you’re navigating chaos with grace or wondering how to say “no” with your whole chest, this episode offers catharsis, cultural folklore, and a permission slip to break the rules of the season.

🎄 Bonus: office parties gone wild, pomegranate juice, and devilish meditations...

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Sources & Things Mentioned:

Krampus - Britannica  

Goddess Hel - Britannica 

Meet Krampus - History.com 

Who is Krampus? - National Geographic 

Episode Summary: Chains, Shadows, and Indulgence: The Tarot Devil, Pan, and Personal Power

Originally recorded in 2022 as part of a Christmas-themed mini-series on Patreon, this darkly delicious episode of Mystic Theory dives deep into the tarot’s most misunderstood card—The Devil.

Inside this episode:
→ The Devil card as a mirror of indulgence, repression, and wild freedom
→ Baphomet, Pan, and the demonization of Pagan imagery
→ Boundaries, addiction, control, and the illusion of being trapped
→ How to ride with your demons instead of being chained to them
→ Chaos, shadow work, inner darkness… and goats (yes, really)

Whether you’re dancing with your inner devils or trying to take off the chains, this is a gorgeously tangled look at personal liberation, subconscious taboos, and finding power in what’s been cast out.

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Sources & Things Mentioned:

👹 devil card images for you to reference 👹 

Greek God Pan - Britannica 

Baphomet - Britannica 

Magickal Tarot by Robyn Valentine  

Understanding Tarot by Liz Dean  

🧞‍♀️ What If Fate Isn’t the Enemy, But the Portal?

In this slow, reflective, and strangely liberating episode of Mystic Theory, we spiral into the Stoic idea of Amor Fati—loving one’s fate—as a mystical act, a mindset shift, and a surprisingly modern tool for spiritual survival. Originally aired on Patreon, this episode is now unlocked for the public.

Inside this episode:
→ How Stoicism intersects with spellwork, chaos magick, and mystic theory
→ Reflections on nostalgia, surrender, and resisting the impulse to “fix” ourselves
→ Zeno, Lady Bird Johnson, Queer Eye, and the radical act of saying “yes” to life
→ The energetic difference between fighting fate vs. romancing it

Whether you’re resisting your current chapter or trying to reclaim it, this one’s a gentle nudge toward making peace with your weird, beautiful now.

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Sources & Things Mentioned:

⁠ Amor Fati: The Formula for Human Greatness⁠

⁠Andy's quote from The Office ⁠

Speedy's Episode of Queer Eye: Season 7, Episode 3 - avail on Netflix

Wesley's Episode of Queer Eye: Season 4, Episode 2 - maybe on Netflix?

⁠Wesley From Queer Eye Thanks the Man Who Shot Him—But It Almost Didn’t Happen⁠

⁠It’s Only After You’ve Lost Everything That You’re Free to Do Anything (HISTORY of Zeno, founder of Stoicism) ⁠

⁠Alone Together - The Story of LBJ's Infidelity ⁠

⁠Bonus link: about Ladybird ⁠

Encyclopedia of 5,000 Spells Judika Illes

Existential Kink - Carolyn Elliott

Episode Summary: What is the Death Card? Transformation, Sacrifice, and Tarot’s Sacred Scythe

Originally posted on Patreon in 2022, this introspective episode of Mystic Theory unpacks the rich metaphor of the Death card—not literal death, but the thousands of tiny deaths we experience in a lifetime.

Inside this deep-dive into symbolic transformation:
→ What the Death card really means (it’s not always scary)
→ Why every desire requires a sacrifice—and how to name it
→ Letting death ride through your “village”: surrendering to endings that clear the path
→ The bare bones of self: what stays when everything else must go?
→ Tarot imagery breakdowns from Rider-Waite, Biddy, and more
→ Venus, Mars, balance, and the unexpected role of iced coffee in death cycles
→ 2-step verification for decision-making: a tool for real life and tarot alike

This episode is for anyone in a season of shedding. Come ride with Death, define your non-negotiables, and let the rest go.

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Sources & Things Mentioned:

death card images for you to reference

my podcast: What is samhain, halloween and los muertos?

Episode Summary: Communicating with the Dead — Symbols, Smoke, and Psychic Language

Originally recorded in 2022 and reposted for the public pod, this Mystic Theory episode explores the wild and wonderful question: how do the dead speak to us—and how do we learn to speak back?

Inside this chatty and thought-provoking episode:
→ Language of the unconscious: why the dead (and your intuition) speak in symbols, not English
→ A story of incense smoke spelling hello (yes, really)
→ Mediumship mechanics: how psychics develop a symbolic “vocabulary” with spirit
→ Reflections on Day of the Dead altars, ancestral lineage, and what we might be carrying in our cells
→ Thoughts on Rebecca Rosen’s book Spirited and the messy overlap of imagination and intuition

Plus:
→ Do the dead always know what’s going to happen?
→ Are mediums reading the spirits… or reading us?

This episode is one big beautiful spiral of curiosity—with no answers, just expansive questions.
If you’ve ever wondered what it would sound like if your grandma called you from the afterlife on a psychic landline… you’re in the right place.

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Sources & Things Mentioned:

Spirited - book by Rebecca Rosen

Podcast with Jameela Jamil and Tyler Henry

Life After Death show with Tyler Henry

Episode Summary: You Are Here Because Something Else Is Not
Originally recorded in October 2023 as part of Luchiana’s Season of the Witch series on Patreon, now released into the wild.

This cozy-ominous episode of Mystic Theory is a love letter to the dead. Or rather—all the dead things you’re made of.

Inside this episode:
→ Why your phone, your car, and your body are all powered by death
→ What fossil fuels and mammoth moms have in common
→ The haunting truth: you are a stack of ghosts who learned to talk
→ A reverent ode to Mitochondrial Eve and Grandmother Tetrapod
→ And the spooky-cool reason you’re only here because something else is not

It’s part existential, part spiritual, part weird science—and all October.

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Sources & Things Mentioned:

Soil composition - Nat Geo 

Humus - Nat Geo 

Fossil fuels - Nat Geo 

Fossil Fuels - Smithsonian Ocean 

99% of plastic  - Center for International Environmental Law 

Every Cell In Your Body Is Infused With The Collapse Of A Star - Huffpost 

How the Sun was born - Nat Geo 

Fossil Record Tetrapod - UC Berkeley  

Ancient 4-limbed fish reveals origin of human hand 

Waco Mammoth Monument 

Maranasati Meditation - Mindfulness of Death  

Want to feel thrilled to be alive? Try death meditation - LA Times 

Rowena Tsai - morning routines video  

Episode Summary: What Are Ghosts, Really? Scientific Theories, Apparitions, and Consciousness Beyond Death

Originally recorded in 2021 and part of Luchiana’s Season of the Witch series on Patreon, this spooky and philosophical throwback episode of Mystic Theory is a perfect dive into all things paranormal.

Inside this Halloween special:
→ Scientific theories on what ghosts could be (pareidolia, sleep paralysis, infrasound & more)
→ Personal ghost stories—including the tale of a dog apparition only she could hear
→ Types of apparitions: memory imprints, trauma loops, trickster spirits, dream visitations
→ Consciousness beyond the brain: does it die, or just relocate?
→ Plus: time loops, EMF meters, and a pizza that un-sliced itself...

Whether you’re a skeptic, a believer, or just curious, this episode is a deep and eerie spiral into one question: If ghosts are real... what does that mean about us?

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Sources & Things Mentioned:

Ghost definition - Britannica 

6 Scientific Reasons for Ghosts - The Scientific American 

Brilliant Scientists Are Open-Minded about Paranormal Stuff, So Why Not You? - The Scientific American  

I’m a Scientist, and I Believe in Ghosts  - medium.com 

Sleep Paralysis - Web MD 

Sleep Paralysis (Demon in The Bedroom) - Web MD 

Coffee & Cauldrons Podcast - "Ghosts" Part 1 

Coffee & Cauldrons Podcast - "Ghosts" Part 2 

VIDEO: Ghost Particles with Dan Hooper - National Geographic 

What is Consciousness - nature.com 

Decoding the neuroscience of consciousness - nature.com 

What is Consciousness? - LiveScience.com 

History Tea Time with Lindsay  - Ghastly Tales of Tudor Ghosts  

Identity Threads, Embodiment, and the Soft Animal of Your Body

In this winding, intimate, and wildly relatable episode of Mystic Theory, Luchiana pulls back the curtain on what it really takes to reinvent yourself. From Notion boards to late-night note reviews, she shares the messy, magical, deeply personal process of becoming who you were always meant to be—one micro-shift at a time.

Inside this episode:
→ How to use “themes of the year” to guide your evolution
→ Why reinvention isn’t about becoming someone else—it’s about unleashing what’s already inside
→ The missing piece of embodiment: feeling it in your body, not just your mind
→ Tips for creating internal safety so new parts of you can emerge
→ Why you need a private, ridiculous menu of weird hacks that work

This is one of those episodes you’ll return to when you’re in a chrysalis. It's tender, nonlinear, and quietly powerful—just like reinvention itself.

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