Grift Dynamics in Occult Spaces

Luxa https://linktr.ee/LuxaStrata welcomes Micheal M Hughes  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/ 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

Merch! https://www.etsy.com/shop/IlluminIndustries

Community Protection Salt Ritual https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Atu6rNWkCSajdF6Fp6KYiMSHk7Sai-6IAlZfopNKFOU/edit?usp=sharing

HAUNTQUINOX 2026 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

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/

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

Micheal M Hughes:

The Art of Magical Living https://www.theartofmagicalliving.com/

YT https://www.youtube.com/@MichaelMHughes

FB https://www.facebook.com/michaelmhughes

BS https://bsky.app/profile/michaelmhughes.bsky.social

IG https://www.instagram.com/michaelmhughes/

Magic for the Resistance: Rituals & Spells for Change https://www.crossedcrowbooks.com/shop-crossed-crow-books/p/magicfortheresistance

Kill the Robots “Humanifesto” 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

EYES OF YOUR EYES- Luxa Strata ft. Folds & Floods https://youtu.be/EfdQ-pJEBsg

News music by Squiddums https://freesound.org/people/Squidems/sounds/709973/

Lux Occult is produced by Luxa Strata. All Rights Reserved. 2026.